[Wikipedia-l] A language question

[Vicki Rosenzweig]

At 09:56 AM 4/9/02 +1000, Kakajit wrote:
>I am Australian, and so I write my articles using Australian English,
>which is pretty much the same as British English... somebody just came
>along and re-edited one of my articles, changing most of the terms over
>to US English and removing the Australianisms.  I know that most
>Americans wouldn't have a clue what a 'milk bar' was, but does that mean
>that I should NOT use the term in any of my writing? Australians use the
>internet too!
The policy is, basically, that any standard form of English is cool--US, Oz,
UK, Canada, NZ, India, etc. If all the other person did was replace Australian
usage with American, I'd say you're justified in reverting; if they also added
information or otherwise improved the article, best to leave it, I think. (The
second sentence here is one Wikipedian's opinion, not policy.)



>What is the policy on language?
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