which english to use hi i saw your comment on scientizzle's talk page but since he's on wikibreak i thought i'd step in you can read the official policy at wp engvar if an article has a strong connection to a particular country e g harry potter abraham lincoln the spelling should reflect that country's standards there are other rules of course but the most important this is not to change a word just because you spell it differently if the article uses colour throughout it should stay colour you can however change words to make the spelling consistent throughout the articlefor instance if it's spelled manoeuvre in the first and third paragraphs but manuever in the second if you have any other questions feel free to ask you can also put on your user talk page along with your question and a friendly editor will be by soon to help out and don't forget to sign your posts using cheers