[WikiEN-l] Eschatology and Wikipedia

[Ray Saintonge]

On 12/22/10 1:53 AM, Peter Coombe wrote:
>
> I do think there are fewer opportunities for such "easy" edits on
> Wikipedia now. Typos seem to be far less common thanks to
> semi-automated tools such as AWB, and most articles are generally more
> mature. Plus the wikicode of articles grows ever more intimidating.
>

You can still find them by reading. The tools may very well catch 
non-words or common misuses, but will it catch a plurals when there 
should be a singular, or wrong verb tenses?  Excessive wikicode for 
templates or in-line references is a problem for simple edits.  If one 
sees an error in the normal text, it can be a chore to find it again in 
edit mode when it is buried in the code.

Ec