User talk:Just The Doctor

License
Hi :) Thank you so very much for your recent file uploads.  You've really helped us improve our coverage of R4 DVD releases.  One tiny thing, though.  You're introducing a spelling and format error by typing:

Liscensing:
into the edit box. That's actually not a proper spelling of the word. Although you will find Google hits for "liscensing", that doesn't make it correct. That just means a lot of people are spelling it wrong, probably because they're conflating the proper British and American spellings into a new spelling. Five separate dictionaries (including Merriam-Webster, Oxford American, Oxford English, dictionary.com and wiktionary) confirm that the British spelling is licencing, which is what's preferred when actually writing articles. The American spelling is licensing, which is automatically added to pages if you choose a licensing option from the dropdown menu. Because this American spelling is sort of "hard coded" into Special:Upload — wikia.com being an America-centric organization — it's probably best to stick with that when adding legal notices.

Also, it should be remembered that in British and Canadian use, the American spelling is correct for the word when it's used as a verb. Hence, licensing, as a particple derived from the verb, is a valid spelling, even in Britain — even though licencing is surely correct as well. I honestly don't know the situation in the southern hemisphere, which is, I'd imagine, your home, though it seems to be probably British, as in Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association.

Note, too, that colons shouldn't be placed at the end of a section header. Thus the preferred heading for the section is:

Licensing
I know it's nitpicky, and frankly I'd rather have the pictures you provide than grammatical consistency on pages most people never see. Still, if you're cutting and pasting into the edit box, it does no harm to cut and paste the header as it appears on most pages.

Thanks again for your great work!  czech out  ☎ ✍    22:38, January 22, 2011 (UTC)