User talk:Chris the speller

Welcome!

Hello Chris the speller, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! 216.159.75.180 17:27, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

caps on dog pages

Hi! I notice that you de-captizalized the dog breed name over at Greyhound - I certainly welcome the help, but for now I'd ask that you not decapitalize other dog breed names yet. Wikipedia dog project convention has historically been that the names of dog breeds are considered to be proper nouns and should be capitalized throughout the article.

There is some debate on this matter though, I for one, would welcome help in changing everything to or from one standard if consensus comes down on the side of non-caps or caps for breed names.

Join the discussion over on the dog project talk page.

Thanks! - Trysha ^(talk) 08:42, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for all your work on spelling corrections. Efforts like yours really help the encyclopedia. Cheers, -Willmcw 02:11, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Eye am greatfull for the kind werds. Gladd two bee of hellp. Chears! Chris the speller 06:05, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Gaius Cornelius 18:14, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have some Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors - could I please have a hex sign instead (or in addition?) ;-) Chris the speller 18:21, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, why not, I am sure you deserve it - I just have no idea how to do it. Keep up the good work! Gaius Cornelius 20:37, 13

November 2005 (UTC).

Hey You!

Who do you think you are, making all those spelling corrections? Just joking (smile), I want to thank you for the corrections made on my articles. I was thinking about redirecting my articles to you for spelling verification (all 306 of them (smile)). You can start with my shortest article: Military history of Puerto Rico. Good job, I'll be looking forward to interacting with you. Tony the Marine 17:55, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have started, and only found a few typos so far; it's not as scary as you suggested. I hope you don't mind that I fixed a typo in a Spanish word, but I had 3 years of Spanish. Maybe I'll do one or two articles a month. This one will be finished today, but the system is very slow. -Chris ~ Chris the speller 22:23, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Finished. I feel like some guy who waxed a Lamborghini - can't quite take all the credit for its looking good. ~ Chris the speller 00:32, 15 November 2005 (UTC)\[reply]

Great Job, Chris, You're the man (I mean speller). Tony the Marine 01:50, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats

Congratulations on passing 1000 article edits. You're performing a valuable service. Soo 16:22, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for noticing. Now I better get someone to go back and check them all for quality. ;-) Chris the speller 18:28, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the corrections

Hi, just dropped by to say thanks for the spelling corrections you have been doing around the wikipedia. My spelling it terrible, I am always happy when someone goes through and fixes my mistakes. Helps make my work look more professional. --Martyman-(talk) 02:17, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nice of you to say so. We all have different strengths and interests. It's what makes wikipedia go 'round. Chris the speller 02:30, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

O.K., Chris

O.K. Chris, I would like to take a look at my new article Christopher Crommett and do your stuff. Tony the Marine 03:04, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, because his name is also Chris, and because I live very close to where he went to college. ;-) Chris the speller 03:34, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That didn't need much help at all, and it wasn't very long. Era mi placer. Chris the speller 03:50, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How did you get there?

Chris, what a great calling, chief spell checker. Thanks for the corrections to insurance. What drew you to that page?--Nowa 04:14, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I did a search for articles containing 'benifits', a common misspelling. There are many others helping in this way; I'm just one of the few (or only) that put 'speller' in the user name. You can be "Nowa the comma-fixer" if you want ;-) Chris the speller 04:25, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Very clever :-)--Nowa 05:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings, fellow spell-corrector

Hi! I'm currently working on changing it's to its where appropriate. I noticed in Aspen_Communications that you got there first! Have you consider joining the w:Typo_Team? jyavner 03:38, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I joined the Typo Team on November 15. It appears we have been using similar searches. Today I tried "around it's", "besides it's", "through it's", "in it's". Chris the speller 04:03, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This could be a problem. Today I also tried "around it's", but it was a waste of time because you had already fixed all of them! Perhaps we should divide up the list of prepositions? jyavner 04:57, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I'll take another path. Until further notice, I will leave prepositions alone, and search elsewhere. My next target: VERBS! "had it's", "cut it's", and so on. This search works well, skips talk and user pages, but picks up errors that have been fixed in the last month or two: http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=&domains=en.wikipedia.org&q=%22in+it%27s%22+-talk%3A+-user%3A&btnG=Search&sitesearch=en.wikipedia.org Chris the speller 15:32, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline of Entomology

Thanks for the corrections.Could you look at the rest of the timeline and keep a watchful eye on it. Probaly my Entomologists pages need some corrections if you have time. Snowing in Ireland today.Notafly 15:02, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'll take a look. ~ Chris the speller 15:34, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar

Thanks a lot for the barnstar, from another typo corrector. I just think that typoes, and especially grammar mistakes, make the encyclopedia look unprofessional, and also, they sound awful when using a screen reader. Graham/pianoman87 talk 03:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you. I think you deserve more barnstars, but one per person per day is all I ever give out. ;-) Wear it in good health! Chris the speller 03:36, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Carmen

Thank you Chris, my aunt used to know Carmen as well as Lolita Lebron. In the case of Lolita, they were nieghbors and best friends as teenagers, they also participated in the same beauty contest which in mentioned in my article, Lolita came in first and my aunt second. My aunt passed away, if not I would have asked her about Carmen. I just finished the article Angela Meyer, want to do me the honors? Your pal Tony the Marine 04:20, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Please accept this barnstar on my behave. For me it is an honor to have befriended you. Tony the Marine 15:16, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, the honor is mine. You have put a lot of high-quality work into Wikipedia. For having less opportunity to learn the fine points of English when you were young, you have come a long way and have set standards that most others should envy. Chris the speller 15:30, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian Culture

Thx a lot for the spelling corrections you made on the page about the Romanian Culture. I still have to work on that english spelling problem, but I try to fix my mistakes as I edit. Thx A lot one more time and I want you to know that I appreciate your work!! --Orioane 20:06, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]