User talk:Username9090

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Commas and full stops with quotations
Hi, please note that in British English commas and full stops are not routinely placed inside the quotation marks. You should not be applying the American rule to articles written in British English. See WP:ENGVAR for more information about how Wikipedia deals with the many different varieties of English. Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 21:27, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I'll only alter the punctuation for articles pertaining to American subjects, rather than British ones. Username9090 (talk), 17:30, August 16 2018 (EST)


 * It's not only in relation to topics/subjects, but if the article was written in a non-US English variant (that usually depends on who its first author(s) were, the variant is then maintained for consistency). Thanks, — Paleo  Neonate  – 22:24, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

My issue with that is the maintaining part. It seems like many of the Wikipedia articles are slowly changing to the British format, which complicates things for Americans. I won't infringe on the British articles and if the user has an IP that can be traced to the United Kingdom, I won't alter those edits either. Username9090 (talk), 20:29, August 16 2018 (EST)
 * Oh, if you see an editor alter an article's language variant, or add material that is not consistent with the existing language, the new edits can be reverted or improved. The important is consistency within an article (and sometimes there are good reasons to chose a particular variant for an article, of course).  — Paleo  Neonate  – 01:51, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Actually, Wikipedia has been using "logical quotations" for a couple of years now. Per WP:LQ:
 * On the English Wikipedia, use the "logical quotation" style in all articles, regardless of the variety of English in which they are written.

See Logical quotation on Wikipedia for further explanation. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 20:12, 25 August 2018 (UTC)