NationStates Jolt Archive

It's a brand new typo reporting thread! Yay!

Anyway. I hadn't been using the old thread in so long that, it was just plain unusable. There was no way to tell what had been fixed and what hadn't so I decided to just say sod it and start over.

To report an issue typo, simply provide the part of the issue with the mistake, and the issue's title. The issue number won't be necessary. Put the error in bold so it's more obvious to me and I'll keep a handy database of spelling errors here for me to fix at a later date.

And thank you everyone for your submissions!

Put the error in bold so it's more obvious to me and I'll keep a handy database of spelling errors here for me to fix at a later date.
Just a thought - could mods who have the ability to edit the issues to correct typos &c not just edit each post in this thread with a quick 'Fixed' at the bottom (maybe in a quote box to make it easily visible - as in this post) so that people (mods and players alike) know which have been corrected and which haven't?

eg.
Fixed

What I plan to do is list all the typos in the top post so I can find them easily. I can't change typos one by one so I'm going to amass a large collection of them and correct them all in one fell swoop.

Issue
Outsourcing An Outrage, Say Demonstators

2. "Nonsense!" scoffs @@RANDOMNAME@@, manager of human resources at Ekin, a popular sportswear company. "Outsourcing jobs to where the labour is cheap means we can slash costs. That means we can have lower prices for the good consumers - uh - citizens of @@NAME@@. There's plenty of other jobs besides factory-working you know, and with the influx of cheaper products they really shouldn't have anything to complain about.

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One of my puppets just got a you-beaut new issue - "Jolly Roger Sighted Off The Port Bow!"

I especially like the option buttons showing the word, "YARR".

Problem:

Instead of having at the bottom...
"If you wish, you may Dismiss This Issue"

It has...
"Submit Query"

Clicking on Submit Query does, in fact, dismiss the issue.

The wrong button seems to have been put on the page.

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Well that ain't right. I think dismiss is supposed to be similarly piratey, and I can't picture Blackbeard saying "Submit query". Not even adding "ya scurvy dog" to the end works...

Issue number 146, I believe, Evolution: Truth or Witchcraft has the following typo in bold.

"That's a LIE, son, we come from the great meteor of truth!" yells firebrand preacher Pastor Richards, kicking down your door. "We cannot allow there transgressions against the HOLY truth to continue! All the heathens should be thankful we don't burn them at the stake for their devilry! This nation's true and just government must ban the filth and corruption being spread bah these WICKED men!"

From option two.

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1. "Kids are such punks these days," grumbles @@RANDOMNAME@@, a local minister. "By making sure kids pray to their god at least once a day we instill the religious values that are integral to @@NAME@@!. It'll make them better, humbler people."

Here's another one...

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Orbital Armageddon?

The Issue

The space research organization in SpinDizzy has requested more government funding for space-related research and development, and the possiblity of creating orbital weapons platforms has become a topic of intense debate.



(btw, I, too, loved the special features in the Jolly Roger Sighted Off The Port Bow! issue :) )

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Nazi Sympathizers Plan Rally

Far-right-wing Nazi supporters plan to stage a rally in the city center tomorrow, giving voice to their violent, racist views.

"right" should be 'left".

As every school child knows "nazi" is short hand for "National Socialist". So unless "Far-right-wing" is referring to the right wing of the extreme left this is a typo.

NOT GOING TO FIX - Sirocco (if you want to debate it, go to General)

Regarding the brand-new issue (mine!):

Extremists On The Ballot Sheet
The Issue

As elections near for governmental positions all over Omigodtheykilledkenny, polls predict near-certain victories for candidates from an ultra-nationalist party promising reactionary policies on immigration, crime, civil liberties and military spending.
The Debate

1. "Victory for these nutjobs would be a travesty for the people of Omigodtheykilledkenny and the democracy they cherish!" declares Buy Li, leader of the left-wing People's Democratic Party which has been. "We must ban these dangerous extremists from running for office. If they want to espouse their ignorant views, let them do so in the private sector. Our democracy belongs to the people, not the wackos."

2. "Pfft, it's the people who voted them in in the first place," says Prudence Longfellow, an international observer of your elections. "If it's the people's will to turn power over to the extremists, then you should do all you can to work with the new parliament. Truly listening and acting upon what your citizens want? THAT is what makes a democracy."

3. "Don't say I didn't warn you: this experiment in mob-ocracy was doomed from the start!" claims political adviser Calvin Silk. "Now any idiot with a loyal army of fringe-voters can come in here and tell you what's what! You are the only leader our citizens can truly respect and for the sake of national unity we should put an end to these popularity contests once and for all!"The first bolded portion should either be deleted or formed into a complete sentence; the second is worded kind of awkwardly.

And, just so I don't sound like an ingrate, thanks for accepting my issue!!!!! [insert reams of celebratory smilies]

~Kenny

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The Issue
Representatives of Cookiton's arms manufacturing industry have expressed outrage over the lack of public and private support for their sector.
The Debate
1.Interviewed by the industry's trade journal 'Our Weapons, Your Victory', the CEO of Cookiton Arms Inc, Falala Winters, said: "It is shameful the way we have been treated over the last few years! Shameful! Our workers, and I tell you we have a great many of them, can barely get to work thanks to disruption by protestors and all that hippie nonsense. And as for this dangerous talk of 'Ethical Trade Practices', I say we need full government recognition of our vital contribution to the economy - relaxation of trade barriers, gun laws, and a crackdown on all these long-haired weirdos who try to shut us down!"

2."We have a right to protest against this evil business!" screams Lars Steele through a megaphone. "The arms manufacturing industry is a stain on our nation's character and must be removed. How can we make money from the production of these evil weapons; how can we stand by and profit from the blood spilled by these abominations? The government must take a stand and outlaw the whole sector!"

3.Your Minister of Trade advises taking a middle ground: "We can't ban arms sales without harming the quality of our military and police departments, not to mention the economy. These hippies do have a point though - guns are terrible things in the wrong hands. We should implement additional safety checks on the groups to which the weapons get sold. That way we don't lose too many sales, and the people are persuaded we are making a stand against nations who use the weapons for immoral ends. The arms industry get to sell their guns and the protesters get to protest. Everybody wins!"

Protesters, would be the correct spelling, right?

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Issue 60, Supreme Court Nomination:

#3 Gay Activist and former Senator Konrad McAlpin is nominee #3. "Our people aren't happy, we need more freedom, we need more civil rights. We must keep the government out of the bedroom. We must respect peoples right to privacy and remember that personal relations are just that, personal."


"people's", presumably, with an apostrophe.

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The Issue

The international community has appealed to Cookiton to increase humanitarian aid to the world's poorer nations.
The Debate

1. "We must increase foreign aid," says beaded local peace activist Steffan Hendrikson. "Compared to some of these nations, Cookiton is swimming in cookies. Let's face it, not every nation in the world is lucky enough to have a government like ours. Let's show some compassion to our less economically gifted neighbors."

Issue by: Guadalcanal

Just kind of confused, what does that mean?

DOESN'T NEED FIXED

A peace activist, who is a local, who has their hair in beads. A hippy.

#87- Burn! Burn Everything!

Opt. 1-

"We should be able to burn the flag as a sign of protest. I say ignore those crazy red-blooded fanatics who won't let us! After all it's because we are a tolerant nation that we should allow it!" says Jennifer Love, civil rights activist, while accidentally immolating many nearby protesters."

There appears to be an extra quotation mark at the end of option one.

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I got this on my nation today: "religious people are committed to mental institutions for treatement."

Which may be my favourite sentence, of all time. But anyway, treatment is spelled wrong, not sure if it matters but I thought I would just point it out anyway. :)

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Issue 146, choice 2, has a typo.

"We cannot allow there transgressions against the HOLY truth to continue!"

"there" should be "their".

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Yet another typo. Issue 90, choice 3.

"Are we prepared to sacrifice our planet and our souls for the sake a few extra @@CURRENCY@@s?"

The word "of" is missing between "sake" and "a".

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This is the national happenings summation of choice 3 of issue 70: "religious people are committed to mental institutions for treatement". The last work should be "treatment".

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Option 2 of issue 152 begins with the phrase "This it outrageous". Should be "is", of course.

For my own future reference.

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From issue 59, "Drunk Driving on the Rise":

More and more, citizens are drinking before getting behind the wheel. A group of concerned citzens wants something done.

The second "citizens" is missing an i.

Software Giant Stomps on Competition

"These allegations are absolutely ludicrous!" shouts Microcosm CEO Buy Spirit from out the window of his 90-foot stretch limo. "Just because rival companies are incapable of producing products as brilliant as mine is no reason to punish ME! I say it's high time we abolish these idiotic antitrust laws and give big business the freedom to serve the public better. After all, I'm in this business for the people!"

Not sure if this a typo or not, but it seems like that should be "Guy". Don't know of anyone named "Buy".

The typo's difficult to reproduce. Every time I go in to revisit the issue, Microcosm has a new CEO with a different name shouting exactly the same thing from exactly the same limo.

Buy is intentional.

To expand...

The first name "Buy" comes a character in Jennifer Government. Also, since names are randomly generated each time an issue is viewed (save a few which are locked in because of gender requirements), you'll see a new name each time.

In the Happenings summary of issue 101, choice 4, the word "eighth" is misspelled as "eigth".

The Issue

A top fertility clinic has recently announced a new service allowing parents to create so-called 'designer babies'.


"Embryo selection isn't really genetic engineering in the technical sense," explains Dr. Prudence Longbottom, owner of the Babies-2-Go Clinic. "It's more like being able to have a dozen abortions per month until you get the foetus you desire. I can't really see what's wrong with parents who can afford it being able to eliminate foetuses with undesirable genetic traits - like stupidity."

The Issue

A top fertility clinic has recently announced a new service allowing parents to create so-called 'designer babies'.


"Embryo selection isn't really genetic engineering in the technical sense," explains Dr. Prudence Longbottom, owner of the Babies-2-Go Clinic. "It's more like being able to have a dozen abortions per month until you get the foetus you desire. I can't really see what's wrong with parents who can afford it being able to eliminate foetuses with undesirable genetic traits - like stupidity."

That's a British spelling, I doubt it'll be changed.

That's a British spelling, I doubt it'll be changed.
Oh Why can't the Brits spell things corretly LOL

Nazi Sympathizers Plan Rally


"The far-right-wing Nazi Sympathizers Plan Rally

Nazi's were not far right. They were far left. Their name was the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Socialists were left wing. Also, they censored the media, which is what the liberals want through the fairness doctrine. Can this be changed?

Nazi Sympathizers Plan Rally

Far-right-wing Nazi supporters plan to stage a rally in the city center tomorrow, giving voice to their violent, racist views.

"right" should be 'left".

As every school child knows "nazi" is short hand for "National Socialist". So unless "Far-right-wing" is referring to the right wing of the extreme left this is a typo.

NOT GOING TO FIX - Sirocco (if you want to debate it, go to General)

Nazi Sympathizers Plan Rally


"The far-right-wing Nazi Sympathizers Plan Rally

Nazi's were not far right. They were far left. Their name was the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Socialists were left wing. Also, they censored the media, which is what the liberals want through the fairness doctrine. Can this be changed?

Seems to me as though pretty much the exact same case has already been looked at, and decided on, a while ago.

In the Happenings summary of issue 101, choice 4, the word "eighth" is misspelled as "eigth".
And isn't that choice #4 a fairly recent addition to the issue, rather than a part of its original text?

Issue #219: Nobody Expects The @@NAME@@ Inquisition! [Habardia; ed:The Most Glorious Hack] has a typo (I think it's one, anyway.) in the first option of the three choices for the government to decide.

Cardinal Mortimer Gratwick, Archbishop of Gauntleted Fist's capital, demands you kiss his ring before telling you, "the Church encourages the formation of an Inquisition. However, it will only be to try those in error and put them on the right track to holiness; you needn't worry about those nasty thumb-screws and we haven't had a rack in ages, so we won't be torturing people. Of course, in order to bring this noble plan into effect, the Holy Office must have jurisdiction over the civil courts."That T should be capitalized, right?

In issue 42, choice 3, the word "propaganda" is misspelled as "propoganda".

You keep your damn hands off my organs!" says alarmed hospital patient Samuel Gutenberg. "They are my organs, and I'll do with them what I like. The government has no right to my body."

the name was hope somethng, after clicking my choice of keep your hands off.. the name changed to samuel guttenberg

the name was hope somethng, after clicking my choice of keep your hands off.. the name changed to samuel guttenberg

That's not a typo. Names are generated randomly and change with every screen refresh.

"It's not a bug, it's a feature!"

I believe I already mentioned this on the massive Feeder discussion thread, but it appears to have been ignored.

Just wanted you to know that "discovering" is spelt wrong in the bio for "Recently Discovered Undiscovered Tribe".


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