Operator: Lightmouse ( talk)
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Function Summary: Janitorial edits mainly to units and dates.
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Function Details: Janitorial edits mainly to units and dates. Examples include:
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Seems fine assuming to check manually for false positives on the last bullet point. -- Apoc2400 ( talk) 22:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC) reply
While you're editing units, I wonder whether you would be able to implement a procedure that places a non-breaking space between any digit and an ensuing unit, as per the manual of style. I think that using a regexp as simple as \d\s\w would suffice; even if false positives did occur, the change in space style would cause no user inconvenience. The scope could be extended with a regexp such as (\s\d+)(\w*) (replaced by $1 $2), but I wonder whether that will be more false-positive producing. Cheers, Smith609 Talk 13:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC) reply
I think there would be many false positives when a digit is used inside a name or in codes of various kinds. -- Apoc2400 ( talk) 19:42, 26 May 2008 (UTC) reply
Okay, thanks for considering it, and sorry for sidetracking discussion! Smith609 Talk 08:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC) reply
Any news on this? Lightmouse ( talk) 21:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC) reply
Trial edits complete. Lightmouse ( talk) 09:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC) reply