User talk:Meschuchan

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Hello Meschuchan! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you you need any help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place   on your talk page and ask your question there. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing!  Netsnipe  ►  13:20, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello and welcome to wikipedia! Noticed your work on the association football article. Good to see you being bold, it's one of the first rules of Wikipedia. Just wanted to bring to your attention something regarding grammatical fixes and copy editing.

You'll sometimes notice if you click on the "talk" link of an article that it will state which style of English an article uses. If you click on the Talk:Melbourne_Rebels you'll see an example of what I'm referring to at the bottom of the orange section next to the Australia flag. It reads:

"This article uses Australian English dialect and spelling. Some terms that are used in it differ from or are not used in British, American or other dialects of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus."

I guess the short version is just to be mindful of copy editing based on which style of English that article has on it, and copy edit accordingly. In the case of the articles in Australian English for example like the Melbourne Rebels example, standardize becomes standardise and favorite becomes favourite, meter becomes metre. It's not hard and fast, but the templates help with consistent spelling within articles.

Regards, Comes.amanuensis (talk) 04:54, 31 January 2012 (UTC)