User talk:Peterpansyndrome

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Luna Santin 10:40, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UK versus US English

Regarding different kinds of English spelling and usage, please see WP:MOS#National varieties of English. —xyzzy_n 14:33, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changing date formats

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that you don't have to change how dates are written in articles, as people can change how dates are displayed in their preferences. —JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 17:12, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop making changes to dates on articles if there is no need to change them. If you do not like the way dates are displayed, you can change this in your preferences, in the Date and time tab. —JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 18:02, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cranbourne, Victoria

Can someone please unprotect this article as it has been protected for over 24 hours now and I really need to improve the article. Peterpansyndrome 17:18, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article is only semi-protected, meaning that if you can't edit it now you will soon be able to. It only affects anonymous editors and newly registered accounts. It was semiprotected for good reason.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 17:27, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone please unprotect this article as it's been protected for a while now. Peterpansyndrome 15:48, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, the correct place to request unprotection is at Requests for page protection, which you already seem to have tried. You may want to contact JamesTeterenko, who protected the article in the first place. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 15:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"programme"

This is perfectly acceptable UK English, and the BBC is a UK-based organisation. The rest of the article is in UK English also. Please do not change to American spellings for no reason. --Kiand 12:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They should learn to spell properly. "Programmes" pfft. What next? diagramme?? Peterpansyndrome 12:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is no need to insult, oh, about half the worlds English speakers. Its spelt correctly for the context of the article, please leave it (and anywhere else you see it used) alone. --Kiand 12:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm from Australia and we spell it "program". Peterpansyndrome 12:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is true. However the BBC is a UK article and should follow UK spelling. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 12:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

cf. Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling) for more information. --Archfalhwyl 12:34, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Licence

As above, "licence" is a noun in Australian/Commonwealth English and "license" is a verb. Australian articles follow Australian/Commonwealth English. Please don't change them. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 12:27, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop

Please do not change articles from American English to British English, or from British English to American English, where the article was originally written in the form of English native to that country. Wikipedia accepts articles in both forms of English. If an article is about either country it is supposed to be written in that country's English.

Also please leave the date format in the form native to that country (dd/mm/yy for British/Australian/Irish etc topics, mm/dd/yy for American topics). If the topic is international, please leave in the form the article was written in originally. Many users become offended if their native English is deleted from articles about their country, and replaced with someone else's form of English or form of dates. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 13:23, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What the hell are you talking about?? Peterpansyndrome 13:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm asking you to stop changing spelling and/or dates. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 13:38, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What dates are you talking about?? Peterpansyndrome 13:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is a general template warning. I did not sit down and type it all out. Apparently you have been changing dates as well as spelling. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 14:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Did you look at the date edits yourself?? If not you have no right to judge. Peterpansyndrome 14:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not judging you, I'm specifically asking you to stop changing spelling. The date section is simply part of the template, however, it seems appropriate in your case as well. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 14:12, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also please leave the date format in the form native to that country (dd/mm/yy for British/Australian/Irish etc topics, mm/dd/yy for American topics). If the topic is international, please leave in the form the article was written in originally. Many users become offended if their native English is deleted from articles about their country, and replaced with someone else's form of English or form of dates. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 13:23, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can accept your criticism on the spelling but not about the dates. Peterpansyndrome 14:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You changed date formats e. g. here. It’s a matter of community consensus that doing so is improper. So please don’t do it; Sarah’s warning was quite appropriate. —xyzzy_n 14:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What in the world are you doing? You have changed from US spelling at the US article American football, from British spelling to US or possibly Australian spelling at the British article BBC, and from Australian spelling, punctuation and dates styles to the US version in several Australian articles! JPD (talk) 16:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not call "10 August, 2006" "too British". It is standard Australian usage. "August 10, 2006" is also acceptable and understood in Australia, but not the normal usage. At any rate, whenever there are two valid ways of writing something, the Wikipedia policy is to not change the style used by the original author, so you should not change it. With dates, it is particularly pointless, as you can set your preferences to show the date in whichever format you prefer at Special:Preferences. JPD (talk) 17:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop changing the Manual of Style without discussion. The table there is based on the Macquarie Dictionary, as noted in the footnotes. If you wish to change it, you need a good reference, and should also discuss it on the relevant talk page first. You cannot unilaterally change it. JPD (talk) 17:46, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Last warning

This is your Final warning. You have already been asked to stop changing articles from one version of English to the other. Wikipedia accepts both American English and British English. Articles on either country should be written in that country's version of English, while dates should follow that country's form also. Repeated changing of English when you have been asked to cease doing it may be seen as vandalism. If you continue you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. You will not receive another warning before being blocked. —xyzzy_n 18:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

I have blocked you indefinitely as a sockpuppet of a banned user, Pnatt. -- JamesTeterenko 18:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He's Backl

Peterenko (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - definately him. --Kiand 13:23, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]