User talk:BlackOps3Fan/Archive 1

English spellings
Hello. In a recent edit to the page light-emitting diode, 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.

Specifically for that article:
 * The article is about an invention first patented in America.
 * The original version was created using American spelling. Because this would be considered an international topic, the original spelling should be retained. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:31, 14 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Ditto for Aretha Franklin. -- JHunterJ (talk) 16:06, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Please stop changing the spelling on Aretha Franklin to UK English. A number of editors are trying to improve this so it is ready to present in the In The News section on the main page, and your edits are getting in the way. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  16:10, 16 August 2018 (UTC)