Wikipedia:WikiProject Fix common mistakes

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.

Intro

Active Wiki Fixup Projects
Leading the charge in the War on Error! Must be active, systematic, have lists, & need help.
Writing
Articles that need to be wikified Massive backlog. Ongoing (category) Dead-end pages These pages are not wikified. Ongoing (category) Missing articles Wikipedia is not as complete as you might think. Ongoing Most wanted articles Updated February 2015 Oldest requested articles Updated November 2012
Other
Red Link Recovery Turn red links blue. Ongoing Articles needing geo-coordinates Help locate places. See WP:GEO. Ongoing (category) Articles written by a single editor Reviewing articles written by a newer editor. Updated February 2013 Check Wikipedia Fix the syntax of Wikipedia. Updated every 15 minutes Fix Common Mistakes Fix common mistakes in English grammar (e.g. "the the", "and and"). Ongoing Disambiguation pages with links Directing ambiguous links to the intended articles. Ongoing Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons Moving free images to the Commons so they are easier to find. Ongoing (categories) Orphaned articles Help link to these orphaned articles. Ongoing (category) Stubsensor Help remove stub tags from articles they don't belong on. Updated August 2011 Uncategorised articles Help categorise articles. Ongoing (category) Unreferenced articles Ensuring articles include at least one reference or source. Ongoing (category) Main Inactive Mini

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 January 5. Click to recalculate it now.

If the lists below have been completed, more work to be done can be found at the following links.

• 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

Instructions

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. Update the [[User:username|username]] to give credit where it's due!
6. If you finished the whole list, mark it  Done
7. (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.

Log

Error	Latest Database Dump List	Last Checked	How Long Ago	Last Checked By
a a	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
an an	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
and and	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
are are	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
be be	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
by by	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
for for	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
from from	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
he he	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
in in	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
is is	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
it it	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
of of	December 2017	December 30, 2017	18 days ago	JJMC89
she she	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
the the	December 2017	December 30, 2017	18 days ago	JJMC89
this this	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
to to	December 2017	December 30, 2017	16 days ago	JJMC89
was was	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
were were	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
when when	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
with with	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
a an	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo
an a	December 2017	December 30, 2017	18 days ago	JJMC89
a the	December 2017	December 31, 2017	5 days ago	Done Spintendo

Tools

• AWB
• Language Tool Wiki Check
• Tool for finding common mistakes

See also

• Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes
• Commonly misspelled English words
• Wiktionary:Category:English misspellings
• Common English usage misconceptions
• Wikipedia:List of spelling variants
• List of English words with disputed usage
• English usage controversies
• Hypercorrection
• Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos
• Category:Redirects from misspellings