User talk:Mawptawpbiker

Defence vs. Defense
Hi there, I noticed in your recents edits to Mike Green (ice hockey) that you prefer the American spelling defense to the Canadian defence. A lengthy discussion has already taken place that has established the Canadian spelling as the preferred use for ice hockey articles in Wikipedia: Spelling of Defenseman for ice hockey. Furthermore, Wikipedia's Manual of Style dictates that articles' choice of spelling should be consistent with its strongest regional tie. One could argue that Green does play for an American team, but I think the fact he was born in Canada takes priority.

For future reference, however, if the correct style for an article is still fuzzy or undetermined, as a general rule, the article should remain in the style originally chosen by the first major contributor.

On a side note, as long as you're interested in editing ice hockey articles, you should check out WP:Hockey, which outlines all the standards for ice hockey articles on Wikipedia.

Thanks, hope this is helpful. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 11:49, 15 February 2009 (UTC)