Template:English ties
This article has strong ties to . Per MOS:TIES it uses standard formal written English as used in this country, which for encyclopedia purposes is very similar to British English.
Remember to follow MOS:COMMONALITY and MOS:CONSISTENT.
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{{English ties}} is used to indicate an article has strong ties to an English-speaking country, and to note that as a result its written dialect is determined by MOS:TIES. It should be put near the top of both the article and the article's talk page. On the article itself, it has no visible output except for a category like Category:Wikipedia articles with strong ties to Belize.
Parameters
[edit]|1=- the English-speaking country the article is written in.|date=- Does nothing. Indicates the last time this page was checked for spelling compliance with the specified dialect.
Examples
[edit]{{English ties|United States|date=October 2025}}
This article has strong ties to the United States. Per MOS:TIES it uses standard formal American English.
Remember to follow MOS:COMMONALITY and MOS:CONSISTENT.
{{English ties|Scotland}}
This article has strong ties to Scotland. Per MOS:TIES it uses standard formal Scottish English, which overlaps with British English.
Remember to follow MOS:COMMONALITY and MOS:CONSISTENT.
{{English ties|Oxford}}
This article is written in formal standard British English with Oxford spelling.
Remember to follow MOS:COMMONALITY and MOS:CONSISTENT.
{{English ties|Ghana}}
This article has strong ties to Ghana. Per MOS:TIES it uses standard formal written English as used in this country, which for encyclopedia purposes is very similar to British English.
Remember to follow MOS:COMMONALITY and MOS:CONSISTENT.
{{English ties|IUPAC British}}
This article is written in formal standard British English with IUPAC spellings of chemical names (e.g. aluminium, sulfur, caesium) per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (chemistry).
Remember to follow MOS:COMMONALITY and MOS:CONSISTENT.
TemplateData
[edit]TemplateData for English ties
Indicates that an article has strong ties to an English-speaking country.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country name | 1 | the English-speaking country the article is written in | String | required |
| Date | date | Does nothing. Indicates the last time this page was checked for spelling compliance with the specified dialect. | String | optional |