User:Studerby/pet peeves

Current list of pet peeves

Language

 * till - English is an evolving language and one such evolution has been from until -> 'til -> till. Perhaps it's just me, but I think till is too informal for general usage in Wikipedia, though it's perfectly OK in less formal writing.
 * It should be noted that - a gross verbose phraseology, up with which I will not put. To be eradicated on sight.

Sorting errors

 * extra/missing spaces - sorting is fussy, a misplaced space causes out of order sorting, fixing as many as I can
 * non A-Z, a-z characters - again, most of them cause mal-sorting, fixing as many as I can
 * Brazilian football (soccer)' - practically every Brazilian player is known by a nickname, numerous articles are titled by the players full name, but being sorted on a nickname, making for unsearchable/unusable lists. Something needs to be done, but there's no consensus, so I'm just avoiding it for now.
 * Mac/Mc - being sorted at least 3 different ways, despite the guideline which clearly specifies one. No consensus, there are good reasons for each approach; waiting on consensus.

Categories

 * bad categories - User space articles with mainspace categories, a violation of WP:UP
 * Living people - biographical articles on living people that do not have the Living people category applied. Following WP:BLP is non-negotiable, IMHO, and being zealous in this categorization is a minor way of emphasizing that.