| Backlog | Number | Numbers @ 16/02/2012 |
|---|
| Copy to Commons | 22,699 | 9,752 |
| Images Lacking a Description | 12,636 | 8,380 |
| Images Lacking An Author | 5,696 | 5,393 |
| Incomplete Renaming Requests | 4 |
| Inappropriate Compression | 2,155 | 1,853 |
| Watermarks | 11 | 227 |
| Images which should be png | 182 | 490 |
| Articles which may no longer need images | 7,792 |
| Articles needing coordinates | 179,251 | 170,378 |
| Articles with topics of unclear notability | 31,553 | 54,262 |
| Articles with trivia sections | 5,091 |
| Wikipedia articles needing context | 4,574 | 4,598 |
| Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction | 2,740 | 3,562? |
| Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention | 2,497 | 2,985 |
| Wikipedia external links cleanup | 52 | 2,352 |
| Articles that may contain original research | 8,735 | 9,205 |
| NPOV disputes | 6,417 | 7,733 |
| Accuracy disputes | 4,677 | 6,040 |
| Wikipedia articles in need of updating | 101 | 5,073 |
| Self-contradictory articles | 75 | 214 |
| Talk pages requiring geodata verification | 4 |
| Wikipedia license migration needs review | 1,874 |
| Images of people replacing placeholders | 1,922 | 877 |
| Copied and pasted articles and sections | 42 | 144 |
| Wikipedia files with disputed copyright information | 104 | 1,706 |
| Disambiguation pages in need of being split | 9 |
| Articles to be split | 659 | 101 |
| Articles needing sections | 963 | 277 |
| Articles to be merged | 16,085 | 15,125 |
| Articles to be expanded | 99,287 | 94,795 |
| Non-free Wikipedia file size reduction request | 156 |
| Non-free Wikipedia files with red backlink | 82 | 94 |
| Non-free Wikipedia files lacking article backlink | 29 |
| Articles with improper non-free content | 139 |
| Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free media rationale template with no Purpose specified | 100 | 150 |
| Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup | 111 | 10 |
| Underpopulated categories | 3,578 | 1,128 |
| Articles needing expert attention | 5,004 | 5,615 |
| Articles needing cleanup | 41,681 | 26,430 |
| Orphaned articles | 182,026 | 174,264 |
| New Page Patrol | 12000 |
| Articles with broken or outdated citations | 70 | 82 |
| Pages with missing references list | 14 | 288 |
| Articles with minor POV problems | 819 | 464 |
| Articles with unsourced quotes | 622 | 696 |
| Wikipedia articles needing factual verification | 2,838 | 3,468 |
| Articles with dead external links | 92,412 | 100,635 |
| Articles lacking reliable references | 23,665 | 37,364 |
| Unreferenced BLPs | 21,261 | 56,775 |
| Articles needing additional references | 99,011 | 224,424 |
| Articles with unsourced statements | 193,259 | 222,323 |
| Articles lacking sources | 312,781 | 235,751 |
| Copyright infringement investigations | thousands (no automatic count) |