Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-5956954-20160209104236/@comment-5956954-20160518042822

Isthereaplace wrote: Well, it shouldn't concern me, since I don't do edits, and is comfortable with either option, but if it matters, then it should be standardized to a source that everyone can access. Like a free, online dictionary or spell checker, or a language setting in Word.

That way, to-be-editors could check in advance not only if their ideas are good, but if editing would be redundant. With clear guidelines, the staff's job would be easier too.

Simply choosing AmE or BE won't do: both have regional varieties, and not everyone is a native speaker of either of them. Without clear standardization, people will just check the first source they can access, which will vary wildly between local customs and gut feeling, Word, Webster's/Oxford and Cambridge, and some other stuff I didn't mention. Alright. The Manual of Style has been recently amended to allow words ending in "Gue," such as Epilogue instead of Epilog, so that should give a nice mix to the entire thing.