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National varieties of English

Hello. In a recent edit to the page Attack on Pearl Harbor, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, or Pakistan, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the first author of the article used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this visit the help desk. Thank you. David J Johnson (talk) 16:33, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello. Thanks, but the above WP boilerplate about different forms of the English language in WP doesn't apply here, my edit wasn't about any of that. It was designed to point out the misspelling of the title 'Pearl Harbor' in the title of the British Movietone clip. The correct spelling of the formal place name in question is Pearl Harbor, not, 'Pearl Harbour', regardless of the version of English one chooses to use. I now realize there is a better way to point out misspellings. 2601:547:CB00:3D40:D53D:D126:97E8:602A (talk) 10:28, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Don't change or"correct" the title of a source. It was a British movie clip, so they used the British spelling. It's not misspelled, and the "sic" is inappropriate. Leave it alone, get used to the fact that spellings can vary. Acroterion (talk) 12:05, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

I didn't change or correct the title of a source; I only pointed out that a word in the title is misspelled because it is misspelled. As 'Pearl Harbor' is a formal place name of a place in the US and named as such, it is spelled correctly only in the American version of English, the British spelling of the word harbor (harbour) in the title is incorrect. Please don't patronize me; I realize spellings can vary across political boundaries, however; one cannot correctly use British spellings for American formal place names any more than the reverse can be applied. It can be fairly pointed out that, although the reference is a title of a news reel, it is, in fact, misspelled. 2601:547:CB00:3D40:D53D:D126:97E8:602A (talk) 12:52, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Also, please stop removing the "Roman" from "Roman Catholic Church." There are other Catholic churches - the various Eastern Catholic Churches, for instance, and we want to keep them distinguished. Please stop correcting things that you think are wrong, it comes across as rather parochial focus on the United States and majority religions. Acroterion (talk) 12:17, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

As for Charles Atlas, fair enough. Acroterion (talk) 12:28, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

In any case your "comments" regarding spelling of Pearl Harbor should have been on the appropriate page and certainly not on my Talk page. David J Johnson (talk) 14:27, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

April 2024

Hello, I'm Medusahead. I noticed that you recently made an edit in which your edit summary did not appear to describe the change you made. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Medusahead (talk) 09:08, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. 2601:547:CB00:3D40:D53D:D126:97E8:602A (talk) 10:29, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

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