I //really// don't like this idea at all. It is far too generic and there are often good reasons why a word may be mispelt, particularly if we are quoting from old texts etc. Dangerous in the extreme and a lazy solution to something which should be fixed on a case by case basis.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lightning" lightning@chaos-productions.com To: wikipedia-l@nupedia.com Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Mispeelings
hey.. how about we create a db script that fixes this stuff? i can do
it
if you guys approve it and i'll send it to whoever has permission to do
this
seriously, just a big select statement that selects any article that contains ie "mispeeling" and automatically replaces the correct spelling... it's really not hard at all, at all.... same thing for uhm double redirects and other common ailments that take so much of our time, but can be so easily fixed.
This is fine until some of the 'mispeelings' are intended....
I figure if we mess up 20 articles, but fix 250, its worth it... or not?
If people like the idea i'll program it, and even tie it into the diff thing, so it logs the edit onto the article history...
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