[Wikipedia-l] disambiguation, homophonous words, and helping illiterate people

Mon Nov 20 13:14:58 UTC 2006

Hello,

I stumbled into a nice little problem concerning
desambig pages. I am not sure this is the right place
to present it, but I could find no policy on it.

So, when going on en.wiki, at "Jew (disambiguation)",
you will find that it does not only include the
various meanings of the word, but also many unrelated
but homophonous words (i.e., words that are pronounced
more or less the same way). 

One editor explained me that this is normal, because,
I cite: "A great many peole can't spell, as a read
though the talk pages of messages shows". 

The answer is apriori pertinent, and I think it raises
greater questions: Is phonetic search a goal of
wikipedia? Should we think about possible wrong
ortographs of words and put them on wikipedia?

If the subject has been discussed before, please point
me to it.

Thanks,
:en:User:Dpotop

____________________________________________________________________________________
Sponsored Link

$420k for $1,399/mo. 
Think You Pay Too Much For Your Mortgage? 
Find Out! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre