Hello. In a recent edit to the page Brian May, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.
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In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. CodeTalker (talk) 03:13, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I was unaware that British English sometimes treated singular nouns as plural. I meant no disrespect and will likely just edit on fewer or no occasions so as not to offend (at least I have that British sensibility ;-). Best of luck. I thought I was only making real non-discretionary changes that would not raise a fuss. LongtimeWikipedian (talk) 00:06, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello. In a recent edit to the page Brian May, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.
