Thread:User talk:CodeCat/-ise

You've revised my editing on minimise with the explanation, that the spelling with -ize is worldwide and -ise is just regional. That's wrong. Actually, the spelling with -ise is the preferred spelling in 52 of the 54 countries, which use English as their main language. Just in to countries, United States and Canada, the spelling with -ize is the preferred. If you look at governmental pages of India, you will always find the spelling with -ise. The same with websites from South Africa, Namibia, Pakistan, Singapore and many other countries. Even Russia's governmental websites use the -ise spelling (see Amur programme etc.) as long with all pages of the European Union and other European organisations. So you can't tell me, that minimise, maximise is just regional. It is now spread at least as the variant with z, if not even more, so both spellings should be treated equally on a platform like Wiktionary.