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I feel a slight chafe of imperialism in the stipulation that the article needs to be 'Commonwealth-ized in usage'. I am not sure what it means for an article to require 'commonwealth-izing'. The article as it stands is British English, conforming (barring typos) to the OED and the Oxford Manual of Style. I believe that the Commonwealth generally communicates in British English. I note also that the Orthodoxwiki requires consistency in the type of English used (e.g. whether British or whatever). It does not stipulate mandatory redaction of an article to conform it to American English spelling and grammatical norms.
As ever, [[User:Maxim|Maxim]] 22:57, June 22, 2006 (CDT)
: [[Wikipedia:Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] [[Wikipedia:Commonwealth English|usage]] is precisely the usage of the UK, Australia, Canada, etc. Though it's not yet enshrined in OrthodoxWiki policy, we generally follow the Wikipedia policy of using the English usage peculiar to the location of the article's subject. Thus, for instance, this article would use Commonwealth usage rather than American. —[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 09:03, June 27, 2006 (CDT)
