On 9/23/05, Jack & Naree <jack.macdaddy(a)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