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 ::@Waluigi Time and Bazooka Mario: Would it be ok if we moved the infraction under the "Failure to follow the writing guidelines" infraction? I've added it as a possible option in case this infraction ends up staying-it looks awkward for it to stand by itself, because it's a writing guideline, right? [[User:Mari0fan100|Mari0fan100]] ([[User talk:Mari0fan100|talk]]) 22:42, August 18, 2022 (EDT)
 @Somethingone: It was proposed, but then the proposer themselves cancelled it. Although we did not technically agree to being okay with British spelling before, this proposal gives an opportunity to make it happen. [[User:Mari0fan100|Mari0fan100]] ([[User talk:Mari0fan100|talk]]) 22:15, August 15, 2022 (EDT)
+I want to point out one thing: choosing between British English and American English is not just a matter of spelling of words. There are still elements, such as courses or species, that are named differently in British English compared to American English. The kart, tires and courses in the ''Mario Kart'' games, including ''Mario Kart 8'', are the most prominent example, but there's also the case of the naming of all the Magikoopas as ''Kamek'' in British English, reflecting their Japanese name. Even many ''Mario & Luigi'' games were named differently in British English. Therefore the choice of one English or the other has a lot of implications, and once we decided to stay with the American English, you can expect the rest of the page to follow through to keep consistency, as a page written in British English about a subject that has a different name in British English would look rather confusing to the readers.--[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 08:50, August 19, 2022 (EDT)<br>
 @Koopa con Carne, @Spectrogram, @Somethingone: I hope I'm not coming off as rude here, but are there any reasons you suddenly decided to change your mind and completely countered this proposal? I'm sure you had great reasons, but none of the edits give a reasonable justification, nor did you give off reasons to change your votes. It seems peculiar that all of you were in massive support of this whole thing and then decided to change your minds for no given reason completely. [[User:Wikiboy10|Wikiboy10]] ([[User talk:Wikiboy10|talk]]) 08:51, August 19, 2022 (EDT)
-I want to point out one thing: choosing between British English and American English is not just a matter of spelling of words. There are still elements, such as courses or species, that are named differently in British English compared to American English. The kart, tires and courses in the ''Mario Kart'' games, including ''Mario Kart 8'', are the most prominent example, but there's also the case of the naming of all the Magikoopas as ''Kamek'' in British English, reflecting their Japanese name. Even many ''Mario & Luigi'' games were named differently in British English. Therefore the choice of one English or the other has a lot of implications, and once we decided to stay with the American English, you can expect the rest of the page to follow through to keep consistency, as a page written in British English about a subject that has a different name in British English would look rather confusing to the readers.--[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 08:50, August 19, 2022 (EDT)
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