Template talk:Use American English

"EngvarA spelling" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect EngvarA spelling. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 12#EngvarA spelling until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. --Trialpears (talk) 09:51, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

When to use this template and when not to

Recently, I came across an editor adding this template to 21 articles covering towns in North Carolina where none of these articles has had issues with non-American English being used. After a brief discussion, it seems that guidance when to use this template and when not to is missing from the documentation.

I think the question arises, should this template only be used where there is a question of what version of English to use is not clear or has been a problem or should it be applied to any/all articles where American English should be used?

My opinion is indiscriminate use of this template where the question of which version to use has not been an issue is somewhere between frivolous/annoying and nativism, but I'd like to hear others' perspectives on this. Thanks. Toddst1 (talk) 18:27, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Page Notice

Template:British English shows a page notice in edit mode saying "This article uses British English". This template does not. I'm not sure what causes this to appear, but if a template editor or administrator does, please add a similar notice for this template. IPs are people too (talk) 05:49, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Display issue

The template not only doesn't show up on pages, but it overwrites the article's lead paragraph shown when hovering over a hyperlink.

For instance, when hovering over the following link, the description simply says...
`{{Use American English|date=March 2021}}`
...and nothing else.

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— Urro^{[talk][edits]} 18:39, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

The preview at the moment doesn't show the template, but a snippet of broken wikitext {{Use American English|date=March 2023} – note that one closing brace } is missing. The wikitext was broken in Special:Diff/1199258656 and then fixed in the next edit.

The preview will fix itself when the cache catches up with the latest version. Previews cannot be purged from cache, as far as I know. —⁠andrybak (talk) 21:59, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Ohhh. I understand. Yeah, I suppose it just didn't update.

Thank you for letting me know!
— Urro^{[talk][edits]} 22:15, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

"Template:Usen" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Template:Usen has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 August 16 § Template:Usen until a consensus is reached. — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 18:03, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Please deploy template for discussion notices on my behalf

I do not have template editor permissions but I want to start a merger discussion for all templates listed at {{Use X English}}, as well as that template, to be merged/redirected at {{Use English variant}}. This is the instruction for step 1 at the TfD instruction table, which is why I'm asking to deploy the templates on my behalf. The plan will involve several steps:

• Step 1. TfD
• Step 2. Submitting a bot request for code that will replace the {{Use X English}} templates with {{Use English variant}} with appropriate parameters (refer to template doc); redirection of these templates as well as {{Use X English}} after the replacement
• Step 3. Submitting a bot request for code that will check four things:
  • If the talk page banner is deployed
  • If the talk page banner is consistent with the English variant parameter of {{Use English variant}} (if not, change to the article one)
  • If the talk page top box has a parameter for WikiProject Chemistry
  • What the value of the English variant parameter deployed in the article is

Based on which the appropriate template out of {{English variant templates}} will be added to the talk page (if it has the Chemistry WikiProject, the IUPAC template, or a normal template otherwise).

Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 18:04, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

I don't see an existing TFD section to link to. Did I miss it? Please provide a link to it. As for Step 3, I recommend omitting it from your proposal entirely, because it will only muddy the waters. Keep your proposal as short and simple as possible. One step at a time. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:52, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Wait, why should I skip to step 2 before doing step 1? Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 03:15, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

You should not. Step 1 is the TFD. That's why I was looking for the TFD section at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion. I also recommend making sure that the new template is ready to use before starting a TFD. If you do not, your efforts are likely to be wasted. People are not very patient with half-built stuff at TFD. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:12, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

No, according to the table in WP:TFD step 1 is to tag the template, and only then to list it and notify its authors. Because I can't directly tag the template, I submit this request.

As for "half-built stuff", I believe the template as is is almost ready to be used, give me a day or two. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 05:19, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Oh, that Step 1. That doesn't even make sense, since it links to Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 January 13#Template:Use American English, which should exist first. I've always used the Twinkle tool, which does all of the steps at once. Please complete the other two steps if you are able. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:49, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Noting that the discussion in question appears to be created; is this request simply to tag the templates in that discussion? If so I see no issue with doing so (the issue of order is being discussed elsewhere). Primefac (talk) 11:08, 14 January 2026 (UTC)