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I'm one of the developers of NetzHack (note the 'z'), the German localized version of NetHack. Netzhack (talk) 08:16, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

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 I'm one of the developers of [http://www.netzhack.de/ NetzHack] (note the 'z'), the [[NetHack_in_other_languages#German|German localized version]] of NetHack. [[User:Netzhack|Netzhack]] ([[User talk:Netzhack|talk]]) 08:16, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
-== "chance to" = opportunity; "chance of" = probability ==
-I've started checking pages systematically for misuse of "chance to", and correcting them.
-I realize the expression "chance to hit" is a regular part of D&D jargon, but nothing is lost by changing it to standard English ("chance of hitting" works just fine even on the page [[To-hit]]) along with the rest of the occurrences, most of which look like the product of simple (understandable) ignorance on the part of non-native English speakers, many of whom show a preference for infinitives where English idioms use gerunds. —[[User:Netzhack|Netzhack]] ([[User talk:Netzhack|talk]]) 14:11, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
-:Ten months later and no one has reverted a single one of those many corrections! Thanks for your acceptance of this little bit of pedantry, gang. [[User:Netzhack|Netzhack]] ([[User talk:Netzhack|talk]]) 12:31, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
-== "due to the fact that" -> "because" ==
-I just changed every instance of "due to the fact that" in this wiki to "because". I bet no one notices. [[User:Netzhack|Netzhack]] ([[User talk:Netzhack|talk]]) 15:15, 4 May 2018 (UTC)