Are you one of the 204 members following the G2G tag CEMETARIES? (If so, you should correct it)

Question

Are you one of the 204 members following the G2G tag CEMETARIES? If so, please go to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Following and correct the spelling to CEMETERIES.

By following the wrong spelling, you are missing out on G2G activity that may interest you -- such as questions from people you might be hoping to help.

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Shucks, there are still 204 people following this misspelled tag...

Answer 1

When Global Cemeteries does the next project check-in, I already have it on the task-list to reach out to users following the incorrect (or misspelled) tags like:

• Cementary
• Cementeries
• Cementries
• Cemetary
• Cemetaries
• Cemetry

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LOL when I first started seeking out bad category names, I had a list of misspellings to check, including almost all of those in your list. Never thought of cementaries though.

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Cementaries are commonly used by the mafia, usually underwater.

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I thought it was perhaps a spelling variation from another language at first, but realized quickly it was a just a common typo. For instance, the website for New Bern, North Carolina contains the typo in the URL: /historic-cementeries/ but the copy on the page is spelled correctly.

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Unfortunately, I have observed that many of us can look at a misspelled word side-by-side with the correct spelling, and fail to perceive that the two spellings are different.