Repository navigation
chore(copy): remove em-dashes from site copy - #15
Merged
Merged
Conversation
|
Important
This repository does not receive automatic reviews because it has fewer than 10 stars.
|
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Summary
Em-dashes read as AI-written. This removes them from the site copy and code. Blog posts are left unchanged on purpose: they are authored articles in 13 languages, with about 8,600 em-dashes.
Each one was rewritten for its context rather than swapped mechanically:
:;:in ja/zh;:in fr)。in ja/zh)Two em-dashes are kept on purpose: the trailing-punctuation regex in
src/lib/seo.ts, and the—placeholder for empty cells in the benchmarks table.Evidence
.astro/.ts.After: 0 in the locale files and 2 in code (the two above).
<title>isPerry: Compile JavaScript/TypeScript to Native Executables | …on the English home andGet Started with Perry: Install & Compile …on Get Started. The only em-dashes left on non-blog pages are blog post titles listed on the home page.Merge Danger
Door: two-way
Blast Radius: small
Copy-only changes, but page titles change on every page (
— Perrybecomes| Perry), so search results will show the new titles after the next crawl.