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*If the article's title requires a specific standard (i.e. [[Town Center]] or [[Large Calibre (BTD6)|Large Calibre]]), then the text of the article must use the same standard; otherwise, the spelling is up to the editor. | *If the article's title requires a specific standard (i.e. [[Town Center]] or [[Large Calibre (BTD6)|Large Calibre]]), then the text of the article must use the same standard; otherwise, the spelling is up to the editor. | ||
*If an article is already clearly written in one spelling standard, then any additions/changes should be consistent with what the article uses. For example, if an article has clearly established its use of British English by other editors, then any additions/changes to the article must also be in British English from that point onwards. Editing an article to make the spelling more consistent is constructive, but changing all the spelling from one to the other without reason is unconstructive and edits of this nature will be reverted. | *If an article is already clearly written in one spelling standard, then any additions/changes should be consistent with what the article uses. For example, if an article has clearly established its use of British English by other editors, then any additions/changes to the article must also be in British English from that point onwards. Editing an article to make the spelling more consistent is constructive, but changing all the spelling from one to the other without reason is unconstructive and edits of this nature will be reverted. | ||
*If an article links to another article with a title that uses a different spelling standard, the link text should ''not'' be changed to match. For example, [[ | *If an article links to another article with a title that uses a different spelling standard, the link text should ''not'' be changed to match. For example, [[Large Calibre (BTD6)]] should ''not'' render links to [[Town Center]] as "Town Centre". | ||
*Note that this only applies to spelling. [[Blooncyclopedia:Dates and timestamps|Dates and timestamps]] should always be formatted as DD/MM/YYYY regardless of the spelling standard used. | *Note that this only applies to spelling. [[Blooncyclopedia:Dates and timestamps|Dates and timestamps]] should always be formatted as DD/MM/YYYY regardless of the spelling standard used. | ||