User talk:81.103.134.87
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[edit]I noticed that you've been going to many articles which appear to be American English, and have been changing some (but not all) of the words to use British English (for example changing armor to armour).
This is not necessarily a bad thing, but in the case of most/all of the articles you are making these edits to, I would not advise it. From the articles I've seen that you've changed some of the spelling of, most of them are written in American English, so it is not necessary to change the spelling. You are advised to keep it consistent across an article. See MOS:ENGVAR for more details. The bottom line is, for consistency's sake, if you see an article that appears to be written mostly in American English or a variation of it that doesn't match up with yours, please don't change words around to match your variety. If an article is written in a certain variety but there are points in the article where words are spelled differently and inconsistently, then you can change those; but in an article where, for example, every instance of armor is spelled "armor," please don't edit it just to replace a single instance of the word with "armour." — theki talkcontribs 12:57, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
November 2024
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Please do not use styles that are nonstandard, unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Thank you. Loafiewa (talk) 23:37, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
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