Topic: [REJECTED] Typo alias: wold to wolf

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

The bulk update request #9517 has been rejected.

create alias wold (1) -> wolf (379067)

Reason: Seems to be a fairly common typo - it's been edited off of posts about 39 times in 2024. When edited, it's almost always replaced by "wolf".

EDIT: The bulk update request #9517 (forum #422373) has been rejected by @kora_viridian.

Updated by auto moderator

Given the mehvotes, would it be better to either invalidate or disambiguate wold?

Maybe the argument is that it's not 100% guaranteed that it's a typo for wolf, so aliasing it won't always be correct.

In future, if someone wants to tag wolds and not intend it to be wolfes, then they can get a disambiguation going, or you know, use other tags for hills and forests.

kora_viridian said:
Given the mehvotes, would it be better to either invalidate or disambiguate wold?

Maybe the argument is that it's not 100% guaranteed that it's a typo for wolf, so aliasing it won't always be correct.

Aliasing (unlike implications) don't need to always be correct, since the errors can be sorted out. If 99% of the posts under wold are wolf, and/or the other things it could mean are pretty farfetched/unused, it probably can be aliased

Before you ask: rejected because it was posted at the wrong time of day by a white name, so it ended up on the pile of 2,200+ BURs to be mass-rejected in the future.

kora_viridian said:
Before you ask: rejected because it was posted at the wrong time of day by a white name, so it ended up on the pile of 2,200+ BURs to be mass-rejected in the future.

*with an old man voice*
Back in my day, there was not a single admin handling A/I/BURs, so all requests would inevitably sit pending for years!
Though to be honest, I just missed this one because I tend to check the BUR listing page much more than the forums themselves, so I’m less likely to notice a thread bump. It’s just much easier to read the requests on that page. Sorry.

spe said:
*with an old man voice*
Back in my day, there was not a single admin handling A/I/BURs, so all requests would inevitably sit pending for years!
Though to be honest, I just missed this one because I tend to check the BUR listing page much more than the forums themselves, so I’m less likely to notice a thread bump. It’s just much easier to read the requests on that page. Sorry.

Do you sort by newest or last updated

spe said:
Back in my day, there was not a single admin handling A/I/BURs, so all requests would inevitably sit pending for years!

I am aware. I've seen the receipts. :D

In recent history, peak A (~1,500) and peak I (~1,100) came in early January, 2024. Peak BUR (~2,400) was about a week later.

The Great Crash of 2024 got that down to A ~600 (mid March), I ~250 (early May), and BUR ~1,400 (early April).

Today, those numbers are A ~750, I ~280, and BUR ~2,250.

The next time I think of an AIBUR, I'll just DM it to SNP, let them propose it, and avoid untold travail. :D

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