Thread for places that need spelling and grammar touch up

I realize that a wiki is an opportunity for anyone to come along and add what they know to a particular subject, and I appreciate that more than most, believe me. But - and the following is just a (very) small excerpt from Hope Summers bio page - when the "contribution" is as bad as this, something must be done:

"She was about to attack but he said not fear and allowed her to continue her search. she ask how he was after he possess Phoenix and destroyed Wakanda. He said it was just war and did what he had to do. Angry from what he said she yelled at him and left to fine what ever was left of her father. "

This is not even close to the worst I've seen on here. I know no one gets paid to do it, but I do - when I have the time and patience - try to clean things up a bit. But I know I'm not the only one here who possesses decent writing skills, and I'm certainly not the only participant who actually cares about the wiki. Just asking everyone to help me out here. I can't fix it all myself.

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Nezhno Abidemi (Earth-616)

Darkseid01·1/19/2013

Not a problem. I fix stuff like that when I see it. Perhaps it would be a good idea to flag areas for cleanup in this thread? That way, if you don't have the time to fix it yourself, other interested parties could be directed to text that needs spelling and grammar touch up.

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TigersEye·1/19/2013

Well, here's one I just read a little while ago. Toward the end, the spelling and grammar get a bit ridiculous. Pretty sure it wasn't the same person who authored the majority of it. http://marvel.wikia.com/Loki_Laufeyson_(Earth-616)

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Darkseid01·1/19/2013

That's a pretty big article. It might be a better idea to paste the problematic text into this thread. That way, we could work out the corrections and then just paste it back into the source when we get time.

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TigersEye·1/19/2013

I will do that from now on. Perhaps for now, since I have time, I will do the edit myself. But again, excellent idea.

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TigersEye·1/19/2013

So, I've realized (often with brutal clarity) that there is a lot of history to catch up on since I essentially stopped reading comics in the late 90's. I don't like to mess with the content - just spelling, grammar, punctuation and diction - while I'm editing. But I'm pretty sure some of the facts aren't straight. This might be something else for which to be on the lookout.

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What do you think?