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 This policy is also not applicable '''in namespace 0''' if the topic in question is spelled in a non-British way within the narrative of a story, or, if merchandise, on its actual packaging. Thus, if a ''Doctor Who'' novel were to refer to the American movie, ''The Color of Money'', the American spelling of "color" should stand. Or if a novel were to refer to a title that spelled a word differently than we have agreed to ''generally'' spell it, we go with the spelling provided in the DWU text. A good example of this is: ''[[Similarities in Proto-Cultural Artifacts of the Second Dynasty of the Zyrs]]''. Despite the fact that we have, as a community, chosen to spell the word ''artefact'', the spelling ''artifact'' must stand in the case of ''this particular'' fictional book title.
-== Bot enforcement ==
-From time to time, a bot shall enforce this policy on every page in the main namespace. Errors in the category tree structure may mean that the bot '''occasionally''' strays into [[namespace]]s where the policy does ''not'' apply. Do not take the bot's activities as an absolutely accurate reflection of the policy. In general, the benefits of bot correction of tedious spelling differences are thought to outweigh its inability to stick strictly to the appropriate namespaces.
-The details of what this bot is checking for can be seen at [[Tardis:Spelling policy/user-fixes.py]].
 [[Category:Spelling|Spelling policy]]
 [[Category:Policies|Spelling]]