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This category contains all pages tagged by {{cleanup HTML}}.

Cleanup instructions

Don't know which HTML tag is unwanted? Click the "Edit source" tab on the article page, and search (Ctrl+f in most web browsers) for the following. If you don't find any, feel free to remove the {{cleanup HTML}} tag.

Here's what to do about each:

  • <tt> - Obsolete; use <code>, <kbd>, <samp> or {{mono}} instead. See Wikipedia:HTML5#tt.
  • <li>, <ol>, and <ul> - Use "* " or "# " instead, or footnote syntax. <ol> is used legitimately with the "start" attribute to control numbering.
  • <table>, <tr>, <td>, <th> - see Help:Table.
  • <i> or <em> - Use '' (for typography) or {{em}} (for emphasis where italics otherwise not required); be sure to follow MOS:ITALICS.
  • <dd>, <dt>, and <dl> - convert to definition list following MOS:DLIST.
  • <cite> - Use <ref> instead if this is defining a footnote, or perhaps a Wikipedia:Citation template if this trying to format the contents of a footnote. See Wikipedia:HTML5#cite for more on how to fix misuse.
  • <p> - Can just use an empty line between paragraphs.
  • <strong> and <b> - Use ''' instead, or remove bolding if MOS:BOLD says bolding isn't needed. In unusual cases, use {{strong}}.
  • <name=> - Usually a broken <ref name=...>
  • </br> - Should be <br /> to be valid HTML.
  • <hr> and <hr/> - Drop or use ----
  • <font> - obsolete; see Wikipedia:HTML 5#font for cleanup instructions.
  • <ins> - usually should just be removed. If underlining is needed, use {{underline}}. In rare cases, it can be kept to actually indicate inserted text, which is its intended purpose under the HTML standard.
  • <center> - obsolete - see Wikipedia:HTML5#center for replacements
  • <strike> - obsolete - see Wikipedia:HTML5#strike for replacements

Documentation helpful for making corrections:

Automated reports on database dumps, and links to live search results are available at Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss#HTML tags.

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.