User talk:2601:840:8781:31C0:A05D:9B26:2F35:1984

National varieties of English
Hello. In a recent edit to the page German battleship Bismarck, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, or Pakistan, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the first author of the article used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. AntiDionysius (talk) 19:34, 14 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Apologizes, obviously not British and the word had just stuck out since I had never seen it been used before and spell check said it was incorrect. Is there a way to find what version of English a page is supposed to be written in? Viewing the page information tab just states English. 2601:840:8781:31C0:A05D:9B26:2F35:1984 (talk) 20:29, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem, mistakes get made. In general, the policy is just to stick with whatever is the incumbent style unless there's a specific reason reason to change it.
 * Some articles do indeed have a little tag saying they should be in one variety or other. When you go to edit German battleship Bismarck, for example, and make sure you're using the source editor (i.e. the editing mode that shows the markup language that formats the page), you'll see on the second line. AntiDionysius (talk) 20:35, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * And where those tags exist, it's generally because of the subject. The sinking of the Bismarck was a British military operation. Brown University has a similar tag telling editors to use American-style dates. Gujarat says "Use Indian English" etc. AntiDionysius (talk) 20:37, 14 November 2023 (UTC)