Wikipedia:WikiProject Fix common mistakes
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The goal of this project is to reduce the number of common mistakes in the article space of Wikipedia.
The idea is that we check if the entries still contain those errors, and fix the articles if necessary.
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Intro[edit]
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Leading the charge in the War on Error! Must be active, systematic, have lists, & need help. |
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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.
- Partial work is ok, just note your username and the date worked on. Any entries not marked
Done still need work! - The link under "Latest Database Dump" contains a listing of occurrences generated from a database dump. The date is what dump was used to generate the list. The list can be checked manually or loaded into AWB.
- The "How Long Ago" column was calculated November 19. Click to recalculate it now.
Instructions[edit]
Any help is appreciated. Contributing is easy:
- Pick one of the errors from the table below.
- Work through the pages in the Latest Database Dump List, fixing any errors you find.
- Edit the list and remove any articles you have fixed.
- Update the date you checked in the other columns as (MM), (DD), (YYYY).
- If you finished the whole list, mark it
Done - (Optional) - Return to step 1 and try another list!
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.
Log[edit]
| Error | Latest Database Dump List | Last Checked | How Long Ago | Status |
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| a a | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 10 hours ago | |
| an an | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 11 hours ago | |
| and and | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 10 hours ago | |
| are are | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 10 hours ago | |
| be be | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 8 hours ago | |
| by by | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 8 hours ago | |
| for for | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 8 hours ago | |
| from from | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 4 hours ago | |
| he he | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 4 hours ago | |
| in in | November 2018 | November 17, 2018 | 23 hours ago | |
| is is | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 3 hours ago | |
| it it | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 28 minutes ago | |
| of of | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 19 minutes ago | |
| she she | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 16 minutes ago | |
| the the | November 2018 | October 31, 2018 | 18 days ago | |
| this this | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 14 minutes ago | |
| to to | November 2018 | October 31, 2018 | 17 days ago | |
| was was | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 24 seconds ago | |
| were were | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 12 minutes ago | |
| when when | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 6 minutes ago | |
| with with | November 2018 | November 18, 2018 | 11 minutes ago | |
| a an[A] | November 2018 | October 31, 2018 | 17 days ago | |
| an a[A] | November 2018 | November 1, 2018 | 17 days ago | |
| a the[A] | November 2018 | November 1, 2018 | 17 days ago |
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See also[edit]
- Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes
- Commonly misspelled English words
- Wiktionary:Category:English misspellings
- Wikipedia:Database reports/Linked misspellings
- Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Repetitions
- Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Grammar and miscellaneous
- Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Homophones
- Category:Redirects from misspellings