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User:Symplectic Map/AutoSpell

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AutoSpell is a user script which corrects common misspellings in Wikipedia articles.

Installation

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1. Put the following line in your monobook.js (if you are using the default monobook theme):

importScript('User:Symplectic_Map/spell.js');

2. Clear your browser cache by pressing 'Ctrl+Shift+r' in Firefox or by pressing 'Ctrl+F5' in Google Chrome or by pressing 'Ctrl+Reload' in Internet Explorer.

3. You should see a 'spell' tab next to the watch/unwatch tab at the top of the page.

Usage

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The script can be invoked either in edit mode or in view mode by pressing the 'spell' tab.

Function

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When invoked, the script will open the article-edit page (if necessary), then perform a sequence of search/replace commands in an attempt to correct common misspellings. Once the script has completed, it will place a brief statement in the edit summary, click 'this is a minor edit', and press the show changes button. It is up to the user to inspect the changes and accept/reject the changes. It is important that the user does not blindly accept changes, as there may be a undiscovered bug in the script and/or a misspelling may be false-positive.

Note that misspelled image and/or file names should not be corrected. In an effort to reduce this problem, the script will attempt to obfuscate such misspellings using the {{sic}} template. For example, '{{sic|aval|iable|hide=y}}' will render as 'avaliable' but will not trigger replacement. Using the {{sic}} template should prevent bots/scripts from falsely correcting these 'correct misspellings'.

Technical details

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The core front-end is located in User:Symplectic Map/spell.js. The regular expressions for search/replace are located in User:Symplectic Map/misspellings.js and User:Symplectic Map/capitalizations.js. Each of these functions uses tools located in User:Symplectic Map/script.js.

Reporting Bugs

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Please report any bugs on Symplectic Map's talk page.

Credits

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The code was created by modifying WP:AutoEd and compiling misspellings from the lists of common misspellings.