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Patrolling edit
>Low pending changes backlog: 4 pages according to DatBot as of 05:45, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Adopted Typos edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 Instead, however, consider searching through some archive websites, and if an archived version is found, add it in archive url= inside the citation template.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 edit
[1] search finds Wikipedia pages with the initials "X, Y"
The open task table edit
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