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This article is written in Australian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, realise, program, labour (but Labor Party)) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Which English variant to use for this article?

Which English variant to use for this article? Either of American, Australian or British English would be justifiable on a national ties basis. But I think it should be "Commonwealth English" rather than American, given that two-thirds of the parties use that English variant, and Australia seems to be getting more immediate direct benefit from it than the UK or US. (I ask because I just changed U.S. to US, which is an example of these differences – in Australia and UK the form without the periods is definitely preferred over the from with the periods, whereas in the US it is the other way around.) Mr248 (talk) 22:17, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would tend to support Australian English, although British English with Oxford spelling may be a good compromise? Whizz40 (talk) 22:35, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm okay with either proposal – {{Use Australian English}} or {{Use Oxford spelling}}. My only doubt about the second is a lot of people are going to go "huh?" and have no idea what it is. Mr248 (talk) 22:43, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shall we go with Australian English then? I suspect many or most of the sources on this topic over time will be in Australian English. Whizz40 (talk) 09:30, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done This is new for Aus, not new for the others. As development etc flows from this agreement, it is reasonable to expect most future articles to come from Australia — IVORK _Talk 23:12, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merger

It seems that all the initial reports incorrectly named it as AUUKUS rather than AUKUS. I have no objection to the merger, and don't think anyone else will either, so I'll go ahead and BOLDly do it - but I think I'll do it AUKUS into AUUKUS, and then request AUUKUS be moved here, given the respective age of the two pages. BilledMammal (talk) 22:52, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from Talk:AUUKUS

BilledMammal, I think merging it the other way and then moving it is making things unnecessarily complex. I'd suggest not doing that unless other editors agree it is the best approach. Mr248 (talk) 23:23, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I vote to merge into AUKUS. Rjensen (talk) 00:52, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done— IVORK _Talk 01:03, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

France reaction

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/16/cold-war-mentality-china-criticises-aukus-us-uk-australia-submarine-pact Kaihsu (talk) 09:35, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

EU reaction

We need a big section describing the failure to consult with Europe before announcing the agreement. 85.62.110.149 (talk) 14:00, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why? Biden or another Dem president will reneg on the agreement anyway. BilCat (talk) 21:02, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How is "Europe" and/or their opinion or approval relevant? This is the business of the Western allies in the Pac Rim.50.111.15.21 (talk) 13:43, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]