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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Psypherium (talk | contribs) at 14:45, 20 February 2022 (→Log: "an an" wiki search now only searches mainspace. (search window reduced from 30,000 to 1000.) I didn't do this for "a a" straight away, because narrowing down from a million to a bit less than a million isn't really much help anyway. 1000 though, that's manageable, it's a decent days worth of checking probably, but still manageable.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

"WP:FIX" redirects here. For do not "fix" link or edit anything that is not broken, see WP:BROKEN and WP:NOTBROKEN.

The goal of this project is to reduce the number of common mistakes in the article space of Wikipedia.

The idea is that we check if the entries still contain those errors, and fix the articles if necessary.

Intro

Active Wiki Fixup Projects
Must be active, systematic, have lists, & need help.
Writing
Articles that need to be wikified
Massive backlog. Ongoing (category)
Dead-end pages
These pages are not wikified. Ongoing (category)
Missing articles
Wikipedia is not as complete as you might think. Ongoing
Most wanted articles
Updated February 2015
Oldest requested articles
Updated November 2012
Other
Articles needing geo-coordinates
Help locate places. See WP:GEO. Ongoing (category)
Articles written by a single editor
Reviewing articles written by a newer editor. Updated February 2013
Bluelink patrol
Directing wayward links to the intended articles. Ongoing
Check Wikipedia
Fix the syntax of Wikipedia. Updated every 15 minutes
Disambiguation pages with links
Directing ambiguous links to the intended articles. Ongoing
Fix Common Mistakes
Fix common mistakes in English grammar (e.g. "the the", "and and"). Ongoing
moss
Currently doing a collaborative spell-check of the entire encyclopedia.
Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons
Moving free images to the Commons so they are easier to find. Ongoing (categories)
Orphaned articles
Help link to these orphaned articles. Ongoing (category)
Red Link Recovery
Turn red links blue. Ongoing
Stubsensor
Help remove stub tags from articles they don't belong on. Updated August 2011
Uncategorised articles
Help categorise articles. Ongoing (category)
Unreferenced articles
Ensuring articles include at least one reference or source. Ongoing (category)

So as not to duplicate work, here is a list of occurrences checked so far. When you have fixed all the instances of an error found in Wikipedia, please sign and date. In general, please repeat the search that has not been performed for the longest time.

  • Partial work is ok, just note your username and the date worked on. Any entries not marked  Done still need work!
  • The link under "Latest Database Dump" contains a listing of occurrences generated from a database dump. The date is what dump was used to generate the list. The list can be checked manually or loaded into AWB.
  • The "How Long Ago" column was calculated December 4. Click Purge to recalculate it now.
  • To encourage curious editors to come to this page to help, add something similar to the following to your edit summary

Fixing grammar mistake, found at: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fix common mistakes]]

Instructions

Any help is appreciated. Contributing is easy:

  1. Pick one of the errors from the table below.
  2. Work through the pages in the Latest Database Dump List, fixing any errors you find.
  3. Edit the list and remove any articles you have fixed.
  4. Update the date you checked in the other columns as (MM), (DD), (YYYY).
  5. If you finished the whole list, mark it  Done
  6. (Optional) - Return to step 1 and try another list!

If you have an idea about another pattern to search for, please add it to the relevant section of the discussion page of this project.

Log

Error Wiki search Google Latest Database Dump List Last Checked How Long Ago Status
a a a a September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
an an an an an an September 2021 December 22, 2021 2 years ago  Done
and and and and and and September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
are are are are are are September 2021 May 24, 2021 3 years ago  Done
be be be be be be September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
by by by by by by September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
for for for for for for September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
from from from from from from September 2021 February 20, 2022 2 years ago  Done
he he he he he he September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
in in in in in in September 2021 March 24, 2020 4 years ago
is is is is is is September 2021 March 24, 2020 4 years ago
it it it it it it September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
of of of of of of September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
she she she she she she September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
the the the the the the September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago  Done
this this this this this this September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
to to to to to to September 2021 March 24, 2020 4 years ago
was was was was was was September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
were were were were were were September 2021 December 22, 2021 2 years ago  Done
when when when when when when September 2021 December 22, 2021 2 years ago  Done
with with with with with with September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
a an[A] a an a an September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
an a[A] an a an a September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
a the[A] a the a the September 2021 March 23, 2020 4 years ago
  1. ^ a b c Near Duplicate

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