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Wikipedia:Manual of Style
Minggu, 2026-08-16 16:52:30

in the {{term}} or {{defn}} element, as needed. Shortcut MOS:ENGVARMOS:ENGVAR National varieties of English (for example, American English or British...

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Wikipedia:Engvar workshop
Minggu, 2025-08-03 19:17:37

dealt with by the script it was sufficient to use three styles, EngvarA, EngvarB and EngvarC. Here A corresponds to American spelling, B to British and C...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 November 3
Senin, 2018-11-12 07:43:51

the "other" spelling. We created ENGVAR precisely to avoid these endless arguments. Unless there is a clear ENGVAR attached to the article topic, our...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 August 31
Minggu, 2022-05-01 10:44:32

09:53, 31 August 2020 (UTC) Delete EngvarB(oops!) EngvarO and replace uses with British English Oxford spelling. "EngvarO" is not even remotely English or...

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Wikipedia:Don't use Grammarly
Senin, 2024-12-16 11:08:55

a grammar tool?" Unfortunately, it has a bad habit of going against WP:ENGVAR and WP:TPO. Moreover, it can even destroy pages when using the source editor...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject English Language/Members
Rabu, 2026-08-12 01:20:50

Wants to work on: Dialects and regional variants. ENGVAR stuff Needs help with: Templates relating to ENGVAR Participant since 15:03, 28 September 2017 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2018 March 29
Jumat, 2018-04-06 08:16:02

likely to use the plural. Perhaps this varies by country, in which case WP:ENGVAR would apply. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 21:43, 31 March 2018 (UTC) I do not...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/April 2019
Kamis, 2019-05-09 08:19:42

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 30 ENGVAR and two-wheeled human-propelled vehicles "Nope" Another ENGVAR question: "from 1990"...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/English Dialects
Minggu, 2024-11-03 16:17:55

thinking about creating a group of Wikipedians to more-or-less enforce WP:ENGVAR—the standards of allowing different national varieties of English on the...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 July 10
Jumat, 2021-08-20 00:53:31

is a weak consensus to rename these templates. Objections based off WP:ENGVAR have been noted. (non-admin closure) –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 17:53, 19 August 2021...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 November 5
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:49:47

WP:ENGVAR. Standardisation in the subject hierarchies taking precedence over standardization by country would also require a change in WP:ENGVAR for...

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Wikipedia:Systemic bias and English dialects
Kamis, 2026-08-13 10:06:05

principles of Wikipedia (WP), the popular Manual of Style (MOS) states in ENGVAR: All national varieties of Standard English are equally acceptable on English...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 May 27
Selasa, 2025-06-24 20:53:27

talk:EngvarB#Proposal to deprecate or rename this template and subsequent activity on that talk page. Template:EngvarB is used by the Wikipedia:EngvarB script...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Mercedes-Benz CLR/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 17:11:57

final polishing before applying for FA. Specifically grammar and structure, ENGVAR, and a bit of variations just to spice up the article. Thanks, The359 (Talk)...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2023 January 2
Rabu, 2023-01-11 11:25:54

assume you're asking about Wikipedia articles) are not conformant with WP:ENGVAR and contain a mixture of British and US English. Another complication is...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 October 9
Sabtu, 2020-10-17 08:16:03

Template:EngvarB with Template:Use British English. These templates are redundant to each other. {{EngvarA}} redirects to {{Use American English}}, {{EngvarO}}...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2016 November 6
Minggu, 2022-03-27 02:14:33

Lisaleelyons1960 (talk) 01:23, 6 November 2016 (UTC) @Lisaleelyons1960: See WP:ENGVAR for our policy on this issue. This sort of question would be better at the...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 September 11
Kamis, 2022-10-06 00:15:21

section. The result of the discussion was: Rename. Seems doubtful there is an engvar issue. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 07:48, 19 September 2022 (UTC) Propose...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/History of botany/1
Senin, 2025-09-29 04:02:03

look, and noted the following: Engvar: was mixed, but majority UK English. I've done a copyedit to gravitate all the engvar differences I could find to UK...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 January 31
Minggu, 2022-05-22 04:12:23

using the adjectival form. Note that the "sport"/"sports" choice raises MOS:ENGVAR issues: British English prefers "sport", but American English prefers "sports"...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2018 March 28
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 00:16:38

this most likely is a case of WP:ENGVAR, right? –HTD 17:40, 28 March 2018 (UTC) I don't think it's a case of ENGVAR. Use of "general elections" can be...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 February 16
Kamis, 2022-12-15 07:18:03

country Ricky81682 (talk) 08:12, 16 February 2015 (UTC) Strong oppose WP:ENGVAR violation. The parent category is called Category:Canadian track and field...

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Wikipedia:EN (disambiguation)
Selasa, 2025-08-12 23:08:50

noticeboard Wikipedia:Manual of Style § National varieties of English (WP:ENGVAR) Wikipedia:Verifiability § Non-English sources Wikipedia:Pages needing translation...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 7
Kamis, 2020-08-06 15:34:32

Function overview: Mass create {{Category redirect}}s to resolve the WP:ENGVAR variations in category names using the word "organisation(s)" or "organization(s)"...

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling
Senin, 2026-06-22 07:07:58

identify a national style of spelling. {{Engvar}} built inside a template: allows an editor to set the variant by |engvar=, then the prepared template can adjust...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2014 August 22
Rabu, 2022-02-23 13:02:41

a primarily US phenomenon, which would indicate the US spelling per WP:ENGVAR. But let's leave that to the article contributors. Tevildo (talk) 09:40...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2017 June 13
Senin, 2017-06-19 09:08:01

really the right link. A better one is MOS:ENGVAR. --Viennese Waltz 18:34, 13 June 2017 (UTC) The "ENGVAR" link doesn't mention varieties such as Indian...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Acer rubrum/1
Kamis, 2026-01-15 23:10:26

including entire paragraphs. Z1720 (talk) 03:00, 12 January 2026 (UTC) Engvar: this is currently mixed, and always has been, with no specification set;...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kaysey/Archive
Kamis, 2018-01-11 03:59:04

Chinese zodiac terms, and had been warned about indiscriminately changing ENGVAR spellings. IPv6 was blocked about a month ago for disruptively wikilinking...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/The Jew of Malta/archive1
Selasa, 2019-01-29 00:46:57

(talk) 18:05, 6 November 2018 (UTC) Not a bad start. As an English play, WP:ENGVAR means it should use British English, so "theatre" for a start. The Summary...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 October 5
Selasa, 2023-02-21 13:15:44

no consensus Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 17:21, 19 October 2013 (UTC) Template:EngvarB (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Completely needless...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 April 8
Senin, 2018-12-03 04:16:16

good arguments for both "shows" and "program[me]s". In practice, the WP:ENGVAR program/programme issue was an utter pain, creating a stream of CfD debates...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 June 22
Sabtu, 2024-12-28 00:04:19

conventional to the WP:ENGVAR appropriate to it. Freshwater lochs... and Sea lochs... would make the distinction clear and respects ENGVAR. Rename instead of...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ArchiveCarrickfergus/UBX/KillAmericanEnglish
Minggu, 2022-03-20 22:40:38

logs) This userbox encourages disruptive editing and contradicts our MOS:ENGVAR guideline. It also runs afoul of the WP:UBX instructions to avoid divisive...

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Wikipedia:Naming conventions (architecture)
Rabu, 2026-03-18 18:49:27

after "St"; St. Mary's Church versus St Mary's Church is a matter of WP:ENGVAR; refer to use in reliable sources and consistency within the nation. In...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 August 24
Jumat, 2025-09-26 10:41:48

media, and legislation. CROIXtalk 23:44, 13 August 2025 (UTC) Delete WP:ENGVAR was established to stop battles between spelling such color/colour. It is...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wtshymanski
Minggu, 2022-05-01 11:15:36

The original article is not identified as a stub. In accordance with WP:ENGVAR, a {{British English}} template was added to the article talk page to flag...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 November 16
Selasa, 2025-07-22 19:49:01

Category:Colleges of education in New Zealand Nominator's rationale: rename per WP:ENGVAR, colleges of education seems to be the preferred term in New Zealand. Marcocapelle...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Benazir Bhutto/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 03:05:58

charges (in the legal sense). ENGVAR Bhutto was Pakistani and the official language is Commonwealth English, therefore per WP:ENGVAR British spellings (honour...

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Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Joedon123
Jumat, 2008-04-04 18:53:08

user and the two IPs are making the same disruptive edits, contrary to WP:ENGVAR, to the Bell Centre article and related ice hockey articles. Comments Conclusions...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 February 24
Jumat, 2018-04-20 05:29:43

section. The result of the discussion was: keep. No consensus to change; ENGVAR does allow us to use a different term than the norm for countries where...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-01-23/News and notes
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:41:31

Had made? Until what? Or is that a typo for "has"/"have" (depending on ENGVAR) --Dweller (talk) 17:49, 26 January 2012 (UTC) "There is no financial exchange...

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Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022/Requested moves/Scotland
Sabtu, 2022-04-02 00:45:27

Communication here is absolutely impossible until we resolve the fundamental MOS:ENGVAR issue. Scotlander people already know about Scotland, so most readers must...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 March 17
Selasa, 2022-03-29 19:27:19

term that avoids ambiguity and confusion both on content grounds and on WP:ENGVAR, provides uniformity throughout the tree, and also matches the scheme of...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Djungarian hamster/archive1
Jumat, 2022-03-18 02:56:23

American spellings - for example, you use both "grey" and "gray". See WP:ENGVAR. Done It's generally good practice to avoid image galleries where possible...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 13
Selasa, 2022-03-01 14:43:34

Thincat (talk) 22:39, 13 December 2013 (UTC) To answer the first point, WP:ENGVAR is the relevant policy. I can't answer the second, because I'm English and...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 August 21
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:15:15

Rationalle: Each country should be consistant in terms of ENGVAR usage, except where regional ENGVAR issues exist. Preference to option 2, as Mexico isn't...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Galápagos tortoise/archive1
Kamis, 2011-01-13 07:51:51

is being used in the article, Consistency is required. See WP:ENGVAR, Wikipedia:ENGVAR#Internal_consistency Some parts seem unreferenced. Last sentence...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 March 16
Jumat, 2023-02-10 21:48:21

--Tagishsimon (talk) 18:52, 16 March 2016 (UTC) Well, in keeping with WP:ENGVAR, an article about an American TV show should be written for the reader on...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 April 6
Senin, 2022-02-21 14:46:25

variant. If none can be determined, then I suggest using {{EngvarB spelling}} or {{EngvarC spelling}} as necessary. The logic is mostly the same, just...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Spiders/Article structure
Kamis, 2020-12-03 14:33:54

Physical description (i.e. morphology). (Or "Behaviour" depending on the WP:ENGVAR in use.) Life cycle, reproduction, web, and prey capture can be included...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 July 11
Selasa, 2025-07-22 06:02:17

strength of arguments, the WP:ENGVAR arguments for dodging the "streams" nomenclature give Option B's arguments the edge. WP:ENGVAR is a strong rationale for...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Maurice Suckling/archive1
Kamis, 2023-04-20 03:27:07

"War of American Independence" or somesuch name given that the subject and ENGVAR of the article is British. I feel that the War of the Austrian Succession...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 12
Senin, 2020-07-27 05:12:31

2020 (UTC) EngvarA spelling → Template:Use American English  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]  EngvarB spelling →...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 153
Selasa, 2026-03-03 04:23:40

change category titles for consistency in WP:ENGVAR circumstances. We may change them for consistency in non-ENGVAR circumstances if it is uncontroversial,...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/April 2015
Selasa, 2022-02-22 15:32:36

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 April 14 Radio/Radios and ENGVAR Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 April 16 yes/no...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 February 12
Minggu, 2022-04-24 03:27:41

--BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:33, 12 February 2010 (UTC) Oppose WP:ENGVAR. 'Transport' is just as common as 'transportation' in Canada. See for instance...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 July 29
Sabtu, 2021-09-04 23:51:50

article per WP:C2D with potential country exceptions if there's a clear WP:ENGVAR with "passenger coaches". - RevelationDirect (talk) 10:27, 21 July 2021...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/French horn/archive1
Jumat, 2019-01-11 05:29:13

Be consistent in whether you use British or American spellings - see WP:ENGVAR Don't sandwich text between images, and don't include the same image more...

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Wikipedia:Typo Team
Selasa, 2026-07-28 08:43:33

varieties of English American and British English spelling differences WP:EngvarB Typo team members make many edits. It is always a good idea to give an...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 April 8
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:53:48

conjectures Nominator's rationale: Opposed speedy request, possible WP:ENGVAR situation. Should it be "disproved" or "disproven"? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄)...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 October 19
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:56:37

related cfd. Oculi (talk) 19:32, 19 October 2016 (UTC) Oppose. This is an ENGVAR issue, so it's OK to use the terminology that is more commonly used in India...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Moonrise (Warriors)/archive1
Jumat, 2011-07-08 17:00:19

particularly difficult to write" and leave out the attempted explanation WP:ENGVAR - use consistent spellings. For example, you currently have both "travelling"...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Rwandan Civil War/archive1
Minggu, 2017-04-23 09:22:49

Paul Kagame.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC) Check for ENGVAR consistency - it's mostly British but then you've got things like "reorganization"...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 January 1
Kamis, 2023-03-16 21:43:47

deck chairs around? wbm1058 (talk) 14:04, 16 December 2020 (UTC) Well, WP:ENGVAR applies, of course: The English Wikipedia prefers no national variety of...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 August 28
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:32:54

There's nothing to indicate why photography should be an exception to WP:ENGVAR. Timrollpickering (talk) 23:12, 23 August 2012 (UTC) Yes, I'm proud to say...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 September 7
Senin, 2023-02-27 15:41:02

editors of WP:ENGVAR, which is a weel-kent guideline (as might be said in Scots) and it is hard to see how the large number of ENGVAR issues, which form...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 March 15
Senin, 2026-03-02 23:28:37

spelling. EngvarB was introduced as a marker for a semi-automatic script (of the same name) that ensures consistent British/Commonwealth spelling. "EngvarO" does...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 August 20
Minggu, 2024-09-08 21:18:57

and add |engvar= if someone wants customization Keep |US= and add |engvar= if backwards compatibility is a concern Keep |US= and not add |engvar= (but still...

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Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2011/August/21
Kamis, 2021-08-12 15:05:11

(UTC) I propose renaming it to {{US-transportation-company-stub}}, per ENGVAR (fo the US we use "Transportation", not "Transport"), and permanently keep...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/Turkey/archive1
Rabu, 2011-12-21 07:11:16

language they are in. Check for others besides these examples. Check for WP:ENGVAR, I see meter/metre, program/programme, isation/ization, etc. Text is sandwiched...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Dneo bot
Senin, 2022-03-07 00:30:05

a good task for a bot. WP:ENGVAR is a tricky area with a number of caveats, making it prime WP:CONTEXTBOT territory. ENGVAR changes need to be specifically...

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Wikipedia:VARS
Senin, 2024-12-23 16:43:20

Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers § Retaining existing format MOS:ENGVAR, Wikipedia:Manual of Style § National varieties of English MOS:ERAVAR, part...

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Wikipedia:Use our own words
Senin, 2026-08-17 01:48:09

blog may be jovial. An academic work too dry. English language variants WP:ENGVAR notes that, somewhat unusually, we have no house style when it comes to...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 May 6
Selasa, 2023-10-31 01:11:51

program/programmes should be allowed to vary per ENGVAR though. --Paul_012 (talk) 17:39, 9 May 2020 (UTC) @Paul_012, the ENGVAR issue is precisely why I didn't make...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 June 4
Kamis, 2023-02-09 22:00:01

4 June 2018 (UTC) Delete I do not think this is an Engvar issue, at least if it is, the Engvar issue is a rare one where British and American English...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steaming (crime)
Selasa, 2025-12-09 15:24:00

2018 (UTC) Keep. This article existed long before Flash rob, so under WP:ENGVAR that article should actually be merged to this. A British person is no more...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 January 25
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 23:08:35

straightforward WP:ENGVAR issue. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:02, 25 January 2013 (UTC) Objection to speedy: It most certainly is not an ENGVAR issue, much less...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Johnsmith212254/Archive
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 13:18:49

behaviors. I would consider an unblock if the user undertakes not to ignore ENGVAR and similar guidelines. Vanamonde93 (talk) 03:38, 16 March 2026 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 February 14
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:52:17

shows would be a better term than programs/programmes, as it avoids the WP:ENGVAR issue. That discussion wasn't directly about this category tree, so here's...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Chinua Achebe
Minggu, 2024-09-22 07:19:43

Scartol's elbow.qp10qp 01:13, 24 October 2007 (UTC) Oppose To comply with WP:ENGVAR, this needs Commonwealth English spellings (this is not optional). --ROGER DAVIES TALK...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2006 (U.S.)/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 06:00:43

noticed similar usage in other US articles, though, so I guess it must be an ENGVAR issue and therefore acceptable. So I guess I support -- ChrisTheDude (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of tourist attractions in Darbhanga
Minggu, 2025-12-14 04:17:09

I find subjective compared to "landmark", though I understand there are ENGVAR issues there. Regardless, the title seems to be the nom's sole basis for...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 September 20
Jumat, 2023-01-27 18:28:59

discussion below, but the outcome of the discussion may be different per WP:ENGVAR. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:40, 4 September 2022 (UTC) Support. Per discussion...

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 09:07:55

on certain topics: How to deal with national varieties of English (MOS:ENGVAR) Language for section headings (MOS:HEAD) How to format quotations (MOS:QUOTE)...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Max Guevara/archive1
Minggu, 2022-04-24 01:43:23

As an American TV show produced by Americans, I would think that, per WP:ENGVAR, this article should be written in American English, nit British English...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/E.W. Hornung/archive1
Sabtu, 2014-03-08 17:01:16

which is underway elsewhere. As this is an ENGVAR difference, the discussion between whether inits or Engvar takes precedence does not take place here...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Americium/1
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 12:44:21

the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:44, 13 April 2026 (UTC) I see some possible ENGVAR mixing. The article is tagged {{Use dmy dates}}, and that's what seems to...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Eluru/archive2
Kamis, 2024-09-19 07:16:47

fair and balanced. I have changed some spellings (center, neighbor) as WP:ENGVAR there are probably more. I corrected 2 references, to refer to the actual...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Salt/1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 10:55:57

editor of the article who claims to have made the spelling consistent per WP:ENGVAR six years ago, and who has watched it ever since. Due to ill health I didn't...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/1689 Boston revolt/archive1
Jumat, 2023-06-09 22:37:46

DCI2026 15:16, 4 September 2011 (UTC) Brief comments from Nikkimaria Per WP:ENGVAR, be consistent in whether you use American or British spelling - for example...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-12-24/Technology report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:52:24

(talk) 10:30, 26 December 2012 (UTC) No offense, and I'm not sure what engvar applies to the Signpost but it's normalise, quoted, in the header, and normalize...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2022 December 30
Selasa, 2023-01-03 07:09:48

every engvar change that they made. Is there a way to start a discussion to the effect of "Can edits of this editor which are solely engvar- or engvar-like...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 11
Sabtu, 2020-10-17 22:10:38

nitrogen mustarts, pheremones, monoclonal antibodies etc.). There is an WP:ENGVAR issue relating to the use of 'drugs' and medications' which is also going...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2017 May 14
Sabtu, 2017-05-20 08:47:35

or marketing department or whatever. There is probably some degree of WP:Engvar too. I think the above two articles should be merged (and I'd note AFAICT...

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Wikipedia:Continent Task Force
Senin, 2023-11-20 22:00:54

{{Lists of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent}} Per WP:ENGVAR, the variety of English used should be standard within each page. For articles...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Covering of the Senne/1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 10:51:29

needed for a successful nomination”. Article remains in violation of WP:ENGVAR AND WP:TRITE. Nominator refused to make simplest of changes (e.g. characterized...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 January 18
Sabtu, 2020-02-01 04:10:32

suggest adding a engvar parameter and turn {{Holiday}} into a wrapper. ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 21:25, 23 January 2020 (UTC) Keep both per MOS:ENGVAR. If a merge...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by Blue Is the Warmest Colour/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 06:19:28

but not the American English Wikipedia so date formats can vary per WP:ENGVAR.Cowlibob (talk) 20:39, 3 October 2015 (UTC) Thank you for being so understanding...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/H2H3fanbase2TP/Archive
Senin, 2022-05-30 07:32:48

future reference, the linguistic similarities you mentioned above look like ENGVAR to me, not anything particularly proof-worthy. GeneralNotability (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2018 May 24
Jumat, 2018-06-01 09:28:53

Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:03, 24 May 2018 (UTC) Maybe an WP:ENGVAR issue? I never change "is" to "are" or visa-versa because within 4 seconds...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 December 1
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:44:07

Necrothesp (talk) 14:01, 1 December 2016 (UTC) REverse merge -- This is an ENGVAR issue. In UK, military means army. Navy and RAF are armed forces, but not...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Plymouth Argyle F.C. seasons/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 06:10:35

singular and plural.) To the British ear, there's no inconsistency, just a WP:ENGVAR difference, and the change to "PAFC are an English association football...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 March 28
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:41:48

be made to this section. The result of the discussion was: rename. While ENGVAR applies, the parent and sibling categories both use the American term. The...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 January 24
Kamis, 2018-02-22 23:58:16

friend: inside-of-template {{engvar}} uses these codes to select engvar spellings (an article editor can enter |engvar=en-GB to have the template say...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 March 27
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:40:43

others 'alumni of foo'; it's an ENGVAR matter.) Oculi (talk) 01:38, 28 March 2015 (UTC) I'm neutral in all ENGVAR matters, so support merge in either...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of commonly misused English words
Minggu, 2025-11-30 00:53:38

contents are debatable, being written for a particular time and place (see WP:ENGVAR). Such works are dictionaries of difficult words and that's the business...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Language Converter
Selasa, 2023-10-10 16:24:22

ageConverterForEnglish.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css', 'text/css' ); WP:ENGVAR phab:T33015 - Convert between English language variants in display of pages...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Common outcomes
Jumat, 2026-08-14 11:45:09

generally deleted if the variety or dialect of concern does not meet MOS:ENGVAR. For a list of prior discussions, see here. For an essay arguing that this...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 February 17
Kamis, 2022-12-15 07:42:08

the night. Mangoe (talk) 00:42, 18 February 2013 (UTC) comment—this is an ENGVAR issue. In NZ English "accommodation" is a group noun for where people spend...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-12-27/On the bright side
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 09:44:51

historic" to "a historic". The consensus appears to be that it is a WP:ENGVAR issue. Personally, I am okay with either option. If you would like to change...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 May 29
Minggu, 2022-02-27 19:31:36

categories all have the same national scope, so they should have the same ENGVAR usage. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:55, 29 May 2017 (UTC) Option A Per WP:RETAIN...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 December 29
Selasa, 2018-12-04 23:56:51

Category:Neighbourhoods in Freetown Nominator's rationale: Possible WP:ENGVAR issue, but with some complications. I'm the original creator here, but I...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 March 16
Senin, 2023-02-27 23:17:48

merely my personal view), the ENGVAR questions re categories would be best avoided by using names which do not cause ENGVAR issues - in many cases there...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2021 September 19
Senin, 2022-07-04 23:06:01

Your script User:FlightTime/common.js imports the script User:Ohconfucius/EngvarB. This is the culprit. It is not a new issue; see User talk:Ohconfucius/script...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/2017–18 Bergen County eruv controversy/archive1
Sabtu, 2018-03-17 15:40:54

this Construction "it did so before an overflow crowd". This may be an Engvar thing, but an overflow crowd to me reads like the they only spoke to those...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 August 1
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:42:39

Category:Aluminum sculptures in the United States Nominator's rationale: Per WP:ENGVAR - in American English, the metal is called "Aluminum". עוד מישהו Od Mishehu...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 May 13
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:20:18

are at "power stations". While "power plants" is indeed likely the WP:ENGVAR here, what's needed is a nomination for the whole tree at once, not attempting...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 November 16
Minggu, 2023-01-29 02:18:54

programs) whenever WP:ENGVAR does not apply—as in this case. -- Black Falcon (talk) 18:49, 2 December 2013 (UTC) Rename all. WP:ENGVAR is weaker in the cases...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 7/BHGbot-7-AWB-module
Rabu, 2020-07-29 23:08:53

create soft category redirect to [[:" + s + "]] ... to resolve the s/z [[WP:ENGVAR]] variation in the spelling of "organisation"/"organization"";...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 February 11
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:44:24

subject heading, we're trying to avoid words with spelling variants per WP:ENGVAR. I'm therefore proposing "Television news shows", which renders quite some...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 December 19
Selasa, 2026-01-06 06:56:29

the same here to make it consistent. As was noted at a previous TFD, MOS:ENGVAR deals with National varieties of English and Scotland is a subnational entity...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Balamory episodes (Season 4)
Rabu, 2026-01-07 19:23:15

as sources for an independent article. As for the title: Policy (like WP:ENGVAR and naming conventions) count more heavily than current status quo. In other...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 February 25
Sabtu, 2023-03-25 17:24:28

crossing accidents in the United States Nominator's rationale: Rename. WP:ENGVAR: American English is grade crossing. It seems odd to have a "level crossing"...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 October 25
Selasa, 2023-03-14 11:33:12

standard for categories is to follow ENGVAR, not to have their spellings necessarily match one another WP:ENGVAR is a Wikipedia:Guideline, and so generally...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 20
Kamis, 2020-11-12 00:55:21

Rathfelder (talk) 14:20, 23 September 2020 (UTC) Oppose -- This is an ENGVAR issue. In UK "physician" is a hospital specialty. The nom's complaint will...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 March 17
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:07:19

Neutral, per WP:ENGVAR and per jc37. Either usage is fine. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:22, 19 March 2012 (UTC) Oppose per WP:ENGVAR which does...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Shah Rukh Khan/archive1
Jumat, 2022-05-27 07:25:50

significant..." "significant release of the 1990s came with " this may be ENGVAR, but I would say "significant performance of the 1990s came in " or "significant...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 December 13
Selasa, 2023-03-14 00:25:20

correct; and no onehas been able to present any evidence that, in some ENGVARs, "yoghurt" is correct. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:27, 25 December 2011 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 February 19
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:37:40

speedy section because the difference in gas vs. filling station is an WP:ENGVAR difference between the U.S. and Canada vs. most of the rest of the English-speaking...

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Wikipedia:Cite4Wiki
Rabu, 2025-01-08 09:34:28

American-style date, for use in articles written in American English, per WP:ENGVAR. Far too many (especially inexperienced) editors simply paste in a URL and...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/New Brunswick Theological Seminary/archive1
Sabtu, 2014-02-22 17:30:20

February 2014 (UTC) @Edgepedia: - Thanks for your comments. I could see an ENGVAR issue...Anglicans like to think of themselves as Catholic and Reformed,...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Todd Manning/archive2
Rabu, 2022-05-04 12:46:56

Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:33, 29 November 2015 (UTC) Per WP:ENGVAR it's preferred (especially in GAs and FAs) that an article stays consistent...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Coinage Act of 1965/archive1
Senin, 2016-07-04 06:33:08

here? It seems slightly off to me. It looks OK to me. Possibly it is an ENGVAR thing.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:31, 29 April 2016 (UTC) "Dimes and quarters":...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Nonce introductions
Selasa, 2022-03-22 17:40:10

and some calling for keep as it is, with a possible rename to avoid WP:ENGVAR issues, as it appears the word "Nonce" is offensive in some dialects. It...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 May 4
Sabtu, 2022-02-26 18:04:28

(talk) 15:34, 8 May 2017 (UTC) As to the spelling of this word, see WP:ENGVAR; the most we can expect is national-level consistency - and I'm working...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2011 June 17
Minggu, 2026-02-08 06:52:09

standard quotes in an article's text susceptible of being acted upon by the EngvarB script – particularly in articles already tagged with {{Use British English}}...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 June 2
Rabu, 2024-04-03 19:38:00

Africa Rathfelder (talk) 10:20, 2 June 2019 (UTC) Keep - this seems to be an ENGVAR matter. Faculty in UK English is a group of departments, not a member of...

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports
Minggu, 2025-07-06 10:14:02

instance of game play, start to win. One term should be chosen (with WP:ENGVAR in mind), and used consistently throughout the article. For game types that...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 December 16
Kamis, 2022-12-15 07:31:13

2016 (UTC) Rename/Merge all to use program shows. Usage of "series" has WP:ENGVAR issues. I thought awhile back these types of things were renamed/merged...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Justin Slosky
Rabu, 2026-01-07 13:22:13

still cringe when I have to leave out the "u", but I have to follow WP:ENGVAR) roll printed in a local newspaper (catchment area population c. 175,000)...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive848
Jumat, 2023-06-02 23:38:55

any automated script or tool relating to ENGVAR, broadly interpreted, through Dec. 31, 2014. Manual ENGVAR edits would not be affected. Jaguar must also...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2017 June 23
Sabtu, 2022-06-04 19:37:58

MOS:ENGVAR, which is part of Wikipedia's Manual of Style guidelines. You're welcome. Ltwin (talk) (edit conflict) @LeachPistol: Please see WP:ENGVAR for...

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Wikipedia:Use modern language
Jumat, 2026-08-14 19:15:55

October 2011[update] this remains contentious. In the interim, follow WP:ENGVAR: if the article is written in American English and uses the spelling with...

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music/Appraisal
Minggu, 2024-08-18 15:34:14

obviously about MOS issues, eg Citing sources This duplicates/summarises WP:ENGVAR. Is it strictly necessary? If "yes" to the above, should we add examples...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Russian battleship Potemkin
Senin, 2022-03-07 14:57:25

"fourteen 50-calibre" --> "fourteen 50-caliber" (Engvar); "the left of centre" --> "the left of center" (Engvar); should the crew complement be added to the...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/Homo floresiensis/archive3
Kamis, 2015-02-19 13:42:49

These are just examples of missing ones, I didn't check all of them. Check ENGVAR - I see lots of -ise's and -ize's, skeptic/sceptic, analyze/analyse, etc...

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Wikipedia:Naming conventions (comics)
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 03:43:58

appropriate for certain comics titles published in other countries (per WP:ENGVAR), "comic" is ambiguous, and should never be used. Therefore, when needing...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 May 7
Jumat, 2021-06-04 08:50:01

many people there speak English as a second language), and therefore, WP:ENGVAR/MOS:TIES do not apply to Israeli-related articles. If some Israeli articles...

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Wikipedia:Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats
Jumat, 2024-07-05 21:14:06

course of action because of their competing language. Comparatively, WP:ENGVAR and WP:CITEVAR focus on the need to avoid edit-warring and subjective preferences...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 March 9
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:24:54

11:55, 14 March 2011 (UTC) Maybe this is a US/UK thing, which would be a WP:ENGVAR issue. But are you really saying the term "female" is never used in the...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 40
Sabtu, 2023-01-28 22:41:46

Silvrous Talk 13:30, 8 September 2012 (UTC) It depends. If they are violating engvar but have only just been warned for the first time, their edits are not vandalism...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 February 13
Kamis, 2023-02-09 19:53:36

no knowledge of any ENGVAR issues. Hmains (talk) 17:38, 13 February 2011 (UTC) Rename all. I honestly don't think it's an ENGVAR issue. I think it's a...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 June 4
Minggu, 2022-04-24 03:23:55

June 2016 (UTC) Comment, let's at least consistently apply one type of ENGVAR within a country. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:50, 6 June 2016 (UTC) I agree but...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Staging area/Comix
Selasa, 2025-11-11 15:30:03

only I had a SIGNPOST of some sort..." "." "." "I'm glad we could put that ENGVAR piffle behind us and agree on the most important truths of this world: miles...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Snotbot 7
Senin, 2022-02-21 11:04:45

list will be kept of which articles use which variation. As long as the engvar notice remains on the talk page of the article for a significant amount...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 March 31
Senin, 2020-04-20 17:24:45

2020 (UTC) Support "programs", Oppose series per nom & above. There is an Engvar gain on "programs" also. The 26 sub-cats mostly use "programs" too & should...

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 3
Senin, 2023-03-13 17:46:29

categories named after organizations? That's a straightforward WP:ENGVAR situation where en.wp has no reason to prefer one spelling over the other...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2021 Canadian cabinet reshuffle
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 18:50:14

for some reason these were to be kept, they would have to be moved on WP:ENGVAR grounds, as Canadian English doesn't call them reshuffles, we just call...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion
Kamis, 2023-03-09 04:20:24

–♠Vamí_IV†♠ 05:13, 5 March 2023 (UTC) I know there is a bit of an MOS:ENGVAR thing going on, but I find "Governor of Missouri Claiborne Fox Jackson....

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Citadel of Saigon
Jumat, 2023-03-03 09:46:23

metric/(imperial), the acreage should be hectares/(acres). Spelling consistency (WP:ENGVAR): mixes Commonwealth (realising) and US (self-defense) spellings. Needs...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (India)
Selasa, 2025-11-25 03:30:22

help in casting articles in an appropriate style as we all do, but WP:ENGVAR applies. --AJHingston (talk) 11:04, 1 January 2014 (UTC) Commment. That's...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 19
Senin, 2022-02-21 20:00:15

WP:G1. Place Clichy (talk) 08:58, 19 May 2021 (UTC) Comment -- Is there an ENGVAR issue here? If so, we should follow British usage, but leave a cat-redirect...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 August 4
Minggu, 2026-01-18 20:11:36

"metre (music)", your suggestion fiddles with ENGVAR also (depending of if categories are named after the ENGVAR of the article or not...) -- 76.65.128.222...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 May 12
Kamis, 2018-07-19 18:07:57

parts of the english speaking world. JarrahTree 05:22, 15 May 2018 (UTC) If ENGVAR is an issue in the Australian context, would it be an option to merge Category:Tourist...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 25
Senin, 2019-01-14 14:47:13

based on the parent Sport(s) in Foo category, which appears mainly to be an ENGVAR issue. Opposed speedy (see here). -- Black Falcon (talk) 23:16, 25 December...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 November 30
Selasa, 2024-12-24 21:52:21

synonym for MOS:ENGVAR, but it's really not a good idea, because the word dialect implies regional, subnational language patterns, and ENGVAR is meant to...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 March 9
Minggu, 2023-02-19 10:48:06

Keep also per rationale at comment at RFD for Hiberno-English template. ENGVAR reminds us that not everyone uses the same variety of English and that diversity...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 5
Rabu, 2022-02-23 11:39:53

Marco polo (talk) 21:23, 5 November 2014 (UTC) There's also our policy WP:ENGVAR, which mandates that each of our 4 million-plus articles is written in one...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Richie Farmer/archive1
Minggu, 2022-05-15 01:24:06

was without forward Andre Perry": might be an ENGVAR thing, but shouldn't this be "which was"? No ENGVAR thing; just my mistake. Fixed. Acdixon (talk ·...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 July 29
Selasa, 2025-08-12 06:06:58

country has its own variety. That would definitely not be in the spirit of WP:ENGVAR. It's also worth bearing in mind that in practice (eg. from the perspective...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 18
Jumat, 2024-02-02 10:16:38

years in London I find it *possible* that I merely hadn't noticed a small ENGVAR, and have been skipping the word in copyedits, but due to my current editing...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 September 27
Selasa, 2026-01-06 21:55:28

Anaesthetists]. Green Giant (talk) 09:45, 27 September 2012 (UTC) Rename all per WP:ENGVAR... but recreate the current titles as {{Category redirect}}s to assist transpondian...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 November 6
Senin, 2021-08-09 14:18:14

made on the appropriate discussion page. Comment. I've nominated the WP:ENGVAR Feminizationally → Feminization for WP:CSD, since I do not doubt it would...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 April 16
Minggu, 2022-02-27 19:43:22

categories all have te same national scope, so they should have the same ENGVAR usage. And there's certainly no reason to have both spellings for the "Defunct"...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 June 23
Selasa, 2020-07-28 06:48:56

significant number of editors cling to their ENGVAR, so there's no point in trying to create exceptions to ENGVAR. That's why I now advocate sidestepping that...

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Wikipedia:Category redirects that should be kept
Kamis, 2026-04-23 15:03:15

relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations). Alternative spellings and WP:ENGVAR, especially "organisations"/"organizations". Alternative WP:DATERANGE formats...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 February 9
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:52:45

objection to that. Can we use speciality in the English sub-cat, per WP:ENGVAR, and specialty in the parent, for consistency with some of its siblings...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Damen station (CTA Blue Line)/archive2
Selasa, 2023-05-09 07:05:36

that. "..due to the feared impact of property values." This might be an ENGVAR thing, but "on" would seem more suitable than "of" to me here. Done. "....

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-10-01/WikiProject report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:50:21

involving usual fancruft, in-universe writing etc, as well as a lot of WP:ENGVAR reversions. We also spend a lot of time removing either unsourced or poorly...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 February 24
Minggu, 2016-10-09 00:34:05

24 February 2009 (UTC) Oppose No dude, that's not a mispelling, see WP:ENGVAR (or Judgement). Giselbertus did what is I'm fairly sure remains the most...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Aftermath (Rolling Stones album)/archive1
Sabtu, 2020-03-14 19:06:30

we paraphrase? The other issue with so many quotes is compliance with WP:ENGVAR. Logically, the article should use British English but some many quotes...

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Wikipedia:Edit summary legend
Senin, 2026-06-29 21:44:38

throughout spl "desparate" → "desperate" spelling "colour" → "color" (per MOS:ENGVAR) tweaks, tweak, twk, tw, misc, technicals, techs Meaning: I made one or...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 October 20
Selasa, 2026-01-06 22:43:12

applied to an article for nationalist POV reasons). There may be legitimate ENGVAR reasons to apply it. Blueboar (talk) 13:39, 20 October 2015 (UTC) Could...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 January 16
Jumat, 2023-01-20 10:19:36

School is used because of MOS:ENGVAR. TSventon (talk) 10:24, 17 January 2023 (UTC) Are you sure? I don't see what ENGVAR has to do with it. The majority...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 February 21
Kamis, 2023-02-09 19:42:47

--BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:33, 12 February 2010 (UTC) Oppose WP:ENGVAR. 'Transport' is just as common as 'transportation' in Canada. See for instance...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/MOS:GENDERID for genderqueer people
Jumat, 2023-03-03 11:39:45

properly, articles so written both sound and flow better. The comparison to ENGVAR is particularly inapt, and moreover is self-defeating. There is no national...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/WWP (EP)/archive1
Sabtu, 2026-08-01 18:44:44

accessories. You will need to change "colorful" to "colourful" per MOS:ENGVAR. The article could benefit from these changes before being considered for...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 14
Senin, 2021-02-22 09:03:32

little guidance. Deor (talk) 18:23, 14 February 2021 (UTC) See also MOS:ENGVAR. When writing about a British band, I'd use "the band are ...". For a US...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 March 29
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:19:53

argument was made that WP:RETAIN prohibited the standardisation of a WP:ENGVAR within a single country-topic intersection on one or the other. While that...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Adelaide Anne Procter/archive1
Senin, 2023-02-27 20:56:33

and decide whether to reject my suggestions. You may wish to consider WP:ENGVAR, which perhaps implies the article should be in English English (as about...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 May 21
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:19:21

Category:Episcopal churches in the United States - it apprears to be an ENGVAR issue. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 04:43, 21 May 2014 (UTC) Keep. Within the Anglican...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 November 9
Senin, 2018-12-03 03:34:14

Category:EngvarO (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Nominator's rationale: This category will never be used because Template:EngvarO redirects...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 September 21
Kamis, 2021-08-19 00:56:09

captialisation and engvar changes. The set is neither infinite nor divisible. The precedent for creating capitalisation and engvar redirects has been...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 January 20
Minggu, 2026-02-01 08:45:57

banners, and then (d) actually listened to its advice. On most articles, WP:ENGVAR is not disputed and the much more common and unobtrusive {{Use xxx English}}...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Collapse of the World Trade Center/archive1
Rabu, 2020-05-13 19:27:35

Spelling and abbreviations may need to be standardized. For instance, WP:ENGVAR: I see "stories" and "storeys". I suggest the former since this is an American...

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Chemistry
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 06:09:21

guidelines on conflict of interest. Shortcut MOS:IUPACMOS:IUPAC Per WP:ENGVAR, the type of English used to write an article does not matter, but it should...

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Wikipedia:Proposal for a spelling standardization talk header
Senin, 2007-05-14 07:30:36

on sight, according to the [[WP:MOS|Wikipedia Manual of Style]]'s [[WP:ENGVAR|policy]] regarding [[American and British English spelling differences|national...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 August 1
Jumat, 2019-08-16 16:05:13

The Balkan country subcategories can keep "pop-folk" if they want on WP:ENGVAR grounds — but the transnational parent should use the standard terminology...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 April 28
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 09:11:10

(UTC) Comment what do you mean that WP:ENGVAR is not demonstrated? 70.29.208.247 (talk) 03:41, 5 May 2010 (UTC) ENGVAR is only an issue where there is a reasonable...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Shakespeare
Minggu, 2026-01-11 09:20:42

Shakespeare. (Note: All play articles should use British spelling. See WP:ENGVAR.) Note that a more detailed proposal is here. Intro paragraph with graphic...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Olivia (Fringe)/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 04:23:49

the parallel universe to disinterested government agents" (or is this WP:ENGVAR? Even if so, best avoided). Johnbod (talk) 17:06, 7 March 2011 (UTC) All...

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Wikipedia:Consistency in article titles
Sabtu, 2026-02-07 04:48:11

Presley and Federal Bureau of Investigation Ten Most Wanted Fugitives WP:ENGVAR supports having regionally appropriate spellings. We therefore do not change...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 May 31
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:56:09

typically called "Waldo" and not "Wally", I'd advocate for keeping on WP:ENGVAR grounds. Nyttend (talk) 23:52, 2 June 2017 (UTC) Weak oppose, all articles...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/India Nomenclature Issues
Minggu, 2024-11-03 16:20:07

05:35, 8 March 2011 (UTC) Or, perhaps we need a WP:WikiProject EngVar... since Engvar-ious issues keep cropping up, regardless of it being India or not...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 May 28
Minggu, 2023-02-19 06:26:21

in one day (non-admin closure) Pppery 19:02, 3 June 2017 (UTC) Template: Engvar (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Near-universal disapproval...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Laborintus II/archive1
Selasa, 2013-02-12 17:00:34

now, we don't need that accent. Fair enough; I figured it was really an ENGVAR thing on whether the accent was retained but I could well be wrong. In either...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive477
Senin, 2026-03-23 20:25:04

Decolonisation of Africa and also said that a change in ENGVAR should follow. Then you go ahead and change the ENGVAR of the article prior to any move. Another change...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nazir Ahmad (Burewala resident)
Kamis, 2026-01-08 10:30:16

"honor" is the spelling used exclusively in the article, contrary to WP:ENGVAR. Per WP:BLP it is completely unacceptable to state flatly that he killed...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/November 2018
Selasa, 2018-12-04 11:46:15

deleted... Responding to an entry in a talk page Mobile edits How to add Engvar template How To Create Business Profile? Canada's Got Talent Wikipedia page...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 March 14
Kamis, 2023-04-13 13:36:47

no ENGVAR issue there. And, regardless of the RM outcome of the main article, Category:British train drivers should not be renamed due to ENGVAR. From...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 December 27
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:03:07

categories to match. That would impose US usage inappropriately. See WP:ENGVAR. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:46, 28 December 2012 (UTC) Oppose instead merge...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 December 1
Minggu, 2022-05-29 15:01:23

there is a WP:ENGVAR issue here: "shop" is the common usage in the UK & Ireland, whereas the transpondians prefer "store". Since ENGVAR deprecates switching...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 December 28
Jumat, 2026-01-23 22:12:22

links | watch | logs) Nominator's rationale: Delete. Recently created WP:ENGVAR violation. It duplicates the previously created category Category:Track...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 February 26
Selasa, 2022-04-05 00:30:45

etc. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:25, 26 February 2015 (UTC) Support per WP:ENGVAR -- 70.51.200.101 (talk) 07:14, 27 February 2015 (UTC) Support American variety...

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Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board/Archive 55
Senin, 2020-04-06 10:09:31

reason why engvar designations on very clearly Australian items in the full range of Australian articles might have something else added like EngvarB ... The...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dorset Olde Tyme Bulldogge
Jumat, 2025-11-28 01:33:28

ludicrous ye olde worlde spelling for an inbred freak is no bar, per WP:ENGVAR, and I doubt if the Kennel Club carries much weight either. However is any...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 August 15
Kamis, 2020-11-05 08:28:51

6#Television_program(me)s. The whole point of that decision was to avoid WP:ENGVAR variations, and use a common term. This is the English-language Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jiwood23/Archive
Sabtu, 2025-11-15 17:38:20

Jiwood23 is a well known LTA who focuses on MOS:ENGVAR without seeking consensus., or use the shortcuts MOS:ENGVAR and WP:SOCK. Finally, NoriHero89 used the...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of the John Adams presidency/archive1
Rabu, 2026-04-08 18:26:42

4, 1801" "The performer Gilbert Fox premiers the song" - maybe this an ENGVAR issue but isn't that word spelt "premieres"......? "rumors spread that France...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 February 8
Minggu, 2026-01-18 20:12:49

non-academic staff. This is not a good place to invoke Engvar. We need to find ways to use Engvar issues less. To date we have invoked it to justify too...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/July 2010
Selasa, 2022-02-22 23:24:48

Merging Feedburner Feeds Arithmetic result exceeded 32 bits MATLAB Query Engvar in firefox How electronic voting works?? Greasemonkey links program that...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 146
Jumat, 2023-03-03 10:21:18

explicit about COMMONALITY; while the MOS:ENGVAR idea suggested in the old version depends on the opposite (ENGVAR only applies to a consistently dominant...

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Wikipedia:Date formatting and linking poll
Kamis, 2022-06-09 21:29:52

now, we would solve it by permitting both formats, along the lines of WP:ENGVAR. Autoformatting was a failed effort at a technical fix to a behavioral problem...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ruhaan Aditya/Archive
Senin, 2020-11-16 06:17:58

all definitely interested in Doraemon but there are some linguistic and engvar differences among the group. Most likely explanation is a bunch of excited...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 July 12
Kamis, 2023-12-28 01:51:18

(non-admin closure) --Trialpears (talk) 15:22, 19 July 2020 (UTC) Template:EngvarC spelling (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Replace single...

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Wikipedia:Logical quotation on Wikipedia
Rabu, 2026-08-12 07:51:40

even non–North American, and thus it is further evidence this is not an WP:ENGVAR issue. Contrary to common TQ proponents, Canadian journalism and fiction...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nintendo DSi/archive2
Rabu, 2025-09-24 02:14:46

BrEng, when the rest of the article is written in American English (WP:ENGVAR) Why does Launch of the Nintendo DSi go to Nintendo DS launches? There's...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2021 April 20
Sabtu, 2021-04-24 10:26:11

need to be aware of WP:ENGVAR as well, Redf1veXW. --ColinFine (talk) 19:43, 20 April 2021 (UTC) Aside from the WP:MOS and WP:ENGVAR (mentioned above), the...

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Wikipedia:Plural of antenna
Rabu, 2025-04-30 10:15:38

principle that is applied to other formatting issues such as spelling (WP:ENGVAR) and dates (WP:DATERET). The Wikipedia:Manual of style at Retaining existing...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar/archive1
Jumat, 2019-12-13 07:06:45

"Cochran". "come forward this year": that year? Preparation This may be an Engvar thing, but to my rather jaundiced British eye, "gotten" feels wrong, particularly...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/T30 howitzer motor carriage
Rabu, 2024-08-21 08:12:57

"US" vs "U.S." I believe either is acceptable by convention (depending on ENGVAR mostly) so whichever form you prefer pls standardise throughout the article...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-01-09/Featured content
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:41:02

in the world. There was no intention to make her "seem dead"; it may be ENGVAR, but as far as I see it having the sun set on a career or something doesn't...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2011 June 26
Selasa, 2022-03-29 02:12:17

move had previously been suggested on the talk page and I opposed per WP:ENGVAR. The actual move was performed without any discussion. How should I undo...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Eddie Gerard/archive1
Rabu, 2019-05-01 07:06:39

on his career Outside of hockey "Outside of hockey": this may well be an Engvar thing, but my British eye winces on the construction, which I would expect...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 30
Kamis, 2019-05-09 08:19:12

informal contexts. HenryFlower 11:22, 30 April 2019 (UTC) Is the word "nope" ENGVAR-related? It is not in my (active) American vocabulary. I sometimes see it...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 20
Kamis, 2021-06-03 10:56:35

Category:Organisations related to Southern Africa with an "s" instead of a "z" per WP:ENGVAR and to match Category:Organisations based in South Africa, Category:Organisations...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 October 8
Senin, 2023-02-27 23:16:37

Australia' SatuSuro 12:32, 8 October 2011 (UTC) Support per nom and WP:ENGVAR (since Australia doesn't use the name "fire department"s). Bidgee (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive227
Sabtu, 2025-02-15 08:11:22

discussion being a violation of ENGVAR. In fact, LtPowers (talk · contribs) made a strong argument explaining why ENGVAR did not apply, and this was not...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Megadeth band members
Minggu, 2023-02-19 09:30:25

doesn't read right to me (I'd say "October of the same year") but might be an ENGVAR thing - can you confirm if this wording is a valid American English usage...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 119
Kamis, 2024-10-17 05:11:39

recommend it, British ones recommend against it. Clear WP:ENGVAR issue. Current general ENGVAR guidance, merely requiring internal consistency, is adequate...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year/archive1
Kamis, 2022-03-10 04:15:02

suggestions might also be relevant to each of the other Laureus articles. Engvar - "honoring"? The Laureus website uses: organisation, honour, colour, favouritism...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 May 9
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:09:33

countries' schools that use their own ENGVAR. Ephebi (talk) 23:30, 14 May 2012 (UTC) This is not actually a WP:ENGVAR situation, because the same terminology...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 December 29
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:34:22

pediatricians to Category:Australian paediatricians Nominator's rationale: WP:ENGVAR Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 16:10, 29 December 2012 (UTC) rename...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-08-27/WikiProject report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:49:02

things going. They are good at helping enthusiastic newbies understand WP:ENGVAR and I have never noticed big problems or at least sustained ones with Dr...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 July 13
Senin, 2022-08-08 04:01:21

term in this context, because it would exclude toll motorways. There is an ENGVAR issue involved, so that splitting by country (if there are 5+ articles)...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Assessment/A-Class Review/Kwinana Freeway
Minggu, 2025-05-25 23:28:10

(UTC) All fixed except the compound compass points, which is actually an WP:ENGVAR issue (as mentioned in MOS:COMPASS). - Evad37 (talk) 00:58, 12 August 2013...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1937–38 Gillingham F.C. season/archive1
Selasa, 2023-01-17 07:05:22

many goals during the season.[13]" Is "as many goals" correct? Probably ENGVAR but I'd say "that many goals". What were Ipswich Town's qualifications?...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Spiro Agnew/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 17:29:37

those ... I don't have a strong view on the commas. I don't know it as an ENGVAR rule in so many words. I've been moving towards omitting commas where possible...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 June 9
Minggu, 2025-05-25 23:32:01

organizations is valid in both. Organisations, however, is not. Under WP:ENGVAR, WP:COMMONALITY recommends using words/spellings that are common to both...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 142
Jumat, 2018-06-01 20:39:05

violation of ENGVAR and a gross disservice to our readers. ϢereSpielChequers 09:34, 22 April 2018 (UTC) It's not a violation of ENGVAR. ENGVAR actually supports...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/The X-Files/archive2
Jumat, 2023-02-10 17:35:18

g. English (UK) "dialogue" and English (USA) "honor". As per Wikipedia:ENGVAR and American_and_British_English_differences#Entertainment we should stick...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 154
Sabtu, 2024-08-03 06:54:32

ENGVAR to say so. Templates such as {{convert}} simply follow ENGVAR, therefore discussions on such templates must wait for the discussion on ENGVAR (or...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 May 24
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:55:57

categories all have the same national scope, so they should have the same ENGVAR usage. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 10:28, 24 May 2017 (UTC) Option B – the parent...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Giraffe/archive2
Minggu, 2014-01-19 03:35:54

(talk) 02:51, 3 November 2011 (UTC) Brief comments from Nikkimaria Per WP:ENGVAR, use one variety of English throughout - for example, you currently have...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 February 27
Senin, 2022-05-16 15:22:30

would not care which of "clubs" or "teams" is used, because I don't like WP:ENGVAR fist-shaking matches, but I think that we should use "teams" in this case...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 September 27
Jumat, 2021-10-22 19:25:40

Marcocapelle (talk) 09:08, 27 September 2021 (UTC) Oppose -- Ultimately this is an ENGVAR issue. "mall" is an American term, currently being applied to far too many...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7/archive1
Rabu, 2013-02-13 17:01:06

Brianboulton (talk) 00:35, 18 January 2013 (UTC) I think this may be an engvar thing? I know our article is at premiere, but the accented version is also...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive716
Senin, 2026-02-16 06:01:25

boundary between WP:ENGVAR and WP:COMMONNAME, or at least that's what I think we're seeing here." If that's a "strong opinion" about "an ENGVAR problem", then...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/HMS Collingwood (1908)
Kamis, 2015-05-07 19:07:01

Got a Harv error in the ref section. I spot an "armor" - watch out for ENGVAR According to the caption on File:First battle squadron in the North Sea...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 June 5
Selasa, 2024-12-24 22:03:01

Heh.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:41, 14 June 2018 (UTC) We already have MOS:ENGVAR. We don't need BRIT, CAN, AM, AUSTR, INDIA, COMMONWEALTH, and god-knows-what-else...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 1
Senin, 2022-07-04 23:12:24

getting started at your chalet". Is that a correct use of "whilst"? The Engvar, if it matters, is South African/Commonwealth. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:38...

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers/Proposal on international date format
Jumat, 2022-05-20 02:12:38

(talk) 04:00, 15 December 2008 (UTC) I think we should just incorporate WP:ENGVAR as the guideline in philosophy and substance for dates. It's a durable solution...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 February 22
Rabu, 2019-05-22 16:04:53

probably an EngVar issue, my preference is for 'views'. Laurel Lodged (talk) 13:19, 22 February 2019 (UTC) Comment, if this is really an Engvar issue it...

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Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Be A Star (UK TV series)
Sabtu, 2019-05-18 04:29:13

{{hoax|date=May 2019}} {{unreferenced|date=May 2017}} {{italics title}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} Be A Star is...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 January 21
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:30:27

05:08, 22 January 2015 (UTC) Reverse merge and strong do not merge per WP:ENGVAR. Per Bduke "Faculty" has a very different meaning in British English from...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HughEverPulsatingBrainThatRulesFromTheCentreOfTheUltraworld/Archive
Minggu, 2020-09-20 06:05:47

2019 more than once and ultimately indefinitely for edit-warring over WP:ENGVAR disputes, and in particular for insisting that articles on European cities...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 13
Jumat, 2023-02-10 23:23:58

appropriate as per WP:ENGVAR. Malcolm XIV (talk) 10:39, 14 March 2008 (UTC) I'm afraid that doesn't follow at all. The relevant part of WP:ENGVAR says, "An article...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-09-26/WikiProject report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 08:37:15

petrol/gasoline, the list goes on. We don't seem to have much problem though, WP:ENGVAR covers it well and if we just stick to the policy we don't waste much time...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2008 April 15
Rabu, 2026-02-18 12:43:20

Style#National varieties of English does work and WP:ENGVAR doesn't yet a look at the redirect for WP:ENGVAR shows a link to the former. Quite strange, guess...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Shakespeare/Manual of Style
Jumat, 2012-06-08 23:15:37

Shakespeare. (Note: All play articles should use British spelling. See WP:ENGVAR.) Intro paragraph with graphic to the right (as recommended in the MOS)...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 November 2
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:55:33

catchphrases". By the way, isn't it "catchphrase", one word? Or is that an WP:ENGVAR issue? --BDD (talk) 14:22, 2 November 2016 (UTC) I've also added the American...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 April 14
Senin, 2023-01-30 19:38:29

(UTC) Rename, ENGVAR is intended to prevent renaming solely for the purpose of correcting English language variants. In this case ENGVAR doesn't apply...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Failed log/August 2017
Senin, 2017-08-14 07:34:08

and the traditional/legal status of ships as war graves. There's an WP:ENGVAR issue - I see "armor" and "harbor" but the conversion templates all use...

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Wikipedia:Date formatting and linking poll/Autoformatting responses
Rabu, 2024-05-01 09:27:10

now, we would solve it by permitting both formats, along the lines of WP:ENGVAR. Autoformatting was a failed effort at a technical fix to a behavioral problem...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2012 November 9
Sabtu, 2023-03-25 14:30:52

typically read about centers, meters, etc.? Commons employs a variation of WP:ENGVAR for category names, and I'd like to recommend that "centers" subcats of...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2021 October 3
Senin, 2022-07-04 23:14:36

of national varieties, the most reasonable approach may be to follow MOS:ENGVAR, particularly its aspects MOS:ARTCON, which holds that the spelling within...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2010 Summer Youth Olympics medal table/archive1
Sabtu, 2025-04-12 19:03:07

form and not singular. ANGCHENRUI WP:MSE♨ 05:32, 18 October 2010 (UTC) WP:ENGVAR. All our articles on Games in British English-usage countries use the plural...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Margaret Abbott/archive1
Jumat, 2022-07-08 22:34:42

Singh (talk) 12:59, 4 July 2022 (UTC) "Margaret studied art from" maybe an ENGVAR, does this mean those two artists actually taught her, or that she just...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Unpatrolled articles/July 2011
Senin, 2018-11-19 17:49:56

categories are deleted when they are empty so if I were to look for Category:EngvarO from July 2017 as an example, it wouldn't exist because it is deleted as...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 September 17
Senin, 2021-08-09 14:11:23

(talk) 13:51, 21 September 2015 (UTC) We do have to be a bit careful with WP:ENGVAR cos in the Unied Kingom, to graduate means to get a three or four year course...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Firefly task force
Sabtu, 2025-08-09 11:11:43

when first mentioned. American English spelling should be used, per WP:ENGVAR, as these articles are about a U.S. TV show. With the exception of episode...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-01-01/Recent research
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 10:03:10

Utterance Coordination tactic(s) Rebuttal tactic(s) The community put WP:ENGVAR in place exactly because there is no rational way to resolve a style dispute...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar/archive1
Minggu, 2025-10-26 03:45:46

I'm not sold on the phrase "Johnson tacked on language", but it may be an Engvar thing Ditto for "McLoughlin was what government there was", which I think...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Dress shirt/archive1
Selasa, 2009-01-06 08:10:11

OK to use bespoke, but you should include the American term too. See WP:ENGVAR Kan8eDie: easily fixed. Some things that might be added to the article:...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Space debris/archive1
Rabu, 2022-05-04 12:48:10

spelling for terms which differ between American and British English - see WP:ENGVAR Examples? I only use US, I suppose someone else has edited it. This sounds...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 February 11
Senin, 2023-02-27 15:41:53

as an ENGVAR template, but experience has shown that putting something on the talk page is not enough because most editors are ware of ENGVAR but think...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2017 April 26
Minggu, 2022-04-24 02:08:17

Joseph A. Spadaro and NotTheFakeJTP - that MOS rule actually violates WP:ENGVAR. British English tends to omit the full stops, e.g. the BBC website writes...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 March 20
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:00:10

why the less common Nitre has been used for the article, to avoid the WP:ENGVAR problems of salt petre/-er even though the latter is overwhelmingly the...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 March 4
Senin, 2020-08-17 09:39:37

discussion on the wider naming conventions, which have been adopted per WP:ENGVAR to reflect variations in usage, rather than for any notion hat one is superior...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2017 March 31
Jumat, 2017-04-07 08:37:55

Atlanta". Loraof (talk) 16:02, 31 March 2017 (UTC) It can also be a WP:ENGVAR issue. For example, this discussion at Stack Exchange notes that both "in"...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 23
Minggu, 2025-08-10 10:05:05

all of the "Use X English" templates and fold all of them into {{EngvarA}} and {{EngvarB}}. Life is easy then, we don't run into endless arguments on pages...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 September 22
Senin, 2022-03-07 13:27:58

(UTC) Keep The UK usage is Long-distance footpath, and should be kept - see ENGVAR, but also add a category redirect from Category:Hiking trails in the United...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 August 13
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:42:51

simply used the same format that was used for the US and Canada. Absent WP:ENGVAR issues, there is not a lot of justification for changing a format solely...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rulering (punishment)
Jumat, 2026-01-09 01:31:16

term"). Insisting that "the correct term is caning" is a misunderstanding of ENGVAR I think; if one is hit with a cane then it's a caning, if one is hit with...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 November 4
Kamis, 2023-03-30 23:01:43

14:45, 5 November 2017 (UTC) Support. As an American, I dispute the alleged ENGVAR claim people make in support of "alternate". It's not a standard in American...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 May 26
Minggu, 2022-02-27 19:31:45

categories all have the same national scope, so they should have the same ENGVAR usage. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 03:43, 26 May 2017 (UTC) Option B – the parent...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 October 20
Senin, 2022-05-16 13:41:38

over its usual treat-hyphens-as-spaces-as-equals rule, when we have an WP:ENGVAR that has it in an R form without the hyphen, but not with it. I do not suggest...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2016 October 18
Jumat, 2016-10-28 10:59:14

and should probably be fixed in the Ellis article, or if it is a genuine ENGVAR difference, then at least explained. --Trovatore (talk) 04:47, 18 October...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Masked booby/archive1
Sabtu, 2019-07-20 07:05:59

before "waters"? I started to add one then got concerned it might be ENGVAR. not ENGVAR but mistake. fixed now Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:46, 21 June...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 November 12
Jumat, 2026-01-23 19:22:20

named "Spokespersons" and given that it is most common in the UK, per WP:ENGVAR it should be left as it is. Especially given there's no evidence that "Spokespeople"...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 September 24
Kamis, 2022-05-26 03:32:33

the discussion was aborted as a C2D. However this is a clear case of WP:ENGVAR and should never have been renamed. I could take this to WP:DRV, but let's...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 6
Minggu, 2020-06-14 07:56:16

the other (not a mirror); I included both as evidence that there is no WP:ENGVAR at play here. "form into grains" would seem to be the meaning in use here...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive312
Minggu, 2024-10-20 02:53:47

principle with the engvar editnotices. I genuinely had no expectation that adding engvar templates to articles that already had engvar templates would be...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 August 24
Minggu, 2023-03-26 07:59:15

formatted another, with WP:ENGVAR being just one of many examples. --Tryptofish (talk) 14:43, 5 October 2015 (UTC) ENGVAR isn't about interface design...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 December 15
Rabu, 2018-12-05 00:58:36

"medical doctors", not merely "doctors", is standard enough to warrant an ENGVAR exemption. Nyttend (talk) 14:51, 16 December 2017 (UTC) In countries of...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 May 29
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:54:32

would not care which of "clubs" or "teams" is used, because I don't like WP:ENGVAR fist-shaking matches, but I think that we should use "teams" in this case...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Yugoslav monitor Vardar
Minggu, 2015-03-15 15:06:27

warships from the period (see for instance here). Good point. Fixed. Watch Engvar - I see "program" and "armour" Completely acceptable in Aust English. I'd...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1962/archive1
Senin, 2026-05-18 06:25:35

review: pass Vestrian24Bio 11:23, 28 April 2026 (UTC) Add an appropriate ENGVAR template to the page. Also add the mdy template as well. Vestrian24Bio 11:23...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 December 31
Rabu, 2023-01-25 21:25:18

The result of the last RfD is pretty much an abomination, and contra-WP:ENGVAR – "redistricting" is a U.S. specific term and originated there. --IJBall...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MOS:VARS
Jumat, 2025-12-19 06:29:08

fake namespace in the encyclopaedia namespace when everything from WP:MOS/ENGVAR to WP:MOS/VAR has been there for the taking all along. Sub-pages work in...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 August 20
Minggu, 2022-06-05 20:12:56

August 2013 (UTC) You think it is a little clear, I do not, it is probably a ENGVAR difference in perception and usage. -- PBS (talk) 12:51, 22 August 2013...

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Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Template redirects
Selasa, 2026-07-28 04:35:30

{{Use American ENGLISH}} → {{Use American English}} {{EngvarAu}} → {{Use Australian English}} {{EngvarB}}, {{EB}}, {{Eb}}, {{Use Scottish English}}, {{En-GB}}...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 January 19
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:54:38

lists) ... but I am not sure about the "sport" vs "sports". That's a WP:ENGVAR issue, and while I personally think that category title works better when...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Vukovar/archive1
Senin, 2011-09-19 10:13:47

inconsistencies, for example in the use of World War II vs Second World War WP:ENGVAR: be consistent in the use of either American or British spelling Missing...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 13
Sabtu, 2023-04-15 23:15:37

(talk) 02:22, 17 December 2007 (UTC) I strongly object to this change. WP:ENGVAR, which is part of the basis of this reasoning as I understand it, was designed...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 August 21
Minggu, 2022-04-24 03:26:22

term "incidents". As for "transportation", I think we're getting into an ENGVAR issue here. Transport and transportation have differences of definition...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 October 24
Sabtu, 2019-11-02 16:27:56

not the way. And in general it's probably much less painful to cite WP:ENGVAR and leave well enough alone. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:46, 29 October 2019...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 January 24
Kamis, 2023-02-02 04:20:16

(UTC) Oppose the rename of both the article and the category. This is an Engvar issue and the article should never have been moved. What is overdue is moving...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 March 31
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:48:01

get away from the word "Humo(u)r" altogether, which also solves the WP:ENGVAR issue. I know they're not quite the same thing, but maybe re-engineering...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 November 25
Rabu, 2022-05-04 10:25:08

it. — Gavia immer (talk) 00:45, 26 November 2009 (UTC) Weak Keep per WP:ENGVAR. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 20:00, 1 December 2009 (UTC) The above discussion...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2022 September 12
Rabu, 2022-09-21 09:37:20

--Askedonty (talk) 14:55, 12 September 2022 (UTC) Is this maybe an WP:ENGVAR thing? Our national generally-reliable source has [3], [4], [5]. (I agree...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 August 11
Jumat, 2022-04-22 06:05:20

Peterkingiron (talk) 17:19, 12 August 2017 (UTC) Keep. No reason to change per WP:ENGVAR. If we did that then we would need to change every article with "labour"...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 November 20
Kamis, 2023-02-09 22:01:03

MilborneOne (talk) 16:51, 20 November 2018 (UTC) Delete Also causes an ENGVAR problem with the use of 'airplane' instead of the internationally neutral...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 March 12
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:19:25

Category:Ailanthus-class boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy Nominator's rationale: WP:ENGVAR applies here, I believe. While the category tree is Category:Net laying...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of governors of Taraba State/archive1
Selasa, 2026-08-18 18:25:44

Assembly -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:45, 29 July 2026 (UTC) Add an appropriate ENGVAR template to the page. Nice catch, done. –VWF Add the {{Use dmy dates}} template...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 April 28
Minggu, 2022-05-29 15:10:54

categories all have the same national scope, so they should have the same ENGVAR usage. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 04:11, 28 April 2017 (UTC) Support Option A...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 March 13
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:52:19

in Germany and many more, these controversial moves try to establish WP:ENGVAR for Germany, while it before wasn't established nor "overwhelmingly used"...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-10-15/Op-ed
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 09:10:49

author. This feels the same to me - I do honestly wonder if there is a real ENGVAR issue here, with "she" remaining more common outside the US. Andrew Gray...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 March 16
Rabu, 2019-11-06 00:37:48

Scotland which is even more confusing. Perhaps "in" v "on" also falls under WP:ENGVAR which would allow us to have different setups for different countries but...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2014 July 19
Sabtu, 2023-03-25 13:43:56

mildly objecting and wants to replace it with "through" or "via". (My native ENGVAR is South African, the source of the sentence is British - probably what...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 November 18
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:26:49

18 November 2011 (UTC) Neutral on the first, Oppose on the second per WP:ENGVAR. "Public toilet" is never used in the United States (or is, at least, extremely...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1966/archive1
Selasa, 2026-04-28 06:25:29

manually archived. Vestrian24Bio 03:19, 17 April 2026 (UTC) Add an appropriate ENGVAR template to the page. Done -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:17, 16 April 2026 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Austrian Figure Skating Championships/archive1
Senin, 2026-05-18 06:25:25

review: pass. Vestrian24Bio 10:31, 22 April 2026 (UTC) Add an appropriate ENGVAR template to the page.  Done What is the image ordering in the records section...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 May 23
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:01:55

(talk) 05:48, 23 May 2013 (UTC) Looks like simple duplication, owing to ENGVAR. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:21, 23 May 2013 (UTC) Rename to Category:Residential...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 September 21
Selasa, 2026-02-10 20:58:04

Category:Labor to Category:Labour Nominator's rationale: While this is a WP:ENGVAR change, I'm proposing this because the majority of major articles on this...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Album article style advice
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 08:02:05

varieties of English and those should be respected in different articles. WP:ENGVAR explains the criteria by which an article is written in American, British...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 September 5
Minggu, 2022-05-29 15:10:43

result of the discussion was: no consensus. As noted, it looks like an WP:ENGVAR issue. I have created a redirect. Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:16, 28 September...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Battle of Tigranocerta/1
Selasa, 2021-08-17 07:09:12

only Plutarch's opinion is mentioned. The article is written in British Engvar but there is some American English here and there. A lot of the information...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-02-04/WikiProject report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 10:04:07

edit-a-thon that is happening throughout February 2023. The question of MOS:ENGVAR already came up, with 3 different spelling variants including American English:...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 June 13
Senin, 2022-03-07 13:29:59

typically called "Waldo" and not "Wally", I'd advocate for keeping on WP:ENGVAR grounds. Nyttend (talk) 23:52, 2 June 2017 (UTC) @Nyttend: But they are...

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Wikipedia:Irish wikipedians' notice board/Archive18
Selasa, 2022-05-31 00:49:53

Republic of Ireland bands? Exxolon 22:18, 7 November 2007 (UTC) From WP:ENGVAR: An article on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 June 3
Minggu, 2022-09-11 22:47:56

staff of a university "faculty" is an Americanism, so that the rules on ENGVAR apply. If the Finnish term were anything like either term, I would support...

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers/Three proposals for change to MOSNUM
Jumat, 2026-01-23 14:39:00

of are yet to be seen (and have little basis in any asserted facts). WP:ENGVAR has worked exceptionally well for things like color/colour, I see no reason...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive262
Sabtu, 2026-06-20 13:08:36

Peacemaker67 is being abusive, see [147] and now [148] This is an ongoing ENGVAR "issue" that this IP-hopping "coward" is driving, see history of Tomb Raider...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2016 June 9
Senin, 2017-06-12 03:35:02

(UTC) Well, that's kind of contentious. The relevant guideline would be WP:ENGVAR. Generally, we stick with whatever the first contributor uses. It's an imperfect...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2019 June 11
Rabu, 2019-06-19 08:43:52

subjunctive but could be interpreted as conditional) There might also be an ENGVAR aspect. I (American) have frequently edited text from British writers who...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2025 October 6
Selasa, 2025-10-21 08:43:30

Zero: Welcome to the Stuffy Hyphenators Club. This may, of course, be a WP:ENGVAR thing. I'm of an age and English-variant that I prefer to use hyphens than...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 January 27
Minggu, 2023-01-29 02:18:20

dissenting editors' suggestions but which has the benefit of providing ENGVAR flexibility built-in for the potential subcats. Thus, I conclude to RENAME...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Freedom Planet/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 03:35:40

example 'over-rated' and 'build-up', but I think some of that lies down to ENGVAR. If you like, use them for both! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:25, 1 December 2014 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2023 August 3
Jumat, 2023-08-11 09:40:55

So it's not just me and cartoon characters. I suspect this could be an ENGVAR issue or possible (shudder!) an age issue. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 08:55...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 May 30
Sabtu, 2026-01-24 01:11:43

Neutralitytalk 22:22, 2 June 2013 (UTC) Support. Organise per WP:ENGVAR at Bono, or Organize per WP:ENGVAR at ONE Campaign (current mixed in choice of z/s, but more...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive AJ
Kamis, 2022-12-01 10:10:04

Commonwealth English (I'll revert that too, though.) It also violates WP:ENGVAR when someone does that, and editors can be quite touchy about people trying...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 October 2
Rabu, 2022-04-13 19:06:40

that language/script, or appear as a talk page banner (such as how the WP:ENGVAR banners exist as talk page material, and not article page material) -- 70...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 March 20
Minggu, 2026-01-18 18:30:44

According to another user in an off-wiki discussion, this might be an WP:ENGVAR difference, so this category might need to be moved back instead of moving...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Otiasah Miracle/Archive
Selasa, 2022-10-25 01:41:47

who, in their first edit, created a draft with headings, an infobox, an engvar template, etc. The draft, Draft:Stainlez BND, was also created by Otiasah...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive467
Senin, 2023-04-03 17:33:00

English. I reverted him once on {{2008 Summer Olympics venues}} because WP:ENGVAR states the variation of English should be left as the original author wrote...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 May 9
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:48:48

to the other. I prefer having the Oxford comma, but this is not a real ENGVAR issue. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:51, 10 May 2016 (UTC) Support Per WP:C2C...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive266
Sabtu, 2025-08-16 08:28:01

ties" works for ENGVAR and date formats. I don't think a strict definition is necessary. If it wasn't necessary for date formats or ENGVAR, I don't see why...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive617
Senin, 2023-04-03 17:04:29

changing from one variation to another or vice versa be an ENGVAR violation? I think the only time ENGVAR would be pertinent is in articles that are specific...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/2008 Brazilian Grand Prix/archive1
Kamis, 2008-11-27 21:04:32

post-race. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 01:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC) WP:ENGVAR You've got "tyres" for UK English (normal for F1 articles), but "donuts"...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 July 13
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:46:34

Peterkingiron (talk) 13:04, 18 July 2016 (UTC) Emergency planning is not an WP:ENGVAR synonym, but a subtopic of Emergency management. --PanchoS (talk) 22:50...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 February 17
Selasa, 2022-03-22 10:23:19

redistricting appears to be unique to US, so that this is not a case of the usual ENGVAR issue. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:11, 19 February 2022 (UTC) Downmerge per...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 March 19
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:19:39

redirect. Tim! (talk) 07:48, 19 March 2013 (UTC) Reverse Merge -- This is an ENGVAR issue - the British prefer "s"; the Americans "z". Since Turkey is (partly)...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943)
Senin, 2019-01-28 07:20:40

[SNAD7] between 22 Nov. 1946 and 1 Aug. 1947.", but that's up to you. Another ENGVAR issue along with the "armour" one AR caught above - the Rapid Naval Armaments...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive847
Minggu, 2024-10-20 04:13:43

taken any position on yogurt vs. yoghurt? Tarring me with the brush of an ENGVAR dispute that involved ARBCOM sanctions is an red herring/straw man and an...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/William McGregor
Kamis, 2022-05-26 03:16:23

NancyHeise talk 02:34, 17 February 2009 (UTC) Sorry, but I disagree. WP:ENGVAR says that articles should be written in the national form of English appropriate...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 November 6
Kamis, 2022-11-17 23:46:45

a case of WP:ENGVAR. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:07, 30 October 2022 (UTC) @Marcocapelle: Im afraid I don't understand. If this is a WP:ENGVAR thing, then it...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 September 19
Sabtu, 2023-09-23 09:00:15

States of America. JackkBrown (talk) 21:08, 19 September 2023 (UTC) Per WP:ENGVAR if the subject is not specific related to a national variety of English...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/New Zealand wine/archive1
Minggu, 2020-02-23 08:28:37

without an e. So would the Oxford English Dictionary, but I recognise WP:ENGVAR, of course. Here and later please just ignore me if I quote the OED when...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 December 22
Rabu, 2022-05-04 13:15:07

discussion/Log/2016 December 22/theatre for full list Rationale: Per WP:ENGVAR - In American English, the preferred spelling is "theater". In fact, according...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Daniel Radcliffe/archive1
Minggu, 2011-11-13 01:33:59

(college is where you study for A-levels). I'd drop "college" here per WP:ENGVAR. More importantly, the source given (Vineyard, Jennifer (10 July 2007)....

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/A-Class review
Kamis, 2026-07-23 07:35:20

labor succinctly: DuBridge said "Yes." Loomis said "No."" Might be a WP:ENGVAR thing but this would read better to me withour punctuation in the quotes:...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 December 3
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:28:04

Category:Olympic synchronised swimmers of South Africa Nominator's rationale: MOS:ENGVAR. Timmyshin (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2015 (UTC) Support per nom. Lugnuts...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2025 May 19
Selasa, 2025-06-03 08:52:22

different views on the merits of nationalisation and privatisation. PS: WP:ENGVAR would suggest we should be offering our two penn'orth rather than $0.02 ;)...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/HMS Cardiff (D108)/archive2
Jumat, 2023-02-10 16:51:51

this could stay as "sabre", both spellings mean the same thing, and per WP:ENGVAR, this article leans more to British usage It's not a big deal, but there's...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive656
Senin, 2025-09-01 00:06:13

not a justification for changing styles on articles like that. Like WP:ENGVAR, the principle is that editors should not go around setting things to their...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 180
Kamis, 2023-02-09 15:40:28

reduces ownership of articles by preventing new users from posting useless engvar tags. Since only admins, template editors, and page movers can add these...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/StarryNightSky11/Archive
Senin, 2024-11-25 03:22:24

being told it's a MOS:ENGVAR issue). I explained it twice in edit summaries and left a talk page message explaining both the ENGVAR issue and past consensus...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive273
Sabtu, 2025-11-22 18:41:43

2015 Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: link (this was actually a WP:ENGVAR warning rather than an WP:Edit warring warning, but the former is the origin...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Operation Mosaic
Minggu, 2020-05-10 16:20:30

governments should be capitalised, even if this policy applied? It could be a WP:ENGVAR issue because I also see it a lot in British but not in American. Cheers...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 January 8
Senin, 2019-03-04 09:53:49

silly. The Drover's Wife (talk) 21:20, 8 January 2019 (UTC) Support per WP:ENGVAR. Each country should use, in both article titles and categories, the terminology...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 January 18
Minggu, 2022-03-06 16:47:23

03:41, 19 January 2022 (UTC) Rename per nom, this is a typical case of WP:ENGVAR and I am assuming that for Hong Kong we use British English (correct me...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 February 13
Minggu, 2022-02-27 19:40:38

field (as a result of cfd in 2011), so it should be 'Track and field' until Engvar comes in. (It should not however be Category:Track and field in the United...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/St. Elmo (1914 film)/archive1
Minggu, 2015-05-10 05:25:33

earlier". The suggested change reads as unnatural to me. Perhaps this is an ENGVAR issue? Regardless, I solved the problem by excising "much" entirely; it...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 April 24
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:25:26

proposer says, "Foo-fuelled" with two 'l's is better English. Otherwise, to be ENGVAR neutral call them: Category:Hydrogen-fuel rocket engines , Category:Kerosene-fuel...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 November 11
Senin, 2018-12-03 09:56:09

Marcocapelle (talk) 15:33, 11 November 2018 (UTC) Keep -- I agree with BHG. ENGVAR gives no global preference for the preferred English S-spelling rather than...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1106
Sabtu, 2026-02-07 15:45:36

August 2022 - ENGVAR edit Special:Diff/1105706233 11:20, 21 August 2022 - ENGVAR edit Special:Diff/1105708386 11:22, 21 August 2022 - ENGVAR edit Special:Diff/1105708574...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 October 5
Rabu, 2022-03-02 14:08:48

theater directors Nominator's rationale: Rename, American spelling per WP:ENGVAR. Rigadoun (talk) 19:40, 5 October 2007 (UTC) Oppose on the basis that Category:Theatre...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 July 15
Senin, 2026-02-23 03:32:06

"commons", commons aren't parks as explained below, this is almost like a WP:ENGVAR exception. On the other hand, articles in non-English speaking countries...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 April 28
Minggu, 2022-06-05 20:12:53

that this is an ENGVAR issue, but I am English, not Irish. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:49, 1 May 2016 (UTC) I assumed it would be an WP:ENGVAR issue, but am...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 June 20
Senin, 2018-12-03 03:52:58

alone. Izzat Kutebar (talk) 21:49, 21 June 2018 (UTC) Keep -- This is an ENGVAR issue. Whatever the outcome, the other version should exist as a cat-redirect...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 126
Rabu, 2023-02-08 11:02:11

longer browbeating editors again and again with enomorous WP:ENGVAR warning templates. ENGVAR is an MOS matter, and no consensus was ever established to...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2023-01-01
Selasa, 2023-11-07 07:58:54

Utterance Coordination tactic(s) Rebuttal tactic(s) The community put WP:ENGVAR in place exactly because there is no rational way to resolve a style dispute...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/September 2011
Senin, 2022-03-28 11:32:46

converter third opinion Changing the rendering size of a TeX formula Use of wp:engvar Ganesha body? Problem getting picture thumbnail to display Subscription...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 December 20
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:27:40

operations and programmes Nominator's rationale: British spelling per WP:ENGVAR. Whizz40 (talk) 10:32, 20 December 2015 (UTC) Support in UK "programs" is...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 133
Jumat, 2024-10-04 07:27:12

for one variant over another has nothing to do with WP:ENGVAR. Please actually go read ENGVAR. It's about norms of standardized English usage that have...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive311
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 19:45:09

to respect WP:ENGVAR. To close such a debate without offering a wider discussion seems against WP:ENGVAR. And the whole point of WP:ENGVAR is to make sure...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/James Moore (Continental Army officer)
Senin, 2022-03-07 14:55:30

Ian Rose (talk) 04:54, 7 April 2013 (UTC) Yes, I guessed it would be an ENGVAR thing. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:14, 7 April 2013 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun/archive1
Minggu, 2022-10-09 07:05:25

I'll take a proper look later, & if that's ok will deal with any minor engvar issues I spot. Johnbod (talk) 05:08, 19 August 2022 (UTC) Butting in, like...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive453
Minggu, 2023-02-05 03:26:41

prose (ie in accordance with Br English and the engvar of the article) with the edit summary: ce engvar. To me, this appeared to be the spelling mistakes...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive950
Selasa, 2024-10-08 13:03:58

with a block log comment Blocking ato stop series of edits flouting WP:ENGVAR. May block indefinitely if this resumes. I see no sign of any interaction...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive224
Minggu, 2026-01-18 19:54:33

Edit-warring over a spelling, contrary to WP:ENGVAR Diffs of the user's reverts: [32] [33] [34] Warnings issued: ENGVAR EW Only response was a further reversion...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 January 9
Rabu, 2022-03-02 01:25:58

creator; seems reasonable Hmains (talk) 20:33, 9 January 2022 (UTC) Support WP:ENGVAR, US categories should use US spellings. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:15, 10 January...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 November 26
Kamis, 2023-02-09 19:58:33

Australia. --Bduke (Discussion) 01:27, 27 November 2011 (UTC) Oppose per WP:ENGVAR. Australia does not have "mobsters". Jenks24 (talk) 01:41, 27 November 2011...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 April 17
Kamis, 2023-02-09 19:25:09

though. Dr. Blofeld White cat 15:29, 17 April 2009 (UTC) Oppose per WP:ENGVAR as a US/UK spelling issue. Tim! (talk) 16:31, 17 April 2009 (UTC) Remark...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SMS Lützow/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 04:40:23

would suggest to change to the latter per some twisted form of Wikipedia:ENGVAR, if there is consensus for it. Should we not have an English translation...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive763
Senin, 2026-04-20 17:24:47

edit history, mainly changing US spellings to British in defiance of WP:ENGVAR and adding Spanish diacritics to non-Spanish names (such as geographical...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive981
Sabtu, 2024-08-17 21:15:22

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive946#Rogers Toronto Date/EngVar Vanda Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive947#Range block...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 September 28
Rabu, 2020-12-09 07:53:01

"Christ" and capitalization. This may well be considered as an analogy of WP:ENGVAR where local terminology (in this case in art) overrules the consistency...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/The Holocaust in Slovakia
Minggu, 2020-01-05 03:21:06

did not know what false titles were until just now. I think it may be an ENGVAR issue, because they're very common in the States. I got rid of some of them...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 12
Senin, 2023-02-27 15:27:48

Canadian, Australian, etc., spellings to US spellings, contrary to WP:ENGVAR policy (people add the m to ft tags and don't know how to make the 'metre'...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive263
Kamis, 2026-07-30 00:15:13

--Gibson Flying V (talk) 08:12, 3 July 2014 (UTC) This would fall under WP:ENGVAR. Brits tend to use m, where as here in the colonies my driver's permit lists...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 January 3
Senin, 2018-12-03 04:01:26

4 January 2018 (UTC) Oppose - per WP:ENGVAR. --Mhockey (talk) 23:11, 4 January 2018 (UTC) Oppose - per WP:ENGVAR, but make a {{Category redirect}} from...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 April 27
Selasa, 2026-01-06 21:55:42

disserve the actual readers of the encyclopedia. To compare, consider WP:ENGVAR -- we do not force everyone to use English variants or American variants...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2022 March 9
Kamis, 2022-03-17 10:34:35

March 2022 (UTC) This agrees, but this does not. So this looks like an WP:ENGVAR thing which I think would be resolved by your proposed wording, as per WP:COMMONALITY...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Departures (film)/archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 03:22:03

and didn't have a particular lean in EngVar. As far as I can tell, the shift to CadEng is then supported by WP:ENGVAR. The first category is coming from...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2023 April 22
Sabtu, 2023-04-29 23:58:47

Propose merging Template:Scottish English with Template:British English. MOS:ENGVAR deals with National varieties of English, but Scotland is a subnational...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 June 16
Minggu, 2022-02-27 19:35:00

categories all have the same national scope, so they should have the same ENGVAR usage. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:55, 29 May 2017 (UTC) Option A Per WP:RETAIN...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 September 1
Senin, 2021-09-13 13:29:27

of other countries "filmed" is more often used, is this a matter of WP:ENGVAR? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:29, 18 August 2021 (UTC) No, it's a matter of editors...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 February 25
Senin, 2024-03-04 20:30:25

8 February 2024 (UTC) Keep - using ENGVAR spelling for templates is more intuitive than parameters on the ENGVAR-incorrect spelled template. For ease...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive293
Rabu, 2022-05-04 04:03:22

RfC which DF is disrupting) so DF can try to convince people it's a WP:ENGVAR matter. User ignores all sourcing they don't agree with, and has started...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 September 5
Senin, 2022-05-16 15:21:20

RevelationDirect (talk) 09:09, 5 September 2017 (UTC) Lean towards option B but ENGVAR ->rename - the UK at least doesn't really use "high school" as a generic...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Naming of German municipal subdivisions
Jumat, 2024-10-18 00:43:31

that committing to a single scheme is a good idea. We also need to keep WP:ENGVAR/MOS:RETAIN in mind in such situations. —Kusma (talk) 22:06, 19 July 2024...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Dutch Figure Skating Championships/archive1
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 06:25:37

twice in the History section - 1st & 4th paragraphs. Add an appropriate ENGVAR template to the page. Check |url-status= in ref 87 (para should only be...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/South Carolina-class battleship/archive1
Selasa, 2022-02-22 17:19:56

battleship" - as opposed to what, an aerial battleship? Keep an eye on ENGVAR - the convert template for the 11-inch guns Poundstone proposed produces...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 August 25
Selasa, 2026-01-06 22:22:09

20:55, 25 August 2015 (UTC) Correctly using commas in English, that is WP:ENGVAR orWP:DIFFPUNC. Dots would be more likely in a European system to separate...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 December 30
Minggu, 2023-02-19 13:14:29

2013 (UTC) Userfy - Even if we consider Brunei English to be a legitimate ENGVAR, creating this template was premature. We currently don't have any articles...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Roger Davies
Senin, 2023-02-20 04:07:41

brilliant editor. Just remember you can't block me for not caring about ENGVAR ;) --JayHenry (talk) 16:18, 29 January 2008 (UTC) Strong support as my interactions...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 July 27
Minggu, 2022-05-29 15:07:56

organizations to Category:Association football organisations Nominator's rationale: ENGVAR consistancy - in places where the game is called "football", the word is...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Mullum Malarum/1
Jumat, 2021-11-12 06:35:08

this. Aoba47 (talk) 00:58, 7 September 2021 (UTC) Why is the article using EngvarB instead of Indian English? Strong national ties is established MOS:TIES...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 135
Minggu, 2024-09-01 23:57:59

of any article engvar setting). Rather than forcing the editor to list all the possible variations each time (eg as I think {{engvar}} does) we could...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 December 26
Selasa, 2026-01-06 21:54:55

"athletes (track and field)" which is not your convention at all. Further WP:ENGVAR is violated through this rename, by ignoring Canadian English. -- 65.92...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2020
Minggu, 2025-02-02 07:15:28

Czech Academy of Sciences (411)  Completed George Hunn Nobbs (812) Checked (ENGVAR dates fixed by me). Baffle☿gab 20:44, 20 August 2020 (UTC)  Completed Usman...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 March 24
Senin, 2018-12-03 03:47:15

This nom is a correct application of ENGVAR. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:04, 24 March 2018 (UTC) Support per WP:ENGVAR. Just to clarify nom's uncertainty about...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive994
Minggu, 2026-08-16 13:42:14

2018 (UTC) This is clearly an ENGVAR issue, and I'm not really sure why Akld guy is so upset at that notion. Part of ENGVAR is WP:RETAIN, which prohibits...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 158
Selasa, 2026-03-03 04:33:20

April 2019 (UTC) It's a bonkers change, and fundamentally at odds with WP:ENGVAR. I agree that this should have been far more widely advertised. Number 57...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 June 10
Minggu, 2023-03-19 00:44:31

GiantSnowman 11:46, 11 June 2018 (UTC) Oppose this target - there's a WP:ENGVAR issue here as British English uses the collective noun "sport" not "sports"...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2018 March 20
Selasa, 2022-01-18 15:22:52

02:19, 21 March 2018 (UTC) The OP did say apps got 'planted'. Even given WP:Engvar, this seems to imply they weren't voluntarily installed. So if they weren't...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Nigel (Bishop of Ely)/archive1
Jumat, 2008-11-14 16:59:59

was..." " defenses" Presumably the article should be in UK English per WP:ENGVAR, so "defences". That one caught my eye, I haven't checked the rest of the...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 March 15
Sabtu, 2020-05-09 03:35:42

2020 (UTC) Oppose -- It should be Category:Athletes by club. There is an ENGVAR issue here. "Track and field" is an Americanism and might be appropriate...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 3
Rabu, 2023-02-08 10:49:23

spelling. -- roundhouse0 (talk) 15:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC) Rename per WP:ENGVAR.--Lenticel (talk) 03:31, 4 June 2008 (UTC) Rename per all. Johnbod (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 December 5
Rabu, 2021-12-29 03:09:47

the same thing, as hortus is merely Latin for a garden. There may be an ENGVAR issue over the meaning of garden, as British English would apply this to...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 October 3
Minggu, 2023-01-15 04:49:23

falsely pretend that we all use identical wording for this topic. See WP:ENGVAR. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:04, 19 September 2022 (UTC) Option D per Oculi...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Peer review/List of characters in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Minggu, 2022-05-01 10:20:59

decision between American and British English or other variants per WP:ENGVAR. I do not have a nice list of all examples here, but I did notice that "installments"...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive215
Kamis, 2026-02-19 05:13:21

Colour and WP:ENGVAR is against you. Please read WP:3RR too. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 12:39, 25 May 2013 (UTC) Actually WP:ENGVAR is in no way against...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)/Archive 7
Minggu, 2023-03-12 15:42:05

--Kim Bruning (talk) 08:47, 29 January 2008 (UTC) More information: WP:ENGVAR. Puchiko (Talk-email) 10:32, 29 January 2008 (UTC) I'm British but I make...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 November 13
Kamis, 2022-02-24 14:45:47

their Manual of Style, I was unable to find anything resembling our WP:ENGVAR. There are pages such as Wikipedia:¿Tú o usted? that mention things like...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive229
Sabtu, 2026-01-24 02:32:41

"labour or labor" and no matter for WP:ENGVAR guidelines. so don't strain using us type spellings. just read WP:ENGVAR"--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 20:15, 3 December...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 July 26
Kamis, 2023-02-09 20:29:51

Category:Episcopal churches in the United States - it apprears to be an ENGVAR issue. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 04:43, 21 May 2014 (UTC) Keep. Within the Anglican...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 October 24
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:42:39

discussion moving into WP:ENGVAR territory. My conclusion? Rivers and streams of X provides a neat way to avoid satisfy all WP:ENGVAR problems including popular...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive730
Senin, 2026-05-04 20:24:14

WP:ENGVAR. Like all our policies and guidelines, ENGVAR is not completely clear and unambiguous. Sometimes what to do depends on how to interpret ENGVAR;...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 May 6
Rabu, 2026-06-24 07:57:26

(UTC) Delete redlinked rare English varieties are not worthy of their own engvar templates. Elli (talk | contribs) 22:42, 6 May 2021 (UTC) Redirect to {{Commonwealth...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/T48 gun motor carriage
Rabu, 2024-08-21 08:14:38

Good now?--Tomandjerry211 (alt) (talk) 23:13, 24 July 2015 (UTC) Watch ENGVAR - mix of BrEng and AmEng, when it should be AmEng - forex, I see "tonnes"...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 January 13
Minggu, 2026-01-25 06:33:52

handled inline in the article. I ate some {{engvar|en-US=chips on|en-GB=crisps at}} the weekend on my {{engvar|en-ZA=bakkie|fallback=pickup truck}}. → en-GB...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Failed log/December 2010
Jumat, 2010-12-31 06:30:44

form and not singular. ANGCHENRUI WP:MSE♨ 05:32, 18 October 2010 (UTC) WP:ENGVAR. All our articles on Games in British English-usage countries use the plural...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 January 23
Sabtu, 2022-03-26 07:46:34

Rename per nom. This a WP:ENGVAR issue. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:56, 27 January 2014 (UTC) Rename as WP:ENGVAR. - The Bushranger One ping...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive241
Sabtu, 2023-04-15 01:39:45

dates are not in my opinion an ENGVAR situation. Besides, as Italy is not a primarily English-speaking country, ENGVAR wouldn't apply anyway ;-) (✉→BWilkins←✎)...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 June 2
Sabtu, 2026-01-24 01:43:16

advocacy groups in the United States. I previously thought this would be an WP:ENGVAR issue, but the previous CfD found that it isn't. PanchoS (talk) 13:55, 2...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2014 June 9
Jumat, 2022-02-25 20:30:42

Britmax (talk) 22:57, 9 June 2014 (UTC) You are quite correct. Is that a WP:ENGVAR thing or is it just that I have been watching too many shows set in and...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 June 15
Minggu, 2022-02-27 19:35:03

categories all have the same national scope, so they should have the same ENGVAR usage. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 04:34, 15 June 2017 (UTC) Option A B Per WP:RETAIN...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 December 24
Rabu, 2022-03-02 15:34:10

Muppets video games Note the usage of television shows to deal with the ENGVAR issues. - jc37 04:26, 31 December 2012 (UTC) Comment - What jc37 is suggesting...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 July 13
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:54:51

"Faculty"/"Academics" is an ENGVAR issue, but "Faculty of Foo" would still be much clearer and the word order, once again, isn't an ENGVAR issue. -- Necrothesp...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive312
Minggu, 2023-02-19 01:37:08

stadia", though I can't say that's a very credible source. I think that WP:ENGVAR applies. Since both uses are correct, I don't think it's appropriate to...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive415
Kamis, 2024-10-17 05:04:33

2020 (UTC) "Fixing dates." 22:23, 8 September 2020 (UTC) "Also, per WP:ENGVAR, hyphenating north-east et al is allowed, especially on articles that explicitly...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized Labour/Assessment
Selasa, 2023-09-19 12:09:32

articles. Labor union redirects to Trade union (one way to address MOS:ENGVAR) Template Any template falls under this class. The most common types of...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2018 EFL League Two play-off Final/archive1
Senin, 2020-12-28 07:05:39

to include that link. On the other issues, I agree they mainly look like ENGVAR differences. "Take the lead" is ubiquitous across all sports, including...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive816
Rabu, 2025-09-24 22:14:12

ones who are violating WP:ENGVAR. Canterbury Tail talk 19:54, 22 October 2013 (UTC) Agreed with the above; the correct WP:ENGVAR is American spelling, and...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 90
Senin, 2025-11-17 23:29:44

Question Answer Response I was surprised that anyone believed "making a bogus ENGVAR case so that Darkfrog24 can do whatever Darkfrog24 wants," probably because...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 March 9
Selasa, 2026-01-06 21:58:08

mills to Category:Woolen mills The current names should be redirected as WP:ENGVAR. – Fayenatic London 08:37, 25 December 2021 (UTC) Rename somehow, I am not...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 October 1
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:21:54

(talk) 11:54, 1 October 2014 (UTC) Comment: Do not "speedy" this, as WP:ENGVAR; I believe "autistic spectrum" is the usual term here in the UK. The evidence...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 May 15
Minggu, 2022-02-27 19:32:22

categories all have the same national scope, so they should have the same ENGVAR usage. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:54, 15 May 2017 (UTC) Comment. There have...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive338
Minggu, 2023-02-19 05:15:00

Cecoppola (talk): You don't get to call other editors terrorists for using ENGVAR. Revert rant per NPA, FORUM, CIV. (TW★TW)" Comments: Restores unjustified...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Featured log/November 2017
Senin, 2017-11-27 06:34:02

suggestions might also be relevant to each of the other Laureus articles. Engvar - "honoring"? The Laureus website uses: organisation, honour, colour, favouritism...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 April 20
Jumat, 2022-04-22 06:04:23

were previously proposed as speedy (C2C), but there were objections on WP:ENGVAR grounds. The proposal was deleted as stale after a couple of weeks. From...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 December 11
Rabu, 2022-03-02 16:27:15

16:21, 13 December 2015 (UTC) If there is consensus that this is an WP:ENGVAR issue, I will withdraw my earlier vote and comment. Marcocapelle (talk)...

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Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Dated templates
Minggu, 2026-07-19 00:13:36

American English}} {{Use Australian English}} {{Use British English}}, {{EngvarB}} {{Use Canadian English}} {{Use dmy dates}} {{Use Hiberno-English}} {{Use...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Failed log/October 2022
Selasa, 2022-11-01 07:25:16

hyphenates, it. I'm not sure which one is correct, though. Depends on WP:ENGVAR. In this case, no hyphen. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:47, 8 August 2022 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive632
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 19:52:44

articles from one formatting method to another; it's the same principle as WP:ENGVAR. — Carl (CBM · talk) 14:20, 13 August 2010 (UTC) It is one thing to follow...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1107
Kamis, 2026-04-02 21:34:31

August 2022 (UTC) At least some of these seem to be de-mixing confused ENGVARS (recent example), or justified by MOS:TIES (lots of Hong Kong articles...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive150
Rabu, 2023-03-08 16:11:19

24.83.216.89 (talk); Just British English spellings, not typos. (TW)") (engvar can be very contentious) 22:12, 10 February 2011 (edit summary: "Prior edit...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 January 6
Rabu, 2026-01-21 15:22:49

games to Category:Canceled Xbox games Nominator's rationale: As per MOS:ENGVAR, this should use the American-English spelling "Canceled"; not just because...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 June 17
Senin, 2022-02-21 19:59:05

to issues where there is a problem to be resolved, as opposed to e.g. WP:ENGVAR or date formats? – Fayenatic London 16:42, 26 June 2021 (UTC) @Fayenatic...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive973
Sabtu, 2023-03-04 20:01:40

LlywelynII made some bold bold changes to Nanjing, imposing US ENGVAR. The article had no agreed engvar. He refuses to revert per WP:BRD while giving weak justification...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Warsaw Uprising (1794)/archive2
Senin, 2022-04-04 23:30:51

Eastern European history. Feel free to revert any of my copyedits. What ENGVAR is this written in? I see "radicalisation" and "organizing", and both "center"...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 65
Minggu, 2025-03-09 05:01:26

split en.wiki project would be anything but minor. We muddle along with WP:ENGVAR; it isn't perfect but it mostly works. --Trovatore (talk) 00:14, 22 September...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2024 April 13
Rabu, 2024-04-17 07:15:55

isn't just an alternative spelling in a different variety of English - see ENGVAR). However, Nazareth is protected against newer editors being able to change...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 September 19
Minggu, 2019-09-29 17:21:43

are British institutions, then British English should be used as per MOS:ENGVAR. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 15:10, 20 September 2019 (UTC) Thank you. Marcocapelle...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 September 4
Selasa, 2022-09-13 17:04:30

may exclude researchers who are not involved in lecturing. Considering WP:ENGVAR this can be at least applicable all over Europe. Let us discuss the United...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive928
Jumat, 2026-02-13 15:05:33

same ENGVAR viloation, while also restoring the MOS:DATE violations I'd already reverted—notice he makes no comment about restoring the ENGVAR violation...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 November 16
Senin, 2022-03-21 21:31:31

that changing the long-standing naming convention might fall foul of WP:ENGVAR (although I note that some of the subcats already include use "racing driver"...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 November 28
Kamis, 2023-02-09 21:57:09

identical or at least very similar and the difference is mainly a matter of WP:ENGVAR; while primary care is much broader than these two as it includes dentists...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 September 9
Minggu, 2021-09-19 12:31:32

the common term in USA, the USA subcat can retain that name (per usual ENGVAR practice), but this nom strikes me as a case of US linguistic imperialism...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union/archive1
Sabtu, 2011-10-01 04:19:47

formatting - for example, some books include locations while others don't WP:ENGVAR - inappropriate mixing of UK and US spellings and language conventions Check...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2018 December 12
Rabu, 2023-03-22 05:19:44

changes from one variety of English to another without good reason. See MOS:ENGVAR. RGloucester — ☎ 15:43, 12 December 2018 (UTC) Thanks. Pi314m (talk) 07:34...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 July 27
Senin, 2023-07-31 07:12:13

those guidelines and others are part of our Manual of Style - WP:MOS. MOS:ENGVAR, for instance, addresses your first question, and MOS:DATES your second...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive510
Minggu, 2022-09-04 06:09:52

happened upon this dispute by accident. As I see it, this is really an WP:ENGVAR dispute. The article has carried its present title since it was created...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Payún Matrú/archive1
Rabu, 2026-01-21 07:18:28

spellings looked a bit odd to me, at first read-through, but it may an Engvar thing: Aerodinamically – aerodynamically? Sinouous – sinuous? Abovelying...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 25
Minggu, 2026-03-08 02:52:16

WP:ENGVAR. It has been settled policy for a decade or more. This is not the forum to change it. --Jayron32 22:16, 25 June 2015 (UTC) Except that ENGVAR refers...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 February 26
Kamis, 2023-02-09 16:26:42

on 2017 March 6 Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:08, 6 March 2017 (UTC) Template:EngvarO (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Template:Use British...

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