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The moss project seeks to find and remove the furry green typos that have been growing on Wikipedia articles. It uses a python script named moss and written by User:Beland to automatically find misspellings, mistakes in English grammar, violations of the Wikipedia:Manual of Style, and confusing or broken wiki markup.
This page discusses edit conflicts, and how to deal with them. To understand what an edit conflict is, consider the following situation: Bob clicks "Edit" on a page. The software sends Bob the current revision of the page, #1. Alice clicks "Edit" on the same page, while Bob is editing. The software sends Alice the current revision of the page, #1.
Pick one of the errors from the table below. Work through the pages in the Latest Database Dump List, fixing any errors you find. Edit the list and remove any articles you have fixed. Update the date you checked in the other columns as (MM), (DD), (YYYY). If you finished the whole list, mark it Done (Optional) - Return to step 1 and try another ...
(Or insert {} replacing 'talkpage section' with the appropriate section on the talk page, if one already exists.) If there are more than 5 dubious statements, or if a dispute arises: First, insert a "Disputed" section on the talk page to describe the problem. This will help focus on contributions from others.
The lists of common spelling mistakes linked below are used to correct typographical errors throughout Wikipedia. Each entry lists a typo, followed by the correct spelling in parentheses; clicking on the typo will search for it throughout Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Typo for information on and coordination of spellchecking work.
Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability) – at times the notability of a topic is questioned that is notable, but lacks strong citations to reliable, secondary and independent sources substantively treating that topic. This essay covers three common mistakes in using sources to show notability.
We'll show you how to fix the most common cooking mistakes, from soggy pan-fried dishes to gummy rice. Check out our slideshow above to discover 15 easy fixes to common cooking mistakes.
If someone is going to demand that others discuss on the talk page before making any changes to an article, fairness demands that she too discuss it on the talk page. I.e., if one is going to use something like WP:BRD as an edit summary, a discussion should be started immediately by the person indicating such, and ideally the section should be ...