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How can I help now?

There are a number of different Wikipedia Backlog categories that help track the existing backlog of referencing activities. They fall into two major groups, Lacking References and Ensuring Accuracy through existing references:

Lacking references

• Needs references: 54,652
• Needs references (BLP): 3
• Needs more references: 492,784
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• Needs more references (BLP): 40,374
• Needs in-text citations: 106,950
• Needs reliable references: 93,569
• Has unsourced quotes: 1,274
• Has unsourced statements: 549,758
Fix one!

Accuracy

• Uses broken or outdated citations: 260
• Needs factual verification: 11,506
• Needs references list: 19
• Needs references clean up: 3,508
• Accuracy disputes: 15,830
• Needs updating: 41,312
• Has original research: 16,623
• Self-contradictory: 809

Help now: Solve Citations Needed!

At the moment, there are over 549,758 articles with "Citation needed" statements. They are some of the easiest referencing issues to solve, because you are frequently looking for a targeted and singular reference. You can browse the whole list of these articles at Category:All articles with unsourced statements.

With 549,758 statements that need WP:Verification, sometimes it's hard to choose which article to work on. The tool Citation Hunt makes that easier by suggesting random articles, which you can sort by topical category membership.

I can help! Give me a random citation to find!