User:KathrynLybarger/Edit-a-thons/1Lib1Ref

Spelling
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We can correct spelling errors in Wikipedia easily when we come across them, or we can search for common spelling errors directly. When you search for an error, be sure to use the "Search" button instead of the "Go" button, otherwise it might just correct your spelling.

Some good options for targeted spell-checking:
 * univeristy, libray, encyclopeida
 * any misspelling of a month or day of the week
 * any word that you commonly mistype (mine is "damange")

If you need ideas, check Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings.

Want to fix Wikipedia as the errors happen? Try out Lupin's Live Spellcheck

Anti-vandalism

 * Look for bad words with Lupin's anti-vandal tool

Fixing Dead Links

 * See Wikipedia's instructions for preventing and repairing dead links
 * Find some to fix in these categories of articles with dead external links

Fixing Reference Formatting
Do you like formatting citations just so? You can tidy citations in Wikipedia, using templates built into their editor.
 * Check out all the articles needing reference cleanup
 * Pen railway station

Citation Needed

 * See Wikipedia's list of articles with unsourced statements
 * Looking for a challenge? Try citation hunt!
 * Can you confirm that:
 * In Hungary, Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1925 by the Hungarian Red Cross Youth?
 * Only eight directors have ever won three Oscars for the same film?
 * A pyritohedron has twelve identical pentagonal faces, with three meeting in each of the 20 vertices?

Contributing to brief articles (Stubs)
Brief articles (stubs) may be new enough that nobody has had a chance to mark their unsourced statements as "citation needed", but we can still add citations!


 * Find a stub category that interests you, and contribute to one of its articles. Add citations, or new information (while citing your sources).
 * Category:Stubs - categorize these stubs into more specific stub categories