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Welcome (and spelling) Edit

Welcome, EoGuy. I see you have been busy this weekend correcting spelling. One thing that will speed up the process, if you are not already doing so, is to edit in "Source" mode. That should have spell check enabled. Spell check does not work in "Visual" mode. However, the spelling seems to be set on British English, so many words, like "favor" and "theater" will show up as misspellings.

A majority of the users, it seems, are high school students that do not seem to be interested in spelling. In fact, they are mostly into gaming (as in video, not gambling). When they write stories, they apparently always use Visual mode and do not read over what they have written to check for spelling or grammar. There is no electronic grammar check on this site, so we older editors are on our own there!

I am 59 and "semi-retired" myself. I am presently somewhat active as an administrator on this site, so feel free to contact me at any time. SouthWriter 01:14, May 14, 2012 (UTC)

How do I do that? Edit

How do I change to show spelling errors? EoGuy 03:09, May 14, 2012 (UTC)

First, be sure to post your questions while editing either your own talk page or that of the one you mean to address. I prefer continuing strings at point of origin. That is, answering questions on the same page upon which they were asked. One of our "junior" administrators (we call them "Constables" and they can revert pages after improper edits have been made to them) saw an unauthorized change to my profile page and I had to check the history to see your post.

Okay, to the business at hand. First, there is editing help available at the click of the mouse, that is in the upper right hand corner of the page ("Need Help Editing?"). That has step-by-step instructions with links to other pages. It opens in a new tab automatically.

But to answer your question, look at the top center of the editing page. You are most likely in Visual mode. There are two tabs: one says Visual and the other says "Source." Click on "Source." You will notice that the extras on the side disappear and commands are printed in the text (the links in double brackets and the colons). It is more difficult to edit in this mode, but it catches spelling errors (see your user name and the UTC. When only correcting spelling, it is good to check the "Minor edit" box under the "Source" tab in this mode. Be aware that the spell checker apparently is defaulted to British English, so some words will be marked incorrect if spelled by Americans. You can add American spellings to your online "dictionary" in the editor, or you just ignore these as alternate spellings. We have a large British and Canadian contingency on the wiki.

Also, you can preview before publishing by clicking on the "Preview" button. There are two buttons at the bottom of the Preview screen allowing you to returen to editing or publish.

Below are the Visual and Source modes as screen shots to help you if you need them. Happy editing! --SouthWriter 16:32, May 14, 2012 (UTC)

Virginian Comics Spelling Corrections Edit

I thank you for correcting the many spelling errors I left in the Virginian Comics page. However, I must state that you are mistaken about the name of Deathshead's organization. I must admit I misspelled it too. Neither "Werewolves" or "Wehrwolves" was correct. I named them after a commando group formed late in the war.

Yank 12:42, May 19, 2012 (UTC)

thanx ;) Edit

Many thanks for correcting grammar in my timeline :)

Breizhcatalonia1993 20:42, June 7, 2012 (UTC)

You should be awarded a "Grammar Nazi" badge? D:D:D No offence intended, you really deserve it ;D Doctor261 ^{(Talk to Doctor261)} 08:36, June 20, 2012 (UTC)

Thank You, EoEdit

Hi EoGuy,

Your work correcting spelling on the Rome article has been greatly appreciated. I hope it hasn't been a big hassle reading my writing.

Thank you,

Red VS Blue (talk) 14:09, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

Talk PagesEdit

Well done with all of the spelling and grammar work, Eo. Certainly could use it.

But I have to ask - could you please not do it with talk pages?

Thanks.

Lordganon (talk) 07:58, July 19, 2012 (UTC)

All I ask is that you try. Much obliged, and thanks again for the dedication. Lordganon (talk) 09:24, July 19, 2012 (UTC)

 ? Edit

how do you make these maps of these countries

Thanks for fixing those spelling errors on my page :D VonGlusenburg ^{(talk to Von!)} 11:30, July 22, 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for all the spelling issues on map games, I have no spell check. :)Andr3w777 (talk) 17:55, July 22, 2012 (UTC)

Myanma Edit

It's nice to see someone so committed to cleaning up this wiki, but you are wrong. Myanma is the official demonym for the name of Myanmar, which is one of the names of Burma. Please stop replacing Myanma with Myanmar.

Yank 00:53, July 28, 2012 (UTC)

States of America 5 Reloaded (Map Game)Edit

Care to join? CommanderOfTheFourthReich (talk) 18:12, July 28, 2012 (UTC)

Editing Edit

Look, TBYA is a closed TL. If you want to do spell check and/or grammar corrctions, ask me for permission. First time you edited my page, I thought you vandalized it. RandomWriterGuy (talk) 06:53, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

Ignore his note. I've chewed him out for it - and it is not the first time he's done this. He is in no way able to say such a thing. Lordganon (talk) 08:12, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

Eoguy, i appreciate your spelling/corrections and whatnot but please DO NOT edit Vive La Revolution Reloaded. I wish to keep it as it was, essentially maintaining the integrity of the page.AP (talk) 23:53, August 6, 2012 (UTC)

Again, Eo, I've chewed AP out for it too.

Ignore his post. Go ahead and fix as you desire.

Lordganon (talk) 23:49, August 7, 2012 (UTC)

He has no right to say anything like that to anyone - nor do any of these guys. If they do it again I could actually block them for it. Moreover, you are allowed to do that on any page you want - the rules explicitly say it, even. Heck, if some of them do that again just remind them of that.

And yes, I read your explanation.

Lordganon (talk) 04:52, August 8, 2012 (UTC)

Yes. I did recieve the explanation of the article, and I thank you for it. I could never get those two right. Enclavehunter (talk) 06:03, August 8, 2012 (UTC)

EoGuy, I would really appreciate your understanding in this; in my timeline the Slavic language is such that 'novo' means new and 'grod' means city, rather than 'nov' and 'gorod'. So in my timeline it is Novogrod. I'm not talking about the OTL city (even though they sit on nearly the same spot). The two places are different. It is supposed to be Novogrod, I'm not saying in OTL it's Novogrod. A number of places in my timeline go by variations of the OTL names. I'm saying this is because I've become too worried that I'll be blocked if I keep changing it back and Lordganon isn't replying to my pleas. So I really hope you will listen to me and not just say "It's just one word, why are you getting worked up about it?". Please don't ignore my post, these are my pages that I've worked on and this isn't Wikipedia; I'm not making a slur by using Novogrod or misinforming the public or anything. This is one timeline and I created it. I'm not angry at all, this isn't venting- I'm scared that my work is being declared to be not mine. It is Lordganon I know that keeps reversing my change but I'd really, really want your understanding in this so Lordganon will stop changing the word back. And I'm sorry this is such a long post but I've been fretting over this for days and with no one equal to Lordganon in authority I don't know what to do.--TEAKAY (talk) 16:31, September 15, 2012 (UTC)

Kenia (Principia Moderni) Edit

I assume that it was you who "corrected" the spelling of Kenia to Kenya? I didn't misspell it. Kenia is the name of the nation, and it is the Japanese translation of Kenya. I used the Japanese translation because the Vietnamese translation does not exist as far as the internet is conerned. Yank 21:53, August 9, 2012 (UTC)

I understand perfectly. You were so caught up in your duties as a human Spellcheck that you failed to realize that the "mispellings" may have a purpose. And I will pre-emptively say that Gaiana is the same way.

Yank 00:06, August 10, 2012 (UTC)

Dude, you're awsome Edit

I'd like to thank you, man, you've really done a great job cleaning up the map games and wiki. I really really hate seeing misspelled words, and occasionally fix them, but it's great to see someone so dedicated to the wiki. Keep up the good work! PitaKang- (But here's my number|So call me maybe) 23:39, August 27, 2012 (UTC)

Bud, you're doing great. Keep it up :) PitaKang- (But here's my number|So call me maybe) 01:28, August 28, 2012 (UTC)

Also, how would you like to be the official spell-checker of this game? :) We'd be honored to have you here. PitaKang- (But here's my number|So call me maybe) 01:30, August 28, 2012 (UTC)

Esperanto Edit

Nope, sorry don't speak it. PitaKang- (But here's my number|So call me maybe) 11:47, September 2, 2012 (UTC)

Welsh History Post GlyndwrEdit

Hi Eo

Thanks for double checking and ammending my spelling where required but could you not alter the link address' as it is decoupling the hyperlinks (Welsh Airforce page for example http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Military_Flags_of_Wales_(Welsh_History_Post_Glyndwr)?s=wldiff&diff=0&oldid=593529

Again thanks for helping to clear up some of the spelling issues but if you could leave the link address' be so I avoid having too many red links

Thanks

Rich Rivendell78 (talk) 19:09, September 3, 2012 (UTC)

ThanksEdit

I must say that doing spellcheck for so many hundreds of pages is an amazing sign of your delication to this Wikia. Being a lazy grammar nazi myself, I just scream at other people's typos or inability to spell. Thank you for all the work you have done so far and I hope you continue :D. Scandinator (talk) 07:08, September 6, 2012 (UTC)

D That post made me laugh. I can almost imagine you doing that! Scandinator (talk) 07:20, September 6, 2012 (UTC)

Greater Europe Edit

Sorry for deleting your latest spelling corrections, for some reason the entire page vanished. Not your fault, it's happened before, but you have to revert to get the page back. Thanks for correcting, anyway!

TheB (talk) 16:15, September 10, 2012 (UTC)

GanymedeanEdit

Hi Eo, first: thank you so much for all the help with the spelling and grammar, I'm not really good writing in English so I frequently make mistakes. Second: about the adjective Europan, when you are refering to the moon (Europa) the correct adjective is Europan, but when you are talking about Europe then it is European. Bauglir Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All (talk) 03:18, October 4, 2012 (UTC)

Apocalypse: 2012Edit

Hey EoGuy, would you like to be the honorary spell checker for the new community timeline Apocalypse: 2012? Scandinator (talk) 07:17, October 5, 2012 (UTC)

My apologys Edit

I'm so sorry, EoGuy, when i was blocking a IP who made vandalism in a page, i block you by error... fortunately i reverted this mistake quickly... but still, I must apologize for this. :( Sorry again. --Katholico (talk) 19:45, October 15, 2012 (UTC)

Wait, really? I'm sure that i unblock you only minutes after i realized my error :S Oh demons, I am very sorry. I don't understand why. The register shows the i unblock immediately. :( --Katholico (talk) 16:47, October 19, 2012 (UTC)

Your question Edit

RNG means Random Number Generator, probably Random.org or some other site.

I assume you mean ASB, not ASP. ASB means Alien Space Bats, or really, really implausible. LurkerLordB (Talk) 03:26, November 5, 2012 (UTC)

BarnstarEdit

I know- the Barnstar is an experimental award on this wiki (I understand it was from Wikipedia) to show appreciation for those who help the wiki as a whole in outstanding ways. (like you.)? The Royal Guns (talk) 19:59, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

Hello. I like your Fall Grun articles :]AltHistoryGeek (talk) 01:15, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

XD

Well, it's only because im especially tired today. Didn't even consider looking who created the article. :[

Atleast I read it.AltHistoryGeek (talk) 01:58, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

Project Agawin: saving Fire WikiEdit

I have come across a wiki that is in desperate need of a major clean and reboot. None of the Admins have been active for some time. The wiki is all but dead. I am thinking of trying to take over the running, but as I have said it is in major need of a clean up. Would you mind spending some time helping correct grammar and spelling on the wiki? Please?  I am asking because a) you do a fantastic job here and b) my spelling is not too good.

David Rain (Sometimes...) (talk) 13:47, December 16, 2012 (UTC)

Sorry about that, just another one of those darn edit conflicts. I had copy/pasted the whole page before/after your edits, so they were undone in the process. This can be easily rectified with an undo. Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein! 05:07, January 16, 2013 (UTC)

Your Latest Edit Edit

What exactly did you do on your latest edit to my "Japanese Victory" TL? I always check out your edits but the latest one I can not see what you have done so I have undone it. If you can tell me what you did, you can go ahead and redo it Vexacus (talk) 22:33, January 19, 2013 (UTC)

Eo, you fixed up a page after it had been vandalized. I had to undo your edit to be able to undo the damaging one. Lordganon (talk) 07:57, January 21, 2013 (UTC)

No need to act like that, Eo. Lordganon (talk) 08:48, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

Same as last time.

Eo, when you fix up a page after someone vandalizes it, that means I have to undo your edit sometimes before it will let me undo the vandal did.

If you see your corrections being undone by me, just assume that is the reason.

Lordganon (talk) 05:47, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations, Eo!Edit

Congratz, Eo. Your work cleaning up this wiki has earned you this one. Thank you very much for all your time and effort. Lordganon (talk) 11:24, January 27, 2013 (UTC)

Hey, thank you for fixing all of my horrible grammar, I dont do it on purpose but typing on my phone is difficult and quite often i get edit blocked (another edit before i publish), and I have to retype it. But thank you so much for fixing my horrible grammar and english.

(DeanSims: Talk)

ok, that was pretty funny. And Im glad you are doing it, otherwise this site would be a mess. (DeanSims: Talk) 20:14, February 4, 2013 (UTC)

In your map game would it be possible to for me to play south africa?

A word of thanks.Edit

Thank you for fixing some of the spelling errors on my timeline. I was going to go back and fix those after I was done with the timeline, but thanks for saving me the trouble. TacoCopper (talk)

Lol. Well, thank you for cleaning up my writing on the bathroom wall then. Just... don't ask what I used for ink. TacoCopper (talk)

Turn Of The CenturyEdit

I would first like to say thank you for fixing all spelling and grammatical errors on Turn Of The Century (Map Game). Now for why i am here. Could you offer any solutions on how to fix the apperance of </li> at the end of each post, and the effects it has on our formatting?

Y2K ApocalypseEdit

Thank, Eo, I missed the line that you deleted in Y2K Apocalypse when I reverted the vandalism by 202.45.119.19. (Sorry for my grammar if I wrong) FirstStooge (talk) 06:24, March 26, 2013 (UTC)

Okay, good job, terima kasih banyak, pak dosen :)... FirstStooge (talk) 08:21, April 4, 2013 (UTC)

Scandinavia(Principia Moderni II) PageEdit

I'd just like to point out that the Scandinavian name for Labrador is Labradoren. When you spellcheck can you please not change any of the names that are in Swedish? Thanks again for spellchecking,AP (talk) 06:14, April 3, 2013 (UTC)

Spelling Edit

Hello. I have been getting emails telling me of your changes regarding the hyphen on restablish and restablisment in my articles. I write as part of my job and my use of the hyphen reflects how my organization does it. I am aware there is a difference of opinion in some circles regarding the hyphen. I have no issue with corrections if need be, but I just don't see the point here. Thanks.--Fxgentleman (talk) 11:49, April 4, 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, had to undo your correction to fix vandals. Like I've said before, if I undo something you did, just assume that is the reason. Lordganon (talk) 08:58, May 1, 2013 (UTC)

Leaving a message on my talk pageEdit

Why did you leave a spelling correction on my talk page? I do not know what you are correcting and from where you are doing so, but I found your correction quite rude. Dustin2557 (talk) 18:09, April 8, 2013 (UTC)

I guess it was sent to the wrong guy.

Sorry

EoGuy (talk) 18:16, April 8, 2013 (UTC)

Its fine... Haha Dustin2557 (talk) 06:17, April 9, 2013 (UTC)

Thanks,but i don't see in a bad way how our relation turn out to be,that though it was not usually the most cordial

at least in the games it was interesting, my only sadness is to think that i may not found a person that  is so realist as you were both as mod and player, but i considere myself as lucky for having the chance of meeting you, AP, i wish you luck, and like you, i wish the best, you will be remembered by many here, and i think that most of them have find you as a friend for them.

That's pretty much what i wrote in spanish with some parts fixed to fit in english Sine dei gloriem (talk) 01:09, April 14, 2013 (UTC)

What's up with the esperanto translation that you mentioned on my talk page?--Collie Kaltenbrunner (talk) 15:50, April 16, 2013 (UTC)

The translation was quite right, but i don't understand what you are trying to do translating my (and Sine's too, apparently) posts to Esperanto.--Collie Kaltenbrunner (talk) 19:57, April 16, 2013 (UTC)

Dude, please meet me on the chat: http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Chat --I'm licensed to chill 17:06, April 21, 2013 (UTC)

i just typed several pages on my TL and now there all gone dude! i hate edit conflicts! DS|Fear the Mutated Dean Sims Bomb, Fear It 17:43, April 29, 2013 (UTC)

Can you hold off correcting the spelling on the Fractured America page while I finish doing the updates? Edit conflicts will make it take much longer and I am a busy tonight so I need to get this done as soon as possible. I'll message you again once I've finished. VonGlusenburg ^{(talk to Von!)} 16:06, April 30, 2013 (UTC)

Okay all finished now. Thanks man. VonGlusenburg ^{(talk to Von!)} 16:24, April 30, 2013 (UTC)

Human-Zombie WarEdit

I appreciate your help revising this timeline, but please refrain from changing things for personal preference. Mscoree (talk) 00:39, May 16, 2013 (UTC)

Ignore him, since you did nothing of the sort. Lordganon (talk) 07:07, May 16, 2013 (UTC)

I know you're trying to help, but what I meant was, I'd prefer if you didn't change Turkish to Turks for no reason, and stuff like that. As a side note, I also noticed that you changed "zombies" to "Zombies". If it's not referring to "The Horde" (E.G. "I saw some zombies") than leave it lower case. You wouldn't capitalize the word "human" in the sentence, "I saw some humans", either, so I think it would be better if these were left uncapitalized. Thanks, Mscoree (talk) 19:43, May 16, 2013 (UTC)

Care to elaborate? Mscoree (talk) 20:47, May 16, 2013 (UTC)

Actually I used Turkish as a short hand for the ethnic group known as the "Turkish people." In this sense it is actually a noun. Mscoree (talk) 21:04, May 16, 2013 (UTC)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe WWX vs. WW-X (where X is the world war number) is a stylistic choice, and I believe that WWX is the more popular form, and the one used on Wikipedia. As such, I prefer the WWX format.

               "Fear the power of the Dark Side of the Force."  18:25, May 25, 2013 (UTC)

Re:Prisoners of War Edit

Yeah, I figured. Thanks for clearing that up! Doctor Evulz (talk) 02:15, June 10, 2013 (UTC)

Spelling on my timeline Edit

I am terrible at spelling and you do the best of cleaning it up, no one can understand my TL so can you edit it. World of Fascists is my TL. Octivian Marius (talk) 00:24, June 17, 2013 (UTC)