On 9/23/05, Jack & Naree jack.macdaddy@gmail.com wrote:
I propose the fairest and most pragmatic solution is that the English Wikipedia be duplicated into two and that these two are renamed: English (Commonwealth) English (American)
Presumably the English (American) Wikipedia would accept American spellings only. Would the English (Commonwealth) wikipedia be tolerant of all spellings by so-called "English (Commonwealth)" speakers? For example, would it accept "nationalization", "eggplant", "curb" (n.), and "tire" (n.)?
If not, then this truly is linguistic imperialism, because at present I can contribute to Wikipedia and not be subject to an explicit general policy which "corrects" my spelling, while in your proposed scheme I could not, as I use neither American nor British orthography.
Steve