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Arrived: June 23, 2006 -- The current time and date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 13:10 (UTC)

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Leading the charge in the War on Error! Must be active, systematic, have lists, & need help.
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Articles that need to be wikified Massive backlog. Updated live (category) Dead-end pages These pages are not wikified. Updated 2007 Nov 3 Missing articles Wikipedia is not as complete as you might think. Ongoing Most wanted articles Updated July 2011 Oldest requested articles Updated 2008 June 22
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Red Link Recovery Turn red links blue. Updated January 2012 Articles needing geo-coordinates Help locate places. See WP:GEO. Updated live (category) Articles written by a single editor Reviewing articles written by an inexperienced editor. Updated 2011 May 24 Check Wikipedia Fix the syntax of Wikipedia. Updated every 15 minutes Disambiguation pages with links Directing ambiguous links to the intended articles. Updated 2009 June 1 Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons Moving free images to the Commons so they are easier to find. Updated live (categories) Orphaned articles Help link to these orphaned articles. Updated live (category Red Link Recovery Turn red links blue. Updated January 2012 Stubsensor Help remove stub tags from articles they don't belong on. Updated August 2011 Talk page redirects Fix mis-targeted talk page redirects. Updated 10 April 2009 Uncategorised articles Help categorise articles. Updated live (category) Unreferenced articles Ensuring articles include at least one reference or source. Updated live (category) Main · Inactive · Mini

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