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This page is waiting to be archived by an administrator. Please do not edit the contents of this page. I was just wondering why we use British spelling instead of American spelling (IE colour instead of color, mould instead of mold, etc...) From what I've seen, LEGO uses american spelling and generally we try to do what LEGO does. It wouldn't be hard switching over, as I'm awaiting instructions from CJC asking him how to use AutoWikiBrowser. (Please don't make the bot for me, I've been waiting to learn this for a while :)) Anyways, discuss. Darth henry The Dojo Turtles! 03:05, December 28, 2012 (UTC) We use British spelling because for one it was voted on, and also we do have a large British community here (no offense to any of you) who would find it easier to use that rather then American spelling. klagoername that user 03:08, December 28, 2012 (UTC) @Darth henry- Agreed. US spelling does seem to be what LEGO mainly uses, and would make things a lot easier around here. Would be great if a bot could do the spelling changeover on existing articles, and save us from a painful transistion. NightblazeSaber 03:10, December 28, 2012 (UTC) Per NBS. I would have brought this up when the forum was around if I contributed to them regularly back then. --Berrybrick (Talk) 03:41, December 28, 2012 (UTC) I'd be alright with using US spelling. It is what the majority of the world uses, and is considered the "en" language. (British is considered "en-gb", with real English at "en-ca" :D) Ajraddatz (Talk) 04:01, December 28, 2012 (UTC) I'd prefer to keep British english really because I think it is much easier, and we have too many pages to change. Why not stay the same? --Czech 06:18, December 28, 2012 (UTC) Because I am working on a bot. Darth henry The Dojo Turtles! 14:38, December 28, 2012 (UTC) I'd really want to change this to American spelling, as we have a many American users, including Wikia Contributors. This could cause a problem as some of the Wikia Contributors think the spelling would be wrong, as they're used to American English. We could change the pages with spelling, but that would take forever, so we'd have to use a bot, which would probably also take forever to program. It'a a tough problem. Aldendan Knight Forever Knight Time! the question is: is or is not From what I am seeing, it wouldn't be too hard. Darth henry The Dojo Turtles! 14:38, December 28, 2012 (UTC) Doing it by bot would involve typing two words into a box... ~ CJC 17:31, December 28, 2012 (UTC) WHich box? Where? (I really want to learn this) Darth henry The Dojo Turtles! It doesn't really make a difference what we use. Its not like we punish people who spell stuff the other ways, we just correct it. ~ CJC 17:31, December 28, 2012 (UTC) stay with british spelling, it is what we have been doing for the last period of time. TreSound (talk) 17:57, December 28, 2012 (UTC) But if American is what LEGO uses, shouldn't we use it too? Darth henry The Dojo Turtles! US spelling actually eliminates several letters (like the "u" in colour, mould, etc) so it saves a (teeny) bit of time and space. SuperSpyX Knowledge isPower Think of all those nanoseconds and bytes we could save! ~ CJC 20:05, December 28, 2012 (UTC) I personally prefer British spelling but that may be because I'm British myself so I'm kind of bias about this sort of thing. SKP4472 Talk [[Special:Editcount/SKP4472|Special:Editcount/SKP4472 Edits!]] Welcome to Click a Brick! 22:33, December 28, 2012 (UTC) I don't see a need to change the language used, if we are to use English, why not use 'English' English. The language is English anyway. Clone gunner commander jedi talk