User talk:Maerenneburg

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Happy editing! DBaK (talk) 18:40, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Drink-driving

Hi there. I hope you didn't mind my reverting your edit at the Moorgate crash article. Drink-driving is absolutely normal British English (BrE) for what was being discussed, so we wouldn't want to change it in an article about an accident in London. It sometimes seems crazy when you are just starting out here, but believe me it has taken a lot of effort to get to a reasonable understanding of how we do it. (Albeit with occasional outbreaks of murderous rage, but hey.) If you follow the link to WP:ENGVAR you can read all about it but the summary is: don't change stuff if you're not 100% sure it is OK, and sometimes not even then! London stuff stays in BrE, stuff about Raleigh, NC, stays in AmE and so on. (It gets into nightmares with less-clearcut stuff but let's not go there right now ...)

I hope you find this useful, and that you enjoy editing here. With all good wishes DBaK (talk) 18:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries on your own page ...

PS I loved your query about this ... asking for a friend. Chapter and verse is at WP:ES, but my view, for what it's worth (pretty much zero) is that on your own user page it matters very little indeed. I think that is the one place I really would expect no-one to mind too much. Everywhere else, including your own user Talk page, I think it is very important to use one no matter how brief. On your own userpage ... meh ... I would still try to use one, because we are I think "meant" to, but I would say something very brief (like, Update in the first one then maybe UD after) and that would keep the Edit Summary Police away from your door for ever. It's unlikely to matter there, but I do not know of policy that says it doesn't!

I really hope this helps. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 18:59, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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