Thread:Bouldy999/@comment-27774471-20170912233154

In regard to the "editing war" that has been gong on on the Terror Toad page, I would like to address and resolve this issue right now. This message has been sent to both Rangerscout and Bouldy999.

From what I can tell, this seems to come down to two issues:

1. Rangerscout wishes to change the spelling of certain words from British dialect to American dialect, while Bouldy999 wishes to maintain the original British dialect.

2. Rangerscout wishes to change the Terror Toad's pronoun to "He" rather than the gender neutral "It" and, again, Bouldy wishes to keep it as it was, partly due to the overlap with other pages (namely the Jason, Billy, Zack, and Trini pages) where the Terror Toad is also identifed as "It".

In regard to these two matters, I have made the following decisions:

1. This website is not targeted strictly towards American or British audiences, but rather anyone who speaks English of any dialect. Although I am American, I hold no favorability towards one dialect over the other in this regard, nor do I feel it necessary to enforce one dialect on the entire site. Therefore, I believe we should allow a "first come, first serve" approach. That is, whoever writes up new material on the site is free to write it in whatever dialect they choose, as long as it's in English, and it will remain that way. From now on, I expect no one to make edits solely for the purpose of changing dialect.

Also, these edits did result in a genuine spelling error, changing "Raise" to "Raize", the latter of which is not a word in any English dialect. Therefore, I ask that we all please be more careful in the future.

2. The second matter is a bit trickier, but I've simply decided to be the tie-breaking vote for this matter. I know cases can be made for both options, but since the Terror Toad has a distinctly male voice and is even addressed as a "He" in the episode itself, I've decided that the Terror Toad page and all other pages referring to him, will address him as male. Going forward, again, I'd like that we use a "first come, first serve" approach for characters whose gender is arguable. Let's try not to be too particular about this.

Therefore, I will make these alterations to Terror Toad page, as well as other pages referring to the Terror Toad, keeping the British dialect, but changing Terror Toad's pronoun to "He".

On a general note, I'd like to say I'm usually not particular about things like this as this meant to just be a fun fan site where people can post what they want, how they want. Correcting spelling and grammar errors is fine, but let's try not to be too nitpicky, especially regarding matters that there is no real "right" answer to. And, as always, please try to be courteous to each other and, if you have  a disagreement, perhaps try discussing the matter.

Also, I'll be updating the front page with a new guideline regarding dialects.

I consider this matter closed, so please do not make any further edits regarding these matters.

Thank you. 