[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Wiktionary-l] English orthographies

[Stephen Forrest]

On 9/23/05, Jack & Naree <jack.macdaddy at 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