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Usage
{{Use British English/doc|date=October 2026}}
This maintenance template adds articles to the hidden category Category:Use British English to denote articles that use British English spelling, vocabulary, and grammar. It may be used for:
- Articles with strong ties to the United Kingdom, per MOS:TIES
- Articles with no ties to the United Kingdom where British spelling has been arbitrarily chosen for consistency, per MOS:RETAIN
- Articles using British-style English elements (e.g. "centre", "colour", "footballer") common to multiple countries where no specific national standard of written English can be identified
- Articles with strong ties to a country where the national standard of written English is indistinguishable from British English after MOS:COMMONALITY is applied.
Related templates:
- Articles using British-style spelling but with -ize endings or IUPAC-standard spellings for chemistry should use {{Use Oxford spelling}}.
- For tagging talk pages and edit notices, see {{British English}}.
This tag is used by the Engvar script for spelling correction purposes.
For guidelines on how different varieties of English are used in Wikipedia articles, see MOS:ENGVAR.
Maintenance categories
See also
- Wikipedia:Database reports/Multiple "Use xxx English" templates, a report showing articles using two or more of the templates listed below.
- {{Use American English}}
- {{Use Australian English}}
- {{Use British English}}
- {{Use Canadian English}}
- {{Use Hiberno-English}}
- {{Use Hong Kong English}}
- {{Use Indian English}}
- {{Use New Zealand English}}
- {{Use Nigerian English}}
- {{Use Pakistani English}}
- {{Use Philippine English}}
- {{Use South African English}}
TemplateData
TemplateData for Use British English
<templatedata> { "description": "This maintenance template adds tagged articles to to denote articles that have British English spelling.", "format": "{{_|_=_}}\n", "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year that the template was last spell-checked for compliance with this dialect of English. \"{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\" inserts the current month and year automatically.", "type": "line", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "example": "January 2025", "suggested": true } } } </templatedata>