User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Tips for being a great admin/@comment-256681-20121025222705/@comment-20644-20121025225452

I understand what you mean, and I probably could've worded it better, but you also need to view that line in the full context. The example used was meant to illustrate an admin on a wiki where their article guidelines, such as a Manual of Style, require one type of spelling over the other. For example, Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki uses American English in their articles rather than British English (unless there’s an in-universe source that uses British English), because Star Wars books and other kinds of stories are, more often than not, written using American English.

So in the context of what you quoted, the line before that is necessary too: "there are a few things that could use some improvement so they follow our article guidelines." So is the line after it: "We use American English here"

In context, the implication is not that American English is more correct than British English in general, or vice-versa, just that this make-believe wiki used in the example has required one over the other. Lots of wikis do that, which they're free to do.

And of course, you don't have to use my exact wording in any example I were to give for any subject. If there's a wording that better fits your preferred tone, style, and so forth, I encourage you to use that! Personalized messages that fit the admin who is writing them are incredibly important.