Zethon

Disputes over style issues

Regarding your recent changes to Stereolab, Blur, The Cure et al:

(Copied from Wikipedia:Manual of Style)

In June 2005, the Arbitration Committee ruled that, when either of two styles is acceptable, it is inappropriate for a Wikipedia editor to change from one style to another unless there is some substantial reason for the change. For example, with respect to British spelling as opposed to American spelling, it would only be acceptable to change from American spelling to British spelling if the article concerned a British topic. Revert warring over optional styles is unacceptable; if the article uses colour rather than color, it would be wrong to switch simply to change styles, although editors should ensure that articles are internally consistent. If in doubt, defer to the style used by the first major contributor. See Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jguk

-- Chris (blather • contribs) 16:33, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll ask again that you stop changing British usage to American. It is considered vandalism.

-- Chris (blather • contribs) 17:39, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Using "are" is improper English. "Blur" is a SINGULAR noun. The fact that you're using "an" in the sentence even suggests that it's singular. You should NOT BE USING ARE.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zethon (talk • contribs) 17:45, 17 August 2006.

It has already been pointed out to you twice that it is a difference between American and British use. As the quoted paragraph above explains, it is against Wikipedia policy to make unwarranted changes to the style that an article is written in. Please desist from doing so: it is considered vandalism and you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia if you persist.

-- Chris (blather • contribs) 18:02, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

This is nothing to do with any difference between American and British usage. Normal British English is "Blur is a band", "Parliament is in session". Maproom (talk) 21:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)