User talk:77.102.178.1

National varieties of English
Hello. In a recent edit to the page Cessna 188, 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 original 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. BilCat (talk) 01:58, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the message but I think the view above is a little short sighted.
 * I changed the article from being incorrect to correct. "Aluminum" is not a word. The rest followed on.
 * The English language which we use to communicate globally is, by default, English. Not American, nor thieves' cant, nor pidgin English, unless specifically indicated. There's no element of respect/disrespect about it - it's more about ease of understanding and standardisation. In which case, the previous (now restored) set of spellings is simply incorrect. Misspelt.
 * If it's about making everyone feel special - you've done the same thing as I have. You've changed all my correct English spellings to colloquial American spellings - thus "disrespecting" my language as much as you're accusing me of disrespecting anyone else's. So what's to stop me saying the same to you?
 * Would it not be easier to just use one default set of spellings across the board?
 * And what sets the default language for a page? Is it just that it stays in the language it's written in? So if I made a page for a generic item, and wrote it "wi' a bit o' a Scotch dialect tae it, ye ken?", are you saying it should stay that way? Or would it perhaps be better to correct it to the one single standardised, original version of the intended language.
 * Honestly interested in your answers. I'll re-correct the mistakes in the article if I don't hear back soon. All the best, Barney 77.102.178.1 (talk) 18:44, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The page you linked says, verbatim:
 * For articles about chemistry-related topics, the international standard spellings aluminium, sulfur, caesium (and derivative terms) should be used, regardless of the national English variant employed in the article generally. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (chemistry) § Element names.
 * " 77.102.178.1 (talk) 18:45, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
 * That refers to articles specifically related to chemistry, not articles about other topics, such as aircraft, cars, politics, etc. Please note we don't use colloquial American English dialects (of which there are several) in articles, but standard American English, as with Canadian, Australian, Indian, etc. You're welcome to disagree with how Wikipedia handles standard varieties of English, and are free to advocate forcing your own standard English on others, as many British users on Wikipedia also advocate. But you aren't free to ignore the existing policies. If you revert again, you put yourself at risk of being blocked. BilCat (talk) 22:39, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
 * That refers to articles specifically related to chemistry, not articles about other topics, such as aircraft, cars, politics, etc. Please note we don't use colloquial American English dialects (of which there are several) in articles, but standard American English, as with Canadian, Australian, Indian, etc. You're welcome to disagree with how Wikipedia handles standard varieties of English, and are free to advocate forcing your own standard English on others, as many British users on Wikipedia also advocate. But you aren't free to ignore the existing policies. If you revert again, you put yourself at risk of being blocked. BilCat (talk) 22:39, 28 September 2022 (UTC)