>Hi everyone,
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>Just curuois, what kind of logic is possible implement to prevent spelling errors in data entry? For instance, in last couple of days I checked Russia and India members and I see lots of misspelled cities. I'm wondering, what is possible to do about it?
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>Thanks a lot in advance.
To reduce errors in new entries, it would be necessary to have a list of major cities, and - if the city is not on the list -
suggest similar entries, or ask whether the city is spelled correctly. This must be a suggestion only - i.e. not forced - since it would be difficult to get a complete list of all cities and towns all over the World.
Also, somebody might manually do some systematic revies, and combine similar entries (for instance, in the case of Turkey: Istanbul and Ystanbul seem to represent the same city; the same for Izmir, Yzmir and Yzmyr).
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
