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| If you have any questions, please leave a message on my ], or reply here. ] 16:16, 5 November 2005 (UTC) | If you have any questions, please leave a message on my ], or reply here. ] 16:16, 5 November 2005 (UTC) | ||
| :How can I be biased when '''I haven't even taken a position on the issue'''. Frankly, I don't care what spelling is used in the OpenBSD article, and moreover I was not the person that reverted your edits. I was trying to explain to you why others have taken the actions that they have, nothing more. To repeat: | |||
| ::''A wholesale change in spelling within an article, without discussion on the talk page, is generally viewed unfavourably.'' | |||
| :If you want to change the spelling, discuss it on the ]. Not doing so is an invitation to have your changes reverted. By the way, the use of the word ''licence'' in no way looks "retarded" to someone who has used it for years, and has no correlation to how long one has used an operating system. (for the record: I've been using BSD-derived operating systems nearly as long as you have - should it matter?) The proper spelling of any word is the spelling to which an individual is accustomed. Unfortunately, there are multiple standards for English, and as I've pointed out above, Misplaced Pages has adopted a loose policy on the issue. I never once stated these were rules, nor did I ever state the OpenBSD project or its website were wrong. You shouldn't assume my beliefs. | |||
| :Finally, the spelling ''licence'' is not an error; it is a widely-used variant of the word (and it's used by more people than the ''license'' variant, though that shouldn't matter either). Again, if you want to make these changes, discuss it one the article's talk page, otherwise someone will probably revert your change. ] 00:10, 6 November 2005 (UTC) | |||
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Hello.
Regarding your changes to OpenBSD, I wanted to inform you that editors on Misplaced Pages typically use the spelling of an english variant most appropriate for the subject matter. Since the OpenBSD project is based in Canada, the Canadian variation of English spellings are used in that article. Please read this detailed discussion on the matter.
Repeatedly changing the spelling used within an article (in the way you've done with OpenBSD) is considered vandalism, especially when you don't discuss it on the article's talk page (the discussion link on the editing bar). I will assume that you were not previously aware of this. You should note the points in the document I've provided, and in the Manual of Style itself.
Some other useful tidbits:
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- How to write a great article
- you can sign comments you leave on talk pages using four tildes, like so: ~~~~
If you have any questions, please leave a message on my talk page, or reply here. Mindmatrix 16:16, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
- How can I be biased when I haven't even taken a position on the issue. Frankly, I don't care what spelling is used in the OpenBSD article, and moreover I was not the person that reverted your edits. I was trying to explain to you why others have taken the actions that they have, nothing more. To repeat:
- A wholesale change in spelling within an article, without discussion on the talk page, is generally viewed unfavourably.
- If you want to change the spelling, discuss it on the OpendBSD talk page. Not doing so is an invitation to have your changes reverted. By the way, the use of the word licence in no way looks "retarded" to someone who has used it for years, and has no correlation to how long one has used an operating system. (for the record: I've been using BSD-derived operating systems nearly as long as you have - should it matter?) The proper spelling of any word is the spelling to which an individual is accustomed. Unfortunately, there are multiple standards for English, and as I've pointed out above, Misplaced Pages has adopted a loose policy on the issue. I never once stated these were rules, nor did I ever state the OpenBSD project or its website were wrong. You shouldn't assume my beliefs.
- Finally, the spelling licence is not an error; it is a widely-used variant of the word (and it's used by more people than the license variant, though that shouldn't matter either). Again, if you want to make these changes, discuss it one the article's talk page, otherwise someone will probably revert your change. Mindmatrix 00:10, 6 November 2005 (UTC)