You Wrote:
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.
Maybe we could get those robots from Westworld to correct the typos.
kq
koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
Maybe we could get those robots from Westworld to correct the typos.
They just entered the arena: Try
http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Maintenance&subfunct...
Magnus
Maybe we could get those robots from Westworld to correct the typos.
They just entered the arena: Try
http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Maintenance&subfunct... mispeelings
can you please also have the correct suggested spelling in that page.. i'm sure well meaning people trying to correct mistakes may just change one mistake for another...
Lightning
Cool!
Could this page give the *correct spelling too, in each header? eg.
anual (correct: annual)
1. List of battles 1901-forward http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_1901-forward (Edit? http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=List_of_battles_1901-forward&action=edit)
Magnus Manske wrote:
koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
Maybe we could get those robots from Westworld to correct the typos.
They just entered the arena: Try
http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Maintenance&subfunct...
tarquin wrote:
Could this page give the *correct spelling too, in each header? eg.
anual (correct: annual)
OK, OK, you got it! Just type anyting you want behind the misspelled word on the list. Everyting after the first space will be ignored by the search.
"* anual (annual)" will search for "anual", but display "anual (annual)".
Magnus
On Sunday 20 October 2002 10:17, Magnus Manske wrote:
"* anual (annual)" will search for "anual", but display "anual (annual)".
"Anual" is not a typo for "annual". If anything, it's a typo for "Anwal". Unfortunately trying to use Google stats to figure out which is correct is confused by the many occurrences of "anual" as a Spanish word, which does mean "annual" and is not a typo.
phma
Magnus Manske wrote:
tarquin wrote:
Could this page give the *correct spelling too, in each header? eg. anual (correct: annual)
"* anual (annual)" will search for "anual", but display "anual (annual)".
If the error in "anual" were that an extra letter had been put in rather than a letter omitted, psychological texts could end up talking about people with annual retentive personalities.
Ec
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