43:"Don't feed the trolls," as they say. Sorry if I'm violating that dictum. However, I'm not violating WP policy by using correct spellings. The spellings are PROPER NAMES, and virtually all of these spellings use "Center." You need to prove 1) that IOC always uses UK English (they didn't when they were in Atlanta); 2) that this has relevance for WP spellings (I don't see that it does), and,
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vandalising for correcting spelling on articles shows the lack of willingness to understand the existence and the wide usage of
British English daily throughout the world. Please contribute to build this article, rather than fighting over and correcting the spelling. This section is the same as the one in the
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The site being discussed here doesn't appear to (it shows "Center", even in the UK), but it is possible to show different content based on location (in the UK, www.google.com redirects to www.google.co.uk). I don't know if any of the venues of the
Olympics have official spellings in English; UK news
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Personally, I am not against
American English and anyone who chooses to utilise it. However, It is unjust to change different spelling variations to American English, and ignoring the fact that some articles, like this one, should be kept to the standards set. Further more, accusing someone
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Please do not change the spelling to
American English. The official English variant adopted by the IOC is British (UK) English. As you can see, the rest of the "centres" here are spelt the British way. Please do not be ignorant and change them to American English.
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I highly doubt that. Looking up the official site through Google.co.uk using a
British proxy, I receive the same website with the same spellings. Can you give me a website that alternates between American and British English depending on locale, as an example? -
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Please do not alter the spelling variation on this article, as well as other articles related to the IOC. This can be further backed by the live television broadcasts' on-screen texts, examples include the "National
Aquatics Centre", as well as "Synchronised
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Other users who feel that the change made to the
National Aquatics Centre to American English is misleading, feel free to discuss here and if needed, revert back to British English.
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The article of the
National Aquatics Centre of China falls under the IOC standards. Therefore, British spelling is used for consistency and accuracy.
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The above article states that the IOC, an
International Organisation, uses the British English system, in additional, the suffix -ise is adopted.
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