== Audio File ==

DCGeist is vandalising this article by repeatedly removing content while refusing to exaplin the problem or start a discussion to correct the problem.  The problem, he says, is "style", which he believes "very clearly explains the problem".  He prefers to delete content rather than help to edit the page to allow its inclusion.  Is United States to be the only country in the Western Hemisphere without an audio file for pronunciation of the name? 

When did "style" become so important that it justifies the deletion of content over style correction?   

The addition is ungrammatical.
It clutters the article's opening sentence. It is visually off-putting and difficult to read. This is a very significant stylistic concern; by contrast, the addition of an audio clip pronouncing two common English words is a minor and unnecessary matter of content.—  

 Could you explain why you think the addition is ungrammatical in the parenthetical comment?  Do you have a proposed solution that will avoid deleting content, or is deleting content your purpose?  The opening can be reworded, rather than deleting content.  Please note that the pronunciation, even of "common" words in English is of value to both non-native speakers as well as native-born speakers, since even common words may change pronunciation within a proper name.  Please justify having only one country in North America whose article is forbidden to contain an audio file.   

While remaining mostly neutral on this front, please don't call something "vandalism" when it's not. This is a disagreement, and under the terms of "Bold, Revert, Discuss", the onus is actually now upon you to justify its inclusion, not the other way around. But either way, it's not obvious vandalism. It annoys admins when people throw that term around. Or at least me. And as for "Is United States to be the only country in the western hemisphere", I point out that "United States" is the only country name in the Western hemisphere made up entirely of common words, without proper names. ("of America" is different, of course, but the audio file isn't about that name) So there is an argument to say that it is the country least in need of a pronunciation guide, since there's no unusual or proper words in that particular name.   

But "united" contains vowels which do not behave in the way that non-native speakers expect.  I have taught English overseas, and have seen the problems firsthand.  The word "united" has no encyclopedia article here, nor pronunciation given, for a non-native speaker to examine.  Also, the word "states" is a plural, and English plurals have two possible pronunciations for the added final "-s": /s/ or /z/, according to rules that native speakers learn but which non-native speakers struggle with.  For these reasons alone, non-native speakers