I m really anti it personally The ize ization endings and especially the dreaded Oxford comma just give US wiki contributors licence no s to adhere to an old definition of British English one that s closer to contemporary American usage than British I got that from Bill Bryson The Beatles were an English band to many readers they re the epitome of Northern Englishness and wikipedia articles should reflect as British English an editorial style as possible As a Brit I m thinking your earlier organisation criticising realise etc looked way better Evan 2008 On the subject of style should all chart positions not be in numerals eg peaked at number seventeen for Love Me Do especially as numerals are used for the likes of Lennon felt that Harrison then 14 was too young to join the band