Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss/N

Quick start

  • Edit one section at a time due to length of this page. Picking a section at random might avoid conflicts with other editors.
  • T1 sections are for the most likely misspellings; TS sections have mostly whitespace errors, but some could also be a compound word that should be added to Wiktionary.
  • Click "Show preview" to get a clickable version of that section.
  • Middle-click on the leftmost link on each to open the article where the spelling error is. Search for the misspelled word or words (after the "wikt:").
  • Fix the misspelling if you're sure you know the correct spelling, and save the article. Don't change compound words (like buckwheat -> buck wheat) unless you know they are wrong (like Whitehouse -> White House for the U.S. president).
  • Correctly spelled English words can be added to Wiktionary by following the wikt: link, or just left on the list here with a note, to be collected by other editors who enjoy dictionaries.
  • If you're not sure about a word, you can either leave it for someone else to think about, or put one of these tags after the problem word in the article where it appears: {{typo help inline}} or {{which lang}}.
  • Delete the entry from the list if you corrected it, added it to Wiktionary, or tagged it. To save time, feel free to fix several at once or even a whole section before clicking "Publish changes".
  • Entries that have notes (mostly words to add to Wiktionary) are moved to the bottom of the page as the work gets completed, to make it easier for editors to find typos to fix.
  • Full instructions on how to resolve complicated cases are at Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss § Instructions for editors.

Other notes:

  • "Probably OK" words can be deleted if they are in fact OK, or just fixed if they are not OK.
  • For HTML tags (especially in the HB+ section), see Category:Articles with HTML markup for instructions
  • The HL+ section lists what look like bad HTML links that need to be fixed. See Wikipedia:External links#How to link for syntax help.
  • "…" should be "..." per MOS:ELLIPSIS
  • ² should be 2 per MOS:SUPERSCRIPT (and the same for other digits and symbols) - markup is <sup>2</sup> or {{sup|2}}
  • Fractions should use words or a template or math markup instead of Unicode characters. For example, ½ (except in chess articles) might be one-half or {{frac|1|2}} which looks like 1⁄2. See MOS:FRAC for details on when to use various methods.
  • Contractions are included here because they violate MOS:CONTRACTION (unless in quotation, title of a work, etc.).
  • "You" and similar words are now included, which probably violate MOS:YOU. These words are ignored if they are inside straight double quote marks, but reported if they are in italics. MOS:ITALQUOTE says not to use italics for quotations, so this may need to be fixed in the article. (See also articles manually tagged with {{you}}.)
  • Any instances of µ (U+00B5, micro) should be replaced with μ (U+03BC) per Unicode compatibility characters#Semantically distinct characters and MOS:UNITSYMBOLS. (There may be other reasons μ shows up in the listings, such as a new unit of measure that needs to be whitelisted. If the article looks correct, leave a note.
  • {{IPA}} or {{respell}} can be used for word pronunciations. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation for details.
  • Chemical formulas like Ca
    9    (Mg,Fe)(PO
    4    )
    6    (PO
    3    OH)     that appear as typos because they don't have spaces between commas or for other reasons, can be converted to chemistry notation using the instructions at Template:chem2 (preferred) or Template:chem.
  • Non-English words or fragments should be labeled with {{lang}} or {{transl}} templates. To use these templates, first go to that language's Wikipedia page and look for its two letter ISO 693-1 code in the infobox. For words in languages that use the Latin alphabet, type the ISO 693-1 code for the language in place of xx using the format {​{​l​a​n​g​|​x​x​|​w​o​r​d​}​} or {​{​l​a​n​g​l​|​x​x​|​i​t​a​l​i​c​=​n​o​|​w​o​r​d​}​}. For words in languages that use non-Latin alphabets or characters, use {​{​t​r​a​n​s​l​|​x​x​|​w​o​r​d​}​} or {​{​t​r​a​n​s​l​|​x​x​|​i​t​a​l​i​c​=​n​o​|​w​o​r​d​}​}. If there is no ISO 693-1 code, use the three letter ISO-693-3 code. Detailed instructions are at Template:Lang.
  • The "T/" section contains suspected violations of MOS:SLASH.


Case notes

2019-05-01 dump

  • 1 - NFC Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research - wikt:ppcr - acronym? Possible law abbreviation? -- This page seems to have had a fair share of vandalism over time-- students adding self-praise, names changed to mild vulgarities, etc. Not so easy to catch if you're not familiar with the culture (which I'm not). I would guess (with no real knowledge) that the series of changes here [1] by two IP addresses registered in Islamabad are just barbs aimed at these people. And that at least the "ppcr" is nonsense. [Additionally, I question whether the current motto is true; I thought I saw an earlier page revision that had a simple, three-word, sensible sounding motto but I can't find it now.] Jkgree (talk) 20:32, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1 - Nasi (singer) - wikt:radialist: unclear. ("radialista" is Portuguese for a radio performer, but it doesn't transfer across to English with that meaning).
  • 1 - Naviglio Grande - wikt:cobbie: a local name for a type of pontoon.
  • 1 - Newton Ferrers - wikt:vosses: unclear. It's mentioned in the article but I cannot independently corroborate this word.Ira Leviton (talk) 16:03, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1 - Nftables - wikt:ebtables: software jargon.
  • 1 - Night King - wikt:warging - Game of Thrones term
  • 1 - Nightlife (role-playing game) - wikt:wyghts - in-game term
  • 1 - Nimbus (cloud computing) - wikt:ebtables - Linux-related
  • 12 - Nif gene - wikt:glnD, wikt:glnK, wikt:nifH, wikt:nifD, wikt:nifK, wikt:nifN, wikt:nifU, wikt:nifW, wikt:nifX, wikt:nifB, wikt:nifQ, wikt:nifJ: these are all names of genes.
  • 1 - North Bank Division - wikt:boloons: a local term for a type of creek.
  • 4 - Nikki (Barbie) - wikt:headsculp, wikt:headsculp, wikt:headsculp: a term used in dollmaking.
  • 4 - Nomos (sociology) - wikt:nomization, wikt:cosmization, wikt:cosmization, wikt:cosmization: sociology jargon terms.

2021-05-01 dump

T1+

TS+COMMA+

TS+COMMA+

TS+EXTRA+

HB+

  • 1 - New Hampshire Department of Corrections - <hr/> : it has an invisible note on it saying "DO NOT REMOVE THIS HR TAG! IT IS VITAL TO PROPER PAGE DISPLAY" --Xurizuri (talk) 04:43, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • 7 - North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League - <li>, <li>, <li>, <li>, <li>, <li>, <li> : well over 100 years of winners, so it's understandable to use inline tables. Not sure if it's the right way to display it though (not even sure that the article should include it). --Xurizuri (talk) 04:43, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • 5 - Northern Premier Cricket League - <li>, <li>, <li>, <li>, <li> about 70 years of winners, so it's understandable to use inline tables. Not sure if it's the right way to display it though (not even sure that the article should include it). --Xurizuri (talk) 04:43, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • 6 - Nutbrook Cricket Club - <li>, <li>, <li>, <li>, <li>, <li> : inline tables. I'm fairly certain they shouldn't be used like this but I don't know what would be better. --Xurizuri (talk) 04:43, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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