I have joined the Wikipedia Typo Team, on a mission to correct typos!
Two Types of Typos
I divide typos into two groups:
- idiotic: obvious errors
- careless: spellchecked, but not read
I got annoyed today, about typos on giants.com, because I could not correct them. I also consider those errors worse, because americaneagle.com is paid plenty to maintain giants.com while Wikipedians like myself, are volunteers.
Incompetence is Contagious
First, I found was a glaring, idiotic, typo, on headline. So I decided to report it, using their clunky, 20th Century <mailto> link, which provided these geniuses with my email address.
Unfortunately, I found another typo, seconds after I pressed “Send” — an invalid link for Bill Sheridan’s bio. I found the correct link on his Wikipedia bio, which irked me enough to write about it.
Yes, a busted link is also a typo.
Giant Feedback Update
UPDATE: Two days later I received:
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
feedback@giants.com
The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect.
[mail.giants.com. (10): Connection timed out]
How To Find My Corrections
I am Mitch3000 on Wikipedia, and no, I cannot recall why I chose that name.
I joined Wikipedia on November 12, 2006 and started Michael Johnathon a few months later. I became interested in Wikipedia again recently, and am trying to learn its weird markup language.
My Crash Course In Copyrights
The only thing I have not enjoyed on Wikipedia, was uploading an image. I thought Dad’s favorite World War II photo, nearly ruined from 65 years of handling, was perfect. This is how I described it:
Staff Sgt. Jack Miller, tail gunner on B-17, next to his plane, in Framingham, England. Note light colored patch, covering area at rear of aircraft, which was destroyed, miraculously missing Sgt. Miller.
Check out: the photo if it is still there. If not, you can see it here, until the image is seventy years old, in five years, when I can upload it again.
Typos are much easier to understand!