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Conservapedia talk:Commandments (view source)
Revision as of 02:34, January 20, 2007
, 02:34, January 20, 2007→American Spelling of Words
*******If we make a rule about it people will be more likely to use the American spellings. Obviously we will not block specific people without ample warning. We will not have to patrol the pages day and night to make sure... just whenever someone does an edit post on their user page a reference to the rule and they'll stop. [[User:PhilipB|PhilipB]] 00:07, 19 January 2007 (EST)
*******If we make a rule about it people will be more likely to use the American spellings. Obviously we will not block specific people without ample warning. We will not have to patrol the pages day and night to make sure... just whenever someone does an edit post on their user page a reference to the rule and they'll stop. [[User:PhilipB|PhilipB]] 00:07, 19 January 2007 (EST)
*******It appears that you are missing my point. If you make a rule about it, people will ''have'' to use the American spelling, (not be 'more likely' to) which is unfair, as many people on this site cannot even spell normally. But hey! I am sure that you all have a just reason to make such a petty rule. (Oh, right; "We're American". The homepage doesn't really state that we're American anyway)I'm sure that I am unpatriotic because I spell "favorite" like our Founding Fathers did with a 'U' ... like a Brit. --[[User:Katja N|Katie]] 08:35, 19 January 2007 (EST)
*******It appears that you are missing my point. If you make a rule about it, people will ''have'' to use the American spelling, (not be 'more likely' to) which is unfair, as many people on this site cannot even spell normally. But hey! I am sure that you all have a just reason to make such a petty rule. (Oh, right; "We're American". The homepage doesn't really state that we're American anyway)I'm sure that I am unpatriotic because I spell "favorite" like our Founding Fathers did with a 'U' ... like a Brit. --[[User:Katja N|Katie]] 08:35, 19 January 2007 (EST)
********By the way... is everyone aware that most of the differences between U. S. and British spelling are the direct personal work of none other than [[Noah Webster]]? U. S. schools used British books, and Webster thought Americans should learn from American books. He published spelling books and dictionaries that were widely adopted, and over the years he gradually changed the spelling, dropping the "u" from "color" and "honor," changing the order of the "r" and "e" in "center," and so forth... [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 21:34, 19 January 2007 (EST)
I suggest that when anyone notices a British spelling, they should just change it to the U. S. spelling, with an edit comment like "per Conservapedia style." I think British contributors will get the idea. Brits who are familiar and comfortable with U. S. spellings can do so, those who aren't should just do their best and let others copyedit their work.
I suggest that when anyone notices a British spelling, they should just change it to the U. S. spelling, with an edit comment like "per Conservapedia style." I think British contributors will get the idea. Brits who are familiar and comfortable with U. S. spellings can do so, those who aren't should just do their best and let others copyedit their work.