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This template is used to indicate for spell-checking script purposes that an article uses Oxford spelling, including (in chemistry-related articles) IUPAC spelling. Principally this means the use of -ize instead of -ise endings, but otherwise traditional British spelling and vocabulary.
Usage
{{Use Oxford spelling|date=November 2026}}
This maintenance template adds articles to Category:Use Oxford spelling to denote articles which have Oxford spelling.
This tag was used by the script User:Ohconfucius/EngvarB.
See also
Template Data
TemplateData for Use Oxford spelling
Placed near the top of an article, informs editors to use Oxford English spelling in the article.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | Month and year the article was verified as using Oxford spelling conventions
| Date | suggested |
Tracking categories
- Category:Pages using Oxford spelling template with unknown parameters (0)
- This tracks pages which have unknown parameters in the template.