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'''en-US''' means U.S. English.
'''en-US''' means U.S. English.


The microformats wiki re-uses the [http://www.w3.org/2001/06/manual/#Spelling W3C Manual of Style Spelling Editorial Guideline] and thus uses U.S. English for page names, and contents of English-language pages, although British-English spellings {{must}} be preserved if originally used in:
The microformats wiki re-uses the [http://www.w3.org/2001/06/manual/#Spelling W3C Manual of Style Spelling Editorial Guideline] and thus uses U.S. English for page names, and contents of English-language pages, although [[en-gb|British-English]] spellings {{must}} be preserved if originally used in:


* proper nouns  
* proper nouns  
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==See also==
==See also==
 
* [[en-gb]]
* [[naming-conventions]]
* [[naming-conventions]]
* [[how-to-play]]
* [[how-to-play]]

Revision as of 20:24, 15 May 2012

<entry-title>en-US</entry-title>

en-US means U.S. English.

The microformats wiki re-uses the W3C Manual of Style Spelling Editorial Guideline and thus uses U.S. English for page names, and contents of English-language pages, although British-English spellings MUST be preserved if originally used in:

  • proper nouns
  • direct quotations
  • discussion opinions or comments signed by a speaker known to use British-English
  • transcribed audio, where the speaker is known to use British-English
  • URLs
  • user pages

FAQ

See en-us-faq.

To do

You can help to implement this policy.

References

See also