Questions tagged [spelling]
For discussing spelling-related edits, asking about preferred spellings, or reporting spelling problems on the site itself.
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Errors in blog post "Ask like a human: Implementing semantic search on Stack Overflow"
I probably should have included these earlier, but I didn’t realize at the time of posting. I also realize this post is rather nit-picky, but most, if not all, of these are valid issues anyways.
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How to deal with mass typos fixing, should they be a part of homepage?
There are several questions about the issue, but related to low-rep users, e.g. Are we discouraged from fixing typos and misspellings on Stack Exchange sites?
I would like to discuss how should we ...
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Add typo on all sites of Stack Exchange as a general reason
I propose to add the typo close/flag reason on all sites of Stack Exchange sites as a general reason instead of the "community specific-reason".
Instead of using different messages that says ...
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Proofreading the "Five Stack Exchange sites turned ten years old this quarter!" blog post
A preface, as a frequent critic of the blog (lest anyone think I'm totally negative on it): this post was good! I enjoyed reading it and clicking through to the posts on some sites that I don't ...
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Why are questions edited so much and so thoroughly?
Often when I ask a question, the tiniest mistakes in it will get edited out almost immediately, sometimes entire sentences will be reformulated in a better way. I am assuming that's done by actual ...
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Can the link replacement tool be used on typos in regular text?
I discovered a simple typo that is pretty prevalent. Can this be fixed with the "link" replacement tool, given that it's actually "a simple Find and Replace tool"? (That linked Q&...
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Line break and typo issues in the blog post "The many strengths of neurodivergence"
In the recent blog post The many strengths of neurodivergence, there are two issues there:
The content of "... Stack Overflow about their experience as ..." is split into two paragraphs, ...
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CC BY-SA in footer should be capitalized
The footer currently has cc by-sa written in small case but it should be capitalized as CC BY-SA following the style used in the official Creative Commons page, the Help Center, and one of the ...
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How should "rich text" (format? RTF?) be stylized?
The new Stacks editor introduces support for Rich Text Format (RTF) and although there are just 115 posts on MSE containing "rich text" (at the time of this writing) that number is likely to ...
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Space is missing in the Data Processing Addendum page content
In the Stack Overflow for Teams - Free & Basic Data Processing Addendum page, under the "Processing operations" section, there are some spaces are missed in the content.
In the below ...
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Typo in the "Public Network Terms of Service"
In the Public Network Terms of Service page, there is a typo. In the second point, the character "e" is missing from word "Enforceable".
Contracts are Binding and Legally ...
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Minor typo in the Metaverse blog post
In this blog post:
The leading "t" is not included in the link for "trading virtual sword and shields in World of Warcraft".
The phrase probably should read "...swords...&...
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Spelling mistakes in the API documentation change log page
There are some spelling mistakes in the API documentation Change Log page, under the Version 2.0 section.
Section name
Spelling mistake
Supposed to be
General Changes
reponse
response
Method ...
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"mist" instead of "must", "inquery" instead of "inquiry" typos on Contact page validation error messages
There two sentences with "mist" instead of "must" and "inquery" instead of "inquiry":
The details of your inquery mist be at least $minLength$ characters.
The ...
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Extra "room" word in chat suspension sentence
I found a sentence in traducir during making translations:
Link to room chat room where issue occurred (if available)
It seems that the first "room" should be eliminated.
You can see this ...
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