User talk:ChaelMi - Revision history

Abates at 22:26, 26 October 2010

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	::And to with the "ised/ized" thing, we have users that use BOTH American English and British English. So "colour", "neighbour", "parlour" and other such words are also acceptable. --[[User:Lonegamer78\|Lonegamer78]] 04:27, 14 October 2010 (EDT)		::And to with the "ised/ized" thing, we have users that use BOTH American English and British English. So "colour", "neighbour", "parlour" and other such words are also acceptable. --[[User:Lonegamer78\|Lonegamer78]] 04:27, 14 October 2010 (EDT)
	:::'''Please''' stop "fixing spelling errors", none of what you "fix" are spelling errors to begin with. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 04:27, 26 October 2010 (EDT)		:::'''Please''' stop "fixing spelling errors", none of what you "fix" are spelling errors to begin with. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 04:27, 26 October 2010 (EDT)

			FYI, when we use the possessive of a noun ending in "s", we use the "s's" form, so "Optimus's" rather than "Optimus'". Also when you type a link as, say, <nowiki>[[human]]s</nowiki>, MediaWiki will link to "Human" but the text being linked will appear as "humans", so you don't need to correct the link to <nowiki>[[Human\|humans]]</nowiki>. See also the [[Help:Style guide\|style guide]]. --[[User:Abates\|abates]] 18:26, 26 October 2010 (EDT)

Detour at 08:27, 26 October 2010

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	:Again, please learn the difference between "spelling errors" and "alternate yet perfectly acceptable spelling of words". It's every bit as acceptable to use s as it is to use z in words that end in "ised/ized". --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 03:13, 14 October 2010 (EDT)		:Again, please learn the difference between "spelling errors" and "alternate yet perfectly acceptable spelling of words". It's every bit as acceptable to use s as it is to use z in words that end in "ised/ized". --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 03:13, 14 October 2010 (EDT)
	::And to with the "ised/ized" thing, we have users that use BOTH American English and British English. So "colour", "neighbour", "parlour" and other such words are also acceptable. --[[User:Lonegamer78\|Lonegamer78]] 04:27, 14 October 2010 (EDT)		::And to with the "ised/ized" thing, we have users that use BOTH American English and British English. So "colour", "neighbour", "parlour" and other such words are also acceptable. --[[User:Lonegamer78\|Lonegamer78]] 04:27, 14 October 2010 (EDT)
			:::'''Please''' stop "fixing spelling errors", none of what you "fix" are spelling errors to begin with. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 04:27, 26 October 2010 (EDT)

Lonegamer78 at 08:27, 14 October 2010

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	Most of the "spelling errors" you fix are not spelling errors at all. "Travelled", "travelling", "combatting", etc. are every bit as acceptable as (and more commonly used than) "traveled", "traveling", "combating", etc. Also, things in captions tend to take a more familiar tone with the reader, so "dontcha" and "erm" are fine as is and do not require fixing. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 13:13, 13 October 2010 (EDT)		Most of the "spelling errors" you fix are not spelling errors at all. "Travelled", "travelling", "combatting", etc. are every bit as acceptable as (and more commonly used than) "traveled", "traveling", "combating", etc. Also, things in captions tend to take a more familiar tone with the reader, so "dontcha" and "erm" are fine as is and do not require fixing. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 13:13, 13 October 2010 (EDT)
	:Again, please learn the difference between "spelling errors" and "alternate yet perfectly acceptable spelling of words". It's every bit as acceptable to use s as it is to use z in words that end in "ised/ized". --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 03:13, 14 October 2010 (EDT)		:Again, please learn the difference between "spelling errors" and "alternate yet perfectly acceptable spelling of words". It's every bit as acceptable to use s as it is to use z in words that end in "ised/ized". --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 03:13, 14 October 2010 (EDT)
			::And to with the "ised/ized" thing, we have users that use BOTH American English and British English. So "colour", "neighbour", "parlour" and other such words are also acceptable. --[[User:Lonegamer78\|Lonegamer78]] 04:27, 14 October 2010 (EDT)

Detour at 07:13, 14 October 2010

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	Most of the "spelling errors" you fix are not spelling errors at all. "Travelled", "travelling", "combatting", etc. are every bit as acceptable as (and more commonly used than) "traveled", "traveling", "combating", etc. Also, things in captions tend to take a more familiar tone with the reader, so "dontcha" and "erm" are fine as is and do not require fixing. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 13:13, 13 October 2010 (EDT)		Most of the "spelling errors" you fix are not spelling errors at all. "Travelled", "travelling", "combatting", etc. are every bit as acceptable as (and more commonly used than) "traveled", "traveling", "combating", etc. Also, things in captions tend to take a more familiar tone with the reader, so "dontcha" and "erm" are fine as is and do not require fixing. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 13:13, 13 October 2010 (EDT)
			:Again, please learn the difference between "spelling errors" and "alternate yet perfectly acceptable spelling of words". It's every bit as acceptable to use s as it is to use z in words that end in "ised/ized". --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 03:13, 14 October 2010 (EDT)

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2010-10-13T17:13:28Z

New page: Most of the "spelling errors" you fix are not spelling errors at all. "Travelled", "travelling", "combatting", etc. are every bit as acceptable as (and more commonly used than) "traveled",...

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Most of the "spelling errors" you fix are not spelling errors at all. "Travelled", "travelling", "combatting", etc. are every bit as acceptable as (and more commonly used than) "traveled", "traveling", "combating", etc. Also, things in captions tend to take a more familiar tone with the reader, so "dontcha" and "erm" are fine as is and do not require fixing. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 13:13, 13 October 2010 (EDT)

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	::And to with the "ised/ized" thing, we have users that use BOTH American English and British English. So "colour", "neighbour", "parlour" and other such words are also acceptable. --[[User:Lonegamer78\|Lonegamer78]] 04:27, 14 October 2010 (EDT)		::And to with the "ised/ized" thing, we have users that use BOTH American English and British English. So "colour", "neighbour", "parlour" and other such words are also acceptable. --[[User:Lonegamer78\|Lonegamer78]] 04:27, 14 October 2010 (EDT)
	:::'''Please''' stop "fixing spelling errors", none of what you "fix" are spelling errors to begin with. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 04:27, 26 October 2010 (EDT)		:::'''Please''' stop "fixing spelling errors", none of what you "fix" are spelling errors to begin with. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 04:27, 26 October 2010 (EDT)

			FYI, when we use the possessive of a noun ending in "s", we use the "s's" form, so "Optimus's" rather than "Optimus'". Also when you type a link as, say, <nowiki>[[human]]s</nowiki>, MediaWiki will link to "Human" but the text being linked will appear as "humans", so you don't need to correct the link to <nowiki>[[Human\|humans]]</nowiki>. See also the [[Help:Style guide\|style guide]]. --[[User:Abates\|abates]] 18:26, 26 October 2010 (EDT)

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	:Again, please learn the difference between "spelling errors" and "alternate yet perfectly acceptable spelling of words". It's every bit as acceptable to use s as it is to use z in words that end in "ised/ized". --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 03:13, 14 October 2010 (EDT)		:Again, please learn the difference between "spelling errors" and "alternate yet perfectly acceptable spelling of words". It's every bit as acceptable to use s as it is to use z in words that end in "ised/ized". --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 03:13, 14 October 2010 (EDT)
	::And to with the "ised/ized" thing, we have users that use BOTH American English and British English. So "colour", "neighbour", "parlour" and other such words are also acceptable. --[[User:Lonegamer78\|Lonegamer78]] 04:27, 14 October 2010 (EDT)		::And to with the "ised/ized" thing, we have users that use BOTH American English and British English. So "colour", "neighbour", "parlour" and other such words are also acceptable. --[[User:Lonegamer78\|Lonegamer78]] 04:27, 14 October 2010 (EDT)
			:::'''Please''' stop "fixing spelling errors", none of what you "fix" are spelling errors to begin with. --[[User:Detour\|Detour]] 04:27, 26 October 2010 (EDT)