#
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Priority
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Cosmetic
|
Error
|
WPC
|
AWB
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AF
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Type
|
Reason
|
01 (dump)
|
Low
|
Yes
|
Template contains useless word "template:"
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Syntax error
|
Article contains a template that includes the redundant prefix "template:" (eg. {{template:reflist}} ). Removing it is usually useful when copying page in another Wikipedia.
|
02 (dump)
|
High
|
Sometimes
|
<br> , <center> or <small> tag with incorrect syntax. Cases of <span /> and <div /> .
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Syntax error
|
A <br> or <br /> tag (note the slash) are the only standard formats. See the HTML standard for <br> or <small>. Mediawiki's Tidy tool will be replaced which may cause many now valid tags, such as </br> and <center /> , to no longer work.
|
03 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
Reference list missing
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
The article contains one or more <ref> tags, but is missing a {{Reflist}} or <references /> tag
|
04 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
HTML text style element <a>
|
Y
|
|
|
Display problems
|
The article contains one or more <a> tags. <a> tags will not show up in the rendered article and should use normal wikilink code for external links.
|
05 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
Comment tag with no correct end
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Missing closing comment tag. <!-- -->
|
06
|
Low
|
No
|
DEFAULTSORT with special characters
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Syntax error
|
Don't use special lettering in DEFAULTSORT
|
07 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
Headlines all start with three "="
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Accessibility
|
First headline starts with "=== XY ===". It should be "== XY ==" header. This causes organisational and accessibility problems.
|
08 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
Headline should end with "="
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
Headline should end with "=".
|
09 (dump)
|
Low
|
Yes
|
Categories multiple in one line
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Against convention
|
Two or more categories in one line.
|
10
|
High
|
No
|
Square brackets with no correct end
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
Found a "[[" brackets with no corresponding "]]" brackets.
|
11
|
Off
|
Yes
|
HTML named entities
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Source readability
|
HTML code found where a Unicode character could be used. For example, ä used instead of ä. It is difficult to comprehend for beginners.
|
12
|
Low
|
?
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HTML list elements
|
|
|
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Source readability
|
Detection of <ol> , <ul>...</ul> or <li> tags. Sometimes it is necessary to have these tags, especially in infoboxes.
|
13 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
<math> tag without correct match
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Missing </math> or <math> tag.
|
14 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
<source> tag without correct match
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Missing </source> or <source> tag.
|
15 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
<code> tag without correct match
|
|
|
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Display problem
|
Missing </code> or <code> tag.
|
16 (dump)
|
Low
|
Yes[a]
|
Unicode control characters
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Incident detection
|
Detection of Unicode controls such as 0+FEFF, 0+200E, 0+200B and PUA characters.
|
17 (dump)
|
Low
|
Yes[a]
|
Category duplication
|
Y
|
Y
|
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Incident detection
|
Unnecessary duplicate categories found.
|
18
|
Off
|
Yes
|
Category's first letter is small
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Against convention
|
Against convention. If turned on again, check if CamelCase cases (e.g. Category:iPhone) have consensus to be changed to
(e.g. Category:IPhone).
|
19 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
Headlines start with one "="
|
Y
|
|
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Accessibility
|
A heading section starts with just one "=". This causes organisational and accessibility problems
|
20 (dump)
|
Low
|
Yes
|
Symbol for dead
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Source readability
|
The article had a † and not †
|
21
|
Off
|
No
|
Category: in English
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Incident detection
|
[[Category: ]] found when the native language should be used
|
22
|
Off
|
Yes
|
Category with space
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Against convention
|
Category contains an unnecessary space, for example: [[ Category:ABC]] or [[Category : ABC]].
|
23 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
<nowiki> without correct match
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Missing </nowiki> or <nowiki> tag.
|
24 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
<pre> without correct match
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Missing </pre> or <pre> tag.
|
25 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
Headline hierarchy
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Accessibility
|
After a section headline "==", there should not be a headline of "====". This causes organisational and accessibility problems.
|
26 (dump)
|
Low
|
Yes
|
HTML text style element <b> (bold)
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Accessibility Source readability
|
Found a <b> tag. Should use wiki markup of '''. See WP:Deviations
|
27
|
Off
|
Yes
|
Unicode syntax
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Source readability
|
© gives very little clue as to what this is supposed to be. Use © or the symbol directly © . Some entries, like the [ ] brackets should remain in unicode, or converted to {{!(}} and {{!)}} when used in external links.
|
28 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
Table with no correct end
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
An opening table has "{|" tag, but no corresponding closing "|}" tag.
|
29 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
<gallery> without correct match
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Missing </gallery> or <gallery> tag.
|
30
|
Off
|
No
|
Image without alternate description
|
|
|
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Accessibility
|
|
31
|
Low
|
?
|
HTML table element
|
|
|
|
Source readability
|
A <table> , <tr> or <td> tag was found. Should use wiki markup instead.
|
32
|
High
|
No
|
Double pipe in a link
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
Article contains a wikilink like [[text|text2|text3]] (displays as text2|text3), [[text||text3]] or [[text|text2||]]. or a broken wikilink inside a table.
|
33
|
Off
|
?
|
HTML text style element <u> (underline)
|
Y
|
|
|
Against convention
|
|
34
|
High
|
No
|
Template programming element
|
Y
|
|
|
Syntax error
|
A template programming element, such as {{{1}}}, #if or #switch, was found. They are usually not needed or a regular template can be substituted instead.
|
35
|
Off
|
No
|
Image gallery without description
|
|
Y
|
|
Accessibility
|
|
36
|
Low
|
No
|
Redirect with incorrect syntax
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Display problem
|
Redirect will not work
|
37
|
Low
|
No
|
DEFAULTSORT missing for titles with special letters
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
Don't use special lettering for sorting. DEFAULTSORT should be set without the special lettering.
|
38 (dump)
|
Low
|
Yes
|
HTML text style element <i> (italics)
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Accessibility Source readability
|
Found a <i> tag. Should use wiki markup of ''. See WP:Deviations
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39
|
Low
|
No
|
HTML text style element <p>
|
|
Y
|
|
Accessibility
|
Found a <p> tag. Usually should use wiki markup's blank line. Some tags, such as <ref> must use <p> due to a wikimedia bug.
|
40
|
Low
|
?
|
HTML text style element <font>
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Against convention
|
Found a <font> tag. This tag isn't used in HTML5
|
41
|
Off
|
?
|
HTML text style element <big>
|
|
|
|
Against convention
|
Found a <big> tag. This tag isn't used in HTML5
|
42 (dump)
|
Low
|
?
|
HTML text style element <strike>
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Accessibility
|
Found a <strike> tag. This tag isn't used in HTML5. Use <s> instead. However, strikes shouldn't be used at all for accessibility reasons, so removing the strike is usually the best option.
|
43
|
High
|
No
|
Template with no correct end
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
Found a "{{" brackets with no corresponding "}}" brackets.
|
44
|
Low
|
No
|
Headlines with bold
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Against convention
|
A headline is all or partially bold. This should rarely be used and may or not be bold depending on the browser used.
|
45
|
Low
|
No
|
Interwiki duplication
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
Duplicate entry. Now that interwiki links have been moved to wikidata, this error is possibly due to wikilinks that ought to be rendered that omits the leading : in [[:pt:Jorge de Mascarenhas]] . Should often be converted to internal redlinks per WP:BUILD/WP:REDLINK.
|
46
|
High
|
No
|
Square brackets without correct beginning
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
Found a "]]" brackets with no corresponding "[[" brackets.
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47
|
High
|
No
|
Template without correct beginning
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Found a "}}" brackets with no corresponding "{{" brackets.
|
48 (dump)
|
Low
|
No
|
Title linked in text
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
A wikilink of the article's title was found. This creates an unnecessary circular wikilink per MOS:OVERLINK/WP:SELFREDIRECT and inappropriately bolds the linked word.
|
49
|
High
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No
|
Headline with HTML
|
Y
|
|
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Accessibility Source readability
|
Found a headline created with HTML tags <h1> , <h2> , etc. per MOS:DEVIATIONS and MOS:HEAD.
|
50
|
Off
|
Yes
|
en dash or em dash
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
|
|
51
|
Mid
|
No
|
Interwiki before last headline
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Syntax error
|
With interwikis no long used, this usually means a syntax problem with a interlanguage link, ie [[de:foo]] instead of [[:de:foo]]
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52
|
Low
|
Yes
|
Category before last headline
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Against convention
|
Categories should be placed in the last section. If a link is intentional, used [[:Category:Foobar]]
|
53
|
Mid
|
No
|
Interwiki before last category
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Syntax error
|
With interwikis no long used, this usually means a syntax problem with a interlanguage link, ie [[de:foo]] instead of [[:de:foo]]
|
54 (dump)
|
Low
|
No
|
Break in list
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Accessibility
|
WP:LISTGAP
|
55 (dump)
|
Low
|
No
|
Double <small> tags
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Accessibility
|
Causes the text to be smaller than 85%. This goes against accessibility guidelines.
|
56
|
Off
|
No
|
Arrow as ASCII art
|
Y
|
|
|
|
The article had an arrow like "<--" or "-->" or "<==" or "==>". Write better this arrow with the Unicode "←" or "→" or "⇐" or "⇒".
|
57
|
Low
|
No
|
Headlines end with a colon
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Against convention
|
Remove the :
|
58
|
Mid
|
No
|
Headline all CAPS
|
Y
|
|
|
Against convention
|
Headlines should normally use sentence case, unless referring to titles of works and all-caps acronyms.
|
59
|
Low
|
Yes
|
Template value ends with a <br>
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Syntax error
|
May cause whitespace errors (unconfirmed as of 2023)
|
60
|
High
|
No
|
Template parameter with a problem
|
|
|
|
Syntax error
|
Usually means a broken wikilink inside a template. Can also mean the '=' sign is missing and replaced with another character.
|
61
|
Low
|
No
|
Reference before punctuation
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Display problem
|
<ref> comes after not before various punctuation marks (.,?:;!); see WP:REFPUNC
|
62
|
High
|
No
|
URL without http://
|
|
Y
|
|
Syntax error
|
A URL was found that contained no http://. Example: [en.wiki.x.io Wikipedia]
|
63
|
Low
|
No
|
<small> in a <ref> , <sub> or <sup>
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Accessibility
|
<ref> and <sub> tags already create smaller text. Adding a <small> would cause the text to be smaller than 85%. This goes against accessibility guidelines.
|
64 (dump)
|
Low
|
Yes
|
Link equal to linktext
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Syntax error
|
Finds cases of [[Foo|Foo]] . A Visual Editor bug causes wikilinks with italics or bold to be done incorrectly, usually some text outside the wikilink will also be bold or italized. Moreover, WP:NOPIPEDLINK.
|
65
|
Low
|
Yes
|
Image description ends with <br>
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Syntax error
|
Clutter/Does nothing
|
66
|
Low
|
No
|
Image description with full <small>
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Accessibility
|
Image description text is already smaller. Adding a <small> would cause the text to be smaller than 85%. This goes against accessibility guidelines.
|
67
|
Off
|
No
|
Reference after punctuation (see 61 instead)
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
68
|
Off
|
No
|
Link to other language
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
69 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
ISBN with incorrect syntax
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Incorrect content
|
Per WP:ISBN, the correct format is ISBN 978-2345-78383-1. Also finds ISBNs inside external links as Wikimagick doesn't work and ISBN template can cause problems.
|
70 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
ISBN with wrong length
|
|
|
|
Incorrect content
|
ISBNs should have a length of 10 or 13 characters
|
71 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
ISBN with wrong position of X
|
|
|
|
Incorrect content
|
X is only allowed in the last position of the ISBN
|
72 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
ISBN-10 with wrong checksum
|
|
|
|
Incorrect content
|
ISBN checksum is wrong, verify the ISBN
|
73 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
ISBN-13 with wrong checksum
|
|
|
|
Incorrect content
|
ISBN checksum is wrong, verify the ISBN
|
74
|
High
|
No
|
Link with no target
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Against convention Incorrect content
|
[[|foobar]] links to foobar. The pipe is either unneeded, someone forgot to give a target, or someone vandalized the article.
|
75
|
Off
|
?
|
Indented list
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
76
|
Low
|
?
|
Link with encoded space
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Source readability
|
Found a URI encoded space, ie %20 , inside a wikilink. This usually indicates a badly constructed external link.
|
77
|
Off
|
No
|
Image description with partial <small>
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
78
|
Low
|
No
|
Reference list duplication
|
Y
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Found two or more {{reflist}} or <references /> tags
|
79
|
Off
|
No
|
External link without description
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
80
|
High
|
No
|
External link with a line break
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
Found a newline character inside an external link or a missing closing bracket. A newline character causes the link not to work.
|
81
|
Low
|
?
|
Reference duplication
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
|
Saves wikitext, and makes it easier to maintain the article, as you will only need to change one entry to update multiple instances of the same reference
|
82
|
Off
|
?
|
Link to other wikiproject
|
|
|
|
|
|
83 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
Headlines start with three "=" and later with two "="
|
Y
|
|
|
Accessibility
|
organisational and accessibility problems.
|
84
|
Off
|
No
|
Section without content
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
|
|
85
|
Low
|
?
|
Tags without content
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Source readability
|
An empty <ref></ref> or <span></span> serves no purpose. This can be confusing to editors, and lead to issues if someone interacts with the empty tags by mistake.
|
86
|
High
|
No
|
External link with two brackets
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Display problem
|
Found an external links surround by double brackets. Example: [[http://www.wiki.x.io Wikipedia]]
|
#
|
Priority
|
Cosmetic
|
Error
|
WPC
|
AWB
|
AF
|
Type
|
Reason
|
87
|
Off
|
No
|
HTML named entities without semicolon
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Display problem
|
|
88
|
Low
|
Yes
|
DEFAULTSORT with a blank at first position
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Against convention
|
The space in {{DEFAULTSORT: DuBois, Lewis}} is useless and ignored by MediaWiki.
|
89
|
Low
|
No
|
DEFAULTSORT with no space after the comma
|
|
Y
|
|
Syntax error
|
The script found a DEFAULTSORT without a space after the comma {{DEFAULTSORT:DuBois,Lewis}}. The causes the article to be sorted as the first DuBois article.
|
90
|
Mid
|
No
|
Internal link written as an external link
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Syntax error
|
The script found an external link that should be replaced with a wikilink. An example would be on enwiki [http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Larry_Wall Larry Wall] should be written as [[Larry Wall]].
|
91
|
Mid
|
No
|
Interwiki link written as an external link
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Syntax error
|
The script found an external link that should be replaced with an interwiki link. An example would be on enwiki [http://fr.wiki.x.io/wiki/Larry_Wall Larry Wall] should be written as [[:fr:Larry Wall]].
|
92 (dump)
|
Off
|
No
|
Headline double
|
Y
|
|
|
Accessibility
|
This causes navigation and accessibility issues
|
93
|
Mid
|
No
|
External link with double http://
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Syntax error
|
The script found an external link that had double http:// . An example would be [http:// http:// www.google.com]
|
94
|
Mid
|
No
|
Reference tags with no correct match
|
|
Y
|
|
Display problem
|
A <ref> or </ref> tag was found without the corresponding beginning or ending tag.
|
95
|
Low
|
No
|
Editor's signature or link to user or draft space
|
|
|
|
Syntax error
|
See Wikipedia:UPYES and WP:SIGNHERE
|
96
|
Mid
|
No
|
Table of Contents after first headline
|
|
|
|
Accessibility
|
TOC should be placed at the end of the lead section of the text, before the first section heading. Users of screen readers do not expect any text between the TOC and the first heading. See WP:TOC.
|
97
|
Mid
|
No
|
TOC has material after it and before the first headline
|
|
|
|
Accessibility
|
Screen readers don't process material that comes between the Table of Contents and first headline. See WP:TOC.
|
98 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
<sub> with no correct end
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Display problem
|
Missing </sub> tag. Can cause display problems in Visual Editor and mw:Html5Depurate
|
99 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
<sup> with no correct end
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Display problem
|
Missing </sup> tag. Can cause display problems in Visual Editor and mw:Html5Depurate
|
100 (dump)
|
Low
|
?
|
List tag with no correct match
|
|
|
|
Source readability
|
List tag (<ol>, <ul> or <li>) with no correct match.
|
101 (dump)
|
Low
|
No
|
Ordinal number found inside <sup> tags
|
|
Y
|
|
Against convention
|
Ordinal numbers should be in regular text, not inside <sup> tags See MOS:ORDINAL.
|
102 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
PMID with incorrect syntax
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Incorrect content
|
Per WP:PMID, the syntax should be PMID 4957203 Also checks if PMID is inside an external link as Magiclinks and {{PMID}} template won't work.
|
103 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
Pipe Template inside a wikilink
|
|
Y
|
|
Syntax error
|
The magic word {{!}} shouldn't be used inside a wikilink. | should be used instead.
|
104 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
Unbalanced quotes in ref name
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Syntax error
|
The script found unbalanced quotes in a reference tag. For example <ref name="ref 1>
|
105 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
Heading should begin with "="
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
A heading should begin with a "=".
|
106 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
ISSN with incorrect syntax
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Display problem
|
The script found a problem with ISSN syntax. A normal ISSN looks like ISSN 3895-2372 or 3957-957X. There must be a - between the numbers (don't use dashes). Best if {{ISSN}} template is added. Also finds cases where the ISSN is inside an external linkss
|
107 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
ISSN with wrong length
|
|
|
|
Incorrect content
|
The script checked the ISSN and found it not containing 8 characters. ISSN should have 8 characters.
|
108 (dump)
|
Mid
|
No
|
ISSN with wrong checksum
|
|
|
|
Incorrect content
|
The script checked the ISSN and found a problem with the checksum in the ISSN. Also see Category:Articles with invalid ISSNs.
|
109 (dump)
|
High
|
No
|
Include tag error
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
The script found a problem with opening or closing tags for <includeonly> , <onlyinclude> or <noinclude> tags. This can cause transclusion problems.
|
110
|
Off
|
No
|
Include tag found
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
The script found a <includeonly> , <onlyinclude> or <noinclude> tags.
|
111 (dump)
|
Off
|
No
|
Ref after last reference list
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
There are <ref> tags, after the {{reflist}} or <references> tags.
|
112
|
Low
|
?
|
Bad or deprecated css attributes
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Bad CSS should be fixed. Deprecated values should be updated for modern rendering.
|
113
|
Low
|
No
|
Newline inside a wikilink
|
|
|
|
Display problem
|
Found a newline character inside a wikilink. A newline character causes the wikilink not to work.
|
Note: errors starting at #500 are not detected by CheckWiki, but only by WPC.
|
501
|
Bot
|
No
|
Spelling and typography
|
Y
|
|
|
|
Proposals for fixing spelling and typography based on suggestions.
|
502
|
Off
|
Yes
|
Template namespace in template usage
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
|
Replaced by CW Error #1
|
503
|
Off
|
No
|
Internal link in title
|
|
|
|
|
|
504 (dump)
|
Off
|
No
|
Reference in title
|
|
|
|
|
|
505
|
Off
|
No
|
Image without alternative description
|
|
|
|
|
|
506
|
Off
|
No
|
Reference with a numeric name
|
|
|
|
|
|
507
|
Off
|
No
|
Gallery without caption
|
|
|
|
|
|
508
|
Off
|
No
|
Missing template
|
|
|
|
|
|
509
|
Off
|
Yes
|
Internal link could be compacted
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
|
|
510
|
Off
|
No
|
Non working pipe trick
|
|
|
|
|
|
511
|
Off
|
No
|
Internal link written as external link
|
|
|
Y
|
|
Replaced by CW Error #90
|
512
|
Off
|
No
|
Interwiki link written as external link
|
|
|
Y
|
|
Replaced by CW Error #91
|
513 (dump)
|
Off
|
No
|
Internal link inside external link
|
|
|
|
|
An external links contains an internal link, see Special:LintErrors/wikilink-in-extlink
|
514
|
Off
|
No
|
Missing named reference
|
|
|
|
|
|
515
|
Off
|
?
|
Title linked in text through redirect link
|
|
|
|
|
|
516
|
Off
|
Yes
|
<br /> tags in main namespace
|
|
|
|
|
|
517
|
Off
|
?
|
strike tags
|
|
|
Y
|
|
Replaced by CW Error #42
|
518
|
Bot
|
?
|
nowiki tags in main namespace
|
|
|
|
|
nowiki tags are often not needed in main namespace
|
519
|
Off
|
?
|
a tags in main namespace
|
|
|
|
|
Replaced by CW Error #4
|
520
|
Off
|
?
|
Weird characters (pawns, snowmen) in main namespace
|
|
|
|
|
|
521
|
Bot
|
?
|
Date format in templates
|
|
|
|
|
|
522
|
Off
|
?
|
Empty title
|
|
|
|
|
An empty title (like == <nowiki /> == ) has been detected.
|
523
|
Off
|
?
|
Duplicate image
|
|
|
|
|
|
524
|
Low
|
?
|
Duplicate arguments in template calls
|
Y
|
|
|
|
See Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls
|
525
|
Off
|
?
|
Span tag
|
|
|
|
|
|
526 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Incorrect date link
|
|
|
|
|
Incorrect link to a date, like [[1985|2005]]
|
527
|
Low
|
?
|
Reference with different content
|
|
|
|
|
Reference tags have the same name but different content, see Category:Pages with duplicate reference names
|
528
|
Off
|
?
|
PMID magic link
|
|
|
|
|
PMID magic links will be removed from MW, see Category:Pages using PMID magic links
|
529
|
Off
|
?
|
ISBN magic link
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN magic links will be removed from MW, see Category:Pages using ISBN magic links
|
530
|
Off
|
?
|
RFC magic link
|
|
|
|
|
RFC magic links will be removed from MW, see Category:Pages using RFC magic links
|
531
|
Off
|
?
|
Reference inside reference
|
|
|
|
|
Reference tags have been found inside an other reference tag
|
532
|
Bot
|
?
|
Missing end tag
|
Y
|
|
|
|
An opening tag has no matching end tag, see Special:LintErrors/missing-end-tag.
|
533
|
Bot
|
?
|
Multi colon escape
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
|
A link has been created with a multi colon escape like Test, see Special:LintErrors/multi-colon-escape.
|
534
|
Bot
|
?
|
Bogus image options
|
Y
|
|
|
|
An image has been created with a bogus option, see Special:LintErrors/bogus-image-options.
|
535
|
Bot
|
?
|
Tidy bug affecting font tags wrapping links
|
Y
|
|
|
|
Tidy bug affecting font tags wrapping links, see Special:LintErrors/tidy-font-bug.
|
536
|
Bot
|
?
|
Tidy whitespace bug
|
Y
|
|
|
|
Tidy whitespace bug, see Special:LintErrors/tidy-whitespace-bug.
|
537
|
Bot
|
?
|
Unclosed quotes in heading
|
Y
|
|
|
|
Unclosed quotes in heading, see Special:LintErrors/unclosed-quotes-in-heading.
|
538
|
Bot
|
Yes
|
Whitespace characters after heading
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
|
Extra whitespace characters are present after a heading (like == Title == ).
|
539
|
Bot
|
?
|
Misnested tags
|
Y
|
|
|
|
Misnested tags, see Special:LintErrors/misnested-tag.
|
540
|
Bot
|
?
|
Missing end bold/italic
|
Y
|
|
|
|
Missing end bold/italic, see Special:LintErrors/missing-end-tag.
|
541
|
Off
|
?
|
Obsolete tag
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
|
Obsolete tag, see Special:LintErrors/obsolete-tag.
|
542
|
Bot
|
?
|
Empty ref tag
|
Y
|
|
|
|
<ref> tag without any content like <ref></ref> .
|
543 (dump)
|
Bot
|
?
|
Pipe in external link
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
|
like [https://test.org/toto.html| toto] .
|
544
|
Off
|
?
|
Missing end template in a pair
|
|
|
|
|
A template designed to be paired with another template is alone, like {{col-begin}} without {{col-end}}.
|
545
|
Low
|
?
|
Template with deprecated parameter
|
|
|
|
|
A template parameter is obsolete, like writing_credits in {{Soundtrack}}.
|
546
|
Off
|
?
|
Article without categories
|
|
|
|
|
An article doesn't have any category, except for optional maintenance categories.
|
547 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Empty list item
|
|
|
|
|
A list item is empty, like * .
|
548 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Punctuation in link
|
|
|
|
|
A link ends with a punctuation, which should usually be better placed after the link (like [[Test|test,]] ).
|
549 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Split link
|
|
|
|
|
A link is split in several parts (like [[Test|te]][[Test|st]] ).
|
550 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Link without text
|
|
|
|
|
A link doesn't have any text, so it's not displayed (like [[Test|<nowiki/>]] ).
|
551 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Empty line
|
|
|
|
|
A line is only composed of non displayed elements (like ''<nowiki/>'' ).
|
552 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Template ending with }}}
|
|
|
|
|
A templates end with }}} instead of }} .
|
553 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
<nowiki /> after internal link
|
|
|
|
|
An internal link is followed by a <nowiki /> tag.
|
554 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
<nowiki /> in <gallery>...</gallery>
|
|
|
|
|
A <nowiki /> tag is inside a <gallery>...</gallery> tag.
|
555 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
<nowiki /> in the text
|
|
|
|
|
A <nowiki /> tag is in the text.
|
556 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
External link
|
|
|
|
|
External link in the text of the article.
|
557 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Missing whitespace before a link
|
|
|
|
|
A link is just after the preceding text.
|
558 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Duplicated reference
|
|
|
|
|
A reference is used several times for the same text.
|
559
|
Off
|
?
|
Separator between <ref /> tags
|
|
|
|
|
Consecutive <ref /> tags are not properly separated.
|
560 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Duplicated attribute
|
|
|
|
|
A tag contains the same attribute several time.
|
561
|
Off
|
?
|
Redirection with target text
|
|
|
|
|
An internal link targets a redirection but display the name of the final target (like [[REDIRECT|TARGET]] with REDIRECT being a redirect to TARGET).
|
562 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
Consecutive <nowiki /> tags
|
|
|
|
|
Several <nowiki /> tags are used one after another.
|
563
|
Off
|
?
|
Unused parameters
|
|
|
Y
|
|
A template has unused empty parameters.
|
564
|
Off
|
?
|
Unknown parameters
|
|
|
|
|
A template has unknown parameters.
|
565 (dump)
|
Off
|
?
|
<nowiki /> tag between bold/italic
|
|
|
|
|
A <nowiki /> tag is used between bold/italic.
|
566
|
Off
|
?
|
<abbr /> tag
|
|
|
|
|
Abbreviation should use templates instead of <abbr /> tag.
|
#
|
Priority
|
Cosmetic
|
Error
|
WPC
|
AWB
|
AF
|
Type
|
Reason
|