Category:Articles with HTML markup
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This category contains all pages tagged by {{cleanup HTML}}.
There are several ways to find articles to work on:
- By longest waiting - see monthly subcategories below.
- By page views last month
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.
Prefer templates or better yet semantic tags to HTML tags per MOS:DEVIATIONS.
| Tag | Replacement | Reference |
|---|---|---|
</br> |
Should be <br />. If possible, use a blank line or list formatting. Other variations like <br>, <br/>, and <br > can also be changed to <br /> so that syntax highlighting will work, but should only be done if making other changes. |
Help:Line-break handling |
<abbr> |
Use {{abbr}}. Note that Wikipedia:Manual of Style#HTML tags and templates indicates <abbr> is allowed. |
|
<b> and <strong> |
Use ''', remove, or use {{strong}} in unusual cases. Note that MOS:BOLD indicates <strong> is allowed. |
MOS:BOLD |
<bdo> |
Use {{rtl}} or {{ltr}}. | |
<blockquote> |
Prefer {{blockquote}}. | MOS:QUOTATIONS |
<center> |
Use {{center}} for most text. | Wikipedia:HTML 5#center |
<cite> |
Use <ref> if defining a footnote, or perhaps a Wikipedia:Citation template if trying to format the a footnote's contents. |
Wikipedia:HTML5#cite |
<dd>, <dl>, and <dt> |
Convert to definition list. | MOS:DLIST |
<font> |
Obsolete. | Wikipedia:HTML 5#font |
<hr> and <hr /> |
Use ---- or remove. |
|
<i> or <em> |
Use '' for typography or {{em}} for emphasis where italics are otherwise not required. Note that MOS:EMPHASIS indicates <em> is allowed. |
MOS:ITALICS |
<li>, <ol>, and <ul> |
Use # or *, or footnote syntax. Note that Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists#List styles indicates <li>, <ol>, and <ul> are allowed. |
MOS:LIST |
<name=> |
Usually a broken <ref name=...>. |
|
<p> |
Use a blank line or {{pb}} to separate paragraphs. | |
<ruby>, <rt>, and <rp> |
Prefer templates for simplicity. | Help:HTML in wikitext#rp, rt, ruby |
<t> |
Use {{code}}, {{kbd}}, {{samp}}, or {{var}}, else <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <var>, or even <mono>. |
Wikipedia:HTML5#tt |
<table>, <td>, <th>, <tr>, <caption> |
Convert to wiki table syntax. | |
<u> |
Use {{underline}}. | |
<var> |
Use {{var}} for computer variables and {{mvar}} for math variables. | |
<wbr> and &shy; |
Rarely needed; prefer {{shy}} if so. | Help:Line-break handling |
See also MOS:MARKUP and Wikipedia:HTML 5#Obsolete elements and attributes.
More info
See MOS:MARKUP for wikitext generally being preferred to HTML.
Question about an HTML tag or wiki syntax not covered above? See:
- Help:HTML in wikitext for a canonical list of HTML tags and some wiki equivalents
- Help:Wikitext for more comprehensive wiki syntax how-to and more equivalents
Finding more articles to clean
Automated reports on database dumps, and links to live search results are available at Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss#HTML tags.
Subcategories
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