Template:Use British English

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Usage

{{Use British English|date=July 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", "rationalise", "footballer") common to multiple countries where no specific national dialect can be identified
• Articles with strong ties to a national dialect which in its formal register and after application of MOS:COMMONALITY is indistinguishable from British English

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.

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 Oxford spelling}}
• {{Use Canadian English}}
• {{Use Ghanaian English}}
• {{Use Hiberno-English}}
• {{Use Hong Kong English}}
• {{Use Indian English}}
• {{Use Jamaican English}}
• {{Use New Zealand English}}
• {{Use Nigerian English}}
• {{Use Pakistani English}}
• {{Use Philippine English}}
• {{Use South African English}}
• {{Use Trinidad and Tobago English}}
• {{Use Ugandan English}}

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Use British English

This maintenance template adds tagged articles to [[Category:Use British English]] to denote articles that have British English spelling.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	date	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. Example January 2025 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested

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