User talk:Gfox88

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"Utilize"
In the future, when I revert your change of "Utilize" to " use", it would be preferable if you do not revert again. Instead, use the article's talk page to explain why "Utilize" is incorrect in the context of the sentence in which it is used, and we can discuss it in detail there. Please note that I didn't revert your change here, as "Utilize" was used incorrectly. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 20:17, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Also, please note that Basic copyediting is not part of the Manual of Style (MOS). As stated in the box at the top of the "Basic copyediting" page: "This help page is a how-to guide. It details processes or procedures of some aspect(s) of Wikipedia's norms and practices. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community." (Bold in original, but I added the italics.) Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 20:30, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

BilCat, I don't understand you're preference for this vocabulary. You have not provided any reasons why it is preferable, only stating that in is valid or acceptable. Also, I don't understand your disdain for the Basic Copyediting page. When you raised the issue there, the two other people who also contributed did not agree with you. Of course it's not law, but it is linked to from the Manual of Style, and it reflects the consensus of the few people who care enough about these things to edit it. I think that is a better forum for this argument than every page that I edit and you revert.

I would ask you to also follow your own advice and also not revert my edits without raising it on the talk page. Thank you. Gfox88 (talk) 20:40, 9 May 2020 (UTC)


 * In case you missed it, Jonesey95 has updated the Copyediting guide here. It now reads and (in almost all cases) "utilize" for "use". So there is no consensus that "Utilize" should never be used. As to why it is correct in this instance, I'm reluctant to explain, because I'm genuinely not sure you'd understand my explanation. But I'd rather have that sort of discussion on the article's talk page where other editors of the article can participate. - BilCat (talk) 22:26, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Crewed vs. manned
Stop your war against the use of "crewed" please. Crewed is preferred. This example is explicitly listed in the Manual of style. If you think that's wrong start a proposal to change the Manual of Style, but don't change "crewed" to "manned" in tons of article while hiding your edit reason with some other irrelevant changes. --mfb (talk) 02:50, 29 April 2021 (UTC)


 * My bad. I have a browser extension that changes it because it personally annoys me, but I don't intend to change it in the edits. I think that the extension must be changing it in the edit window and I haven't been aware of it until now. I will disable that extension when I am editing. Gfox88 (talk) 15:07, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

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