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Welcome to this month's Backlog Elimination Drive! The goal is to "wikify" as many articles as you can during the month. Below, you'll find instructions on how to wikify, log your score, and find articles to wikify. Thanks for participating!

Joining the drive

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Joining instructions are on the log page in the green box.

How do you wikify an article?

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Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify
Subtotals
September 2009130
October 20092
November 20097
December 20096
January 201048
February 201017
March 20104
April 201037
May 201019
June 201026
July 201025
August 201037
September 201034
October 201024
November 201015
December 201019
January 201132
February 201129
March 201130
April 201140
May 201120
June 201134
July 201177
August 201134
September 201122
October 201147
November 201136
December 201141
January 201261
February 201247
March 201272
April 201236
May 201234
June 201233
July 201250
August 201258
September 201260
October 201240
November 201240
December 201239
January 201350
February 201346
March 201331
April 201346
May 201342
June 201329
July 201368
August 201356
September 201371
October 201335
November 201344
December 201350
January 201462
February 201447
March 201446
April 201425
May 201464
June 201438
July 201447
August 201456
September 201438
October 201445
November 201436
December 201447
January 201541
February 201573
March 2015129
April 201556
May 201576
June 201568
July 201559
August 201555
September 201547
October 201554
November 201554
December 2015174
January 201672
February 201666
March 201658
April 201666
May 201669
June 201654
July 201642
August 201644
September 201672
October 201656
November 201668
December 201684
January 201766
February 201755
March 201767
April 201765
May 201769
June 2017100
July 201773
August 2017109
September 201787
October 201747
November 201761
December 201773
January 201885
February 201876
March 201879
April 201874
May 201876
June 201861
July 201883
August 201874
September 201893
October 201898
November 201870
December 201867
January 201984
February 201962
March 201975
April 201965
May 201978
June 201992
July 2019146
August 2019108
September 201966
October 201989
November 2019151
December 201970
January 202083
February 202095
March 202094
April 202088
May 2020118
June 2020112
July 2020111
August 202088
September 202092
October 2020110
November 2020115
December 2020121
January 2021132
February 2021136
March 2021186
April 2021156
May 2021153
June 2021104
July 2021141
August 2021195
September 2021203
October 2021252
November 2021219
December 2021150
January 2022176
February 2022178
March 2022165
April 2022135
May 2022169
June 2022441
July 2022176
August 20226,239
September 20223,772
October 2022155
November 2022103
December 2022105
January 2023155
February 2023115
March 2023182
April 2023183
May 2023175
June 2023183
July 2023231
August 2023165
September 2023165
October 2023209
November 2023233
December 2023231
January 2024280
February 2024220
March 2024223
April 2024217
May 2024416
June 2024332
July 2024338
August 2024600
September 2024455
October 2024337
Undated articles0

Ten simple steps to thoroughly wikify an article

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  1. Check for copyright violations. Long segments of text without wikilinks can indicate that the text was illegally copied into Wikipedia. Look for (other red flags). Instructions for reporting violations are at Wikipedia:Copyright problems.
  2. Add wikilinks. Where appropriate, make links to other articles by putting "[[" and "]]" on either side of relevant words (see WP:LINK for more information) and check that your links work as expected. Note that dates should not be linked purely for the purpose of autoformatting; in general, consensus is that there are very limited instances where linking of dates is desirable. Please do not link terms that most readers are familiar with, including common occupations (e.g., "writer"), well-known geographical terms (e.g., "United States"), or everyday items (e.g., "milk").
  3. Format the lead. Create or improve the lead paragraph. It should "define the topic, establish context, explain why the subject is interesting or notable, and summarize the most important points".
  4. Arrange layout. Arrange section headings as described at Wikipedia:Guide to layout. Be sure that any stub template appears after any category links, separated by two blank lines.
  5. Replace HTML tags with wiki markup, where available. Use of HTML tags is discouraged where equivalent wiki markup exists: for example, replace <b>bold text</b> with '''bold text'''. However, HTML is permitted where no corresponding wiki markup exists: e.g., H<sub>2</sub>O for subscripts and &nbsp; for a non-breaking space. See Help:Wikitext examples for a useful list of common wikitext and appropriate HTML markup.
  6. Clean up instances of link rot and format the references or footnotes, using citation templates when appropriate.
  7. Add an infobox if appropriate. Add an infobox if it is appropriate for the article.
  8. For an article about a person, use {{L}} to add a sort key and categories. The three parameters of this template will automatically add a sort key, birth and death categories, and Category:Living people if true. For other articles, use {{DEFAULTSORT:}} to add a sortkey.
  9. Add {{coord missing}} if missing. Does an article about a place or building not have the coordinates? Add this template.
  10. Remove the tag. This will remove it from the list of tagged pages.
  11. Save your changes!

Articles that can't be wikified

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In some cases, articles cannot be wikified. In these cases, you can do one of the following:

Procedures for the drive

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  1. Log completed articles on the log page. If you complete a wikification, don't forget to list it so that you can get credit for the edit. Also don't forget to remove the cleanup tag from the article itself.
  2. No rubber-stamping of articles. Be thorough and complete in your wikifications, and make sure all the headings are correct and there are no mistakes in the syntax and coding.
  3. Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and improve the overall quality of the encyclopedia. Have fun!

Note: Don't forget to update the leaderboard yourself, if you belong on it.

How to find articles to work on

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Articles in need of wikification will be tagged with one of the following templates:

These articles can all be found in Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify. Click here to find a random article from this category.

CatScan

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Some people prefer to edit articles in a field they already know about. Such articles can be found using categories:[Credit 1]

  1. Go to the whimsically named CatScan. Don't be intimidated! It's easy to use.
  2. Set the Depth to 5.
  3. Write or paste Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify in the box labelled "Categories".
  4. Write the name of a category of interest on a separate line in the same box, eg Books.
  5. Scroll down and click the button labelled "Do it!"
  6. Be patient... For big categories the results might take a little while.

This example will find articles tagged with one of the above cleanup templates in Category:Books, as well as its sub-categories, sub-sub-categories, and so on down to sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-categories.

Credits

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  1. ^ Basically ripped from here; original tip from Jubileeclipman