[Wikipedia-l] Spellchecking in SQL

[Ray Saintonge]

Poor, Edmund W wrote:

>There's no way we can use SQL to correct spelling errors automatically. 
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>But even if I fooled around with a SQL query that changed, say, "althought" to "although" -- I wouldn't trust that task to a bot. I would insist on reading every change in context, using probably the article's History page for the link marked "(last) = difference with preceding version".
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>I think the mispeelings Maintenance Page is wonderful, and we should now rest on our laurels. That's enough automation for this year.
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Very good!  And how would an automaton correct this sentence: "With 
automatic spell correction althought is abandoned?" :-)
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