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We've had endless debates over US-/non-US-centric standards, with no consensus. Current practice is to go with what was in the entries to start with: if it was originally set up with the British form as the main one and the US as the alternative form, we leave it that way. Likewise, if it's the reverse, we leave it that way, too. Please don't switch the main and alternative entries, as you did at favor and favour. This is disruptive, and will be reverted. In case you're wondering, I've reverted people who tried to convert things in a US-centric direction, and English admins have reverted people who tried to convert things to a non-US-centric direction. Each of us is entitled to our own opinion, but not to trying to rewrite the dictionary to conform to it. Chuck Entz (talk) 17:46, 9 January 2016 (UTC)