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

refer to this discussion, this edit, and the manual of style's language category.

argument: 1st of all, the manual of style does say we should use American English as our language style for this Wikia, and yet I do see stuff like misplaced punctuations with quotations, such as "the man says "hello"! and some spellings in British English such as epilogue, when it is meant to be epilog in American English, such as "the man says "hello!" and epilog, along with others.

the manual of style does have that inconsistency in it's writing as well, saying we should use "Epilogue" when referring to the after-credit scene, making a tad bit of inconsistency and some contradictions.

Counter argument: there is the supporting argument that while undertale was released in America, even undertales language style contains some British English. SOME. for example...

Mad Dummy

"YOU...! You... Shucks! You were really boring! They got annoyed and flew away like any self-respecting spectre. "

RG01 & RG02

"I see two lovers staring over the edge of the cauldron of hell. Do they both wish for death? That means their love will end in hell. I couldn't stop laughing" [Check during Genocide Route]

As one can clearly see there is some inconsistency there as well with both some spelling (though the majority is American-English), but at least there is a mix to prove the manual of style, while the language style does specifically say American-English, there can be some exceptions on what is most widely accepted.

Conclusion: The little issue of consistency should be solved for the wikia language, so I am going to make a poll to let the public decide that. The poll was actually meant to be made to get a unanimous decision to how I am supposed to edit in the future, but it honestly was a concern of mine for some time.

I don't mean this to be something too serious. I just want to use this poll as a reference so I can solve edit disputes whenever possible. Thanks guys, and I love you all :D

What should be done? The Manual of style and edits in the future must be completely American-English. The Manual of style and edits in the future must be changed to fit the preferred British-English language style. The Manual of style and edits in the future should have a mix, but remain consistent on its individual pages. The Manual of style and edits in the future must use American-English spelling, but use British-English's style of punctuation. (e.g. "the man screamed "help!! I'm drowning in the caldron"!! The Manual of style and edits in the future Should have British-English spelling, but use the American-English punctuation. (e.g. "the man screamed "help!! I'm drowning in the cauldron!!" The Manual of style and edits in the future will not change, and this should not be too much concern. There is some other issue I would like to comment on.  