Molly White's avatar

Molly White

@molly.wiki

something gives me the sneaking suspicion there's been some controversy over spelling at the Wikipedia article on Beetlejuice

17 replies 95 reposts 520 likes


Kaia Vintr's avatar Kaia Vintr @kaiavintr.bsky.social
[ View ]

I'm having to deprogram myself after mistakenly assuming that all Wikipedia editing is like this.

1 replies 0 reposts 6 likes


Thomas Fuchs 🔭🕹️'s avatar Thomas Fuchs 🔭🕹️ @thomasfuchs.at
[ View ]

brb creating an article about why the forbidden alternative spelling is misspelled in the comments, it should Betelgeuse, not Betelguese

3 replies 0 reposts 26 likes


's avatar @yokem55.bsky.social
[ View ]

I'm surprised the response wasn't just "I think you are lost. The article about the big red star is over here..."

1 replies 0 reposts 8 likes


James Kelleher's avatar James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie
[ View ]

Actually it’s Michael Keatlejuice

0 replies 0 reposts 2 likes


Andres Guadamuz's avatar Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social
[ View ]

"WHY WON'T ANYONE LISTEN TO THE REASONS I GAVE, I'VE BEEN PERFECTLY CIVIL111!!!"

0 replies 0 reposts 5 likes


Fergus's avatar Fergus @ferrousmu.bsky.social
[ View ]

Meanwhile, over on IMDb...

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes


Rep. Eric Gallager (no "h"!)'s avatar Rep. Eric Gallager (no "h"!) @egall.bsky.social
[ View ]

hm, looks like his name's been said 3 times... where is he?

2 replies 0 reposts 16 likes


Horrified, Lydia's avatar Horrified, Lydia @lfillingham.bsky.social
[ View ]

The excerpt you show begins "Horrified, Lydia" and as my real first name is Lydia, not Beebo, I'm immediately changing my screen name to that.

0 replies 0 reposts 11 likes


Ernie Smith's avatar Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co
[ View ]

The talk page rules. Someone held a vote in which they were the only one to decide on this debate

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes


🄼🄴🄴🄷🄰🅆🄻 ⭕'s avatar 🄼🄴🄴🄷🄰🅆🄻 ⭕ @meehawl.bsky.social
[ View ]

The Initiated, of course, know that the correct One True Spelling is Bætlejaƿce.

mastodon.social/@meehawl/111...

0 replies 0 reposts 3 likes


AndyK250.gb's avatar AndyK250.gb @andyk250.bsky.social
[ View ]

Counterpoint:
tenor.com/view/betelge...

2 replies 0 reposts 10 likes


Molly White's avatar Molly White @molly.wiki
[ View ]

a later section in the same article uses the Betelguese spelling and I'm terrified to change it

7 replies 0 reposts 117 likes


Matthew's avatar Matthew @calmeilles.bsky.social
[ View ]

« Betelgeuse: This article is about the star. For the film, see Beetlejuice. For other uses, see Betelgeuse (disambiguation). »

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes


Colon Musk, CEO of GaceX's avatar Colon Musk, CEO of GaceX @themilfmag.net
[ View ]

beatlegeuse case closed

0 replies 0 reposts 2 likes


Colon Musk, CEO of GaceX's avatar Colon Musk, CEO of GaceX @themilfmag.net
[ View ]

betelguese isnt even the correct spelling lmao typo not helping them make their case

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes


rejoice's avatar rejoice @supermodel.bsky.social
[ View ]

I need to start editting on Wikipedia again, I miss it

0 replies 1 reposts 2 likes


TooPlain's avatar TooPlain @galbo.io
[ View ]

Isn’t Betelgeuse a place in our galaxy?

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes