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Do we need a Spellchecker?

Posted by Alex Holowczak
957 days ago


Just a thought... I read a particularly harsh spelling, punctuation and grammar comment (known as SPaG on exams over here) on another topic... I thought... Why not have a spellchecker on the opinion/news/discussion creation pages? In a few seconds, these errors can be gotten rid off. Which is a good thing. Also, it can be refined... E.g. players names can be added to it, so that it doesn't say that Zetterberg is wrong. Or if there is a wrong spelling of it, it can be found in the spellcheck. I know metawiki makes an "add-on" like that, so I wonder if it can be adapted to our needs here? It would certainly help with the SPaG on articles.

Perhaps it can also be refined to ignore Americanisations too, so that I don't get really annoyed whenever I use it? But I don't know... I think it would help, but do you think we need it?

Can it even be done?



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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer
957 days ago
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I think it's been mentioned before, and I think it was "in the works" but I'm not sure on that.
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DNLLegend
957 days ago
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Yep, in the works. For now, though, Google's toolbar has once built in. (Of course, it thinks "toolbar" is a misspelling.)
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False ProphetAll-Star
957 days ago
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if you have Firefox 2.0 or later, it has a spell checker in it, but it's not that great. It only tells you what's wrong, and doesn't always do that as well as you'd hope it would
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
957 days ago
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Mm... I'm stuck with Microsoft though. :(
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False ProphetAll-Star
957 days ago
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still can use it. go to http://www.m...fox/all.html. They have a British English one for Windows
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Davis21wylieMVP
957 days ago
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I can't believe anyone uses IE anymore. Go Firefox, Alex!
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False ProphetAll-Star
957 days ago
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exactly. Much better, and has a decent spell checker
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
957 days ago
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I know, I know! I hope to ditch Micosoft entirely and switch to Linux soon too.
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
957 days ago
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If you used Spelloids, you wouldn't need to use spellcheck... better yet, mix in a little Grammeroids, too!
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
957 days ago
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GrammAroids!
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TylersaltAll-Star
955 days ago
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So who's your "BALCO" company for the Spelloids, Manny? Mirriam-Webster's?
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Patrickburke1980All-American
954 days ago
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I dont thinck wee neeed spelchek
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JuTMSY4Legend
953 days ago
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Its useful, but I need it mostly for comments. I've been writing my articles in Word since DNL suggested it about a year ago, but I still write my comments in the box...and while it's always pretty short, I do make quite a few mistakes...It would be a nice feature to use optionally...
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