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Wikipedia talk:Pay attention to spelling

Supporters of this rule include: Larry Sanger, Mike Dill, drj (articles with good spelling and proper grammar will encourage further contributions of good content), tbc (ditto) (Sloppiness in one aspect of writing can lead to sloppiness in others. Always do your best.), Josh Grosse (spelling would be easily amended by others, but incorrect page names quickly get copied all over the place, making it difficult), AxelBoldt, Koyaanis Qatsi JHK, 24, Eclecticology (perhaps futilely),

Opponents include: GWO (good content is king, other wikipedians easily amend bad spelling), Larry Sanger :-) (I agree with that too), Taw (if mozilla had a spell checker then maybe)


Counter-argument: Good content is king, bad spelling is easily amended by other wikipedians. For some people, proper spelling is difficult, and it is a big deal. They shouldn't be scorned by others.

I'm with Josh--within the text of the page, don't obsess about it. But page titles should be checked and doublechecked before saving. -- Lee Daniel Crocker

I would add the words "and grammar" to the title of this page. The whole thing is completely unenforceable, but it's good to remind writers that consistently poor spelling and grammar compromises the credibility of what they write. Eclecticology


There should be automatic support for spell-checking just before saving (or previewing) an article. Can we get an extra "Check spelling" button next to the "Save Page" and "Show preview" buttons please? feature request (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&atid=411195&aid=746117&group_id=34373)



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