User talk:60.240.246.228

I am respecting the original text, I am just editing it for clarity. I assume that you are from the United States (or possibly Canada), as you fail to see that the way the article was originally written is incomprehensible to anyone from another country. I had to click on the link to work out exactly what was being talked about. As an international website rather than one aimed at people from the United States, Wikipedia aims to bring knowledge to the masses, not confusion. I stand by my edit.

I edited for clarity, so my edit was not 'unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand'. The word 'gas' means different things in different parts of the world, so even if it is part of U.S. vernacular, it is confusing for others. As originally written, it could easily be taken to mean a propane-electric or CNG-electric hybrid, but the word 'petrol' has one clear meaning, which is why I changed the word. Wikipedia intends to provide clear, accurate knowledge to as many people as possible, and in light of this I thought it appropriate to edit an otherwise ambiguous term.

In a recent edit, 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, or New Zealand, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author 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. Jim1138 (talk) 23:27, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

November 2012
Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Honda. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Thank you. Dennis Bratland (talk) 02:29, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
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In a recent edit to the page Honda, 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, or New Zealand, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author 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. Dennis Bratland (talk) 15:10, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
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