User talk:JHCaufield/Archives/2017/November

US/UK spellings
Hi, JHCaufield. You made this edit to correct a misspelling, specifically "focussed"->"focused". This is actually a dialect difference; British English (and some other Englishes, less consistently) double the last consonant when using some suffixes, including "focussing". Now I totally do not care what spelling variants are used, but some editors really, really, really care, so I thought I'd let you know before you run up against one. Official policy is to not edit war about it or gratuitously change style within an article: Manual of Style/Spelling. Since the article in question does not have a consistent dialect, which is my fault, there is nothing wrong with your edit, and this note is in no way intended to criticize you. HLHJ (talk) 04:02, 20 October 2017 (UTC)