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Happy editing! —Bagumba (talk) 04:43, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Zach Edey, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. As he is Canadian, we use the Canadian spelling "centre" per MOS:TIES. —Bagumba (talk) 04:44, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ChillyWilly824! I noticed that you have reverted to restore your preferred version of Zach Edey several times. The impulse to undo an edit you disagree with is understandable, but I wanted to make sure you're aware that the edit warring policy disallows repeated reversions even if they are justifiable.

All editors are expected to discuss content disputes on article talk pages to try to reach consensus. If you are unable to agree at Talk:Zach Edey, please use one of the dispute resolution options to seek input from others. Using this approach instead of reverting can help you avoid getting drawn into an edit war. Thank you. —Bagumba (talk) 18:29, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bagumba, yes I still disagree given there are many foreign NBA players from other countries whose wikipedia displays as “Center.” As far as I know in the NBA they are called Center, so I would assume that’s what they should be referred to as. I feel it would be different if they were only playing for their country, not the NBA. ChillyWilly824 (talk) 18:40, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not use styles that are nonstandard, unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in LeBron James. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Specifically, links are generally not repeated per MOS:REPEATLINK. —Bagumba (talk) 12:36, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Dwight Powell. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Please establish consensus for an exception before making more widespread spelling changes to multiple pages counter to MOS:TIES. —Bagumba (talk) 12:40, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Centre/ center

These players are Canadian and that’s the spelling. Spelling in articles is dictated by the subject’s country of origin. It seems you disagree with that, but you can’t just go around changing stuff you don’t like. If you want start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association, but going against site-wide consensus rarely happens Rikster2 (talk) 19:00, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No like I’m genuinely curious why is it just Canadian language we use? There are many other NBA players from different countries whose position isn’t displayed in their language? What makes Canada any different? ChillyWilly824 (talk) 19:04, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:ENGVAR we are supposed to use the spelling of the country the person is from. This goes for everyone. I suspect since the NBA is so dominated by Americans, users (such as yourself) have assumed American spelling. But any player from a commonwealth country (UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) should have the -re spelling. -- Earl Andrew - talk 19:20, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would it not be better to use a language that everyone uses globally, then to be subjected to one language for one region (in this case Canadian), I think the term “centre” fits well with exclusively Canadian people playing in Canada. Where as if a player were to play in a different region, there should be a more global word that everyone is used to. Hence why I want the change “Center” because this player is now apart of the US, not playing for Canada. ChillyWilly824 (talk) 19:26, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

American English is not the "global" language! That reeks of American exceptionalism/imperialism/chauvinism, and is highly offensive. There are two main varieties of English; American and British, and the world is split between those varieties. Canadian English uses a hybrid, and in this case uses the British spelling of centre.-- Earl Andrew - talk 13:08, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]