6. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating the initial reference comprises: adding a string to the initial reference to represent the acceptable string.
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a processing device, a potential typographical error in a work using an initial reference, wherein the work comprises a plurality of words; sending, by the processing device, data indicative of presence of the potential typographical error in the work to a plurality of users; receiving, by the processing device, feedback for the work from the plurality of users, the feedback comprising an indicator that specifies that the potential typographical error is an author-intended string for the work, wherein the author-intended string comprises at least one of an author-intended spelling of one or more words, an author-intended punctuation, an author-intended grammar, or an author-intended use of one or more foreign language words; combining, by the processing device, the feedback from the plurality of users for the work with feedback for a plurality of additional works to generate a combined feedback; sorting, by the processing device, the combined feedback based on one or more selected parameters associated with the work to generate a sorted feedback, wherein the one or more selected parameters comprises at least one of an author associated with the work, a title associated the work, a topic associated with the work, or a publisher associated with the work; determining, by the processing device and based on the sorted feedback, that the potential typographical error comprises an acceptable string; and updating, by the processing device, the initial reference to include the acceptable string.