docs: British spelling is still used
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Current evaluation
Fixed by merged PR canonical/rockcraft#1162 (commit bdada046), which converted 19 documentation files from British to Canonical US English.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: Commit bdada046 is titled "docs: use US English spelling (#1162)" and aligns 19 documentation files with Canonical's US English style.
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Issue body
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### Request
Some pages of the docs still use British spelling eg. Chiselled.
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Fixed by merged PR canonical/rockcraft#1162 (commit bdada046), which converted 19 documentation files from British to Canonical US English. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Fixed British spellings via merged PR canonical/rockcraft#1162 (bdada046), aligning 19 documentation files with Canonical’s US English style. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Closed by merged PR #1162 (bdada046), replacing British spellings with US English across 19 documentation files and updating redirects. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Reassigned to @gcomneno to fix British spelling in documentation. The issue was closed, indicating completion or handoff, though no merge details were provided. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed and reassigned to @gcomneno to implement US English spelling updates per the Canonical style guide. The original assignee stepped back, and the fix is pending. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Documentation British spelling inconsistencies were acknowledged, spellcheck tooling clarified, and the fix was reassigned to @gcomneno for resolution. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed and reassigned to @gcomneno to update documentation to US English spelling. The original assignee stepped back, and spellchecker tooling was clarified. The documentation update remains pending. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/rockcraft#1162
(confidence 100%)
Merged commit bdada046 replaced the reported British spellings in the documentation.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1162 docs: use US English spelling | rockcraft | merged | Merged into main as commit bdada046: PR #1162 replaced British spellings (chiselling, behaviour, etc.) with US English across 19 doc files, kept identifiers/paths intact, and added redirects for the old chisel paths. Closes #1045. | |
| #5573 docs: switch from UK to US spellings | snapcraft | merged | Merged as commit 3af48bf02: PR #5573 standardized 14 snapcraft doc files on US spellings (+21/-21), for Open Documentation Academy task #244. Approved by 2 reviewers after the author signed the CCLA; init.rst was skipped as a false flag. |