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:::::: <quote>''If they don't know the word Hamming, they can't search for it.''</quote> And if they '''do''' know the word Hamming, they are completely out of luck finding this task. If the name of the task ''was'' Hamming distance and this theoretical person thought "Hmmm. I have no idea what a Hamming distance is, I wonder what [[wp:Hamming distance|wikipedia]] has to say about it? Oh, Ok." vs "Hmmm. I have no idea what a Changeable word is is, I wonder what [[wp:Changeable word|wikipedia]] has to say about it? Oh. Nothing whatsoever." I don't see any advantage in calling it some made-up name when an actual name for the desired operation is well established. Arguments like "Well ''I've'' never heard of it before, sounds like something some redneck would do." when well known names from fairly reputable references are pointed out doesn't really bolster your position much. All of this started as debate over what the task exactly is calling for. Call it what it is, and the confusion would largely disappear. --[[User:Thundergnat|Thundergnat]] ([[User talk:Thundergnat|talk]]) 00:17, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
:::::::Adding ''[[Levenshtein distance]] of one'' to the task description might aid both types of searches whilst preserving the original aim of the task. It would, however, invalidatet hose examples that did not check for a single deletion of a character. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 16:07, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
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