User talk:Mboverload/RegExTypoFix

Userbox Migration with Auto Wiki Browser and the principle of RegExTypoFix
I have been thinking about this subject and have posted some ideas at User:Flutefluteflute/AWB, RETF & UBM. Please give your comments on the talk page of that page. Flutefluteflute Talk Contributions 13:55, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Move?
Why is this project still in userspace? I find it worthy of being in wiki-space, rather than simply a redirect from wiki-space. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 22:14, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Urgh!!
You're replacing "comprises of X Y and Z" with "comprises X Y and Z"?

That's absolutely horrible "English"! Please tell me this is a bug! What next, "Couldn't care less" being translated to "Could care less"? *shudder* Squiggleslash 03:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I am replacing "comprises of X Y and Z" with "comprises X Y and Z".


 * The expression "comprises of" is not English, as far as I know. The English dictionaries I've looked at define comprise using words like "contain, consist of, include", so this shows how to use comprises:
 * the shopping centre contains a cinema, many large shops and a restaurant
 * the shopping centre consists of a cinema, many large shops and a restaurant
 * the shopping centre includes a cinema, many large shops and a restaurant
 * the shopping centre comprises a cinema, many large shops and a restaurant


 * For a quick check, try typing "define:comprise" into Google.
 * I think some confusion arises because people mix "comprises" with "consists of".
 * I'm sorry to hear that you find the correct usage "horrible". I'll be happy to change my mind if you'd like to point me to a reputable dictionary that recommends the use of "comprises of". Otherwise, I guess you'll get used to it... - Cheers :) - Euchiasmus 06:59, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The error I have been stamping out is:
 * the shopping centre is comprised of a cinema, many large shops and a restaurant.
 * which I suppose is confusion with "is composed of". Please don't change it to "boasts"!--BillFlis 19:07, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

links and images
Can this tool exclude making fixes within external link and image tags? Anything that's in [http: ] and. Making changes to external links, such as capitalizing makes the link dead. Same with images. GfloresTalk 15:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * This isn't actually a tool, it's just a list of find and replace settings for use in AutoWikiBrowser and wikEd. I think AWB ignores such instances, but I don't know about wikEd. If you have a diff of an example of this you are best contacting the developers of the relevant tool. mattbr 17:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Error checker for RegExTypoFix?
Hi, found an error at line 259. s/4/$. This probably happens a lot but should be preventable because the number for should never be in the xml unless it's $4. --85.220.42.78 23:54, 5 June 2007 (UTC)