At 09:43 24/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
We cannot allow spelling bots unless:
A. The bot is registered
B. The bot draws from an approved list
A word like /thier/ can safely be changed to "their", since it's almost
always a misspelling. However, there are many misspellings which can't
be automatically corrected.
I don't mind HUMANS whiling away their time doing a bit of spell-check
work; I do it myself, when I want to relax.
But if a machine can do it, then it probably shouldn't be done as a
logged-in contributor (robot or "bot"). Rather, let's have our zealous
programming staff write a custom spell-check program.
Uncle Ed
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When I get my search engine converted to the wiki db, it comes with a
moderated spell checker
the result should be a fast search and a table full of typos for bots and
humanbots to play with.
Archivist
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