Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia/List of errors - Wikipedia
Article Images
#
Priority
Cosmetic
Error
WPC
AWB
AF
Type
Reason
01
(dump) Low Yes Template contains useless word "template:" Syntax error Article contains a template that includes the redundant prefix "template:" (eg.
(dump) High Sometimes
Mediawiki's Tidy tool will be replaced which may cause many now valid tags, such as
(dump) High No Reference list missing Display problem The article contains one or more
(dump) Mid No HTML text style element
(dump) High No Comment tag with no correct end Display problem Missing closing comment tag.
(dump) Mid No Headlines all start with three "=" 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 "=" Display problem Headline should end with "=". 09
(dump) Low Yes Multiple categories on one line Against convention Two or more categories on one line. 10 High No Square brackets with no correct end Display problem Found a "[[" brackets with no corresponding "]]" brackets. 11 Off Yes HTML named entities Source readability HTML code found where a Unicode character could be used. For example,
(dump) High No
(dump) High No
(dump) High No
(dump) Low Yes[a] Unicode control characters Incident detection Detection of Unicode controls such as 0+FEFF, 0+200E, 0+200B and PUA characters. 17
(dump) Low Yes[a] Category duplication Incident detection Unnecessary duplicate categories found. 18 Off Yes Category's first letter is small Against convention Against convention. If turned on again, check if CamelCase cases (e.g. Category:iPhone) have consensus to be changed to
(dump) High No Headlines start with one "=" Accessibility A heading section starts with just one "=". This causes organisational and accessibility problems 20
(dump) Low Yes Symbol for dead Source readability The article had a
(dump) High No
(dump) High No
(dump) Mid No Headline hierarchy 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
Source readability Found a
(dump) High No Table with no correct end Display problem An opening table has "{|" tag, but no corresponding closing "|}" tag. 29
(dump) High No
(dump) Low Yes HTML text style element
Source readability Found a
(dump) Low ? HTML text style element
(dump) Low No Title linked in text 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 No Headline with HTML Accessibility
Source readability Found a headline created with HTML tags
(dump) Low No Break in list Accessibility WP:LISTGAP 55
(dump) Low No Double
(dump) Low Yes Link equal to linktext Syntax error Finds cases of
(dump) Mid No ISBN with incorrect syntax 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 Against convention
Incorrect content
(dump) Mid No Headlines start with three "=" and later with two "=" Accessibility Organisational and accessibility problems. 84 Off No Section without content 85 Low ? Tags without content Source readability An empty
Example:
(dump) Off No Headline double Accessibility This causes navigation and accessibility issues 93 Mid No External link with double http:// Syntax error The script found an external link that had double
(dump) High No
(dump) High No
(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 Against convention Ordinal numbers should be in regular text, not inside <sup> tags See MOS:ORDINAL. 102
(dump) Mid No PMID with incorrect syntax 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 Syntax error The magic word
(dump) Mid No Unbalanced quotes in ref name Syntax error The script found unbalanced quotes in a reference tag. For example
(dump) High No Heading should begin with "=" Display problem A heading should begin with a "=". 106
(dump) Mid No ISSN with incorrect syntax 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
(dump) Off No Ref after last reference list Display problem There are
(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 510 Off No Non working pipe trick 511 Off No Internal link written as external link Replaced by CW Error #90 512 Off No Interwiki link written as external link 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 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
(dump) Off ? Incorrect date link Incorrect link to a date, like
(dump) Bot ? Pipe in external link like
(dump) Off ? Empty list item A list item is empty, like
(dump) Off ? Punctuation in link A link ends with a punctuation, which should usually be better placed after the link (like
(dump) Off ? Split link A link is split in several parts (like
(dump) Off ? Link without text A link doesn't have any text, so it's not displayed (like
(dump) Off ? Empty line A line is only composed of non displayed elements (like
(dump) Off ? Template ending with
(dump) Off ?
(dump) Off ?
(dump) Off ?
(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
(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
(dump) Off ? Consecutive
(dump) Off ?
(dump) Low Yes Template contains useless word "template:" 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 />
.
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 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>
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
Syntax error
Don't use special lettering in DEFAULTSORT
07(dump) Mid No Headlines all start with three "=" 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 "=" Display problem Headline should end with "=". 09
(dump) Low Yes Multiple categories on one line Against convention Two or more categories on one line. 10 High No Square brackets with no correct end Display problem Found a "[[" brackets with no corresponding "]]" brackets. 11 Off Yes HTML named entities 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
?
HTML list elements
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
Display problem
Missing </code>
or <code>
tag.
16(dump) Low Yes[a] Unicode control characters Incident detection Detection of Unicode controls such as 0+FEFF, 0+200E, 0+200B and PUA characters. 17
(dump) Low Yes[a] Category duplication Incident detection Unnecessary duplicate categories found. 18 Off Yes Category's first letter is small 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 "=" Accessibility A heading section starts with just one "=". This causes organisational and accessibility problems 20
(dump) Low Yes Symbol for dead Source readability The article had a
†
and not †
21
Off
No
Category: in English
Incident detection
[[Category: ]] found when the native language should be used
22
Off
Yes
Category with space
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 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)
AccessibilitySource readability Found a
<b>
tag. Should use wiki markup of '''. See WP:Deviations
27
Off
Yes
Unicode syntax
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
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
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)
Against convention
34
High
No
Template programming element
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
Accessibility
36
Low
No
Redirect with incorrect syntax
Display problem
Redirect will not work
37
Low
No
DEFAULTSORT missing for titles with special letters
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)
AccessibilitySource readability Found a
<i>
tag. Should use wiki markup of ''. See WP:Deviations
39
Low
No
HTML text style element <p>
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>
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>
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
Display problem
Found a "{{" brackets with no corresponding "}}" brackets.
44
Low
No
Headlines with bold
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
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
Display problem
Found a "]]" brackets with no corresponding "[[" brackets.
47
High
No
Template without correct beginning
Display problem
Found a "}}" brackets with no corresponding "{{" brackets.
48(dump) Low No Title linked in text 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 No Headline with HTML 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
51
Mid
No
Interwiki before last headline
Syntax error
With interwikis no long used, this usually means a syntax problem with a interlanguage link, ie [[de:foo]]
instead of [[:de:foo]]
52
Low
Yes
Category before last headline
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
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 Accessibility WP:LISTGAP 55
(dump) Low No Double
<small>
tags
Accessibility
Causes the text to be smaller than 85%. This goes against accessibility guidelines.
56
Off
No
Arrow as ASCII art
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
Against convention
Remove the :
58
Mid
No
Headline all CAPS
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>
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
Display problem
<ref>
comes after not before various punctuation marks (.,?:;!); see WP:REFPUNC
62
High
No
URL without http://
Syntax error
A URL was found that contained no http://. Example: [en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]
63
Low
No
<small>
in a <ref>
, <sub>
or <sup>
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 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>
Syntax error
Clutter/Does nothing
66
Low
No
Image description with full <small>
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)
68
Off
No
Link to other language
69(dump) Mid No ISBN with incorrect syntax 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 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
76
Low
?
Link with encoded space
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>
78
Low
No
Reference list duplication
Display problem
Found two or more {{reflist}} or <references />
tags
79
Off
No
External link without description
80
High
No
External link with a line break
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
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 "=" Accessibility Organisational and accessibility problems. 84 Off No Section without content 85 Low ? Tags without content 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
Display problem
Found an external links surround by double brackets.Example:
[[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]]
#
Priority
Cosmetic
Error
WPC
AWB
AF
Type
Reason
87
Off
No
HTML named entities without semicolon
Display problem
88
Low
Yes
DEFAULTSORT with a blank at first position
Against convention
The space in {{DEFAULTSORT: DuBois, Lewis}} is useless and ignored by MediaWiki.
89
Low
No
DEFAULTSORT with no space after the comma
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
Syntax error
The script found an external link that should be replaced with a wikilink. An example would be on enwiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall Larry Wall] should be written as [[Larry Wall]].
91
Mid
No
Interwiki link written as an external link
Syntax error
The script found an external link that should be replaced with an interwiki link. An example would be on enwiki [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall Larry Wall] should be written as [[:fr:Larry Wall]].
92(dump) Off No Headline double Accessibility This causes navigation and accessibility issues 93 Mid No External link with double http:// 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
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
Display problem
Missing </sub>
tag. Can cause display problems in Visual Editor and mw:Html5Depurate
99(dump) High No
<sup>
with no correct end
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 Against convention Ordinal numbers should be in regular text, not inside <sup> tags See MOS:ORDINAL. 102
(dump) Mid No PMID with incorrect syntax 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 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 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 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
Proposals for fixing spelling and typography based on suggestions.
502
Off
Yes
Template namespace in template usage
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 510 Off No Non working pipe trick 511 Off No Internal link written as external link Replaced by CW Error #90 512 Off No Interwiki link written as external link 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 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
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
An opening tag has no matching end tag, see Special:LintErrors/missing-end-tag.
533
Bot
?
Multi colon escape
A link has been created with a multi colon escape like Test, see Special:LintErrors/multi-colon-escape.
534
Bot
?
Bogus image options
An image has been created with a bogus option, see Special:LintErrors/bogus-image-options.
535
Bot
?
Tidy bug affecting font tags wrapping links
Tidy bug affecting font tags wrapping links, see Special:LintErrors/tidy-font-bug.
536
Bot
?
Tidy whitespace bug
Tidy whitespace bug, see Special:LintErrors/tidy-whitespace-bug.
537
Bot
?
Unclosed quotes in heading
Unclosed quotes in heading, see Special:LintErrors/unclosed-quotes-in-heading.
538
Bot
Yes
Whitespace characters after heading
Extra whitespace characters are present after a heading (like == Title ==
).
539
Bot
?
Misnested tags
Misnested tags, see Special:LintErrors/misnested-tag.
540
Bot
?
Missing end bold/italic
Missing end bold/italic, see Special:LintErrors/missing-end-tag.
541
Off
?
Obsolete tag
Obsolete tag, see Special:LintErrors/obsolete-tag.
542
Bot
?
Empty ref tag
<ref>
tag without any content like <ref></ref>
.
543(dump) Bot ? Pipe in external link 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
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.
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Priority
Cosmetic
Error
WPC
AWB
AF
Type
Reason