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Patrolling

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User:Lupin/Anti-vandal tool


>Very low pending changes backlog: 3 pages according to DatBot as of 16:15, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

All New: 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Orphaned: 500 1001 1501

Adopted Typos

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For more information, see the Adopt-a-typo and Typo Team projects. For more general proofreading and editing, see the Guild of Copy Editors.

Citation errors

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Category Status
CS1 errors: arXiv‎ checkY
CS1 errors: ASIN checkY
CS1 errors: bibcode‎ checkY
CS1 errors: DOI 1
CS1 errors: invalid parameter value 1
CS1 errors: ISBN‎‎ 203
CS1 errors: ISSN‎‎ 3
CS1 errors: LCCN‎ checkY
CS1 errors: OCLC checkY
CS1 errors: OL checkY
CS1 errors: parameter link‎ 2
CS1 errors: PMC‎ checkY
CS1 errors: PMID‎ checkY
CS1 errors: translated title‎‎ checkY
Pages with empty citations‎ checkY
Pages with citations having redundant parameters‎ checkY
Pages with citations using unnamed parameters‎ checkY
Pages with citations using unsupported parameters‎ checkY
URL–wikilink conflict 2

Some CS1 error categories - these are the most manageable ones, but the full list is here. Adapted from version on Jonesey95's tools page

Most common citation errors

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Following are some little errors I came across a lot going through the table above, which don't currently have completely clear explanations on other pages.

Attempted archiving

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If a URL no longer works, DO NOT move that URL into the parameter dead-url=. That is used for a different thing (pre-emptive archiving; see Template:Citation#URL). Usually the intention is to add {{dead link}} ([dead link]). This template goes after the citation, but before the </ref>. Instead, however, consider searching through some archive websites, and if an archived version is found, add it in archive url= inside the citation template. If no copy exists, add the dead link template with fix-attempted=yes to display [permanent dead link], or delete the whole reference and add {{citation needed}}. Leaving a dead reference in an article can sometimes be useful to show that at one point, there was (probably) a reliable source for the fact, or to allow another editor to find the reference somewhere else.

Miscellaneous

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[1] search finds Wikipedia pages with the initials "X, Y"


The open task table

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You can help improve the articles listed below! This list updates frequently, so check back here for more tasks to try. (See Wikipedia:Maintenance or the Task Center for further information.)

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