User talk:Sláine mac Dela

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Regarding your recent edits to Hanged, drawn and quartered, please read the Manual of Style, particularly the section that I specified in the edit history, ie WP:LQ (which stands for Wikipedia Logical Quotation). Here's an extract:

Whilst Wikipedia is indeed hosted on an American server (in Florida, I believe), that does not impose American practice over British - or anybody elses - see WP:ENGVAR (English variations). Again, an extract: {|class=wikitable

National varieties of English
The English Wikipedia does not prefer any major national variety of the language. No variety is more correct than another. Editors should recognize that the differences between the varieties are superficial.

Consistency within articles
Each article should consistently use the same conventions of ... punctuation.

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The article concerned has "Strong national ties to a topic", in that it deals with a topic which was practiced much more often in Britain than in America - indeed the article states "In 1676, Joshua Tefft was executed by this method at Smith's Castle in Wickford, Rhode Island. He was an English colonist who fought on the side of the Narragansett during the Great Swamp Fight battle of King Philip's War. He may be the only person ever hanged, drawn and quartered in North America.". Further, earlier edits established the British ordering, so as per "Retaining the existing variety" above, that precedent has been set.

Thanks --Redrose64 (talk) 20:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC)