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	I can't really comment on the usefulness of this because I'm equally used to both spellings and can't really tell when an article is using both. I do feel that it would cause a significant tip towards American spellings simply for currently being more commonly-used. [[User:Toomai\|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai\|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png\|20px\|link=User:Toomai/Bin\|???]] The Xanthic 20:50, 23 June 2012 (EDT)		I can't really comment on the usefulness of this because I'm equally used to both spellings and can't really tell when an article is using both. I do feel that it would cause a significant tip towards American spellings simply for currently being more commonly-used. [[User:Toomai\|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai\|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png\|20px\|link=User:Toomai/Bin\|???]] The Xanthic 20:50, 23 June 2012 (EDT)
			:What's your point? There is nothing wrong with a site requiring constant regional spellings on content pages, whatever spelling that is. I'm not opposed (at least not enough to really poke the bear) to us using both, but it just looks unprofessional to have both on the same page. We're not saying one is better than the other (even if we only allowed one), but trying for consistency. We always talk about how this is a "community encyclopedia" and how important the community part is. Well, the encyclopedia part is important as well, and I don't just mean in terms of content. We should at least strive to follow some basic copy editing and typographic standards. As an anecdotal afterthought, on the wikis where these standards are followed, there tends to be better control of content anyway. [[User:Clarinet Hawk\|Clarinet Hawk]] <small>([[User talk:Clarinet Hawk\|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/Clarinet Hawk\|contributions]])</small> 08:53, 24 June 2012 (EDT)