Wikipedia:Typo/Archive 7

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  • conculsion -> conclusion,conculsions -> conclusions,conculsive -> conclusive (11) -- Babedacus 12:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
  • physcis -> physics (Just 2)--Babedacus 10:54, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
  • bankrupcy -> bankruptcy (20) Acs4b 04:50, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
  • therafter -> thereafter (42) (I didn't touch The_Wife_of_Bath's_Prologue_and_Tale because it's in a poem plus I found a double article ChittoorMana/Chittoor Mana) --Babedacus 10:22, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
  • ~81 v-words, starting at the bottom of the list of common misspellings and working upward to varient → variant Kyriosity 17:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
  • ~30 more v-words (this time using Google...catches more) starting at top of list and giving up somewhere in the midst of vengence, the most misspelled v-word due to overuse by editors of comic book and video game articles! ;-) Kyriosity 23:54, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • persuit -> pursuit (~25), likely more to come. Laerwen 07:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • minature => miniature (~25), far from done. Laerwen 06:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • addtion => addition (~57) CAN 21:51, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • I've just changed the three instances of the typo 'vacum' for 'vacuum'. I've also gone through google to alter any 'abilties' into 'abilities'. With Google I can find none I haven't altered or haven't been deleted.Bosola 09:34, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
  • denfence -> defence (3) — Caknuck 15:04, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Verified and corrected all misspellings at Wikipedia:Redirects_from_misspellings --Saaga 03:27, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
  • aiport, airprot, ariport → airport (18) -- Ynhockey (Talk) 07:56, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • actualy -> actually (36) CAN 17:41, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
  • recieve -> receive (5), that's all I could find, there are probably more Truthanado 01:48, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
  • appareance>appearance (10), aviod>avoid (15), aviodance>avoidance (1), acknoledgement>acknowledgment (1), comparisions>comparisons (12), equivolent>equivalent (3), Linclon>Lincoln (13), messangers>messengers (4), perfered>preferred (6), prefered>preferred (2), pursuded>persuaded (2), reunit>reunite (2), strengthed>strengthened (29), voilent>violent (15) and currently working on 'offical' (200+) Lindum 19:51, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
  • civilain → civilian (6). -- Ynhockey (Talk) 06:39, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
  • bacame --> became completed (about 175 instances corrected) --Joshua Crowgey 09:19, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
  • lanugage --> language completed (about 14 instances corrected) -- Joshua Crowgey 11:13, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
  • defendand -> defendant (Just 2) --Babedacus 14:47, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
  • occured -> occurred (over 200), mostly done. Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 12:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • thier -> their done (at least 300) Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 16:04, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
  • hypocrits ->hypocrites, hypocrit -> hypocrite, hypocricy -> hypocrisy, hypocracy -> hypocrisy Kateshortforbob 10:34, 22 July 2007 (UTC)kateshortforbob
  • hygeine -> hygiene, helpfull -> helpful Kateshortforbob 11:03, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
  • peleton -> peloton (11 pages), moniter -> monitorBassoProfundo 18:29, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
  • qoute -> quote (4), suprise -> surprise (about 45) done. Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 08:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • kindergarden ->kindergarten (21) Will do more later. Kateshortforbob 15:53, 23 July 2007 (UTC) Corrected ~12 more Kateshortforbob 13:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • knowlege ->knowledge (10) Kateshortforbob 14:09, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • assisst -> assist (20) BassoProfundo 03:26, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • konwn-> known (1). Checked konw, konws, knowlegeable, knive, knwo, knwos. None found. kateshortforbob 14:31, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • knifes -> knives (43) kateshortforbob 15:13, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • X-Box, X Box --> Xbox (43). Tried looking for XBox, but can't do case-sensitive searches on Google(?) kateshortforbob 15:46, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • yatch -> yacht (5), yeasr -> years (0), yeild -> yield(4), yelow -> yellow (0), yementite ->yemenite (0), yera -> year (2) kateshortforbob 12:47, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • yearsa -> years (0), youself -> yourself (2), ytou -> you (0), yuo -> you (0), yuonger -> younger (0), zeebra -> zebra (0) - a Japanese musician named Zeebra is mentioned many times. kateshortforbob 13:38, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • checked waht ->what (0), warrent -> warrant (5), wasnt-> wasn't (16) kateshortforbob 10:50, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
  • checked teh -> the (3), recieve (3) -> receive, intermittant -> intermittent (3); Articles only, I am leaving Talk and Discussion pages as-is Truthanado 15:47, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
  • sucess -> success (7) Truthanado 16:01, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
  • wass -> was (23), watn->want, weaponary ->weaponry (5), wehn ->when (0), weild -> wield(5), weilded ->wielded (2), wendsay/wensday ->wednesday (0), wether->whether(21) kateshortforbob 15:40, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
  • whant/whants ->want/whants (0), whcih->which (11) kateshortforbob 15:48, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • opiod(s) --> opioid(s) (13)
quanitities --> quantities (2)
critism(s) --> criticism(s) (38)
lukemia --> leukemia (3)
luekemia --> leukemia (2)
theraputic(s) --> therapeutic(s) (40)
therapuetic(s) --> therapeutic(s) (16)
acident --> accident (2)
Ambercrombie --> Abercrombie (6)
distrophy --> dystrophy (13)
abdomenal --> abdominal (3)
"Hilary Clinton" --> "Hillary Clinton" (31)
Presbytarian --> Presbyterian (17)
alkolosis --> alkalosis (1)
anaphalaxis --> anaphylaxis (2)
aneamia --> anaemia (1)
alerg(y/ies/ic) --> allerg(y/ies/ic) (6)
"Federal Drug Administration" --> "Food and Drug Administration" (8) --Galaxiaad 01:55, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • loses -> losses(40) as a noun in several sports articles, difficult to find because loses is a valid word; there are possibly more errors in other articles Truthanado 14:03, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
  • boht -> both (1), *taht -> that (4) Truthanado 01:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
  • rennaisance → renaissance (42) -- Ynhockey (Talk) 07:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
  • lenght → length (~75) Skinny McGee 23:59, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
  • metereological → meteorological Rbarreira 11:56, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
  • abreviation, abbriviation --> abbreviation (~10) Sue H. Ping (talk · contribs) 22:39, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
  • synonomous[ly] → synonymous[ly] (~50) -- Chris.B 13:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
  • offical -> official (1444) + hundreds of incidental misspellings on those pages Lindum 23:11, 26 August 2007 BST
  • japanes -> japanese rpyle731talk 22:57, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
  • expell -> expel (5) Borisshah 06:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
  • abcess --> abscess (21)
absenteism --> absenteeism (1)
adominal --> abdominal (2)
Alzeimer(s/'s) --> Alzheimer('s) (3)
Alzhiemer(s/'s) --> Alzheimer('s) (5)
acanthomoeba --> acanthamoeba (2)
amennorhea --> amenorrhea (1)
amonia --> ammonia (2)
akathesia --> akathisia (1)
angiodema --> angioedema (3)
antibotic(s) --> antibiotic(s) (3)
anurism --> aneurysm (1)
anziety --> anxiety (1)
arterosclerosis --> atherosclerosis (1)
arthiritis --> arthritis (1)
articlation --> articulation (1)
pumkin(s) --> pumpkin(s) (4)
hampster(s) --> hamster(s) (2)
(un)comfrotable --> (un)comfortable (1)
convinien(t/tly/ce) --> convenien(t/tly/ce) (16)
Vallium --> Valium (1)
spondilitis --> spondylitis (1) --Galaxiaad 03:56, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
  • camraderie --> camaraderie (11)
becuse --> because (6)
becase --> because (2)
becasue --> because (23)
innocula(tes/ted/tion) --> inocula(tes/ted/tion) (10)
opiod --> opioid (2)
aspertame --> aspartame (1) --Galaxiaad 16:12, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
  • about about --> about (59)
the the --> the (122)
an an --> an, as an (88)
and and --> and and, and as, and an, land and (444)
Motley Crue → Mötley Crüe (18) --HarryHenryGebel 09:29, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
  • caffin(e/ated) --> caffein(e/ated) (10)
Niagra --> Niagara (65)
Iraqui --> Iraqi (4)
astygmatism --> astigmatism (1)
(a)symetr(y/ic/ical) --> (a)symmetr(y/ic/ical) (58) --Galaxiaad 03:58, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
  • entites → entities (12) -- Ynhockey (Talk) 22:36, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • dipthong --> diphthong (12) - JohnCD 10:05, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • diphtong --> diphthong (11) - JohnCD 12:54, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • eduction --> education (about 120) - Eclipsael 05:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • setember (3), sptember (3), eptember (1), sepember (3) --> september (more later) - ǀ Mikay ǀ 19:54, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
  • sporadic a's from Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings, especially aircrafts --> aircraft (at least 250) Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 10:30, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
  • amoungst->amongst (12) --Mark (Mschel) 02:18, 13 December 2007 (UTC)