[Wikipedia-l] Spellchecking in SQL

[Poor, Edmund W]

> > There's no way we can use SQL to correct spelling
> > errors automatically.
> >
> > 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".
> >
> > I think the mispeelings Maintenance Page is wonderful,
> > and we should now rest on our laurels. That's enough
> > automation for this year.
> 
> Very good!  And how would an automaton correct this
> sentence: "With
> automatic spell correction althought is abandoned?" :-)
> Ec

Thanks, that's my point exactly: "all thought is abandoned" when we turn over to machines, decisions that we must make ourselves.

Ed Poor