Similarly to Use American English rather than Commonwealth English for tags?, I would like to know what to do when editing a message written by someone else.
The question Is「ふむふむ」still used nowadays? was written is very clumsy English, but had the following bit:
I learnt from
The whole question has been rephrased by another contributor, but the conjugation has been turned into
I learned from
I would like to know if you think this kind of modification is acceptable/debatable. The fact that the OP is obviously not a native English speaker doesn't help choosing the right dialect…
PS: I would personally not appreciate my grammar/spelling be Americanised by someone else, as I try to use British English as much as possible (within the limits of my knowledge).