Wikipedia:WikiProject Fix common mistakes

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The goal of this project is to reduce the number of common mistakes in the article space of Wikipedia.

The idea is that we check if the entries still contain those errors, and fix the articles if necessary.

So as not to duplicate work, here is a list of occurrences checked so far. When you have fixed all the instances of an error found in Wikipedia, please sign and date. In general, please repeat the search that has not been performed for the longest time.

• Partial work is ok, just note your username and the date worked on. Any entries not marked  Done still need work!
• The link under "Latest Database Dump" contains a listing of occurrences generated from a database dump. The date is what dump was used to generate the list. The list can be checked manually or loaded into AWB.
• The "How Long Ago" column was calculated May 4. Click Purge to recalculate it now.
• To encourage curious editors to come to this page to help, add something similar to the following to your edit summary

Any help is appreciated. Contributing is easy:

1. Pick one of the errors from the table below.
2. Work through the pages in the Latest Database Dump List, fixing any errors you find.
3. Edit the list and remove any articles you have fixed.
4. Update the date you checked in the other columns as (MM), (DD), (YYYY).
5. If you finished the whole list, mark it  Done
6. (Optional) - Return to step 1 and try another list!

If you have an idea about another pattern to search for, please add it to the relevant section of the discussion page of this project.

• AutoWikiBrowser

• Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes
• Commonly misspelled English words
• Wiktionary:Category:English misspellings
• Wikipedia:Database reports/Linked misspellings
• Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Repetitions
• Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Grammar and miscellaneous
• Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Homophones
• Wikipedia:Typo Team
• Category:Redirects from misspellings