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Request for Administrator nomination

I would like to request permission to nominate you to become an administrator. Please state your opinion! elias_fdafs • (Let's Talk! What Have I Done?) 16:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Elías Fortaleza de la Fuerza Sánchez: I am deeply honored by the suggestion, seriously. But I must decline. Partly because I don't have the time or, to be honest, the temperamant. Also, cue to the tightly focused nature of my work I haven't been able to keep up with the current details of conventions and policies. But, again, many thanks. David Brooks (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AWB

Hi David, wondered if you would please test something for me. Here are three articles Marocco (surname), COVID-19 lab leak theory, Melissa, Texas that each has a misspelling of 'goverment' (Assuming no one has very recently fixed!). Does AWB (using general fixes) pick these up for you? My usage of AWB only picks up one. Interestingly it was none until I removed the date comment on the regex. - May be an issue.... Neils51 (talk) Neils51 (talk) 16:34, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Neils51 don't know when i can.respond due to medical emergency. But genfixes shouldn't change spelling. Are you loading typos? Or confusing it with normal find/replace? David Brooks (talk) 02:25, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, my mistake, I meant using the default typo list for Find and Replace. Neils51 (talk) 12:45, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you meant you have some "Find and Replace / Normal settings" entries, can you send me a screenshot of the window (you can email me). But I think you mean you have the "Regex typo fixing" button checked, yes? I'm looking at the rule to fix various related mis-spellings and... I need a drink. David Brooks (talk) 22:54, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Neils51: Sorry I didn't ping you on the previous. If you are using Find and Replace, did you check the second checkbox above the list of replacements? Melissa, Texas is in a footnote and COVID-19 lab leak theory is in a section heading. Similarly, if you are using typo fixing it has some exceptions outlined at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos#AutoWikiBrowser (AWB), first paragraph. It may be that also covers the two cases. David Brooks (talk) 01:03, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, both checkboxes are unticked. I can perhaps understand the 'Melissa, Texas' one as the typo is within a reference within an infobox, however the section heading I don't see covered in the exclusion list. Neils51 (talk) 10:30, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]