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"Is there a feature that would allow me to find all instances of the word on a page, and replace all of them with the official one automatically?"
That's a question of whether your browser has this functionality. TV tropes doesn't have editing software, so there's no support for it on TV Tropes side. You could pull the page content into an editor like Microsoft Word, make the swap and copy it back to TV Tropes.
"To extend this even further, is it possible to find all instances of the incorrect word being used across the whole site, and allow me to replace them all in one action?"
No, because if there was, we'd continually have trolls changing every word to swears.
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There are automatic word-replacer plug-ins for a lot of common browsers.
I'd be careful using them, though; macro programs like that can't parse context, and without human oversight they can cause problems. I'd suggest using CTRL+F to go through any article you use it on and make sure that the changes didn't break formatting or do anything else weird, and at that point, it's hardly any extra work to just make the changes manually yourself.
Yeah, it's not recommended. This is why things like text-replacement plugins are banned; they change every instance of a word, regardless of context; this is the same thing a Find-And-Replace function would do.
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Thanks for all the replies!
@bitemytail Yeah that does make sense, now that you mention it. It could become ripe for abuse by trolls. Your Microsoft Word suggestion sounds interesting, might give that a try sometime.
Otherwise, I guess I'll stick to doing everything manually for now, as that seems to be the best way.
Never use "replace all" unless you damn well know that it won't hit anything by accident. As HighCrate said, Ctrl-F is the best option.
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For example, say I want to update a word or name to the official English one (this happens a lot in anime/manga). As it is now, I have to find every single instance of the incorrect word being used, and change it to the official one manually.
Is there a feature that would allow me to find all instances of the word on a page, and replace all of them with the official one automatically? To extend this even further, is it possible to find all instances of the incorrect word being used across the whole site, and allow me to replace them all in one action?
Many fan wikis have the former as a function (not sure about the latter), so I was just wondering if it's possible here too.