User talk:Pendraeco

March 2024
Hello. In a recent edit to the page Tigris–Euphrates river system, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, or Pakistan, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the first author of the article used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. Graham87 (talk) 04:43, 1 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Graham87 There are four uses of the word throughout the entry. Three were the American spelling. One was the British spelling. I was aiming at consistency. If the numbers were reversed, I would have corrected in the opposite manner. No national or cultural bigotry or intolerance meant. Sorry if my desire for consistency offended anyone. Thanks for your help. Keep up the great work. Pendraeco (talk) 22:20, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note; I've put back your edit. It would have been better if you'd left an Edit summary explaining this, rather than the generic and highly misleading "Fixed typo". Changes of national varieties of English often arouse suspicion, especially by users such as yourself who haven't made many edits. Graham87 (talk) 00:59, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Graham87 Thanks. Disregard my second reply. Pendraeco (talk) 01:04, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * From the MoS:
 * "Where more than one style or format is acceptable under the MoS, one should be used consistently within an article and should not be changed without good reason."
 * For the sake of consistency, perhaps the other three uses of the word "civilization" should/could be changed to "civilisation" in order to match the fourth. Pendraeco (talk) 01:02, 4 March 2024 (UTC)