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Misspelled CNN reporter name

I don't know if this is the right place for this, but there are 47 articles that misspell a CNN reporter's name in references as Arinne de Vogue instead of Ariane de Vogue. Annoyedhumanoid (talk) 02:35, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Done. Neils51 (talk) 13:42, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

U.S.A

• To find: insource:/U\.S\.A[^\.]/ (~4500 hits)
• Regex Search: U\.S\.A[^\.]
• Regex Replace: U.S.A.$1

Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 06:39, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Headbomb, your link appears to be wrong. 1234qwer1234qwer4 16:51, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

It works here. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 17:23, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Oh I see, fixed. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 17:24, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

@Headbomb: Should it instead be changed to U.S.$1 per MOS:NOTUSA? GoingBatty (talk) 02:48, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps in some cases, but in others, it's part of an official name/abbreviation, e.g. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 02:59, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

"not entirely eliminated"

In Special:Diff/1239101494, @Onel5969 "fixed" "entirely eliminated" to "eliminated" in the phrase "not entirely eliminated". I do believe this is incorrect, since removing "entirely" makes it sound like it was not eliminated whatsoever rather than only being eliminated in some instances. I suggest the rule here be changed to at least not remove "entirely" after "not". 1234qwer1234qwer4 16:49, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4: Since "eliminated" means "entirely removed", it seems redundant to write something that means "not entirely entirely removed". GoingBatty (talk) 02:43, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Partial elimination is a thing. So clarifying that something was not entirely eliminated makes perfect sense. See [1], definition a for example (the act of discharging or excreting waste products from the body). Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 07:18, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

I am not sure how my initial comment did not make it clear. If you say that a certain class of objects has not been eliminated, that kind of leaves open whether some instances have been "entirely removed" or not. If you say that it has not been entirely eliminated, it is clear that some instances have been "entirely removed". 1234qwer1234qwer4 11:57, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Common alternative but not WP:NC names

Would it be fine to add a rule that replaces, say, Shi'ite → Shia, given it's the form used by Shia Islam itself, and assuming there are no edge cases that escape me? It's not a typo per se, but it seems in bounds for what AWB does. Remsense ‥ 论 23:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Flowing plant(s)

I've just corrected all 12 instances of "Flowing plant(s)" to "Flowering plant(s)". Some had been up for years.Admittedly only 12, but no false positives. Worth a rule? ϢereSpielChequers 20:31, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

of of

I think we already have a rule that covers "of of" with one intervening space. But I've just dealt with a large number of "of of"s with two intervening spaces. Can the code be tweaked? ϢereSpielChequers 20:18, 9 January 2025 (UTC)