Template:English ties/doc

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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

|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

{{English ties|United States|date=October 2025}}

Spelling and grammar note

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}}

Spelling and grammar note

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}}

Spelling and grammar note

This article is written in formal standard British English with Oxford spelling.

Remember to follow MOS:COMMONALITY and MOS:CONSISTENT.

{{English ties|Ghana}}

Spelling and grammar note

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}}

Spelling and grammar note

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

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TemplateData for English ties

Indicates that an article has strong ties to an English-speaking country.

Template parameters
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