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First draft Brian Willoughby (talk) 20:50, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Second draft Brian Willoughby (talk) 20:52, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Third draft Brian Willoughby (talk) 20:55, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

UK/US Spelling

Hi. Regarding your edits to triad (underground societies), it's best not to change between UK and US spelling unless the article deals with a primarily North American topic. I've reverted those parts of your edit that just changed from UK to US spelling (while leaving your other edits in). In general, we choose the variant of English that applies to the topic being discussed (in this case, English-speaking Asia tends to use UK spelling). If it's not clear which variant should be used, the variant used by the original significant contributor should be maintained. -- (ɔ|ʇ) uıɐʌoɥɔ ʞɹɐɯ 01:27, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the corrections and for the explanations. I started my edits with just the changes that you left intact, and then searched for more "spelling" errors. As I changed the UK spellings, I was a little wary. Frankly, I didn't know what the standards were for two languages as close as British and English. I briefly thought there might be political reasons to either avoid or favor a UK flavour. Anyway, thanks again for clearing this up, since it can sometimes take hours to find a page in Wikipedia explaining such conventions. -- BrianWilloughby (talk) 05:56, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

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