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Welcome to WikiProject Wikify! This project focuses on improving the layout and formatting of articles that have been tagged with the {{Wikify}} template. Articles need to be wikified if they contain few or no links to other articles ("wikilinks"), if they contain obsolete html tags that need to be replaced with wiki markup, or if they simply need general formatting improvements to conform with Wikipedia's formatting guidelines. An overview on how to wikify articles is given in the How to help section below.

This WikiProject is one of several maintenance and cleanup projects on Wikipedia. The wikification drive was established to deal with the increasing backlog of articles in need of wikification. Users who are interested in joining the wikification drive are welcome to add themselves to the participants list. For queries about the WikiProject or for help on wikifying articles, please visit the project discussion page.

Scope and goals

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Currently, of the 7,029,921 English Wikipedia articles, 42,241 are listed as good articles (about 1 in 166), and 6,772 are listed as featured articles (about 1 in 1,030). Many of the remainder are poorly written, badly linked, and in need of care and attention. WikiProject Wikify aims to improve the layout and presentation of such articles.

The wikification process is simple, and we welcome input from any editors who would like to help out. It should be relatively easy to wikify an article even if you are not familiar with the subject. You may also contribute to the project by inviting members, as this helps build support and ensures that there are people to clear the backlog.

Which articles need wikification?

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An article needs wikification if it has any of the following issues:

  • No specific lead paragraph and/or has no section headings;
  • Little or no internal linking (wiki-links);
  • Contains outdated html tags that need replacing with wiki markup;
  • No infobox or templating and may require it;
  • In need of other general formatting fixes.

An article should not be tagged for wikification if it:

Articles that require wikification are tagged with the {{Wikify}} template. To list an article for wikification, simply add {{Wikify}} to the top of the article. If only a part of an article needs to be wikified, add {{Wikify section}} to the top of the relevant section.

How to help

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Finding articles

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  1. Find an article to work on. Category:All articles that need to be wikified contains all the articles in the wikification backlog. Many editors choose to work on the oldest articles in the monthly listings first, so that none of them sit around for too long waiting for attention. Some WikiProjects also have dedicated cleanup listings, which list articles for wikification that lie within their scope: see Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions for a list of participating WikiProjects. Dead-end pages almost always also need to be wikified.
  2. Check if the article is a copyright violation. There are a few red flags that indicate text was probably illegally copied into Wikipedia. User:Kjkolb/Copyvio has a quick guide. Instructions for reporting violations are at Wikipedia:Copyright problems.
  3. Check if another article already exists on this subject. Use the search button at the left of the screen to check for duplicate articles, and create a redirect if necessary.

Wikification

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  1. Add wikilinks. Where appropriate, make links to other articles by putting "[[" and "]]" on either side of relevant words (see WP:LINK for more information). . 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. "actor/actress", "writer" and "politician"), well-known geographical terms (e.g. "United States", "Britain", "China", "Australia", "New York City" and "Los Angeles"), and everyday items (e.g. "milk", "glass", "house" and "road").
  2. Format the lead. Create or improve the lead paragraph.
  3. Arrange section headers. Arrange section headers as described at Wikipedia:Guide to layout.
  4. Replace html tags with wiki markup, where appropriate. The use of many html tags is discouraged where wiki markup equivalents are available: for example, replace <b>bold text</b> with '''bold text'''. However, this does not apply for all html tags: e.g., H<sub>2</sub>O. See Help:Wikitext examples for a useful list of common wikitext and non-deprecated html tags.
  5. Add an infobox if applicable. Add an infobox if it is appropriate for the article.

Final checks

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  1. Add other maintenance tags. If the article needs any other work, add the corresponding tag(s) from Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup.
  2. Remove the {{wikify}} tag. This will remove it from the list.
  3. Enhance your edit summary. You can encourage others to help with the wikification backlog by using something like the following as your edit summary when you save your changes:  Wikified as part of the [[WP:WWF|Wikification WikiProject]]!
  4. 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:

Participants

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All editors are welcome to join the WikiProject – there are no membership requirements. To add yourself to the project, insert your name at the list of participants page. Members are encouraged to put the project page on their watchlist to keep up to date with developments.

Invite new users

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To invite new users, you may add {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Invite a member}} to the user's talk page, which gives the following banner:

Monthly tasks and progress

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Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify
Subtotals
September 200952
October 20091
November 20096
December 20095
January 201014
February 20103
March 20103
April 201021
May 201013
June 201016
July 201021
August 201034
September 201029
October 201023
November 201013
December 201012
January 201128
February 201128
March 201127
April 201136
May 201117
June 201134
July 201173
August 201130
September 201121
October 201145
November 201134
December 201137
January 201258
February 201244
March 201268
April 201234
May 201233
June 201233
July 201247
August 201257
September 201255
October 201236
November 201239
December 201237
January 201345
February 201343
March 201327
April 201325
May 201332
June 201327
July 201328
August 201340
September 201360
October 201334
November 201344
December 201347
January 201456
February 201444
March 201441
April 201422
May 201448
June 201433
July 201444
August 201452
September 201438
October 201441
November 201431
December 201444
January 201543
February 201568
March 2015120
April 201549
May 201564
June 201558
July 201550
August 201548
September 201540
October 201551
November 201550
December 2015160
January 201664
February 201653
March 201654
April 201663
May 201663
June 201647
July 201640
August 201643
September 201667
October 201655
November 201664
December 201673
January 201762
February 201749
March 201761
April 201764
May 201764
June 201791
July 201767
August 2017101
September 201780
October 201747
November 201757
December 201766
January 201880
February 201869
March 201872
April 201869
May 201869
June 201854
July 201876
August 201866
September 201887
October 201889
November 201862
December 201860
January 201982
February 201959
March 201962
April 201960
May 201976
June 201984
July 2019143
August 201995
September 201958
October 201977
November 2019141
December 201959
January 202071
February 202083
March 202086
April 202083
May 2020102
June 2020100
July 202093
August 202073
September 202084
October 202093
November 202096
December 2020109
January 2021117
February 2021121
March 2021162
April 2021138
May 2021132
June 202196
July 2021127
August 2021162
September 2021173
October 2021219
November 2021201
December 2021135
January 2022154
February 2022181
March 2022147
April 2022123
May 2022145
June 2022151
July 2022159
August 20222,237
September 20221,359
October 2022136
November 202287
December 202293
January 2023131
February 2023101
March 2023158
April 2023156
May 2023154
June 2023159
July 2023194
August 2023137
September 2023140
October 2023174
November 2023196
December 2023189
January 2024245
February 2024181
March 2024163
April 2024162
May 2024328
June 2024245
July 2024246
August 2024428
September 2024265
October 2024264
November 2024195
December 2024434
January 2025334
February 2025189
March 2025273
April 2025297
May 2025353
June 2025393
July 2025348
Undated articles0

The task box below contains selected articles from the wikification backlog, covering different fields of interest. The panel to the right shows the number of articles remaining in the wikification backlog, sorted by month.

WikiProject Wikify: Open Tasks
Please format these articles to bring them up to standard
Toolbox | Infoboxes | Manual of Style | Lead Ps | Layout Guide | edit

Awards

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Barnstars can be given by any user to any other editor. For outstanding work in wikifying articles, The Working Man's Barnstar can be used.

Image Code (and link) Notes
The Working Man's Barnstar
{{subst:The Working Man's Barnstar|message ~~~~|gender}} The Working Man's Barnstar

Usually awarded to those who work tirelessly and endlessly on the more laborious or repetitive of Wikipedia tasks.

Awarders enter customized messages in place of "message", and should remember to include their signature. The barnstar can also be gender-specific, by supplying "m" for Man's, "w" for Woman's or "n" for Wikipedian's, in place of the gender option. Leaving this option blank will use the award's default state of Wikipedian's.