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Welcome to this month's Backlog Elimination Drive! The goal is to "wikify" as many articles as you can during the month. Below, you'll find instructions on how to wikify, log your score, and find articles to wikify. Thanks for participating!

Joining the drive

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Joining instructions are on the log page in the green box.

How do you wikify an article?

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Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify
Subtotals
September 2009124
October 20092
November 20097
December 20095
January 201047
February 201017
March 20104
April 201037
May 201019
June 201025
July 201025
August 201037
September 201033
October 201024
November 201015
December 201019
January 201132
February 201129
March 201130
April 201140
May 201120
June 201134
July 201177
August 201134
September 201122
October 201145
November 201136
December 201140
January 201261
February 201247
March 201271
April 201236
May 201234
June 201233
July 201250
August 201258
September 201259
October 201240
November 201239
December 201239
January 201350
February 201345
March 201331
April 201346
May 201342
June 201329
July 201368
August 201355
September 201371
October 201335
November 201344
December 201350
January 201462
February 201447
March 201445
April 201425
May 201464
June 201436
July 201447
August 201456
September 201438
October 201445
November 201435
December 201447
January 201541
February 201573
March 2015129
April 201556
May 201576
June 201567
July 201559
August 201555
September 201547
October 201554
November 201554
December 2015171
January 201671
February 201665
March 201658
April 201666
May 201669
June 201652
July 201642
August 201644
September 201672
October 201655
November 201668
December 201683
January 201765
February 201753
March 201766
April 201763
May 201769
June 201799
July 201772
August 2017106
September 201787
October 201747
November 201761
December 201772
January 201885
February 201875
March 201878
April 201874
May 201875
June 201861
July 201883
August 201872
September 201893
October 201897
November 201870
December 201866
January 201984
February 201961
March 201975
April 201964
May 201977
June 201990
July 2019144
August 2019108
September 201964
October 201988
November 2019149
December 201969
January 202079
February 202093
March 202092
April 202087
May 2020116
June 2020111
July 2020110
August 202087
September 202092
October 2020110
November 2020114
December 2020119
January 2021130
February 2021135
March 2021185
April 2021156
May 2021150
June 2021105
July 2021138
August 2021192
September 2021202
October 2021248
November 2021215
December 2021148
January 2022170
February 2022174
March 2022163
April 2022131
May 2022163
June 2022362
July 2022170
August 20225,907
September 20223,609
October 2022149
November 2022100
December 2022103
January 2023150
February 2023113
March 2023178
April 2023179
May 2023169
June 2023179
July 2023223
August 2023157
September 2023163
October 2023205
November 2023231
December 2023228
January 2024273
February 2024210
March 2024208
April 2024206
May 2024394
June 2024312
July 2024326
August 2024550
September 2024394
October 2024389
November 2024372
December 202439
Undated articles0

Ten simple steps to thoroughly wikify an article

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  1. Check for copyright violations. Long segments of text without wikilinks can indicate that the text was illegally copied into Wikipedia. Look for (other red flags). Instructions for reporting violations are at Wikipedia:Copyright problems.
  2. Add wikilinks. Where appropriate, make links to other articles by putting "[[" and "]]" on either side of relevant words (see WP:LINK for more information) and check that your links work as expected. Note that dates should not be linked purely for the purpose of autoformatting; in general, consensus is that there are very limited instances where linking of dates is desirable. Please do not link terms that most readers are familiar with, including common occupations (e.g., "writer"), well-known geographical terms (e.g., "United States"), or everyday items (e.g., "milk").
  3. Format the lead. Create or improve the lead paragraph. It should "define the topic, establish context, explain why the subject is interesting or notable, and summarize the most important points".
  4. Arrange layout. Arrange section headings as described at Wikipedia:Guide to layout. Be sure that any stub template appears after any category links, separated by two blank lines.
  5. Replace HTML tags with wiki markup, where available. Use of HTML tags is discouraged where equivalent wiki markup exists: for example, replace <b>bold text</b> with '''bold text'''. However, HTML is permitted where no corresponding wiki markup exists: e.g., H<sub>2</sub>O for subscripts and &nbsp; for a non-breaking space. See Help:Wikitext examples for a useful list of common wikitext and appropriate HTML markup.
  6. Clean up instances of link rot and format the references or footnotes, using citation templates when appropriate.
  7. Add an infobox if appropriate. Add an infobox if it is appropriate for the article.
  8. For an article about a person, use {{L}} to add a sort key and categories. The three parameters of this template will automatically add a sort key, birth and death categories, and Category:Living people if true. For other articles, use {{DEFAULTSORT:}} to add a sortkey.
  9. Add {{coord missing}} if missing. Does an article about a place or building not have the coordinates? Add this template.
  10. Remove the tag. This will remove it from the list of tagged pages.
  11. Save your changes!

Articles that can't be wikified

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In some cases, articles cannot be wikified. In these cases, you can do one of the following:

Procedures for the drive

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  1. Log completed articles on the log page. If you complete a wikification, don't forget to list it so that you can get credit for the edit. Also don't forget to remove the cleanup tag from the article itself.
  2. No rubber-stamping of articles. Be thorough and complete in your wikifications, and make sure all the headings are correct and there are no mistakes in the syntax and coding.
  3. Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and improve the overall quality of the encyclopedia. Have fun!

Note: Don't forget to update the leaderboard yourself, if you belong on it.

How to find articles to work on

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Articles in need of wikification will be tagged with one of the following templates:

These articles can all be found in Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify. Click here to find a random article from this category.

CatScan

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Some people prefer to edit articles in a field they already know about. Such articles can be found using categories:[Credit 1]

  1. Go to the whimsically named CatScan. Don't be intimidated! It's easy to use.
  2. Set the Depth to 5.
  3. Write or paste Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify in the box labelled "Categories".
  4. Write the name of a category of interest on a separate line in the same box, eg Books.
  5. Scroll down and click the button labelled "Do it!"
  6. Be patient... For big categories the results might take a little while.

This example will find articles tagged with one of the above cleanup templates in Category:Books, as well as its sub-categories, sub-sub-categories, and so on down to sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-categories.

Credits

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  1. ^ Basically ripped from here; original tip from Jubileeclipman