<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Tom Fifield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tom@openstack.org" target="_blank">tom@openstack.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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If I recall correctly, there was not consensus on this in the past.<br>
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I have removed it, for now, on that basis.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Okay, let's start the discussion here then. </div><div><br></div><div>I remember agreeing to American English for the Operations Guide. </div><div><br></div><div>Can we agree to American English for the openstack-manuals?</div><div><br></div><div>Evidence that would back an argument to go with American English:</div><div><br></div><div>While India (9%) and China(7.5%) come in at #2 and #3 in the last six months of web analytics, US visitors are at 28%. </div><div>More of our contributors know American English spellings than British.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I would like to hear from translators if American English is more familiar than British.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Anne</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Regards,<br>
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Tom<br>
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On 11/11/14 03:52, Anne Gentle wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
> In the past we have had consensus around using American English<br>
> spellings, so I added it to the Conventions page here:<br>
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> <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/Conventions#Terms_and_usage" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/Conventions#Terms_and_usage</a><br>
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> Wanted to bring it to the list to make sure it's generally known.<br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Anne<br>
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