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New or Fix existing typos

I have come across a couple typos that are either not working or need to be added. Below are a few that I have found that either need to be added or don't seem to be working.

• occassion to occasion. This exists in the typo list but doesn't seem to work all the time.
• Philidelphia to Philadelphia. This exists in the typo list but doesn't seem to work all the time.
• Pitsburg, Pittsberg, Pittsburg to Pittsburgh --Kumioko (talk) 18:37, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
  • But there are a lot of places named Pittsburg without the "h".--BillFlis (talk) 20:44, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
  • The rule for "Occasion" seemed correct for the case you cite, but I expanded it a little anyway to catch more misspellings.--BillFlis (talk) 20:51, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
    • Thanks, not great at regex developement myself. --Kumioko (talk) 20:58, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Workign -> Working

For some reason, AWB tried to replace "Workign" with "Wooking" here (I correct it manually), but it should be "Working". --bender235 (talk) 20:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

• Fixed.--BillFlis (talk) 20:42, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

'yound' / 'young' and 'switchs' / 'switches'

I've noticed both while looking over today's recent changes. Are they sufficiently notable to include in the list?  Mephistophelian (talk ● contributions) 22:37, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Distict

Looks like Distict is changed to Distinct. ("<Typo word="Distinct_" find="\b(D|d)is(?:ctinc|tic|inc|t[ai]n(?=ti))t(i(ve|on|vely)|ly)?\b" replace="$1istinct$2" /> ") But it might as well be a typo for District. (Especially if capitalized).--ospalh (talk) 09:58, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it can be. I haven't found any good ways to differentiate between the two. Rjwilmsi 10:27, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Exception for "antarctica" rule

Could someone please add an exception for Sinfonia antartica to that "Antarctica" rule, because I falsely "fixed" that on Vernon Handley [1], and I don't think many people know that it in fact isn't a typo. --bender235 (talk) 14:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

 Done updated rules. Rjwilmsi 08:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Occasionally

Why is "occasionanlly" corrected to "occasionnally", from an incorrect spelling to another incorrect spelling? I know that there is a rule for -anlly -> -nally, but it shouldn't apply to that case. PleaseStand ^(talk) 02:40, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

 Done Rule updated to avoid that one. Rjwilmsi 08:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

XML

I would like to suggest we put this in a <source lang="xml">, add an <?xml> note, create a simple inline DTD, and encase the typos in a <typos> tag. This would allow easier use by common XML parsers like expat and DOM.--Ipatrol (talk) 03:03, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Each section is already so encased; it doesn't show up on the page, you have to edit it to see it. What are the advantages of doing what you're suggesting? Why, for example, would anyone ever want to use an XML parser (whatever that is!)?--BillFlis (talk) 10:28, 26 March 2010 (UTC)