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The goal of this project is to reduce the number of Wikipedia:common mistakes in the article space of Wikipedia. I use a program to generate a list of possible errors in an off-line copy of the database (currently used version: November 26th, 2004). The idea is that we check if the entries still contain those errors, and fix the articles if necessary.
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[edit] Duplicated words!
So as not to duplicate work, here is a list of occurrences checked so far. When you have fixed all the instances of an error found in Wikipedia, please sign and date. In general, please repeat the search that has not been performed for the longest time. If you are using google to search for instances of errors, it is probably best to wait six months before repeating a search. If you are using a Database dump to search, please specify the date of that dump.
- an an: last checked 28 Dec 2010 sct72
- and and: last checked 31 May 2011Sct72
- are are: last checked - 28 Feb 2011 sct72
- be be: last checked 27 Apr 2011 Sct72
- by by: last checked 20 July 2011 Sct72
- for for: last checked 21 June 2011 Sct72
- from from: last checked 1 December 2010 Gaius Cornelius
- he he: last checked 30 Mar 2011 Sct72
- if if: last checked 28 April 2011 Bgwhite
- in in: last checked 29 January 2011 Sct72
- is is: last checked 8 December 2011 Sct72
- it it: last checked 28 November 2011 Sct72
- of of: last checked 28 April 2011 Bgwhite
- she she: last checked 28 April 2011 Bgwhite
- the the: last checked Dec 2010 LilHelpa
- this this: last checked 27 September 2011 Sct72
- to to: last checked 27 October 2011 Sct72
- was was: last checked 3 November 2010 Gaius Cornelius
- were were: last checked 8 November 2010
- when when: last checked 21 June 2011 LilHelpa
- with with: last checked 29 August 2011 Sct72
- a a: last checked
- (not sure how to do this one, Google keeps
returning results for AA instead of A A)
- (not sure how to do this one, Google keeps
Near duplicates:
- a an: last checked 6 October 2011 Gaius Cornelius (talk)
- an a: last checked
- a the: (NB: many false positives) last checked
[edit] Instructions
Any help would be appreciated with this. Contributing is easy:
- pick an entry of one of the lists given above.
- check if article still contains the error pattern (e.g. 'the the')
- if it is an error, fix it.
- if you feel like it, return to step 1.
- note the date that you fixed all the errors.
- thank you! add your name to the contributor list, if you like.
If you have an idea about another pattern to search for, please add it to the relevant section of the discussion page of this project.
[edit] Tools
[edit] Contributors
- Alai
- Alexrudd
- Atakdoug
- Brian A. Sayrs
- Covington
- Danny
- DavidWBrooks
- Eric119
- —-- That Guy, From That Show! (esperanza) 2006-04-20 18:23
- Gaius Cornelius
- Goldom
- GRider
- Harryboyles
- Grika Ⓣ
- iKato
- JPmaverick
- Kisholi
- Lerdsuwa
- Mlessard
- Doradus
- Pouya
- Quarl
- Reedy Boy
- Ricky81682
- Saber girl08
- Sam Hocevar
- Satori
- SpigotMap
- Tonya Brady
- Widders
- Wolf530
- Ruwayda Mustafah (talk) 00:32, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks to all who have helped, and to Topbanana and Neilc for their instructive projects!
