https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Wikipedia%3ABacklog Wikipedia:Backlog - Revision history 2026-05-15T23:25:32Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.5 https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Backlog&diff=4538&oldid=prev Tachyony: Imported page 2021-12-19T15:59:46Z <p>Imported page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Redirect|WP:BL|blocking|Wikipedia:Blocking policy|information on backlinks|Help:What links here}}<br /> {{short description|Project backlogs tracking page}}<br /> &lt;noinclude&gt;{{Shortcut|WP:BL|WP:BACK|WP:BACKLOG}}<br /> {{Maintenance departments}}<br /> {{-}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;<br /> {{Backlog of the week}}&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> &lt;!-- Namespaces above are category, wikipedia, user --&gt;<br /> This &#039;&#039;&#039;backlog&#039;&#039;&#039; page lists tasks that should be done to improve Wikipedia (assuming the [[WP:TC|cleanup templates]] were placed correctly). Helping reduce backlogs is an important issue, so please feel free to help out and/or develop this page (or ways to quantify these things) further. [[Wikipedia talk:Backlog]] is the discussion page for this page, and the [[WP:VPT|technical Village Pump]] page is where technical issues are discussed.<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> :&#039;&#039;See [[:Category:Wikipedia backlog]] for more categories, and [[Wikipedia:Task Center]] for brief guides.&#039;&#039;&lt;/noinclude&gt;<br /> {{Backlog status}}&lt;!-- makes over 100 expensive parser function calls, see [[WP:EXPENSIVE]]--&gt;<br /> &lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Oldest backlogs by issue==<br /> &lt;!-- if you plan radical changes to this section, please let [[User talk:Rich Farmbrough]] know, as his bot [[User:Femto Bot]] updates it --&gt;<br /> {{Backlog count|Accuracy disputes|March 2008}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Article sections to be split|July 2021}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles containing potentially dated statements|January 2006}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles lacking in-text citations|December 2006}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles lacking page references|July 2008}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles lacking reliable references|November 2006}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles lacking sources|December 2006}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles needing additional references|June 2006}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles needing cleanup|December 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles needing sections|May 2021}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles slanted towards recent events|March 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles sourced by IMDb|December 2007}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles sourced only by IMDb|August 2010}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles that may be too long|May 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction|October 2007}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles to be expanded|January 2007}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles to be merged|September 2020}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles to be split|November 2015}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with a promotional tone|February 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with bare URLs for citations|May 2021}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with broken or outdated citations|December 2018}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with dead external links|December 2008}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with disputed statements|March 2008}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with minor POV problems|March 2010}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with peacock terms|October 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with sections that need to be turned into prose|December 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases|September 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with too few wikilinks|February 2014}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with topics of unclear notability|December 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with trivia sections|October 2016}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with unsourced statements|February 2007}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Articles with weasel words|December 2007}}<br /> {{Backlog count|BLP articles lacking sources|January 2007}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Dead-end pages|December 2021}}<br /> {{Backlog count|NPOV disputes|January 2012}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Orphaned articles|March 2011}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Recently revised|December 2021}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Self-contradictory articles|July 2013}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Unreferenced BLPs|December 2018}}<br /> {{Backlog count|User-created public domain files|December 2005}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Userspace drafts|June 2006}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles in need of updating|January 2008}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles needing clarification|January 2007}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles needing context|October 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles needing copy edit|June 2021}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles needing factual verification|July 2007}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles needing page number citations|March 2008}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles needing rewrite|March 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles that are too technical|August 2008}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention|April 2008}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest|August 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia articles with style issues|October 2007}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia external links cleanup|July 2012}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia introduction cleanup|May 2009}}<br /> {{Backlog count|Wikipedia spam cleanup|August 2010}}<br /> <br /> ;See also<br /> #[[Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than a year]]<br /> <br /> ==Statistics==<br /> {{See also|Wikipedia:Statistics}}<br /> For statistics on how a specific category&#039;s size has changed over time, use [[toollabs:apersonbot/cat-track]]. Not all categories are available; a category is only tracked if its page transcludes the {{tl|CatTrack}} template. Otherwise, at present there does not appear to be any other project-wide collation of backlog statistics. A discussion may be required to determine if one is wanted or needed.<br /> <br /> ==Templates==<br /> *{{tl|backlog}} – adds a category to [[:Category:Wikipedia backlog]]<br /> *{{tl|Backlog status}} – used in the &quot;Status&quot; section above. It has code in it that has been commented out that allows for the focus on a particular backlog<br /> *{{tl|Backlog count}} – date and count for backlogs categories that is updated by a bot<br /> *{{tl|Backlog progress bar}} – progress bar for tracking backlog elimination<br /> *{{tl|Backlog of the week}} – transcludes a box highlighting a randomly chosen backlog updated each week<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Maintenance]], managerial tasks that are not necessarily backlogged.<br /> *[[mw:Wikimedia Research/Showcase#February 2018]], presentation on Wikipedia backlogs<br /> <br /> {{Wikipedia community|state=collapsed}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Wikipedia backlog| ]]<br /> &lt;/noinclude&gt;</div> Tachyony