On 6/6/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/6/06, Guettarda guettarda@gmail.com wrote:
Now, to get onto userboxes that are really disruptive, how about the
ones
that say "This user contributes in American English" or "This user contributes in British English". Isn't this, in essence, a rejection on Wikipedia's policy on accepting both AE and BE? Sure, on talk pages and
one
Surprisingly, it's actually relevant. You're supposed to respect the preferences of the first contributor to an article. What better way to find out their preferences than checking their user page?
(I'm only being slightly facetious)
Well, I'd say that only holds if they expressed on. If I were to write a stub and use no words that differ between BE and AE, and someone else comes along and writes an article using AE, the "first user preference" is their's, not mine. Anyway, expressing a preference ("prefers BE" or "prefers AE") is fine. Saying that they "contribute" in AE/BE says "I don't want to compromise". If I write an article about an American topic, I should use AE, not matter how much it grates.