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stnadings - standings

Can we add stnadings - standings as a rule? I can't see any false positives. Ϣere SpielChequers 18:26, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Currently testing to pick up the following stnadings*||stadnings*||standngs*||stadings*. Neils51 (talk) 20:37, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've just fixed a few in templates,I'm guessing AWB doesn't work there? Ϣere SpielChequers 08:56, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Thanks Neil, I stopped using AWB myself when I moved from Windows to Chrome several years ago, and though I think AWB would run on my current machine I'm currently somewhat oldschool in my search usage. That's fine with my normal hunting grounds of things that need manual attention because they have lots of false positives, but occasionally I come across something with few enough false positives for AWB. I like to report those here, both because AWB users can fix them faster than me, but also because I suspect a rule in AWB will be getting things fixed long after I'm gone. Ϣere SpielChequers 17:31, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

uknown

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.Ϣere SpielChequers 06:11, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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. Ϣere SpielChequers 06:58, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Gold Medal"

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)[reply]

"complied an overall record"

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.Ϣere SpielChequers 07:34, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Complied from" - "Compiled from" would also work if you can exclude a couple of false positives, there are 21 with two false positives Ϣere SpielChequers 09:59, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With respect to "complied an overall record", these are almost 100% due to one editor's personal templated material. I'll invite them to fix their material. "Complied from" would be worth a rule, currently in test. Neils51 (talk) 13:29, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rule installed. Neils51 (talk) 14:41, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. Ϣere SpielChequers 15:02, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"millieu" - "milieu"

Millieu is a typo of milieu, more than twenty hits with few false positives, I think the spelling is correct in French so best to exclude "la millieu" Ϣere SpielChequers 15:02, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Working on this.Neils51 (talk) 11:17, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's been a while since I studied French, however the word is a loanword and is correctly spelled Milieu in both French and English. The article Jean-Gabriel Prêtre where it is spelled Millieu is due to incorrect transcription from the source. The gender has also been transcribed incorrectly as it has a masculine assignment and should be le not la. The incorrect usage as in the French orientated article will be rare and I would guess something that only needs to be checked for around once a year. The Smashing Pumpkins' song title appears to use the misspelling, per available sources. I have updated the existing typo script entry to additionally cover two of the most common mispellings as mentioned in this rather good Wiktionary entry. Neils51 (talk) 12:47, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks, I suppose I should not be surprised that we are so big that we have patterns in our French typos as well as in English. Ϣere SpielChequers 14:01, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Currency symbol before number" is too greedy

This seems to find commas before the phrase (if they are preceded by a letter) and move the currency before them e.g.

"the prizes are a donkey, 10£, and a goldfish"

will become

"the prizes are a donkey£, 10, and a goldfish"

My regex-fu isn't good enough to try fixing it without making it worse!

JeffUK 12:07, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Testing a fix for this. Neils51 (talk) 10:44, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Installed minor revision to existng rule. Neils51 (talk) 12:41, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]