User talk:Jevella

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MOS:ENGVAR
Hey, I saw your edit on Japanese clothing during the Meiji period - I just wanted to pop in to say, per MOS:ENGVAR, if an article is clearly written in one style of English, please don't change the spellings to another variety if it's not relevant to the article's topic (e.g., an article on a British subject being written in British English, and vice versa).

As such, I've added a Use British English tag to the top of the article, and I will be changing the spellings back. Many thanks, --Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) 11:46, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * @Ineffablebookkepper Hi! First off, thanks for the work on the article I created. It means a lot since you're the only other person to actually add content. Additionally, I did struggle in changing this since I wasn't sure if I should, and yes I did look at the page. However two things led me to change them back: 1. as this page states: "Still, it is generally good form to keep usage consistent within a given article." from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Contributing Additionally, as I created the page, I did notice that someone went and changed words that were previously written from American-English to British-English. Mostly, this seems to be just "colors" to "colours." As the person who created this, there was no pre-existing British spelling on this... In keeping with consistency, wouldn't this just keep "colors" instead of changing them to one's own preference? Also, while not important, since all my sources were in American-English, that was the last reason I went and changed them back. While this isn't a British subject, there is no arguable reason it has to be British English - and no clear-cut reason for American English either; however, the article was originally written in American English (since I created it) before being changed at all. Yet, I'm not going to sit here and change the spelling of "colors" back and forth since it's pointless...although a little disheartening.Jevella (talk) 15:13, 5 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Ah - please forgive me, I hadn't noticed. I may have actually ended up changing those spellings in rewrites...my watchlist is as long as my arm, and I think I gave it a once-over a while back that ended up changing the spellings. I'm very sorry! Please ignore me. -- Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) 18:38, 5 November 2021 (UTC)