User:Spellmaster

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I use this account when editing with AWB.

I would like to thank User:Cyde for suggesting the idea of a separate account for such edits.

This user account is used primarily to make spelling corrections, although I do always make any other formatting or tagging edits I see fit as I go through an article.

For my reasoning in a couple which have raised eyebrows in the past:

1. Honorary (instead of "honourary"): although it looks like a US/UK issue (cf color/colour), in fact the first spelling without the 'u' is regarded as correct throughout the world. See [1], and also Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/H.
2. Humorous (instead of "humourous"): this seems to elicit the same sort of reaction sometimes, but again the first form is considered right worldwide; see [2], [3], [4], [5].

Here's a great resource that explains both: [6]. Thanks a lot User:Tagishsimon!

The prevalence of these spellings in Wikipedia (at least until I got to work) may perhaps be explained by a sort of hypercorrection on the part of users wishing (laudably) to show respect for UK/Commonwealth English usage and back-forming these spellings, which exist almost nowhere else in the world.

Of course, if I ever make an edit that you disagree with, just message me at either talk page and I will try to put it right.

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