User talk:86.45.215.243
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Brian Cowen, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Click23 (talk) 18:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:86.45.215.243&action=edit Editing User talk:86.45.215.243 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[edit] Brian Cowen
In a recent edit to the page Brian Cowen, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.
For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to other English-speaking countries, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the appropriate variety of English used there. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.
In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, you can ask me on my talk page or you can visit the help desk. Thank you. Note also that your personal standards are not that which we write an encyclopaedia with. Thanks, EJF (talk) 18:34, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- If you have been around for longer than I have and clearly know about Wikitrouts, then you will know our guideline on varieties of English and our policies of biographies of living persons and neutral point of view. Thanks, EJF (talk) 18:53, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 | This is the discussion page for an anonymous user, identified by the user's numerical IP address. Some IP addresses change periodically, and may be shared by several users. If you are an anonymous user, you may create an account or log in to avoid future confusion with other anonymous users. Registering also hides your IP address. [WHOIS • RDNS • RBLs • Traceroute • Geolocate • Tor check • Rangeblock finder] · [RIRs: America · Europe · Africa · Asia-Pacific · Latin America/Caribbean] |
