Wikipedia:Neglected articles

How the rankings are compiled

Low scores are bad; high scores are good. The worst articles come first in the listing. The factors considered in the scoring process, from most important to least important:

• The number of distinct editors that have touched the page (+1000 points each)
• If the first edit was by an anonymous contributor (-100 points)
• If the last edit was by an anonymous contributor (-100 points)
• The number of revisions (+1 point each)
• The timestamp of the latest revision (determines the fractional part of the score)

Not all pages are included:

• MediaWiki: pages are excluded, since these are only editable by administrators, and aren't supposed to change much.
• Category: pages are excluded due to an extremely high number of false positives. In many cases, the only edit for these is to parent them, and this is fine. We have other lists that are designed to detect problems in the category tree.
• Redirect pages are excluded, since these are often created in a single edit, and generally don't change after they are created.

How can I help?

Pick an article, and do some quick triage:

• These articles are likely to meet the Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion. Please check the article against these criteria, which include blatant copyright violations (which are defined in detail). You can tag them for deletion as instructed, or delete them yourself if you are an administrator.
• Please report all other actual or potential copyright violations on Wikipedia:Copyright problems.
• These articles are likely to need cleanup of some kind, to make them sound encyclopedic, to purge falsehoods, and to maintain neutrality. You can either do the cleanup yourself (go you!) or tag the article for attention by other editors, and to let readers know we know there is a problem. Wikipedia:Cleanup resources is an excellent starting place to find the right tag. Quickies:
  • {{POV}} if it is not neutral
  • {{Merge to|TARGET}} for short or redundant pages that can be merged with TARGET
  • {{cleanup|date=November 2024}} for non-specific cleanup (though lots of more-specific tags are available)
• If the article is quite short (perhaps 3-10 sentences and missing vital information) tag it as a stub. You can either use {{stub}} or, preferably, a topic-specific stub tag (since someone else will just have to come along and find a topic-specific tag anyway). You can find a list of approved stub tags at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types.
• If the article is longer than a stub, but could be expanded to include additional information of interest to readers, add the tag {{expansion}} to the talk page, and write a short note about what's missing.
• If an article is uncategorized, consider placing it in a category or adding the {{tl:uncategorized}} tag. See Wikipedia:Categorization for advice. Finding the right category is also helpful in identifying different articles on the same subject that would be good for merging with.
• For templates, check "What links here" (in the toolbox menu on the right-hand side of the page). Templates which aren't really being used, or which are redundant with other templates, should be listed on Wikipedia:Templates for deletion.
• Wikipedia: namespace pages that have interesting but out-of-date content on them can be "archived" by tagging them {{historical}}.

If you either a.) add an attention tag of some kind or b.) edit the article enough so that it's taken care of to your satisfaction, please remove it from the list to avoid duplication of effort. Alternatively, you can move it to the bottom of the page if you think it needs further triage. When the list is next updated, the fact that you edited it will probably push it far enough down in the rankings that it won't appear on this page.

If you find a page that is perfectly OK and should not be flagged again in the future, please write a note next to its listing and move it to the bottom of the page, so list updaters will be able to facilitate this. This will also help us improve the flagging algorithm.

Future improvements

Planned for the near future:

• List disambiguation pages separately.
• Red flag (-500?): Excessively short
• Red flag (-500?): Long and not wikified (no [[, probable copyvio)
• Red flag (-50?): Not wikified (no [[)
• Red flag (-50?): Orphaned (What Links Here < 1 and it's not a self-link)

Possible:

• Rank category description pages based on:
  • The same as other pages
  • Whether or not there is any text other than the link to the parent category
• foul-language-o-meter

Proposed:

• Red flag (-100): no category on page

Listings

These listings were created from the January 25, 2006 database dump.

Articles with single anon editor, Apr 2005

Miscellaneous

empty list

Non-articles with single anon editor, 2002-2004

Project space

empty list

Template space

• 801.20040829212 Template:Olympic_Games_Polo
• 801.200408312057 Template:Olympic_Games_Rugby
• 801.200412150338 Template:HP_unlinked
• 802.200412100248 Template:Ohio_five
• 802.200412150331 Template:HP1_linked
• 802.200412150332 Template:HP2_linked
• 802.200412150333 Template:HP3_linked
• 802.200412150333 Template:HP4_linked
• 802.20041215033 Template:HP_linked
• 803.200412150334 Template:HP5_linked

Suppressed listings

The neglected articles linked to below have been automatically removed from the above listings. To do this, the update script looks for the text ==Suppressed listings== on this page, and excludes all links below that point. (So please don't change the header for this section without letting Beland know. Thanks!)

Special case for discussion

The following are apparently part of some project - I nominated five for MfD, before realizing that there was an entire structure in place to contain them - this requires a meta solution.

1. 801.200411042351 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/Atari
2. 801.200411131831 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/Plagiarism
3. 801.200410291626 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/Syllabus
4. 801.200410300301 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/System_of_Objects
5. 801.200410300308 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/The_Society_of_Spectacle
6. 801.20041030031 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/The_Language_of_New_Media
7. 801.200411270227 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/William_Yardley
8. 801.200411300618 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/MarthaGraham
9. 801.200412151826 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/Internet_Art
10. 801.200412151829 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/Rhythm_Science
11. 801.200412151832 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/Samuels
12. 801.200412151834 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/The_Interventionists
13. 801.200412152101 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/cohendigital
14. 802.200411042355 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/Sega
15. 802.200411270216 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/Anne_Thompson
16. 804.200412151821 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/The_Contingent_Object
17. 805.200411042359 Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Open_Source_Culture/Patent_Scope

EB1911 claimed

Someone needs to check that these are from where they claim to be (Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 Edition).

• Online PNGs and TIFFs of the original book that may be useful: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Tim_Starling

• 801.200501242315 Edmund_Hickeringill - This article is an almost word-for-word copy of the same article in the 1911 Britannica Edition. WVhybrid 02:34, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
• 801.200501262227 Paul_Ferrier - The text of this article was copied word-for-word from the article of the same name in the 1911 Britannica Edition. WVhybrid 03:22, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
• 801.200501291411 Isaac_Hollister_Hall - This article was copied word-for-word from the article of the same name in the 1911 Britannica Edition. WVhybrid 00:27, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
• 801.200501301913 Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Hacklander
• 801.200501122147 Friedrich_von_Spielhagen
• 801.200501151433 Stephen_Evodius_Assemani
• 801.200411281753 Timocreon
• 801.200412031412 Charles_Pierre_Henri_Rieu
• 801.200412111122 Johannes_Scherr
• 801.200412120037 Louis_Prosper_Gachard
• 801.200412182156 Pierre_Gouthière
• 801.200412201943 John_Ernest_Grabe
• 801.200412202157 George_Washington_Greene
• 803.200409041454 Leptines
• 802.200411141657 John_Henry_Parker
• 802.200412120108 Hendrik_Jan_Schimmel
• 802.200501031449 Gottlieb_Sigmund_Gruner
• 801.200502071454 Christian,_Graf_zu_Stolberg
• 801.200502102108 Carlo_Alessandro_Guidi
• 801.200502131412 Jan_August_Hendrik_Leys
• 801.200502131819 Christopher_Newman_Hall
• 801.200502191156 Christian_Heinrich_Spiess
• 801.200502191533 Heracleon - This article, aside from very slight rewriting of the first paragraph, is copied word-for-word from the EB1911. Shorelander 03:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• 801.20050219161 George_Harvey
• 801.200502271922 Jean-Baptiste_Guimet
• 802.200502142158 Arnobius_the_Elder
• 801.200503051512 Antonio_Vivarini
• 801.200503051538 Himerius
• 801.200503051738 August_Hahn
• 801.200503121428 Johann_Gottlieb_Heineccius
• 801.200503121644 Victor_Henry
• 801.200503142128 Jehan_de_Waurin
• 801.200503261117 Benjamin_Heath
• 801.200503281418 John_Raphael_Smith
• 801.200503310956 Louis_Petit_de_Julleville
• 803.20050317232 Carl_Benedict_Hase
• 807.200503080613 Logographer_(history)
• 801.200504021147 Hierax
• 801.200504021649 Jan_Jakob_van_Oosterzee
• 801.20050403141 William_Simson
• 801.200504031548 Henry_Goodwin_Smith
• 801.200504031702 Francis_Sempill
• 801.200504090838 Heirloom_(law)
• 801.200504091727 John_Spenser
• 801.200504161556 Geoffrey_of_Paris
• 801.200504271958 David_Ames_Wells
• 801.200504301317 Samuel_Woodward
• 801.200504241528 Morris_Ketchum_Jesup
• 802.200504161557 Geoffrey_the_Baker

Articles that have received some attention but may need more

801.200501071927 Melatonin_(album) and 801.200501071934 Arousal_Disasters

Two albums by a artist whose notability is "unclear"(at least to me). Need someone to check this with the WP:MUSIC guidelines, and possibily delete. JesseW, the juggling janitor 08:39, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

• Minor artist on a minor label in Canada. Might need to {{prod}} the whole thing, methinks.--み使い'''Mitsukai 04:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
• Placed for {{prod}} Does not hold a gainful point, poss made with good intentions but doesnt seem to have been give TLC!--Phil Green 13:18, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

804.200504060045 Joey_Sellers

Tags added, but is going to need a bit of TLC.--み使い Mitsukai 04:36, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Added references/external links. Still a stub. — ERcheck (talk) 18:20, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Missing references for awards received. Also, external link to "Sellers biography, Saddleback College" is defunct.Nomenphile 00:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

802.200502190404 Fouta and 802.200502190407 Fleuve

stubbed both, but they're going to need some extensive work.--み使い Mitsukai 05:35, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

801.200504110755 RSDN

added {{notability}} tag. This one is really going to need some work, since it's regarding a Russian programming group, something I suspect is not quite commonly known here on the En WP.--み使い Mitsukai 06:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

801.200504221704 Metapsychiatry

stubbed and wikified. Still going to need extensive work.--み使い Mitsukai 07:04, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

802.200504270954 GM_Proving_Grounds

tags added, but it's going to need some massive work to get the article worthy, otherwise recommend it go up for AFD.--み使い Mitsukai 05:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

• Redirected to General Motors Proving Grounds. -- Satori Son 01:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

802.200501291926 Texas_A&M_University_System_Health_Science_Center

This article needs serious work. As it stands right now, all it is, is merely a collection of links. If it wasn't for the name, it'd otherwise be deleted.--み使い Mitsukai 04:25, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

It looks like this was merged into Texas_A&M_University_System Mishatx 17:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Texas_A&M_University_System is in need of post-merge help. As Mitsukai said, it's a collection of links.Nomenphile 00:51, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

802.200502180348 Norodom_Chakraping_Proloung_Khmer_Party

Going to need some extensive editing.--み使い Mitsukai 14:04, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

802.200504212045 Ira_Mellman and 802.200504211843 Chalk_Hill

Tagged and stubbed, but still going to need some work.--み使い Mitsukai 06:49, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

• Added new information and links; still could use work. User:Ithink72wp 7 November 2024

801.20050405205 SUBDUE

Not sure what can be done with this article. It's already once been copyvio'd, and I'm not sure anyone else knows what to do about it.--み使い Mitsukai 20:30, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

801.20050427033 Roland_Glassl

Tagged and stubbed, but still going to need some work.--み使い Mitsukai 22:28, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

802.200502152135 Adolph_Hausrath

Stubbed. Seems like a decent stub. Iggle 11:52, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

801.200502231113 S26_(Berlin)

Stubbed. It's a list of train stops on this particular line. --Iggle 12:06, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

801.200504141209 Cage aerial

I tagged it as a stub, but I don't know if I used the correct stub tag. Foxjwill 01:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Articles that do not need attention,
to be excluded from future listings

1. 801.200503040159 Helen_Hayes_Awards_Non-Resident_Production — looks legit in content & standard in formatting. Probably written by a registered user who forgot to log on. Doops | talk 02:28, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
2. 801.200503011859 Committee_on_Veterans'_Affairs - Looks good, I can't see anything to fix...
3. 801.200503011921 Reciprocal_innervation- Written by an expert. Don't know if accurate...
4. 801.200408012112 Viscount_Savage - looks ok --Alynna 07:20, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
5. 801.200408201503 Risk_Management_Chairman - harmless redirect --Alynna 07:33, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
6. 802.200411060659 On_the_Road_(String_Cheese_Incident) - looks fine --Alynna 07:49, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
7. 801.200502152344 Orenstein disambiguation page, looks ok ----Melaen 12:11, 24 January 2006 (UTC)Melaen
8. 801.200502170442 Eyadéma disambiguation page,---Melaen 12:11, 24 January 2006 (UTC)Melaen
9. 801.200412112102 Template:Blanking4, just a redirect... --Werdna648^T/_C\^@ 23:19, 11 February 2006 (UTC) 23:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

• 801.200202251551 Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Trivia_Part_1/Answer_1
• 801.200202251551 Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Trivia_Part_1/Answer_2
• 801.200202251551 Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Trivia_Part_1/Answer_3
• 801.200202251551 Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Trivia_Part_1/Answer_4
  • Perfectly fine pages. JesseW, the juggling janitor 07:25, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
• 801.200411272025 Charles_Baudin
  • A fine historical bio from the german edition. Looks good to me. JesseW, the juggling janitor 07:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

• 801.200412031345 North_Carolina_Bicycle_Route_2
  • Fine article, if on a remarkably narrow topic. JesseW, the juggling janitor 07:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
• 801.200412211611 Ferny_Grove - Odd little dab page between a Brisbane railway line and it's station. Not sure what to do with this one... JesseW, the juggling janitor 07:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

• 802.200412270236 Franco_Ventriglia - Some of the red links need help, but the article's fine otherwise.--み使い Mitsukai 04:58, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

• 802.200410041838 Weißenborn - Some of the red links need help, but the article's fine otherwise.--み使い Mitsukai 07:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

• 802.200412250308 Mount_Emily_(disambiguation)
• 803.200504111033 NBN_(disambiguation)
• 801.200412231115 Gary_Hall
• 801.200504051858 Yeongi-Gongju
• 801.200504212348 Keep_The_Faith_(album)
• 802.200501300437 Iwaki_Station
• 802.200502190325 Politics_of_Korea
• 803.200502151648 Kitahama_Station
• 803.200502180556 World_Cup_Stadium
• 801.200503171302 Diana_Jones

These are all disambiguation pages.--み使い Mitsukai 14:04, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

• 802.200503041929 1885_in_organized_crime
• 803.200504180052 2239

These articles aren't going to change anytime soon.--み使い Mitsukai 04:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

801.200501020536 Media_guide

1. I wikified it, but it's an American specific term, or purports to be, so preferably needs an American to give it the all clear. Hiding talk 21:16, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
2. I'm familiar with the term "Media Guide" from various sports references. Article seems ok. --Iggle 12:11, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

• 802.20050331082 Starvation_(glaciology) - This article seems fine.--み使い Mitsukai 13:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

See also

• Wikipedia:Dusty articles (no longer in use)