On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Dan Bolser <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:dan.bolser@gmail.com" target="_blank">dan.bolser@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


Hi,<br>
<br>
Many people in my professional circle berate the quality of Wikipedia<br>
(without any grounds, IMHO). It occurred to me recently that one<br>
simple example of the quality of Wikipeida is the fact that you can<br>
almost guarantee (IME) the correctness of the spelling in WP.<br>
<br>
Has anyone ever done a systematic analysis of the number of spelling<br>
errors compared to &#39;other&#39; sites? It seems that when reading read-only<br>
corporate or academic websites, spelling mistakes are not infrequent.<br>
<br>
This would be a nice factoid to be able to throw out when the next<br>
person says &quot;well, I read it in WP so...&quot;. (Of course I&#39;m assuming<br>
spelling is a proxy for overall quality, which is clearly arguable,<br>
but it&#39;s a good sign ;-).<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Dan.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you&#39;re interested in this topic I would <i>definitely</i> look at and talk to the &quot;Guild of Copy Editors&quot; on English Wikipedia.[1] This is a very effective WikiProject which has monthly backlog elimination drives.[2] </div>


<div><br></div></div>-- <br><div><div><div>Steven Walling</div><div><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" target="_blank">https://wikimediafoundation.org/</a></div></div></div><br>
<div>1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors</a></div><div>2. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog_elimination_drives" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog_elimination_drives</a></div>