User:DragonflySixtyseven/Maintenance stuff

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Filename issues

Circular refs

Refnames

  • search hits for bad refnames (put in searchbox entire nowiki'd string: insource:"/<ref name=\":0\">/" - or alter the number. 0, 1, 2, 3, 01, 02, 03, etc.)

Warning: if you try to search for only "ref name=:", it'll show you every instance of "ref name", not just the flawed ones.

Dangling referrer tags

  • [0} Search hits for dangling "?hp&action=click"

Metadata issues and link rot (archive.org and .is)

Timebinding

Opinions (beware of false positives!)

"Lead"/"Led" (beware of false positives!)

Eliminate false positives by replacing suitable instances of "lead" with "{{not a typo|lead}}". Don't change direct quotes - instead, add " [sic]", and then add with the comment. Don't change URLs, don't add "sic", but a comment in metadata works fine. Remember to properly terminate your comment with a "-->" or you'll make things worse. Yes, comments don't break the URLs, but they might interact poorly with archive bots.

Please keep in mind that many editors are also replacing "lead" with "lede" without actually understanding the reasons why.
According to [ http://grammarist.com/usage/lead-lede/ ]: "Long ago the noun lede was an alternative spelling of lead, but now lede is mainly journalism jargon for the introductory portion of a news story—or what might be called the lead portion of the news story. Strictly speaking, the lede is the first sentence or short portion of an article that gives the gist of the story and contains the most important points readers need to know."
Also see [ http://howardowens.com/lede-vs-lead/ ], [ http://lisawaananen.com/noted/2014/09/12/lead-vs-lede-and-tradition-vs-substance/ ], [ https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/10/lede-time.html ], and [ https://thebettereditor.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/should-we-bury-this-lede/ ] --Guy Macon (talk) 02:24, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Good spot. I just searched and fixed. I found pleasingly few obvious errors, though I left several cases where either word would fit but I'd have used "lead". Certes (talk) 10:43, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Misuse of "lede" is rampant on pages discussing Wikipedia edits, but of course per WP:TPOC we don't fix those. Good to hear it isn't common in article space. --Guy Macon (talk) 13:13, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Search-engine sloppiness

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