User talk:Symplectic Map/AutoSpell

Ideas for improvement

Hello! First of all: thank you for writing this great script. :) I would like to propose an additional common spelling mistake to check for: "80's", "90's", "1970's", etc. This should be easy to fix. Also, how about checking for repeated words ("the the", "and and", etc.) as well? —Quibik (talk) 15:16, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the WP:LCM does have a list of repeated words, as well as a section with numbers. I will check over that list in a bit. There is a big trade off between "completeness" and "speed" and "false positives". Going forward, I believe the best solution will be to have a core set of words, then a feature which allows users to add his/her own to an individualized list. Another option, which I will have to get help with, would be to have the script automatically annotate the WP:LCM pages (if you have the script installed). It should be possible in theory for the script user to see a list of "correct this typo" links next to each word on the list. Any user could create a page with such a list of misspellings and the script would automate the correction process. I will have to talk to a more skilled script writer to see if this is possible. The advantage is that the script would be much shorter, and each link would only correct one typo at a time, which should reduce inadvertent false positives. Best Regards. Symplectic Map (talk) 14:33, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]