Poor, Edmund W 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.
You can never be sure without looking at it in person. Wasn't there a
French statesman by that name a century ago? If that's the case the
proper correction would be to capitalize. :-)
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.
I agree; I did some of that before our search function became
non-operational. When it's back up and running I may do some more.
It's a more productive way to build up personal edit numbers than
engaging in reversion wars. ;-)
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.
I would still be suspicious
Ec