[WikiEN-l] "refactoring" signatures (was: cancelation of the deletion review of the satanism userbox)

Tue Jun 6 17:39:32 UTC 2006

On 6/6/06, Guettarda <guettarda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I'd say that only holds if they expressed on.  If I were to write a
> stub and use no words that differ between BE and AE, and someone else comes
> along and writes an article using AE, the "first user preference" is
> their's, not mine.  Anyway, expressing a preference ("prefers BE" or
> "prefers AE") is fine.  Saying that they "contribute" in AE/BE says "I don't
> want to compromise".  If I write an article about an American topic, I
> should use AE, not matter how much it grates.

Hmm, all I can say is, if the AE/BE userbox is the most offensive
that's left, then let's break out the champagne.

Steve