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adpated - adapted
[edit]Can we set a rule to correct adpated to adapted? I can see 20 in Mainspace, so I think it is worthwhile. ϢereSpielChequers 20:28, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- @WereSpielChequers:
Done - I adapted the existing "Adapted/ing" rule, and then I fixed the mainspace errors. GoingBatty (talk) 00:39, 6 July 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks GoingBatty. ϢereSpielChequers 00:42, 6 July 2025 (UTC)
delusionally seems OK
[edit]Am I acting delusionally, or is delusionally an acceptable word? See The Free Dictionary. I've disabled the rule that changes delusionally → delusively. GoingBatty (talk) 23:23, 5 July 2025 (UTC)
- Wiktionary has both, so maybe delusively also exists. Could it be an Americanism? It is a new one to me. ϢereSpielChequers 05:59, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
stnadings - standings
[edit]Can we add stnadings - standings as a rule? I can't see any false positives. ϢereSpielChequers 18:26, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- Currently testing to pick up the following
stnadings*||stadnings*||standngs*||stadings*. Neils51 (talk) 20:37, 18 July 2025 (UTC)- I've just fixed a few in templates,I'm guessing AWB doesn't work there? ϢereSpielChequers 08:56, 21 July 2025 (UTC)
- I've installed an AWB/Typos entry to cover 'standings'. Although templates, section headers and a few other areas are not covered by default you can cover these areas by copying any RETF rule into your personal list thru Options -> Normal Settings. There are a couple of 'Ignore' tick boxes in the 'Find & Replace' list. It's possible to get into a bit of trouble with these so you need to have a good reason to use those tickboxes. For instance, URL strings, file names, can be modified, etc. Every proposed modification needs to be carefully examined. This facility can helpful when say a majority of the found misspellings are associated with reference titles, with perhaps a mix of transcription errors and typos. Another method (and less dangerous!) is to string misspellings into the 'Find' list at the bottom of the 'Start' tab. To use multiples, separate them with a vertical bar and select 'Regex'. Eg,
stnadings|stadnings|standngs|stadings. Of course, this requires a manual 'Find' within a page. Trust this helps! Neils51 (talk) 12:16, 21 July 2025 (UTC)
- I've installed an AWB/Typos entry to cover 'standings'. Although templates, section headers and a few other areas are not covered by default you can cover these areas by copying any RETF rule into your personal list thru Options -> Normal Settings. There are a couple of 'Ignore' tick boxes in the 'Find & Replace' list. It's possible to get into a bit of trouble with these so you need to have a good reason to use those tickboxes. For instance, URL strings, file names, can be modified, etc. Every proposed modification needs to be carefully examined. This facility can helpful when say a majority of the found misspellings are associated with reference titles, with perhaps a mix of transcription errors and typos. Another method (and less dangerous!) is to string misspellings into the 'Find' list at the bottom of the 'Start' tab. To use multiples, separate them with a vertical bar and select 'Regex'. Eg,
- I've just fixed a few in templates,I'm guessing AWB doesn't work there? ϢereSpielChequers 08:56, 21 July 2025 (UTC)
uknown
[edit]There is a test for unknown, but is it picking up 'uknown' as a typo? I've just corrected one that was added in January, so unless we have a 24 week backlog in AWB typo fixing, that isn't being picked up. I've left ten up for testing.ϢereSpielChequers 06:11, 17 July 2025 (UTC)
- It's there and working. Someone else must have processed the ten, did they use AWB? Occasionally I see ones that have been there a while. Neils51 (talk) 13:15, 17 July 2025 (UTC)
- There are a couple in templates but rereading the AWB stuff it seems that AWB typo fixing ignores those and also ignores section headings which I think explains the January one. I suspect that the selection of typos for AWB works through the rules rather than going from the oldest typo forwards, thanks for checking 'uknown' for me. ϢereSpielChequers 06:58, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
"Gold Medal"
[edit]I've seen on several occasions whereby I've written that somebody was given a "Gold Medal", it has been changed to "gold medal". It is completely correct that people can be given a "Gold Medal", when this is the proper noun of the award or grade: "Gold Medals" with Wikipedia articles alone include: Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Gold Medal of Military Valor, Gold Medal (RGS), Gold Medal (National Eisteddfod of Wales), I could go on. Move those pages if it's incorrect. "The Royal Geographical Society gave Smith the Gold Medal" is just as valid as "The Golden Globe Foundation gave Smith the Golden Globe".
I don't think this counts as a typo at all, it's just a difference when referring to a proper noun, just like conservative/Conservative, royal society/Royal Society. A typo is something that is unequivocally wrong by mistyping or following the wrong spelling conventions, such as "harrass", "attatch" or "deceipt". It's not when using a different case to usual, or else "Jaws", "Alien" or "Speed" would be "typos". Unknown Temptation (talk) 12:47, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
"complied an overall record"
[edit]I've looked through "complied an overall record" there are 116 of them currently and I couldn't spot 1 that shouldn't be "compiled an overall record". There were 2 false positives in "complied an" but the longer phrase filters them out. I went through "complied a " manually, not so many and half were false positives.ϢereSpielChequers 07:34, 5 August 2025 (UTC)
- "Complied from" - "Compiled from" would also work if you can exclude a couple of false positives, there are 21 with two false positives ϢereSpielChequers 09:59, 5 August 2025 (UTC)