On 13 Sep 2002, Ray Saintonge wrote:
There are some typos and common spelling mistakes which are no-brainers to catch and fix, but require a lot of grunt work. Would it be possible, or desirable, to have a system which does a search for one particular error at a time, eg "recieve", and corrects all the pages it finds in batches, of say 20, to avoid loading the server?
Would we use an American or British spell-checker?
[[List of battles 1401-1800]] before British spell-checker:
"1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord? Apr. 19 Patriots lose 8 and with guerrilla action kill British"
[[List of battles 1401-1800]] after British spell-checker:
"1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord? Apr. 19 Rebels lose 8 and with guerrilla action kill British" ;)