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[compuXP]

Hey fellas...

Miller's asked me to make a list of typos on this site. It would be more efficient if we all just compiled one list here with your help.

Just reply with the following information:

1. The URL of the page with the typo, or the name of the page (optional if on all or many pages)

2. The typoed text

3. Proper spelling


I'm starting mine:


1. When buying aircraft, it says Sell Aircraft in the title bar. should be Buy Aircraft

2. Adminimstration - all pages - should be "Administration"



I know this has been done before but the location of the typos wasn't included. Thanks.

[Sunshine Airways CEO]

Ok. I found one of the typos thread.


1. On logout it says "logout successfull" -> "logout successful"

Airports:
Aukland, New Zealand -> Auckland, New Zealand
Albequerque -> Albuquerque
Frankfort -> Frankfurt
Paris De Gaul -> Paris Charles De Gaulle
Tokyo Nayarit -> Tokyo Narita
Tokyo Haneida -> Tokyo Haneda
Johannesurg -> Johannesburg
Hartfield Springfield -> Hartford Springfield
Bombay -> Mumbai
Calcutta -> Kolkatta
Dehli -> Delhi
Tijuana General Ablardo L Rodrigues International -> ... Abelardo ...
Ottowa -> Ottawa
Gotheborg -> Goteborg (really about preference here)
Palma -> Palma de Mallorca
HongKong -> Hong Kong
Xaimen -> Xiamen

i think thats about it for the airports. the rest of the airports i think are only accent and translation issues

Other little errors:
Sacramento is SMF, not SAC
Seoul isn't SEL anymore. Its GMP if its Kimpo; ICN if Incheon

[Edited on 6/15/2005 by S.A. 13]

[Luigi]

Originally posted by S.A. 13

Tokyo Haneida -> Tokyo Hadena
[Edited on 6/15/2005 by S.A. 13]

Its Tokyo Haneda, not Tokya Hadena or Haneida...

One other airport...Hartfield Springfield should be Hartford Springfield

[Edited on 6/15/2005 by Luigi]

[Sunshine Airways CEO]

Originally posted by Luigi
[Its Tokyo Haneda, not Tokya Hadena or Haneida...

just copy and pasted that one from another thread

[ziliu]

On the Gate negotiation region select drop down box:(http://www.airlineem...et/rentgate.php)
Austrailia -> Australia

Airport:
Kuala Lampur -> Kuala Lumpur

Page title on distance calculator, http://www.airlineem...et/distcalc.php:
Distance Calcuator -> Distance Calculator

Logout page: (http://www.airlineem....net/logout.php)
successfull -> successful

Edit: Typo ()


[Edited on 6/15/2005 by ziliu]

[piercey]

Originally posted by S.A. 13
Bombay -> Mumbai

IT'S THE SAME THING! I HAD TO DO A THREE PAGE REPORT ON THAT CITY AND IT"S THE SAME THING!!!

jk, but it can go either way

[piercey]

YES!!! I'm no longer a junior member!:):):):cool:

[flick70]

Not necessarily a typo...but some airports have extraordinarily long names to them.

Some examples:

Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, CA -> Burbank
Edmonton Namao, Alberta Canada -> Edmonton
Fort Meyers Southwest Florida International -> Fort Meyers
Tijuana General Ablardo L Rodrigues International -> Tijuana

There are many others. They tend to clutter the map. Unless there are multiple airports in one city (New York, Chicago, Buenos Aires), the extra is redundant. And even if there are 2 airports in the same city, a short description should suffice (i.e. Chicago Midway, Chicago O'hare).

[hazof3dd]

Not to get picky but....
For "Hartford Springfield" (currently Hartfield Spingfield)
It should be Hartford/Springfield. As they are too completely different cities.

[Luigi]

Originally posted by hazof3dd
Not to get picky but....
For "Hartford Springfield" (currently Hartfield Spingfield)
It should be Hartford/Springfield. As they are too completely different cities.

Read before posting Jesse . I already posted that:D;)

[Chicken]

Based on who has approved this thread, I think we will have a "who is the most anally retentive person" contest. But seriously,

I am assuming something misplaced is a typo.

Abu Dhabi should be in Middle East, not Africa

Bahrain should be in Middle East, not Europe

Any city with multiple airports should have the airport name inlcuded...example, it should be Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate, and Moscow Sheremetyevo and Moscow Vnukovo, Osaka Itami and Osaka Kansai, Berlin Tegel and Berlin Schoenfeld. When a name is not available, then the IATA code should be used, so you would have Birmingham BHX and Birmingham BHM.

Fort should always be spelled uniformly. There is no reason for RSW to be listed as Fort Myers and FLL to be listed as Ft. Lauderdale, when FLL should come first in alphabetical order. Making them uniform solves this issue. Similar but not as strong an argument for the inconsistent use of Saint and St.

Spelling errors ...

Fort Meyers -> Ft. Myers

Chicago O'hare ->Chicago O'Hare

[everotheleft]

Frankfort is right. Frankfort KY, in the states.

Unless it is under Europe, in which case it is spelled wrong...

[ziliu]

In the title(HTML <title>, that is) of the airport information pages (where you see the market shares and all routes into some particular airport, for instance http://www.airlineem...fo.php?city=STR), it says "Airline Empires - Aircraft". It shouldn't. It should say something like "Airport Information" or so.

[Edited on 6/20/2005 by ziliu]

[Tump]

Originally posted by piercey


IT'S THE SAME THING! I HAD TO DO A THREE PAGE REPORT ON THAT CITY AND IT"S THE SAME THING!!!

jk, but it can go either way

Funny, a three page report and you didnt notice the Indian goverment (or city goverment - dunno anymore) changed the name from Bombay to Mumbay just a few years ago. Its Mumbay and nothing else. (Just like Leningrad is now St. Petersburg for quite some time)

p.s. I didnt checked this so if Im wrong anyway, you are allowed to laugh

[Edited on 6/20/2005 by Tump]

[piercey]

Originally posted by Tump

Originally posted by piercey


IT'S THE SAME THING! I HAD TO DO A THREE PAGE REPORT ON THAT CITY AND IT"S THE SAME THING!!!

jk, but it can go either way

Funny, a three page report and you didnt notice the Indian goverment (or city goverment - dunno anymore) changed the name from Bombay to Mumbay just a few years ago. Its Mumbay and nothing else. (Just like Leningrad is now St. Petersburg for quite some time)

p.s. I didnt checked this so if Im wrong anyway, you are allowed to laugh

[Edited on 6/20/2005 by Tump]

It's like the Ivory Coast/Cote d'avoir thing. Goverment wants it Cote d'avoir, west always calls it Ivory Coast.

[actango]

I think on the aircraft list CRJ-70 should be CRJ-700...

[ziliu]

Originally posted by piercey

Originally posted by Tump

Originally posted by piercey


IT'S THE SAME THING! I HAD TO DO A THREE PAGE REPORT ON THAT CITY AND IT"S THE SAME THING!!!

jk, but it can go either way

Funny, a three page report and you didnt notice the Indian goverment (or city goverment - dunno anymore) changed the name from Bombay to Mumbay just a few years ago. Its Mumbay and nothing else. (Just like Leningrad is now St. Petersburg for quite some time)

p.s. I didnt checked this so if Im wrong anyway, you are allowed to laugh

[Edited on 6/20/2005 by Tump]

It's like the Ivory Coast/Cote d'avoir thing. Goverment wants it Cote d'avoir, west always calls it Ivory Coast.

I think one difference is that in India English is an official language. Thus, Mumbai is the official name in English and is preferred when speaking English. In C?te d'Ivoire(sp?) English is not an official language, as far as I know. The official name is in French, but since there is no official English name(or is there?) we can call it whatever we want in English.

[Tump]

I know Im guilty of going off-topic, but maybe we should go back on topic now Whoe really cares if its Bombay or Mumbay, we all know which city it is!

[Edited on 6/20/2005 by Tump]

[Chicken]

On the log in page, the title says ...

Can you can do better?

One too many uses of the word "can"