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Should we kill all the storm troopers?

In-universe, the correct spelling appears to be stormtroopers (with no capitals, no space), however there are a very considerable number of posts; both questions and answers, that refer to them as; ...
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Is it lightsabre or lightsaber (or both)?

I edited this question; Should we rewrite the lightsabre colour question? to reflect what I felt was the accepted spelling of the word "lightsaber" (with an er), only to have my edits rolled back with ...
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Can we please not change American to British English and vice-versa?

Recently, one of my answers was edited. The typo fix is appreciated. The other "fixes" are not. Removing doubled spaces at the end of sentences has no effect on the rendered output, so it just ...
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Spelling of R2-D2 (Artoo-Deetoo) and C-3P0 (See-Threepio)

There was some good natured fun in the comments of the question, Why Can't Artoo Talk? about the spelling of R2-D2. However, it occurred to me that the current spelling (Artoo) makes it harder for ...
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