| Active Wiki Fixup Projects | | Leading the charge in the War on Error! Must be active, systematic, have lists, & need help. | | Writing | | | | Other | | | Wikipedia:CiterSquad is a category-based project. Per Wikipedia:Verifiability The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. "Verifiable" in this context means that any reader should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source. Wikipedia:Verifiability is one of Wikipedia's core content policies. The others include Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. The primary goal to ensure that articles meet at least the barest minimum of verifiability, by including at least one reliable published (online or offline) reference. The project Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles also has this goal, articles with {{Unreferenced}} are reviewed, based on the length of time the article has been tagged. An optional goal of this project is to check that the article is unreferenced, and if the article is appropriate for Wikipedia, ensure that the correct template {{BLP unsourced}}, {{Unreferenced}} to encourage editors to reference the article. If there are poorly formatted references in the article, format them per Wikipedia:Citing sources or place the {{Refimprove}} tag. [edit] The tasks [edit] Clean-up categories needing references - Pick an article from one of the categories listed below
- Check for any references
- If it is a Disambiguation page add {{disambig}}, these generally don't require references.
- If there are poorly formatted references in the article, format them per Wikipedia:Citing sources or add {{Refimprove}}, {{citation style}}
- Find and add references as needed
- Update or remove tagging as appropriate.
- For bonus points see if your references are also useful for related articles.
| | | | Articles needing additional references | | (refresh) | | June 2006 | 394 | | July 2006 | 238 | | August 2006 | 115 | | September 2006 | 64 | | October 2006 | 167 | | November 2006 | 165 | | December 2006 | 310 | | January 2007 | 313 | | February 2007 | 442 | | March 2007 | 404 | | April 2007 | 632 | | May 2007 | 934 | | June 2007 | 1,306 | | July 2007 | 2,455 | | August 2007 | 1,724 | | September 2007 | 1,392 | | October 2007 | 1,278 | | November 2007 | 1,403 | | December 2007 | 1,700 | | January 2008 | 2,230 | | February 2008 | 2,044 | | March 2008 | 2,038 | | April 2008 | 2,034 | | May 2008 | 2,002 | | June 2008 | 2,085 | | July 2008 | 2,303 | | August 2008 | 2,318 | | September 2008 | 1,833 | | October 2008 | 1,927 | | November 2008 | 1,872 | | December 2008 | 2,406 | | January 2009 | 2,730 | | February 2009 | 2,055 | | March 2009 | 3,168 | | April 2009 | 3,055 | | May 2009 | 3,251 | | June 2009 | 2,957 | | July 2009 | 3,109 | | August 2009 | 2,987 | | September 2009 | 3,083 | | October 2009 | 2,893 | | November 2009 | 3,422 | | Undated articles | 25 | | All articles | 73,305 | | | unreferenced BLPs | | (refresh) | | October 2006 | 57 | | November 2006 | 212 | | December 2006 | 345 | | January 2007 | 388 | | February 2007 | 435 | | March 2007 | 573 | | April 2007 | 524 | | May 2007 | 497 | | June 2007 | 538 | | July 2007 | 541 | | August 2007 | 434 | | September 2007 | 482 | | October 2007 | 509 | | November 2007 | 607 | | December 2007 | 607 | | January 2008 | 862 | | February 2008 | 629 | | March 2008 | 961 | | April 2008 | 943 | | May 2008 | 607 | | June 2008 | 813 | | July 2008 | 757 | | August 2008 | 701 | | September 2008 | 617 | | October 2008 | 893 | | November 2008 | 793 | | December 2008 | 1,862 | | January 2009 | 2,715 | | February 2009 | 2,137 | | March 2009 | 1,914 | | April 2009 | 1,509 | | May 2009 | 4,081 | | June 2009 | 7,373 | | July 2009 | 3,601 | | August 2009 | 6,685 | | September 2009 | 2,998 | | October 2009 | 2,583 | | November 2009 | 1,127 | | Undated articles | 9 | | All articles | 53,957 | | | Articles lacking sources | | (refresh) | | September 2006 | 242 | | October 2006 | 5,466 | | November 2006 | 6,146 | | December 2006 | 6,594 | | January 2007 | 6,166 | | February 2007 | 5,991 | | March 2007 | 5,929 | | April 2007 | 2,445 | | May 2007 | 2,429 | | June 2007 | 2,603 | | July 2007 | 2,221 | | August 2007 | 2,805 | | September 2007 | 2,731 | | October 2007 | 3,188 | | November 2007 | 3,967 | | December 2007 | 4,540 | | January 2008 | 4,675 | | February 2008 | 4,173 | | March 2008 | 5,101 | | April 2008 | 4,907 | | May 2008 | 4,042 | | June 2008 | 5,072 | | July 2008 | 4,137 | | August 2008 | 4,613 | | September 2008 | 3,798 | | October 2008 | 5,200 | | November 2008 | 3,987 | | December 2008 | 5,107 | | January 2009 | 6,838 | | February 2009 | 4,452 | | March 2009 | 6,345 | | April 2009 | 4,524 | | May 2009 | 5,263 | | June 2009 | 4,787 | | July 2009 | 5,474 | | August 2009 | 6,465 | | September 2009 | 5,345 | | October 2009 | 4,537 | | November 2009 | 5,380 | | Undated articles | 121 | | All articles | 177,806 | |
- Pick an article from Category:Articles lacking sources (Erik9bot)
- Check for any references, unreferenced tag or under referenced tag
- If it is a Disambiguation page add {{Disambig}}, these generally don't require references.
- If there are poorly formatted references in the article, format them per Wikipedia:Citing sources or add {{Refimprove}}, {{citation style}}
- Reference or action as you would any article in Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles Or
- Add the template {{BLP unsourced}}, {{Unreferenced}}, to encourage editors to reference the article
- After adding references or tags, remove the [[Category:Articles lacking sources (Erik9bot)]].
- For bonus points see if your references are also useful for related articles.
The category Category:Articles lacking sources (Erik9bot) was populated by a bot named Erik9bot, it found articles that didn't appear to have a reference or unreferenced tag. The category is a hidden category. [edit] Hints and tips [edit] General - In order to help people find this project, consider using an edit summary like the following: Wikipedia:CiterSquad; [[Wikipedia:CiterSquad|you can help!]]
- If the article has even one reference or external link (that is related to the article content) use -
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- If an article has no reference, attempt to locate and add a reference(s) to the article.
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- Add a section ==References== adding "{{Reflist}}" below will automatically generate the list of footnotes if they are used.
- At the barest minimum add {{Unreferenced}}
- {{uw-unsor1}} may be placed on the talk page of the original editor of an unreferenced article.
[edit] Check validity of articles [edit] See also [edit] Volunteers Feel free to sign your name and leave any comments if you volunteer for this cleanup project. - This will be fun :) Jeepday (talk) 11:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- Good idea. Jclemens (talk) 15:41, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- Sure. ThemFromSpace 18:16, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- Rettetast (talk) 18:59, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- Yet another way to spend too much time on Wikipedia! PamD (talk) 07:39, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- PhilKnight (talk) 22:17, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Of course! —œ™ 21:24, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Count me in. N2e (talk) 04:57, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
- Bring it on! Dspradau → talk 14:48, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
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