[Wikipedia-l] Mispeelings

[Steve Callaway]

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 at chaos-productions.com>
To: <wikipedia-l at 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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