25 files changed, 78 insertions, 72 deletions
diff --git a/README.bs2000 b/README.bs2000
index b14c434ab3..09e5cfd7fa 100644
--- a/README.bs2000
+++ b/README.bs2000
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ L<INSTALL>, L<perlport>.
 
 =head2 Mailing list
 
-The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/) maintains a perl-mvs mailing
+The Perl Institute ( http://www.perl.org/ ) maintains a perl-mvs mailing
 list of interest to all folks building and/or using perl on EBCDIC
 platforms.  To subscribe, send a message of:
 
diff --git a/README.hurd b/README.hurd
index 17e04b0353..071e4387ff 100644
--- a/README.hurd
+++ b/README.hurd
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 If you want to use Perl on the Hurd, I recommend using the Debian
-GNU/Hurd distribution (see http://www.debian.org), even if an
+GNU/Hurd distribution ( see http://www.debian.org/ ), even if an
 official, stable release has not yet been made.  The old `gnu-0.2'
 binary distribution will most certainly have additional problems.
 
diff --git a/README.mpeix b/README.mpeix
index df61f1f8ad..2f16506783 100644
--- a/README.mpeix
+++ b/README.mpeix
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ Migrated from cccd.edu to bixby.org.
 =head1 Welcome to Perl/iX
 
 This is the official home page for the HP e3000 MPE/iX
-(http://www.hp.com/go/e3000) port of the Perl scripting
-language (http://www.perl.com/) which gives you all of the power of C,
+( http://www.hp.com/go/e3000 ) port of the Perl scripting
+language ( http://www.perl.com/ ) which gives you all of the power of C,
 awk, sed, and sh in a single language. Check here for the latest news,
 implemented functionality, known bugs, to-do list, etc. Status reports
 about major milestones will also be posted to the HP3000-L mailing list
-(http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU) and
+( http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU ) and
 its associated gatewayed newsgroup comp.sys.hp.mpe.
 
 I'm doing this port because I can't live without Perl on the Unix
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ machines that I administer, and I want to have the same power
 available to me on MPE.
 
 Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me,
-Mark Bixby (http://www.bixby.org/mark/), by e-mailing to
+Mark Bixby ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/ ), by e-mailing to
 mark@bixby.org. Or just post them to HP3000-L.
 
 The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running
 MPE/iX 6.0 and using the GNU gcc C compiler
-(http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html).
+( http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html ).
 
 The combined porting wisdom from all of my ports can be found in my
 MPE/iX Porting Guide (http://www.bixby.org/mark/porting.html).
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ to _getenv_libc.
 =item *
 
 If you will be compiling Perl/iX yourself, you will also need
-Syslog/iX (http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html) and the
+Syslog/iX ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html ) and the
 /BIND/PUB/include and /BIND/PUB/lib portions of BIND/iX
-(http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html).
+( http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html ).
 
 =back
 
@@ -388,9 +388,9 @@ equivalent symbolic link) as the first line.  Use the chmod command to
 make sure that your script has execute permission. Run your script!
 
 Be sure to take a look at the CPAN module list
-(http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html). A wide variety of free Perl software
+( http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html ). A wide variety of free Perl software
 is available.  You can automatically download these packages by using
-the CPAN module (http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html).
+the CPAN module ( http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html ).
 
 =head1 MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
 
diff --git a/README.os390 b/README.os390
index 94115f4be0..0dd7e215c4 100644
--- a/README.os390
+++ b/README.os390
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ L<INSTALL>, L<perlport>, L<perlebcdic>, L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>.
 
 =head2 Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
 
-The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/) maintains a perl-mvs
+The Perl Institute ( http://www.perl.org/ ) maintains a perl-mvs
 mailing list of interest to all folks building and/or
 using perl on all EBCDIC platforms (not just OS/390).
 To subscribe, send a message of:
diff --git a/README.vmesa b/README.vmesa
index 7514028dd2..810af884fc 100644
--- a/README.vmesa
+++ b/README.vmesa
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ L<INSTALL>, L<perlport>, L<perlebcdic>.
 
 If you are interested in the VM/ESA, z/OS (formerly known as OS/390)
 and POSIX-BC (BS2000) ports of Perl then see the perl-mvs mailing list:
-The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/) maintains a mailing list of
+The Perl Institute ( http://www.perl.org/ ) maintains a mailing list of
 interest to all folks building and/or using perl on EBCDIC platforms.
 To subscribe, send a message of:
 
diff --git a/README.vos b/README.vos
index 11424c27ed..ae33d6b4b8 100644
--- a/README.vos
+++ b/README.vos
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ books on Perl.
 These are instructions for building Perl from source.  Most people can
 simply download a pre-compiled distribution from the VOS anonymous FTP
 site.  If you are running VOS Release 14.2.0 or earlier, download Perl
-from ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/alpha.html.  If you are
+from ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/alpha.html  If you are
 running VOS Release 14.3.0 or later, download Perl from
-ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/ga/ga.html.  Instructions for
+ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/ga/ga.html  Instructions for
 unbundling the Perl distribution file are at
 ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/utility/utility.html
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ perl.
 Note that there are two different implementations of POSIX.1
 support on VOS.  There is an alpha version of POSIX that is
 available from the Stratus anonymous ftp site
-(ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/alpha.html).  There
+( ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/alpha.html ).  There
 is a generally-available version of POSIX that comes with VOS
 Release 14.3.0 or higher.  This port of POSIX will compile and
 bind with either version of POSIX.
diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index 9d27b393bf..189c35039a 100644
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ A port of dmake for Windows is available from:
     http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/GSAR/dmake-4.1pl1-win32.zip
 
 (This is a fixed version of the original dmake sources obtained from
-http://www.wticorp.com/.  As of version 4.1PL1, the original
+http://www.wticorp.com/  As of version 4.1PL1, the original
 sources did not build as shipped and had various other problems.
 A patch is included in the above fixed version.)
 
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ enable the appropriate option in the makefile.  des_fcrypt() is not
 bundled with the distribution due to US Government restrictions
 on the export of cryptographic software.  Nevertheless, this routine
 is part of the "libdes" library (written by Eric Young) which is widely
-available worldwide, usually along with SSLeay (for example, 
-"ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/mirrors/dsi/libdes/").  Set CRYPT_SRC to the
+available worldwide, usually along with SSLeay ( for example, 
+ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/mirrors/dsi/libdes/ ).  Set CRYPT_SRC to the
 name of the file that implements des_fcrypt().  Alternatively, if
 you have built a library that contains des_fcrypt(), you can set
 CRYPT_LIB to point to the library name.  The location above contains
diff --git a/pod/perl5004delta.pod b/pod/perl5004delta.pod
index 35abf6889c..572c2b5a6f 100644
--- a/pod/perl5004delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl5004delta.pod
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ in F<README.os2>.
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the headers of
 recently posted articles in the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup.
-There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl
+There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/ , the Perl
 Home Page.
 
 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
diff --git a/pod/perl5005delta.pod b/pod/perl5005delta.pod
index 69c3274438..c8b36e41c9 100644
--- a/pod/perl5005delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl5005delta.pod
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ because many scripts assume to find Perl in /usr/bin/perl.
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the headers of
 recently posted articles in the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup.
-There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl
+There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/ , the Perl
 Home Page.
 
 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
diff --git a/pod/perl561delta.pod b/pod/perl561delta.pod
index 40dd85b8e8..cc411dcf8c 100644
--- a/pod/perl561delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl561delta.pod
@@ -3625,7 +3625,7 @@ warning.  And in Perl 5.005, this special treatment will cease.
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the
 articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup.
-There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl
+There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/ , the Perl
 Home Page.
 
 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
diff --git a/pod/perl56delta.pod b/pod/perl56delta.pod
index 5d07c14385..097f43e6b5 100644
--- a/pod/perl56delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl56delta.pod
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ warning.  And in Perl 5.005, this special treatment will cease.
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the
 articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup.
-There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl
+There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/ , the Perl
 Home Page.
 
 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
diff --git a/pod/perl570delta.pod b/pod/perl570delta.pod
index 9ca2dfac94..0d287545b7 100644
--- a/pod/perl570delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl570delta.pod
@@ -870,8 +870,8 @@ progress is the bytecode compiler.
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
 recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl
-bug database at http://bugs.perl.org.  There may also be
-information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl Home Page.
+bug database at http://bugs.perl.org/  There may also be
+information at http://www.perl.com/perl/ , the Perl Home Page.
 
 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
 program included with your release.  Be sure to trim your bug down
diff --git a/pod/perl571delta.pod b/pod/perl571delta.pod
index 2975c06876..cfaa614d41 100644
--- a/pod/perl571delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl571delta.pod
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ Storable, Text-Tabs+Wrap.
 =item *
 
 Hashes now use Bob Jenkins "One-at-a-Time" hashing key algorithm
-(http://burtleburtle.net/bob/hash/doobs.html).  This algorithm is
+( http://burtleburtle.net/bob/hash/doobs.html ).  This algorithm is
 reasonably fast while producing a much better spread of values than
 the old hashing algorithm (originally by Chris Torek, later tweaked by
 Ilya Zakharevich).  Hash values output from the algorithm on a hash of
@@ -1046,8 +1046,8 @@ working order yet.
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
 recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl
-bug database at http://bugs.perl.org.  There may also be
-information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl Home Page.
+bug database at http://bugs.perl.org/  There may also be
+information at http://www.perl.com/perl/ , the Perl Home Page.
 
 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
 program included with your release.  Be sure to trim your bug down
diff --git a/pod/perl572delta.pod b/pod/perl572delta.pod
index c080ee85e1..584fb1e284 100644
--- a/pod/perl572delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl572delta.pod
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ long doubles support in AIX should be better now.  See L<perlaix>.
 
 =item *
 
-AtheOS (http://www.atheos.cx/) is a new platform.
+AtheOS ( http://www.atheos.cx/ ) is a new platform.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -802,8 +802,8 @@ libraries).
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
 recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl
-bug database at http://bugs.perl.org.  There may also be
-information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl Home Page.
+bug database at http://bugs.perl.org/  There may also be
+information at http://www.perl.com/perl/ , the Perl Home Page.
 
 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
 program included with your release.  Be sure to trim your bug down
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 59de7fd8f0..59d69dc201 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ exist, but they wouldn't have arrived in time to save quicksort.
 =item *
 
 Hashes now use Bob Jenkins "One-at-a-Time" hashing key algorithm
-(http://burtleburtle.net/bob/hash/doobs.html).  This algorithm is
+( http://burtleburtle.net/bob/hash/doobs.html ).  This algorithm is
 reasonably fast while producing a much better spread of values than
 the old hashing algorithm (originally by Chris Torek, later tweaked by
 Ilya Zakharevich).  Hash values output from the algorithm on a hash of
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ After a long pause, AmigaOS has been verified to be happy with Perl.
 
 =item *
 
-AtheOS (http://www.atheos.cx/) is a new platform.
+AtheOS ( http://www.atheos.cx/ ) is a new platform.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -2864,8 +2864,8 @@ from the CPAN.
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
 recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl
-bug database at http://bugs.perl.org.  There may also be
-information at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.
+bug database at http://bugs.perl.org/  There may also be
+information at http://www.perl.com/ , the Perl Home Page.
 
 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
 program included with your release.  Be sure to trim your bug down
diff --git a/pod/perlembed.pod b/pod/perlembed.pod
index e8634577b0..2d6b20dce0 100644
--- a/pod/perlembed.pod
+++ b/pod/perlembed.pod
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ you:
 
 If the B<ExtUtils::Embed> module isn't part of your Perl distribution,
 you can retrieve it from
-http://www.perl.com/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/ExtUtils/.  (If
-this documentation came from your Perl distribution, then you're
+http://www.perl.com/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/ExtUtils/
+(If this documentation came from your Perl distribution, then you're
 running 5.004 or better and you already have it.)
 
 The B<ExtUtils::Embed> kit on CPAN also contains all source code for
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ Christiansen, Guy Decoux, Hallvard Furuseth, Dov Grobgeld, and Ilya
 Zakharevich.
 
 Doug MacEachern has an article on embedding in Volume 1, Issue 4 of
-The Perl Journal (http://tpj.com).  Doug is also the developer of the
+The Perl Journal ( http://www.tpj.com/ ).  Doug is also the developer of the
 most widely-used Perl embedding: the mod_perl system
 (perl.apache.org), which embeds Perl in the Apache web server.
 Oracle, Binary Evolution, ActiveState, and Ben Sugars's nsapi_perl
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
index 10839fe129..4555714df4 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ following groups:
 
 There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at 
 nntp://nntp.perl.org, or a web interface to the same lists at
-http://nntp.perl.org/group/.  Other groups are listed at 
+http://nntp.perl.org/group/ .  Other groups are listed at 
 http://lists.perl.org/
 
 =head2 Where should I post source code?
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ You should post source code to whichever group is most appropriate, but
 feel free to cross-post to comp.lang.perl.misc.  If you want to cross-post
 to alt.sources, please make sure it follows their posting standards,
 including setting the Followup-To header line to NOT include alt.sources;
-see their FAQ (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/alt-sources-intro/) for details.
+see their FAQ ( http://www.faqs.org/faqs/alt-sources-intro/ ) for details.
 
 If you're just looking for software, first use Google
-(http://www.google.com), Google's usenet search interface
-(http://groups.google.com),  and CPAN Search (http://search.cpan.org).  
+( http://www.google.com/ ), Google's usenet search interface
+( http://groups.google.com/ ),  and CPAN Search ( http://search.cpan.org/ ).
 This is faster and more productive than just posting a request.
 
 =head2 Perl Books
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ If you are more at home in Windows the following is available
 	ISBN 1-56592-324-3 [1st edition August 1997]
 	http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperlwin/
 
-Addison-Wesley (http://www.awlonline.com/) and Manning
-(http://www.manning.com/) are also publishers of some fine Perl books
+Addison-Wesley ( http://www.awlonline.com/ ) and Manning
+( http://www.manning.com/ ) are also publishers of some fine Perl books
 such as I<Object Oriented Programming with Perl> by Damian Conway and
 I<Network Programming with Perl> by Lincoln Stein.
 
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq3.pod b/pod/perlfaq3.pod
index 980e344f8b..2ac18e7004 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq3.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq3.pod
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ If you want an IDE, check the following:
 ActiveState's cross-platform (as of April 2001 Windows and Linux),
 multi-language IDE has Perl support, including a regular expression
 debugger and remote debugging
-(http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/Komodo/index.html).  (Visual
+( http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/Komodo/index.html ).  (Visual
 Perl, a Visual Studio.NET plug-in is currently (early 2001) in beta
 ( http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/VisualPerl/index.html )).
 
 =item The Object System
 
-(http://www.castlelink.co.uk/object_system/) is a Perl web
+( http://www.castlelink.co.uk/object_system/ ) is a Perl web
 applications development IDE, apparently for any platform
 that runs Perl.
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ under Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
 
 =item PerlBuilder
 
-(http://www.solutionsoft.com/perl.htm) is an integrated development
+( http://www.solutionsoft.com/perl.htm ) is an integrated development
 environment for Windows that supports Perl development.
 
 =item visiPerl+
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ do not work since they insert all sorts of behind-the-scenes
 information, although some allow you to save files as "Text
 Only". You can also download text editors designed
 specifically for programming, such as Textpad
-(http://www.textpad.com/) and UltraEdit
-(http://www.ultraedit.com), among others.
+( http://www.textpad.com/ ) and UltraEdit
+( http://www.ultraedit.com/ ), among others.
 
 If you are using MacOS, the same concerns apply.  MacPerl
 (for Classic environments) comes with a simple editor.
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ win32: http://www.cs.vu.nl/%7Etmgil/vi.html
 For vi lovers in general, Windows or elsewhere:
 http://www.thomer.com/thomer/vi/vi.html
 
-nvi (http://www.bostic.com/vi/, available from CPAN in src/misc/) is
+nvi ( http://www.bostic.com/vi/ , available from CPAN in src/misc/) is
 yet another vi clone, unfortunately not available for Windows, but in
 UNIX platforms you might be interested in trying it out, firstly because
 strictly speaking it is not a vi clone, it is the real vi, or the new
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ http://www.slickedit.com/
 
 There is also a toyedit Text widget based editor written in Perl
 that is distributed with the Tk module on CPAN.  The ptkdb
-(http://world.std.com/~aep/ptkdb/) is a Perl/tk based debugger that
+( http://world.std.com/~aep/ptkdb/ ) is a Perl/tk based debugger that
 acts as a development environment of sorts.  Perl Composer
-(http://perlcomposer.sourceforge.net/vperl.html) is an IDE for Perl/Tk
+( http://perlcomposer.sourceforge.net/vperl.html ) is an IDE for Perl/Tk
 GUI creation.
 
 In addition to an editor/IDE you might be interested in a more
@@ -331,17 +331,17 @@ from the Cygwin package ( http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ )
 
 =item Ksh
 
-from the MKS Toolkit (http://www.mks.com/), or the Bourne shell of
+from the MKS Toolkit ( http://www.mks.com/ ), or the Bourne shell of
 the U/WIN environment ( http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/ )
 
 =item Tcsh
 
-ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/tcsh/, see also
+ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/tcsh/ , see also
 http://www.primate.wisc.edu/software/csh-tcsh-book/
 
 =item Zsh
 
-ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/, see also http://www.zsh.org/
+ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/ , see also http://www.zsh.org/
 
 =back
 
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ you> because the process start-up overhead is where the bottleneck is.
 
 There are two popular ways to avoid this overhead.  One solution
 involves running the Apache HTTP server (available from
-http://www.apache.org/) with either of the mod_perl or mod_fastcgi
+http://www.apache.org/ ) with either of the mod_perl or mod_fastcgi
 plugin modules.
 
 With mod_perl and the Apache::Registry module (distributed with
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ anything a module written in C can.  For more on mod_perl, see
 http://perl.apache.org/
 
 With the FCGI module (from CPAN) and the mod_fastcgi
-module (available from http://www.fastcgi.com/) each of your Perl
+module ( available from http://www.fastcgi.com/ ) each of your Perl
 programs becomes a permanent CGI daemon process.
 
 Both of these solutions can have far-reaching effects on your system
diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod
index 1709e0ed07..986d473ce0 100644
--- a/pod/perlhack.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhack.pod
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ interpreter.  ``A core module'' is one that ships with Perl.
 =head2 Keeping in sync
 
 The source code to the Perl interpreter, in its different versions, is
-kept in a repository managed by a revision control system (which is
-currently the Perforce program, see http://perforce.com/).  The
+kept in a repository managed by a revision control system ( which is
+currently the Perforce program, see http://perforce.com/ ).  The
 pumpkings and a few others have access to the repository to check in
 changes.  Periodically the pumpking for the development version of Perl
 will release a new version, so the rest of the porters can see what's
@@ -481,9 +481,15 @@ for reference.
 
 =over 4
 
-There are three (3) remote administrative interfaces for modifying bug status, category, etc.  In all cases an admin must be first registered with the Perlbug database by sending an email request to richard@perl.org or bugmongers@perl.org.  
+There are three (3) remote administrative interfaces for modifying bug
+status, category, etc.  In all cases an admin must be first registered
+with the Perlbug database by sending an email request to
+richard@perl.org or bugmongers@perl.org.
 
-The main requirement is the willingness to classify, (with the emphasis on closing where possible :), outstanding bugs.  Further explanation can be garnered from the web at http://bugs.perl.org/, or by asking on the admin mailing list at: bugmongers@perl.org
+The main requirement is the willingness to classify, (with the
+emphasis on closing where possible :), outstanding bugs.  Further
+explanation can be garnered from the web at http://bugs.perl.org/ , or
+by asking on the admin mailing list at: bugmongers@perl.org
 
 For more info on the web see
 
@@ -538,7 +544,7 @@ patching a core module and there's an author listed, send the author a
 copy (see L<Patching a core module>).  This lets other porters review
 your patch, which catches a surprising number of errors in patches.
 Either use the diff program (available in source code form from
-I<ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/>), or use Johan Vromans' I<makepatch>
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ , or use Johan Vromans' I<makepatch>
 (available from I<CPAN/authors/id/JV/>).  Unified diffs are preferred,
 but context diffs are accepted.  Do not send RCS-style diffs or diffs
 without context lines.  More information is given in the
@@ -555,15 +561,15 @@ To report a bug in Perl, use the program I<perlbug> which comes with
 Perl (if you can't get Perl to work, send mail to the address
 I<perlbug@perl.org> or I<perlbug@perl.com>).  Reporting bugs through
 I<perlbug> feeds into the automated bug-tracking system, access to
-which is provided through the web at I<http://bugs.perl.org/>.  It
+which is provided through the web at http://bugs.perl.org/ .  It
 often pays to check the archives of the perl5-porters mailing list to
 see whether the bug you're reporting has been reported before, and if
 so whether it was considered a bug.  See above for the location of
 the searchable archives.
 
-The CPAN testers (I<http://testers.cpan.org/>) are a group of
+The CPAN testers ( http://testers.cpan.org/ ) are a group of
 volunteers who test CPAN modules on a variety of platforms.  Perl Labs
-(I<http://labs.perl.org/>) automatically tests Perl source releases on
+( http://labs.perl.org/ ) automatically tests Perl source releases on
 platforms and gives feedback to the CPAN testers mailing list.  Both
 efforts welcome volunteers.
 
@@ -615,7 +621,7 @@ wanting to go about Perl development.
 =item The perl5-porters FAQ
 
 This is posted to perl5-porters at the beginning on every month, and
-should be available from http://perlhacker.org/p5p-faq; alternatively,
+should be available from http://perlhacker.org/p5p-faq ; alternatively,
 you can get the FAQ emailed to you by sending mail to
 C<perl5-porters-faq@perl.org>. It contains hints on reading
 perl5-porters, information on how perl5-porters works and how Perl
diff --git a/pod/perlintro.pod b/pod/perlintro.pod
index cde6742746..5fc9b66e85 100644
--- a/pod/perlintro.pod
+++ b/pod/perlintro.pod
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ in using third-party modules, which are documented below.
 =head2 Using Perl modules
 
 Perl modules provide a range of features to help you avoid reinventing
-the wheel, and can be downloaded from CPAN (http://www.cpan.org).  A
+the wheel, and can be downloaded from CPAN ( http://www.cpan.org/ ).  A
 number of popular modules are included with the Perl distribution
 itself.
 
diff --git a/pod/perllocale.pod b/pod/perllocale.pod
index 5605428dd5..bc7eecbfb8 100644
--- a/pod/perllocale.pod
+++ b/pod/perllocale.pod
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ structure.
 =head2 Freely available locale definitions
 
 There is a large collection of locale definitions at
-C<ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection>.  You should be aware that it is
+ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection .  You should be aware that it is
 unsupported, and is not claimed to be fit for any purpose.  If your
 system allows installation of arbitrary locales, you may find the
 definitions useful as they are, or as a basis for the development of
diff --git a/pod/perlnewmod.pod b/pod/perlnewmod.pod
index dd058e88b3..a5e49612d1 100644
--- a/pod/perlnewmod.pod
+++ b/pod/perlnewmod.pod
@@ -282,5 +282,5 @@ Simon Cozens, C<simon@cpan.org>
 
 L<perlmod>, L<perlmodlib>, L<perlmodinstall>, L<h2xs>, L<strict>,
 L<Carp>, L<Exporter>, L<perlpod>, L<Test>, L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>,
-http://www.cpan.org/, Ken Williams' tutorial on building your own
+http://www.cpan.org/ , Ken Williams' tutorial on building your own
 module at http://mathforum.org/~ken/perl_modules.html
diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index f70e096a31..e81e146ae7 100644
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ and L<perldos>.
 
 The EMX environment for DOS, OS/2, etc. emx@iaehv.nl,
 http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/gnu/emx+gcc/index.html or
-ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/emx.  Also L<perlos2>.
+ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/emx/  Also L<perlos2>.
 
 =item *
 
diff --git a/pod/perlreftut.pod b/pod/perlreftut.pod
index 1e4ad8f05a..83e6aa8bd3 100644
--- a/pod/perlreftut.pod
+++ b/pod/perlreftut.pod
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ to do with references.
 Author: Mark-Jason Dominus, Plover Systems (C<mjd-perl-ref+@plover.com>)
 
 This article originally appeared in I<The Perl Journal>
-(http://tpj.com) volume 3, #2.  Reprinted with permission.  
+( http://www.tpj.com/ ) volume 3, #2.  Reprinted with permission.  
 
 The original title was I<Understand References Today>.
 
diff --git a/pod/perltodo.pod b/pod/perltodo.pod
index 22b396b1ba..85027e31e5 100644
--- a/pod/perltodo.pod
+++ b/pod/perltodo.pod
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ Added in 5.7.1
 
 =head2 Mailing list archives
 
-http://lists.perl.org/, http://archive.develooper.com/
+http://lists.perl.org/ , http://archive.develooper.com/
 
 =head2 Bug tracking