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How to mark articles for cleanup
- Make sure this is the page you should be using. (See the section "Related pages" below.)
- Find the appropriate tag(s) in the table below.
- Add the tags to the top of the article.
- Add an explanatory note to the article's talk page and/or list the article on Wikipedia:Cleanup.
By doing this, you will put the article into one or more categories listed below where other Wikipedians can find and fix it.
If you don't have time to do anything more than tag an article as needing cleanup, that's fine and a very useful thing to do. (Reading and evaluating articles does indeed take a lot of time and is certainly real work.) If you do have the time to do so, it would be helpful to fix one article already on the list for every one that you add. This helps ensure that at least some fixit work actually does get done, and helps keep the size of this collection from growing without bound.
Where to find articles that need cleaning up
Many articles that have been identified as needing remedial cleanup are listed in one or more of the categories mentioned in the "Table of remedial cleanup tags" section below.
Template:Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
Related pages
| Resources for maintenance and collaboration edit | |
|---|---|
| Cleanup | General – Subject-specific – Move to Wiktionary – Wiki syntax – English grammar – Cleanup Taskforce |
| Categories | Orphaned – General cleanup – Articles to be sorted – Underpopulated – More... |
| Create an article | Most wanted – Requests 2 years+ – Requests 1 year+ – Requested articles – Blank pages |
| Stubs | Advice – Stubs by topic – Most wanted – Substubs – Short pages – Incomplete lists – Collaboration of the week |
| Disambig | Articles to merge – Articles to split |
| Deletion | Speedy – Articles – Categories – Redirects – Templates – Jokes – Log – Discussion archives – Undeletion |
| Polishing | Expand an article – Peer review – Featured candidates – Fill a topic list |
| Translation into English | From foreign Wikipedias – Existing pages |
| Images | Requested pictures – Pictures needing attention – Image recreation requests – Caption review – Images with missing articles |
| Controversy | Neutrality – Article accuracy – Statement accuracy – Copyright violations |
| To-do lists | Articles – Projects – Books |
| More | Active Wiki Fixup Projects – Offline reports – Open tasks |
For cleanup processes on several related articles, please head over to Wikipedia:Help wanted.
For images that need to be improved, see Wikipedia:Images for cleanup.
To request an image or map be added to an article, please see Wikipedia:Requested pictures or Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Requested and orphan maps.
For categories that need to be improved, see Wikipedia:Category cleanup.
For repetitive cleanup that would benefit from automation, see Wikipedia:Bot requests.
Collaboration coordination
Some editors prefer that helpers work on leftovers and older articles, just to deal with them and get them out of the way. See the cleanup calendar for requests from previous months. But either preference, new or old; all help is appreciated. If you have a cleanup routine, add your name and your routine preferences (how often, old/new articles, what subjects, etc ) to the cleanup routine list.
For those who like to help, you can also check out Wikipedia:Cleaning department.
Categories: Wikipedia maintenance