Thread:Tupka217/@comment-4324417-20140210191235/@comment-220364-20140210205610

2¢... or so

The Wikipedia page Rab points to was/is an attempt there to minimize edit warring over language choice. And it breaks things down onto 2 categories: Cases where the topic culturally/intrinsically linked to a specific variation of English and cases where it absolutely does not matter. In the latter, the editor starting the article sets variation. For the most part, if the topics covered by this site were on Wikipedia, there is a good chance most of them would be in or converted to American English - American publisher with stories set in America or using American POV. 

As for here, the Admins have pointed to a "first edit" mentality - if the summary is put in in one variation, and it doesn't need a major expansion or rewrite, that variation stands.

Do I agree with it? No, not really. If a story is set in the US, Britain, Canada, Australia, or where ever, or if a character is from that setting, the variation of English the content is written in should reflect that. (Template parameters are a different kettle of fish - the person who put them together used whet they were comfortable with, they don't show through, and they are in massive use, so in editing we deal with it and move on.)

And no, I don't see this as trying to say "the internet is the United States", but being respectful of the source material.