Template:Use Oxford spelling

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This template encompasses Oxford spelling as well as (in chemistry-related articles) IUPAC spelling. Principally this means the use of -ize instead of -ise endings, but otherwise traditional British spelling and vocabulary.

Usage

{{Use Oxford spelling|date=November 2024}}

This maintenance template adds articles to Category:Use Oxford spelling to denote articles which have Oxford spelling.

Also consider using User:Ohconfucius/script/EngvarB.

See also

• {{Use American English}}
• {{Use Australian English}}
• {{Use Bangladeshi English}}
• {{Use British English}}
  • {{Use Oxford spelling}}
• {{Use Canadian English}}
• {{Use Ghanaian English}}
• {{Use Hiberno-English}}
• {{Use Hong Kong English}}
• {{Use Indian English}}
• {{Use Jamaican English}}
• {{Use Kenyan English}}
• {{Use Liberian English}}
• {{Use New Zealand English}}
• {{Use Nigerian English}}
• {{Use Pakistani English}}
• {{Use Philippine English}}
• {{Use Singapore English}}
• {{Use South African English}}
• {{Use Sri Lankan English}}
• {{Use Trinidad and Tobago English}}
• {{EngvarB}} – for non-specific but not N. American spelling
• {{Use dmy dates}} / {{Use mdy dates}}
• {{Globalize}} – for articles not representing a worldwide view

Template Data

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Use Oxford spelling

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Placed near the top of an article, informs editors to use Oxford English spelling in the article.

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	date	Month and year the article was verified as using Oxford spelling conventions Example March 2016 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	suggested

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Use Oxford spelling/doc. (edit | history)
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