Category talk:English words following the I before E except after C rule

RFD discussion: October 2020–December 2021

 * See Category talk:English words not following the I before E except after C rule.

RFC discussion: August 2018
Has tonnes and tonnes of false positives. wt:Grease pit may be a better spot to say this as the mistake here is more automatic than manual, but in any case it needs to be said that this category is a mess. (Although I also wonder about its necessity.) — (((Romanophile))) ♞ (contributions) 09:50, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm curious: if the category is mechanically populated, how are there false positives? Could you give an example? — SGconlaw (talk) 10:24, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
 * See It has ---ecie--- and is in the Category:English words not following the I before E except after C rule category because of that first "e". SemperBlotto (talk) 10:30, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, so there is a problem with how the logic to identify such terms is coded. — SGconlaw (talk) 10:39, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I would also take exception to the part of the rules stated at Category:English words not following the I before E except after C rule: IMO, words with "cie" shouldn't be included, since "I before E except after C" allows "cie", but doesn't require it.
 * There's also a more complex version of the rule, which I was taught: "I before E except after C, and when pronounced 'ay' as in neighbor and weigh"- not that I'm recommending incorporating that into the category rules. Chuck Entz (talk) 13:48, 27 August 2018 (UTC)