Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26923519-20181027155704



Alright. If you've been using FANDOM for a while and visited Special:Community, you might've seen this card before. It's called the "Proofread these articles" card, which puts 3 random (apparently random) articles to verify some grammar and spelling. Though, I have a question about this. Does this really help you check for grammar and spelling in 3 articles, or are they just randomized?

The "VIEW FULL LIST" link leads to Special:Insights/popularpages. I think its intention is to detect the most popular articles with grammar and spelling mistakes, though I think this is not the case, because it doesn't technically choose the most popular articles with spelling mistakes. I feel like it's somewhat randomized, and chooses random articles, even with or without grammar and spelling mistakes.

I think that some algorithm should be made so that it can detect ANY spelling and grammar mistake if there are, along with wikitext errors, just like what JoeBot does, if this card doesn't do that already.

In summary, I'm asking what is the actual purpose of the card right now? Not saying it should be removed or anything, but for the current algorithm, what articles does it target?

Thanks in advance! 