User:Topbanana/Reports/This article contains a repeated word

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Preamble 3 Regenerating this report 4 Suggested improvements 5 List

[edit] Overview

The list below shows articles which contain repeated common words. It was generated on 8th June 2005 from the 16th May 2005 database dump.

[edit] Preamble

It is very easy to accidentally repeat certain words in English, particular prepositions like 'the' and 'of'. While there may be a good reason for for the articles below to contain such repeated words, it's likely that it's a mistake. Edit and correct the articles.

[edit] Regenerating this report

This report is generated from a Link Analysis Database using the SQL:

SELECT concat( '*[[', art_title, ']]' )
FROM art
where art_text REGEXP '[[:<:]]the the[[:>:]]'
order by art_title;

The above only searches for repeated the's - replace "the the" with "but but" or whatever else you want to check for.

[edit] Suggested improvements

• Many more common word combinations to check - do these each need their own list? - TB 09:45, Jun 9, 2004 (UTC)
• Repeated words usefully checked for previously have been:
  • the - last checked May 2005
  • and - last checked June 2004
  • but - last checked June 2004
  • for - last checked June 2004
  • he - last checked June 2004
  • in - last checked June 2004
  • is - last checked June 2004
  • it - last checked June 2004
  • of - last checked June 2004
  • to - last checked June 2004
  • a - last checked June 2004

[edit] List

List removed, hideously out of date. - TB 17:58, 31 December 2005 (UTC)