Comments:Greek debt deal reached
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| Comments from feedback form - "this artical is highly effecti..." | 0 | 09:44, 30 December 2011 |
| Stop using American words. | 8 | 10:14, 29 March 2010 |
Especially you, Bill!
There's no rule against either American or Commonwealth usage on Wikimedia projects. Maybe you should stop your petty bigotry.
Maybe you should read the local rules on that WN:SG. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:54, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
"Follow the spelling patterns of the subject of the article or that of the first author of the article to avoid issues." For European articles, that means British English.
English is not an official language in Greece. Your extrapolation of that rule to apply to anywhere in Europe is pretty arbitrary. Does this mean that all articles about an OAS member must conform to American usage? Those two situations seem pretty symmetrical to me.
It has long been standard to use UK English in European articles. Assuming "an OAS" is an Organization of American States member then I would certainly support use of American English there. You're pushing it a bit by the time you reach the extreme south, mind. Europe is much smaller. That said, I wouldn't be opposed to anyone who chose to make US English the choice for the whole lot, except for any where there is some reason why an alternative form that might be better (I don't pretend to know the ideal for every country). Without doubt, any North American country should be getting the US English treatment.
All uses of bill were removed as factually inaccurate before publication. If you don't want to see unchecked rubbish, don't look at pre-review versions of articles.