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{{WikiProject status|Defunct|parent=Check Wikipedia}}

{{historical|[[WP:WS]]}}

{{Further|Wikipedia:WikiProject Cleanup}}

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{{dablink|WP:WS redirects here. You may be looking for [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost]].}}

{{dablink|WP:WS redirects here. You may also be looking for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Water sports|WikiProject Water sports]].}}

== What is this? ==

{{Active Wiki Fixup Projects}}

An attempt to fix up mismatched [[WikipediaHelp:HowWiki to edit a pagemarkup|wiki syntax]] (such as brackets), like this <nowiki>"[link]]", or "(see [[Link)", or "(see link]])", or "[[link]"</nowiki>. They're all wrong, and need to be fixed. If you're looking at this page, it's probably because someone fixed something on a page you're watching. All that's being asked is that you do the same for someone else (i.e., fix something on someone else's page). You don't have to go looking for these misplaced bits of wiki syntax &mdash; that's already been done for you. All you have to do is follow the steps below &mdash; it's very easy, quick, and helpful.

== How does this work? ==

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| [[Image:☑Check_mark.svg|40px]] || align="center" | '''Status:''' All done! The most recent batch was completed on the [[21st January]] [[2006]].<br />The next batch will[http://toolserver.org/~sk/cw/enwiki/index.htm beis listedavailable here].{{dead whenlink|date= itApril becomes2020 available.}}

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! Pages

! Tip/Note

|- style="vertical-align:top;"

! Braces-Tables

| style="white-space:nowrap;" | <S>[[/braces-tables-000.txt|000]]</s>, <s>[[/braces-tables-001.txt|001]]</s>, <s>[[/braces-tables-002.txt|002]]</s>, <s>[[/braces-tables-003.txt|003]]</s>, <s>[[/braces-tables-004.txt|004]]</s>

|- style="vertical-align:top;"

! triple quotes

| style="white-space:nowrap;" | <s>[[/triple-quotes-000.txt|000]]</s>, <s>[[/triple-quotes-001.txt|001]]</s>, <s>[[/triple-quotes-002.txt|002]]</s>, <s>[[/triple-quotes-003.txt|003]]</s>, <s>[[/triple-quotes-004.txt|004]]</s>,<BRbr/>

<s>[[/triple-quotes-005.txt|005]]</s>, <s>[[/triple-quotes-006.txt|006]]</s>, <s>[[/triple-quotes-007.txt|007]]</s>, <s>[[/triple-quotes-008.txt|008]]</s>, <s>[[/triple-quotes-009.txt|009]]</s> <br>

|- style="vertical-align:top;"

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|- style="vertical-align:top;"

! double quotes

| style="white-space:nowrap;" | <s>[[/double-quotes-000.txt|000]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-001.txt|001]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-002.txt|002]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-003.txt|003]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-004.txt|004]]</s>, <BRbr/> <s>[[/double-quotes-005.txt|005]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-006.txt|006]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-007.txt|007]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-007.txt|008]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-009.txt|009]]</s>, <BRbr/><s>[[/double-quotes-010.txt|010]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-011.txt|011]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-012.txt|012]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-013.txt|013]]</s>, <s>[[/double-quotes-014.txt|014]]</s>

|- style="vertical-align:top;"

! square brackets

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If you encounter unclosed ordinary brackets by themselves, i.e. "(" or ")" that are valid, please do not enclose these in nowiki tags, since ordinary brackets are not a kind of wiki syntax.

'''Note:''' If you find a link enclosed in square brackets (i.e. <nowiki>"[text [[link]] text]"</nowiki>), be sure to enclose '''both''' outer brackets in nowiki tags <nowiki>("&lt;nowiki&gt;[&lt;/nowiki&gt;text [[link]] text&lt;nowiki&gt;]&lt;/nowiki&gt;")</nowiki>.

== What types of problems does it find? ==

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Do one of the following:

* (Most common situation) Replace "<nowiki>--></nowiki>" and "<nowiki>---></nowiki>" with &amp;rarr; which looks like this &rarr;→

* Likewise replace "<nowiki><--</nowiki>" with &amp;larr; which looks like this &larr;←

For things within math tags (<nowiki> <math> </math> </nowiki>), procedeproceed as below. Bear in mind that some mathematicians editing Wikipedia have qualms about using math tags in an "inline", as opposed to "displayed" context, because of failure of proper aligmentalignment with surrounding text, mismatches in sizes of characters, or punctuation such as a comma or period appearing only on the succeeding line as if it were part of a separate word. See [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (mathematics)]] for more on this.

* Replace &lt;-- and --&gt; with <nowiki><math>\leftarrow</math></nowiki> and <nowiki><math>\rightarrow</math></nowiki> respectively.

* Replace "<nowiki>|--></nowiki>" with this: <nowiki><math>\mapsto</math></nowiki> which looks like this: <math>\mapsto</math>

* Replace "<nowiki><---></nowiki>" with this: <nowiki><math>\leftrightarrow</math></nowiki> which looks like this: <math>\leftrightarrow</math>

* Or replace "<nowiki><---></nowiki>" with this: &amp;harr; which looks like this: &harr;↔

* Make sure HTML open comments are matched with an equal number of HTML close comments e.g.: &lt;!-- blah --&gt;

* If none of the above apply, enclose in &lt;nowiki&gt; tags.

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* Note that the redirect target is not enclosed in italic quotes, nor is the redirect target enclosed in ordinary-brackets / parentheses.

* The redirect target should always be in enclosed in matching double square brackets.

* Redirection doesn't show correctly on the preview

== Tips on fixing double-redirects ==

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== Tips on fixing parentheses ==

* Please do not add or delete parentheses unless there really is a grammatical mistake - for example if an article has "The arguments in favour are 1) something 2) something else", then that's OK - but if it has "The arguments in favour are well known (see reference. " then that bracket should be closed. Things like emoticons :) are also grammatically OK (although possibly not always suitable for an encylopediaencyclopedia!).

* If you're in doubt as to whether something is a real problem or not, then please assume it's not a problem, and just delete it from the list of problems. It's better to not fix something that is a problem, than it is to fix something that is not a problem; or to put it another way: "If in doubt, leave it out."

* Please don't surround parentheses with nowiki tags (as they're not a wiki syntax).

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There are many people who have contributed to fixing broken wiki syntax, and big thank you to everyone who has helped out &mdash; this project is only possible because of your help:

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| valign=top |

* [[User:119|119]]

* [[User:128.131.209.122|128.131.209.122]]

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* [[User:Bill Thayer|Bill Thayer]]

* [[User:Billfred|Billfred]]

* [[User:Billlion|BilllionBillion]]

* [[User:Bluemask|Blue Mask]]

* [[User:Bob Palin|Bob Palin]]

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* [[User:Ferkelparade|Ferkelparade]]

* [[User:Fg2|Fg2]]

| &nbsp;

| valign=top |

* [[User:Flyhighplato|Flyhighplato]]

* [[User:Foobar|Foobar]]

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* [[User:Onco_p53|Onco_p53]]

* [[User:Opus33|Opus33]]

| &nbsp;

| valign=top |

* [[User:Ortonmc|Ortonmc]]

* [[User:P_b1999|P_b1999]]

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* [[User:Zik-Zak|Zik-Zak]]

* [[User:Zzyzx11|Zzyzx11]]

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'''Note:''' If you've helped out before and your name is missing, or if you've just fixed something, then please add your name to the list.

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== See also ==

*[[MediaZilla:5478]]: "Request for Special:WrongSyntax"

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia]] ([[WP:CHECKWIKI]], [[WP:WCW]])

*[[Wikipedia:Cleanup]] – WikiProject Cleanup ([[WP:CLEAN]])

[[Category:Wikipedia maintenance|Wiki Syntax]]

[[Category:Wikipedia WikiProjects|Wiki syntax]]