Wikipedia:Cleanup

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The cleanup page is a place where articles with problems (ungrammatical, poorly formatted, confusing, etc.) can be listed. Any user can fix or list articles here. After you fix an article listed here, remove the entry from this page.

Feel free to make use of the Wikipedia:Cleanup resources.

Older cleanup: Category:Cleanup by month. Pages are archived by month, but are still in need of cleanup (or de-listing if they have already been cleaned up).

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Also remember that you can submit an article in need of cleanup to the Cleanup Taskforce (which is always looking for members).

For more detailed information about this page, see Wikipedia:Cleanup process.

Just to let everyone know, there were 16,569 articles tagged for cleanup as of 2 July 2006. This means that we are working on 1.35% of English Wikipedia's articles. Most of these articles can be found under Category:Cleanup by month and are not listed below. Anything you can do to help clear the backlog would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Please help reduce the size of this page by removing listings from previous months that have already been fixed. You may also remove listings that have not been fixed, as long as you move any outstanding comments to the article's talk page, and make sure that the article itself is still tagged for cleanup.

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August 2006

August 29, 2006

  • Levitation no intro, no separation between physics and esoteric meaning, somebody added a terrible esoteric and unsourced POV 'see also' section, intersecting the stub tag. Boo 03:20, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 29, 2006

  • Duff Beer comingles reality and fiction within the same section. Factual disputes are argued in the main article. Suffers from poor organization. This might require some serious Googling or sources to resolve just which/whether all the fictional Duffs really did appear. --Thatnewguy 14:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 28, 2006

  • Algaculture. That was silly to take it down... it needs a LOT more work, sorry. Would anyone else mind taking additional passes at this? Nearly all the tons of links appear good, and I moved much, much more to the talk page for storage till it can be gone through fully. · XP · 19:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 26, 2006

  • Heim (onomastics) I have never encountered a messier article in my entire time here and Ive been here a while. I don't even know where to start on this one. Tobyk777 05:29, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 25, 2006

  • Kurt Nehrling I have a rough translation from German articles on Kurt and I would like some assistance in making the article clearer as well as add reference historical links.

--Mobilelearn 15:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Craig David Where to begin, this is a general mess and reads like a washed newspaper. Kejoxen 16:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Marina (TV series) - The plot summary and cast was extremely badly written (apparently not by a native English speaker), and malformatted. I did what I could with the article, but it still needs work (preferably from somebody with knowledge about this Philippine TV series). - Mike Rosoft 18:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 24, 2006

  • Lipton Original Iced Tea Needs to be less advertising and more encylopediac, while Darjeeling tea (white) needs slight rewording - though the idea of a "fluffy" tea is interesting. Jackiespeel 15:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Aries Mu - Needs prosifying of stats section and rewriting of text and stats in encyclopedic tone that will not need updates over time. Stats like age and words like currently become outdated in the blink of an eye. - Mgm|(talk) 11:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 23, 2006

  • Laura Ingalls Wilder - This page looks plagiarized and it contains more information about Laura's daughter Rose than it does about Laura. More on the talk page. Dreadpiratetif 21:16, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bandung - This article seems to be all over the place. Although it is on the right path to a good article, it still needs some taking a look at by someone who can do somewhat of an overhaul.
  • Sat calculator programs - substandard stub, unwikified, unreferenced; if kept, it should probably be moved to SAT calculator program or a similar name. - Mike Rosoft 19:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 22, 2006

  • Chan Yik Hei - Many of the claims (especially in the "unconfirmed critisms" section, but also scattered in the article) are not true. I have added an NPOV sign in the article but I think it deserved to be cleaned up. The article should also be rewritten to improve the overall flow.
    • cleaned up. Splee 03:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 21, 2006

  • Blue (boy band) - I've tagged this article for a clean up. Reasons for cleanup stated on Talk page. -- Sarz 10:27, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 19, 2006

  • Phantasy Star Universe - Article has poor capitalisation, structure and parts that appear to be lifted poorly from webpages -Bigthecat 11:55, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Coral Smith - This is frankly a terrible article. I have slashed and burnt (and there is no other word for it) as much as possible but I know nothing about this person or the show they were in so am unable to improve it further. It needs to be wikified and have what amounts to a total re-write. --Charlesknight 22:51, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 17, 2006

  • Mara Salvatrucha - It looks like the gang this article is about may be getting overly involved in writing it. The best I could do was to fix up some punctuation errors. There are virtually no citations in any of the article, the grammar looks like a 5th grader wrote it, and I'm tempted to call their section on enemies a wikipedia enabled hit-list. Here's a quote from the discussion "it3 im C^ripK N i wanna say dat wikipedia needs sum more info bout gangs, even tho im C^ripK i noe sum MS shit. Cause they in ma bKloCC tha 13 stands 4 southside, tha 13th letter on tha alphabKet M 4 mexican mafia, dats sureno slang N shit, bKut MS took tha 13 2 reppK it 4 them" I'm tempted to delete it because I don't even know what it means, but I don't know the wikipedia policy on this. This article needs some serious love and attention from people who know more about it than me. -NorsemanII 09:57, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 16, 2006

  • Flea circus - I cleaned up what I could, but more content knowledge is required to fix this article. The external links should help; I just don't have time right now. — Epastore 02:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Scary Movie - the description of the plot is way too long, more of a book report summary, and much longer than necessary. JPG-GR 02:37, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Magnetosphere particle motion - has a discursive conversational physics textbook style, not an encyclopedia article style. -dmmaus 01:22, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 15, 2006

  • Jane Hadley Barkley, the succession box in the article needs to be fixed. --TommyBoy 01:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • MFSTM. This article is only a stub - but it makes some dubious unsupported claims, which directly contradict a major paragraph of the data recovery article. There are also some very imprecise technical statements, and other style issues. A data recovery expert should rewrite this article. Mtford 09:10, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Marguerite D'Youville - unwikified, taken from [1]. (What is the source text's copyright status?) - Mike Rosoft 13:16, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redondo Union High School. It is a stub although it's information is correct and comes from the school booklets, etc. Need help to verify some of the alumni listed..i.e. Brendan Fraser
  • Jorge Dely Valdés and Julio Dely Valdes are about two twin brothers, both Panamanian footballers. So far, so good. However, the articles have exactly the same information, verbatim. Both players have played exactly the same number of matches with exactly the same number of goals for exactly the same clubs and have sustained exactly the same injuries. Aecis Appleknocker Flophouse 21:13, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Jason Becker, needs to be formatted, headings, with better flow and organization. Justinmeister 17:22, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 14, 2006

The word curling on the top line of the article is a link to the article about the sport, which in turn has a link to the Curling (disambiguation) page. The disambiguation page includes hair irons. I don't think the List of curlers page should have a link to Curling (disambiguation), because most of the meanings of "Curling" are proper nouns, not verbs, so they do not correspond to a meaning of "curler". Do we need a new disambiguation page just for "curler"?? Mtford 16:19, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 12, 2006

August 11, 2006

I've removed a lot of the excessive capitalisation in the titles. It reads like an article from a Fan Mag - deifinitely not up to Wiki standards. It needs a lot of clean up and objectification. I'll do a bit more when I've got time. Derby Dave 16:40, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Carrefour Just not a good article. Bad layout, confusing (possibly POV) paragraphs in the intro, which they certainly don't belong in. And just has quite little actual content other than the intro. - Рэдхот 14:40, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 10, 2006

August 9, 2006

  • The Faerie Queene Informal and very confusing. Needs some academic editing and some copy editing too.

August 7, 2006

  • Shadow Warrior - This video game article needs a lot of cleanup. I made an entry on the talk page about it. CyberRaptor 04:24, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bradford Bishop(bio of 30-year cold-case American murderer of own family, w/ dip. passport)+Did some cleanup, removed data for conspiracy theory that has no evidence given of notability. Still needs true-crime tone (implicit voice of Robert Stack!) removed, syntax tersified, etc, etc.Jerzy•t
  • List of Hannah Montana episodes - Requires a lot of cleanup. I simply fixed some very unprofessional capitalizing and cleaned up episodes with no information. I still need experts to help give the page a more complete feel. User:docsteel92 22:13, 7 August 2006 (EDT)

August 6, 2006

Removed copy vio. Perhaps spmeone could rephrase and bring the info back. :) Dlohcierekim 14:23, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 5, 2006

  • Earl W. Bascom(Cowboy artist & rodeo-ist) - merge & reorder most of its 29 sections, and then see what else is needed for coherancy.Jerzy•t
  • Tobacco smoking - requires major cleanup --GoOdCoNtEnT 19:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC), cleaned up the history section only --Smuglife 21:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 4, 2006

fixed formatting by removing [citation needed] tags Skapur 00:48, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 3, 2006

  • Boston Red Sox - The sections on recent history are far too long and incredibly disproportionate to the rest of the franchise history. Tino 04:06, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Andrea Lewis - Highly disorganized. Formatted Improperly.
  • Miriam McDonald - Highly disorganized. Formatted Improperly.
  • Wari' - Tone & level of detail are inconsistent (& frequently odd); crucial information confusing or missing; no citations. Details of recommended cleanup are posted on the Talk page. --Vcrs 08:29, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 2, 2006

August 1, 2006

  • Kanye West - This article should be cleaned up, bad grammar in many places, quite messy.
  • YTCracker - This article has escaped VfD twice, but there has been a consensus that cleanup is required.

July 2006

July 31, 2006

  • Al Leong - Article is insanely, unnecessarily long (subject is minor character actor). One user in particular, BBlackmoor, is insistent that it stay this large and continues to revert any revision attempts to shorten, despite objections of others. Perhaps more consensus or splitting the article into "Filmography of Al Leong" or some such would convince said user, who refuses to listen to rational and consistently violates Wikipedia:Article_size. Hope this is the right place for this. Vesperholly 08:46, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Treasure_of_the_Golden_Suns and Time is Money (DuckTales) - many of the Duck Tales episode guides need some attention, but these two in particular... they include phrases like "Back at the ranch mansion", "Scrooge-tachi" (whatever that means; a Japanese suffix?) and excessive use of 2-3 word phrases quoted from the shows.
Spell checked, de-humored, stylistic changes and removed parenthetical remarks for first 3 movies. Someone should check my work.  :) Dlohcierekim 14:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Spell checked and de-humored last two movie sections. Someone should go through and see if I missed anything and unify the style. :) Dlohcierekim 19:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 30, 2006

Please see my explanations of my concerns relating to the problems of inaccuracy of format and other inaccuracies being introduced for the past week into the first article (Charles Jacobs) and since yesterday the second article (Harold Pinter) by at least one other editor, SlimVirgin. She is continually (over and over again) reverting correct format to incorrect format and also reverting previously-deemed unverified or unsupported information by putting it back in the article without any checking or knowledge of the sources or the subject of the article or the format styles. These reversions are continually introducing mistakes and inaccuracies in these articles of living persons and also violating WP:BLP and WP:Citing Sources and WP:Reliable sources, as well as policies relating to Wikipedia:Five pillars. If she and other editors commenting in the articles' and my talk pages are administrators, I feel that they are abusing their privileges as administrators and not maintaining NPOV or even common courtesy, much less stated Wikipedia policies re: respecting the work of others. I have tried to bring these problems to these editors' attention, but to no avail. They basically gang up on me and attempt to make it seem that I do not know Wikipedia policies, but I have read the policies, and I do know what they are. That is why I am lodging these complaints.

(Other problematic things are being done to the Charles Jacobs-related articles by some other editors as well.)

Please see the talk pages of the articles (and those linked in the CJ article. Please see the pages on disputes about "accuracy" and "clean up". Thank you--NYScholar 00:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

July 30, 2006

Someone improved it on the 26th. :) Dlohcierekim 13:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 29, 2006

  • Vril - unencyclopedic, messy, confusing.
  • Sindy - messy and unverified. Sarge Baldy 17:38, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Manufacturing Execution Systems - This article is an unabashed commercial product ad and unsuitable for an encylopædia.
  • Back_Bay_(MBTA_station) - Multiple formatting errors, large picture taking of 1/4 - 1/3 of the article needs to resized or removed.
  • Pawnbroker - very jumbled up and confusing. The mention of "Lombard" is not explained until the "Symbol" section, which itself is a disorganised mess. -- Earle Martin [t/c] 22:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
opening section cleaned up Kendrick7 04:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 27, 2006

July 26, 2006

  • Image:Death Penalty World Map3.png - this image is a (modified?) copy of Image:Death Penalty World Map2.png, which is on Commons. I have placed a tag at its description page to list everything that is wrong with it:
    The same mistake has occurred as in the previous version: Libya, which is by no means abolitionist in practice, has been marked as such. The map needs a thorough check against Use of death penalty worldwide to make sure that no more errors have crept in. (Western Sahara has been changed from "abolitionist in practice" to "retentionist", and it does not appear in the list; are there any references to legal death penalty use [as opposed to extrajudicial executions committed by armed groups] there?) In addition, it is inconsistent to mark states which have abolished death penalty by the 1972 Supreme Court decision (or earlier by law, or - if there is such - had reinstated it after the verdict and then abolished it again) as abolitionist in practice, while marking states where death penalty has recently been abolished on the grounds of the state constitutions (often because of technicalities) as abolitionist for all crimes. I don't think that any state can be considered to be abolitionist for all crimes, and I am not sure that the AI classification is useful for them: even in the states where the death penalty doesn't exist the perpetrator could, at least in theory, face death penalty under the federal law (which did happen in Michigan). The claim that federal death penalty is not being used is not true, either - see Timothy McVeigh, executed in 2001. (Added by another user: The data for the Caucasus region is incorrect and waiting to be changed, as the map indicates that Armenia retains the death penalty in some form, whereas the table says the opposite.) - Mike Rosoft 18:46, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I have confirmed that Armenia has been marked incorrectly in all the versions. - Mike Rosoft 19:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Information on the Philippines is also outdated in Image:Death Penalty World Map2.png, since death penalty has recently been re-abolished there. (Image:Death Penalty World Map.png and Image:Death Penalty World Map3.png are correct.) - Mike Rosoft 19:49, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I believe that rather than fixing this image, it would be better to delete both Image:Death Penalty World Map2.png and Image:Death Penalty World Map3.png, go back to Image:Death Penalty World Map.png, and fix the error with Belarus (as well as possible others). - Mike Rosoft 18:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Kansas is marked incorrectly. Kansas has not used the death penalty for a long time, however, it is by no means abolished.LH 18:59, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    As for the supreme court case, it did not abolish the death penalty, it was only as to the application in that case and as to that law. Inmates were still on death row. Either way, that is moot with the recent supreme court case (Kansas v. Marsh) (June 26, 2006)LH 19:06, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 25, 2006

  • Ari Fleischer -- The article reads, "The indictment states that Libby told Fleischer (referred to as the White House press secretary in the indictment) that Plame worked for the CIA and that this fact was not well-known. Such information, shared with a press secretary who talks to reporters on a regular basis, seems destined for a reporter's ears, and these hints suggest that Fleischer may have been Novak's original source." (bold emphasis added to problem area) The problem here is that the writer assumes that because Fleisher is the PS, he will tell the press everything he knows; including matters of national security. That is incorrect and a major violation of ethics and responsibilities in his line of work. As Fleisher himself writes in his book, Taking Heat (2005, p.246), "The job of the White House Press Secretary isn't to say everything you know to be true, but everything you say had better be true." To suggest that he would be obligated to share sensitive information such as this is incorrect and ignorant. While I do not believe WikiPedia should remove the entire section to protect the accusations made of Fleischer in this case, I do think they should edit that statement to avoid misleading readers to believe that he had an obligation or a tendendeny to leak sensitive information.

July 24, 2006

  • Bernhard_Goetz -- 24 July 2006, Article points to Discussion page for more information and is generally wordy and unclear
  • Hugh R. Brady-- Very messy. The majority of the article seems to be taken wholesale from an interview with the subject. Formatting is a disaster. Cassian 16:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 23, 2006

July 22, 2006

  • AEGIS (Ragnarok Online) - Badly formatted, NOR issues, story like structure. Does not properly convey events that have been played out. PFAK 16:43, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Anthony McPartlin - Recent edits on his recent marriage is in 'External links' required text to be moved and edited. TheTallOne 17:46, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Patrick Star - Large block of unheadered text, and much of the information is either redundant or unneeded. --GUTTERTAHAH 15:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 21, 2006

  • Interactive Brokers - needs critical review of content, maybe to the point of considering AFD. Reads like a personal essay by someone with an axe to grind, and is largely sourced from online forums. 86.142.249.236 15:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Women as theological figures Someone has removed the subdivisions under Christianity - can they please be restored (with a comment on recent Anglican developments) Jackiespeel 16:11, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dannemora (village), New York has a paragraph at the end of the article which is obviously not encyclopedia quality. It needs to be either deleted, or rewritten and moved.--Riley 02:44, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Have removed that par, and similar ref in the intro., If anyone wants to replace it they will need to provide references. Remove tag too.Moriori 03:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Smugmug reads like PR. Among other things, linking to a dozen brag-file comments to "prove" that the company has good customer service is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. --Nate Silva 16:00, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Cleaned it up, but looking at its history, every time someone removes the biased section, someone else comes along and reverts it back in. We'll see how long it lasts this time --Goldrushcavi 19:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's not terribly clear whether "Empire" is the name of a genre, or whether this article is a collection of information about different games that just happen to have the same name. The opening sentence kind of suggests the latter. If so then suggest splitting into separate articles? Matt 11:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC).

July 20, 2006

  • Fusagasugá is a translation of a poorly written Spanish text dump. I can translate the Spanish article later, but for now it needs cleanup. RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 03:58, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • The_Palace_(computer_program) reads like an article out of a gaming magazine, with more errors. Rincebrain 12:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Art Radio is currently a Babelfished copyvio of the radio station's front page, and as such, also reads like spam. Needs some serious help in a hurry. (Note: added tag on 20th, forgot to add it here until today.) Doogie2K (talk) 16:54, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 19, 2006

July 18, 2006

Template:US Banks

  • The above box needs to be changed to differentiate the listed Citizens Financial Group based in Rhode Island and Citizens Banking Corporation based in Michigan which both use the marketing name of Citizens Bank. Steelbeard1 12:50, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Squirrel Boy is written in a poor, informal tone. Also, there is a specific quotes section; although it isn't (and probably won't) popular enough to have a Wikiquote section, it is still inappropriate for the article. 72.145.230.87 16:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Marcus Goldman is narrative and borderline derrogatory. There are no citations for the information and it might all be incorrect. Possible NPOV issues as well. See discussion for details. --Thesilence 19:27, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 17, 2006

  • Bob Tur and Los Angeles News Service have the same text for the majority of the article. One article needs to be deleted, or they need to be merged, or one article needs to be completely rewritten.
  • Mariano Cardinal Rampolla needs some tweeking/development (and if someone knows more about the papal veto can they please develop the area) Jackiespeel 21:57, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pancharatna Kritis - Needs to be moved to Wikisource, or rewritten in a more encyclopedic style. --Siva 20:04, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Valerophenone - unwikified, possibly copied from somewhere. Only contains a malformated table of the compound's properties. - Mike Rosoft 10:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Waste minimisation- bit long and drawn out, needs to be wikified and improved.

July 15, 2006

  • The Ren and Stimpy Show - Much improvement is needed in spots. (Ibaranoff24 23:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC))[reply]
  • Alexandra Roos - The article seems to have potential, but there is no context established at this time for the article to be called a stub. --Spring Rubber 19:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Clunia - This appears to be almost entirely a paper of some sort, anonymously contributed. I'm hoping (but not certain) that the anon who submitted it is, indeed the person who wrote it (impossible to make an educated guess, because there are no other edits from that IP address, so nothing to compare to). Utterly not in Wikipedia style, has POV issues, not wikified, etc. - Jmabel | Talk 22:34, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 14, 2006

  • Carinthian is NOT, has never been and will never be a slovenian dialect. The dialect stemms from Bavaria.

July 14, 2006

  • Cook Islands Maori does not conform to the standards of other language articles; talk about what Ethnologue describes as multiple languages.
  • Palmersville, Tennessee has been listed since June 12, 2006. That article does not use the same format as other cities and towns with Wikipedia articles, and lacks information on the town's population. --67.67.140.211 22:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • A user has been repeatedly removing the cleanup tag at Cook Islands Maori, but it still needs cleanup. Mo-Al 17:06, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Universitario de Deportes - Very messy. The famous players list is way too long and needs to be reduced. Also there are different 'versions' of famous players lists that don't make sense (heroes, other famous players, recent famous players etc.). Several external links seem unnecessary. Bruno18 20:35, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Devon Aoki needs a rather extensive general cleanup. --Atratus 03:01, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 13, 2006

  • Tongan language I don't think this is quite bad enough to get a {{tone}} tag, but it does need some help. Mo-Al 05:26, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Revels A special plea to BOSTONIANS.

I've just cleaned up a messy disambig page, and turned it into a stub about Langstaff's Revels. There is urgent need for additioanl information, history, cities in which a Revels group is running, and so on. And, importantly, perhaps an audio clip? And some images from performances? Such an article is just the sort of thing WP can do well, while the paper folk can't. See the talk page for suggestions. Please help. Thanks. (here at suggestion of Ref Desk) ww 19:33, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not so sure about making the Langstaff-originated US Revels festival the sole definition. The sweets are also notable. Tearlach 18:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Word Of Life - messy. needs wikifying, categorizing, etc. Perhaps it should also be moved or renamed. Currently, Word of Life (small "o", which seems to be the correct spelling [2]) is a redirect to Livets Ord. Entheta 22:55, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bad Love - this article about Randy Newman's most recent album of original songs not only needs an infobox, but it could use some wikifying and removal of off-topic information, such as Newman's work with film scores which is either off-topic or needs to be made on-topic more effectively. JnB987 02:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 12, 2006

July 11, 2006

  • Fritz the Cat (film) - Nice article as is, but I'd like it to be featured-article quality. (Ibaranoff24 20:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC))[reply]
  • List of stars by constellation - No stars listed here, just a List of constellations, another page which already exists. This article should have star tables from all constellations' articles. --Kreachure 17:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Philosophy of environment -- Seems to have significant translation issues. As it stands it's very hard to understand what exactly is being conveyed. Needs significant copyediting --Daduzi talk 14:55, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Kishore Kumar -- The writing doesn't sound at all as if it's from an encyclopedia. There are many instances in which needed punctuation isn't there and the writing sounds like a conversation.
  • Pierre-Claude Foucquet needs to be checked for correct english
  • Wesley College, Colombo Data dump about a school in Sri Lanka, including long lists of "distinguished students" and teachers. Needs simultaneous trimming and expanding, but in different areas.

July 10, 2006

  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language -- No category, smells like SPAM, needs attention and expansion... also wikify to other see also topics.
  • Something For Kate -- The information is correct but the page is really badly formatted and it needs images.
  • Polish Catholic Church -- article appears to be a machine assisted translation of the Polish Wikipedia page, and need significant attention from someone who speaks the lanugage, or is aware of the context.

July 9, 2006

  • Nomad: This entry gives the impression that nomadism and pastoralism are the same thing. Pastoralism or animal husbandry is a subsistence method, and nomadism is not, although the term is sometimes used as shorthand for pastoralism. However, any society which does not remain sedentary for a significant length of time is considered nomadic. This includes most hunter-gatherers, but the entry makes no indication of this. Also there is no logical organization of the information that is presented. An expert's contribution would be best.--LC | Talk 22:52, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ostia: Interesting article about the ancient Roman port town; needs some moderate-to-heavy cleanup of syntax and spelling. Reads like a rough translation from another language. Dppowell 19:52, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've begun the cleanup of this article, though it still needs some work. MeredithParmer 01:13, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sukyo Mahikari: religious article needs thorough cleanup to make encyclopedic (particularly, removal of extensive self-referential editorial comments). Tearlach 16:04, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pinch hitter: Needs spelling/red link fixing, confusing, needs to be made more encylcopledic. --*kate 21:53, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 8, 2006

  • Richard III (1955 film) - This article has is up for a Feature Article designation, and needs to be copyedited by a skilled set of eyes. If you can copyedit, you are encouraged to take a look and help out! Thank you!--P-Chan 23:08, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


July 6, 2006

July 5, 2006

  • Indian English - article takes a very patronising attitude to Indian English and a lot of bad English is being passed off as Indian English. Needs a lot of attention. - Cribananda 01:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Children's Bible Hour - article content appears to be based on CBH website or other material (e.g., note use of "we"). Needs to be reworked so that it can function as an encyclopedic article.--Kfranco 14:46, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 4, 2006

  • Sveti-tskhoveli Cathedral - the previous Svetitskhoveli which was adequate if not brilliant has now been single-handedly moved to this title (on inexplicit grounds)- the original article is now lost and the replacement whilst full of detail is written in mangled English - is it possible to recover the original so that a proper edit can be done? - and is it possible to query the move now that it has been made?--Smerus 16:08, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 3, 2006

  • Emeril Live Article could use formatting/wikification, information on the sets have incorrect grammar, etc --Chiyocide 00:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nichola Holt Horrible article that reads like something off myspace but I'm not sure what should go and what should stay.
  • The Alien Legacy. Not immediately obvious if this is about the movies or games. And if the Quadrilogy came out later, does Legacy have 3 titles or the 4 listed.--J Clear 15:13, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Daisy Outdoor Products. Needs wikification; unordered miscellanious information about the company and their products.

July 2, 2006

June 2006

June 29, 2006

June 28, 2006

June 27, 2006

  • Ruben Iván Martínez Andrade - needs basic formatting, full sentences and sources. Is he a first division player and is any other type even notable? - Mgm|(talk) 10:37, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Spring Valley, Washington, D.C. - The section on the chemical weapons needs a little work. - bolesjohnb
  • Dave Mustaine - This article is really hard to follow. Many of the sentences have multiple objects. There is no order to the paragraphs other than a chronological breeze through Dave's life. There are lots of facts, but none of it has context or meaning. 67.49.249.169 02:02, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Use of death penalty worldwide:
    1. The following claim has been added to the article: "Federal law provides the death penalty for drug trafficking, although no prosecution has ever been brought under that provision." Could somebody verify existence of this law? See my comment at the talk page.
    2. The map (Image:DeathPenaltyWorldMap.JPG), as well as its Commons version (Image:Death Penalty World Map.png), is incorrect: Belarus did use capital punishment in 2004, and so it doesn't constitute a country abolitionist in practice. - Mike Rosoft 09:59, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Banasthali Vidyapith - Marking as an article which reads like an advertisement, particularly since it is -- it's based (with apparent permission) off the school's promotional brochure. Also, it has no links and is missing much of the standard information (like quality information on academic programs) one would expect from a university article. Likely needs someone from India or who is personally familiar with the institution to tackle it. - Beginning 01:02, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 26, 2006

June 25, 2006

June 24, 2006

June 23, 2006

  • Clock Tower (series) - the video game series created by Capcom. It's a cult classic series and will get attraction towards it due to the announcement of the film. --Empty2005 02:18, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Gangaji - more formal style? Jackiespeel 23:11, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1990s fads and trends Old article in which some sections use informal tones and generalizations. --Gray Porpoise 17:34, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Gillian Lynne New article on notable subject. Plenty of material, but it needs organising and formatting.
  • Primerica Old article that's in a constant edit war by critics and supporters. Some previous versions have excellent info, but wading through the history takes time. 72.139.184.107 13:45, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Narcissism (psychology), just decided to start adding citations and cleaning up a bit when I noticed that even the references in the text don't seem to match the text. I feel like I am looking at the tip of the iceberg and this article needs all the help it can get. There is an excellent section on the talkpage by User:Katana on reworking the article and to my mind the problem is all of that plus the fact that the existing text seems largely unreferenced or incorrectly referenced. Maybe a case for a total rewrite? It's an important page that should be retained and maintained to a far higher standard than this.--Zeraeph 22:31, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 21, 2006

June 20, 2006

June 19, 2006

June 18, 2006

June 17 2006

June 16, 2006

  • The "Origins and variations of the word" section in Werewolf is messy and seems like it needs more citations. --66.241.95.65 16:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 14, 2006

  • Wald (onomastics). No idea how to fix. -- User:Docu
  • Horse Article is long, disorganized and unwieldy. Also contains material already created in related subtopics. Repeats itself in several places, sometimes contradicts itself--probably in part due to length. Needs serious reorganization. Too much for one person to work on alone, especially someone as new as myself, needs people with good Wikipedia editing skills to create some new articles, merge sections of this article with existing ones, maybe expand the disambiguation page. Or make suggestions on the Talk:Horse page. This page also has been having some minor problems with vandalism. Montanabw 18:46, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]


June 12, 2006

June 11, 2006

I fixed up the introduction with a major rewrite, but the rest of the article needs cleanup from a referreed source. Decadencecavy 04:55, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 10, 2006

  • Lalitaditya Muktapida - This article needs just some general editing (i.e. correction of spelling/grammatical errors) and also perhaps more research (Only one page out of one history book is cited).
  • Montreal hot dog- This stub is hard to look at, its so damn messy.--GorillazFan Adam 03:49, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cult film - the article used to be pretty good. Now, it's a total mess! (Ibaranoff24 19:06, 10 June 2006 (UTC)) - It should be better now. Someone should, however, have a second look at it (17:22, 24 June 2006 (UTC))[reply]
  • Mundelein - "Also in 2005/2006 Mundelein has began to flourish. Many corporations have made their way into this suburb, such as Staples, TJ Max (and more), the amazing SUPER Target, White Castle, Pay Less Shoes, Pier 1 Imports, Fine Liquors, Jimmy Johns, Little Ceasars, Pet Supplies Plus, Home Depot, and Applebee's (which unfortunately had poor service upon its grand opening). It is apparent that Mundelein is booming and should no longer be considered a "bedroom" community." This paragraph seems somewhat biased, especially the comment on Applebee's service. Political Mind 00:42, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 9, 2006

  • Primark -- article has been hacked around by various people and now has sentences out of place and is in general need of help!
  • have cleaned up some sentences and removed advertising claim Mike33 13:43, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Demetri Martin -- quite a of bit unencyclopedaic prose and uncited reports.
  • Social War - Confusing structure, needs more sections and better organization, no references at all. Red1 07:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ian Allan Publishing - Blatant advert. Tivedshambo 07:11, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 8, 2006

  • Vitamin D - Article is confusing and is also missing information and explanations, I'm unsure which cleanup tag to use, but it definitely needs one. LuNatic 03:48, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Minyanville - Needs formal tone improvement and other grammatical help. (Nick 13:56, 8 June 2006 (UTC))[reply]
  • British Sign Language - added some sections as requested, but the sections on becoming an interpreter seem inappropriate in tone, sounding like a 'how-to' guide.Andrew Spinner 17:09, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 7, 2006

I rewrote most of it, not sure if it can be cleaned up much further. ~ Butros (Talk) 07:02, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 6, 2006

June 5, 2006

  • Big Biz Tycoon - Article uses weasel words, awkard grammar, very little background information about the game. Green451 15:04, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nicole bennett has been subject to persistent vandalism for days. I have semi-protected the page. I managed to remove some clearly nonsensical content, but I am not sure if what stands is accurate. Needs immediate attention Chancemill 11:42, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 4, 2006

  • Objectivity (philosophy) is confused, uncited, poorly written, and poorly formatted. It is a rewrite of the disambiguity page for objectivity. Much of the content is erroneous as well as irrelevant to the specific nature of the article title.

June 3, 2006

  • Anna Phoebe is a blatant advertisement and needs to have sections. Jman14141414 00:51, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • I rewrote it some to make it more clear and less POV, but it is still largely plagiarized from it's only source. --Mo-Al 23:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 2, 2006

June 1, 2006

skorpion 05:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Joe Louis Arena need to be divided into sections, and almost completely rewritten. Right now it is just a random assortment of facts Grhs126student 17:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 2006

May 31, 2006

May 30, 2006

May 29, 2006

  • Floricienta - I made a lot of changes, added a side bar etc but this article still needs a LOT of attention, preferably from someone who knows a bit about the content as well.
  • Gus Fink - Perhaps a fairly notable artist (at least, makes a claim of notability), but the article is unwikified and contains a lot of unencyclopedic material. - Mike Rosoft 09:27, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Marion College, Missouri - Notable as a former college, but like many former college articles, it's totally out of format. I've done a lot of these as of late and frankly would like a bit of a break. Sorry.  :/ Beginning 23:00, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thirty most populous cities in the world - Article is of dubious content. Needs attention.--68.236.5.240 02:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 28, 2006

  • The Open Boat and Other Tales - Much of this makes no sense and is written in the first person.
  • Marshall Middle School (Pittsburgh) - Spelling is poor and it needs some work in general. I removed a number of non-NPOV comments and wikified the page.
  • Rule 144 - Makes little sense. In dire need of general cleanup, perhaps an entire re-write. Political Mind 15:51, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Drawball - Needs more editors to clean it up, and keep it clean. See Talk:Drawball. The article is one of the worst on Wikipedia, entirely full of unencyclopedic unsourced subtrivia. Every time an experienced editor removes something, it's replaced with more online webforum dick wagging over who has the biggest picture. - Hahnchen 03:48, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • The X-Files - Contains way too many lists, which comprise roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the page. A substantial amount of information on the page is fan speculation rather than sourced references. The show was important in the history of television, but the Wikipedia page has become a collection of fan trivia. Much of the information can be integrated into the rest of the page (with some effort). The page also needs reorganization. Zepheus 05:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • History of NHL - Unwikified, possibly copied from somewhere. - Mike Rosoft 08:48, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lyn Duff - Too many external links, unencyclopedic style, possibly copied from somewhere. - Mike Rosoft 08:52, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • List of Dukes of Alba - An anonymous user has changed María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 28th Duchess of Alba to María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba (and made a similar change for the previous one). I don't know whether the edit should be reverted as vandalism, or whether it is legitimate. - Mike Rosoft 17:45, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • DeltaAnime - Reads like an advertisement, many inaccurate facts are also listed in this page. Added more content.PhilGreen 14:06, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Alonissos substantial chunks of the English are poor. Much ambiguous writing. Article discusses an island, a village, and a municipality with the same name in such a way that the reader is not sure which is being discussed. Needs general cleanup. Jd2718 21:00, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 27, 2006

May 26, 2006

May 25, 2006

  • Kazuyoshi Ishii: Too much referencing to Kazuyoshi Ishii by full name with ages repeated; POV issue - K-1 "began with the revolutionary vision of Japan's Kazuyoshi Ishii."; grammar issues. JRHorse 23:10, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • [[4]] is not very clear or coherent. I have made specific suggestions on the talk page. Please comment and advise on suitability and/or help with re-organization of the pages. --Michel M Verstraete 22:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC).[reply]

May 23, 2006

May 22, 2006

I rewrote it, however I could not find any sources.--Mo-Al 05:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 21, 2006

May 20, 2006

  • Hermann Raupach - Incompletely translated from Russian (possibly from Russian Wikipedia). I have just fixed the broken format. - Mike Rosoft 16:05, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nissan Figaro - Needs better formatting. --ApolloBoy 01:33, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • And an expert to boot. (I tried with the formating... just could not get the topic)Eagle talk 03:31, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 19, 2006

  • Cal Ripken Written more like a magazine feature than an encyclopedia article. --Napthene 01:36, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Palm Island, Queensland - poor layout. QazPlm 00:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sydney Ling - anyone care to kick this around a bit? There appears to be a grain of notability in there, but it needs a major fact-check for some fairly extravagant claims. Tearlach 00:33, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 18, 2006

Recast the "Influences Sources and veracity" paragraphs into single paragrapgh, "Veracity, criticism, and influences." MOved info about subjecetivity of Claudius section to "Veracity, critcism, and influences" section. Minor cleanup, typos. Minor cleanup Julius Caesar. :) Dlohcierekim 19:09, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 17, 2006

  • fr:Titre de noblesse/[[5]] My French is not up to finding the relevant cleanup page - "summat fishy" going on with the pictures. (Can someone past as relevant please) Jackiespeel 15:48, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what you're talking about, I don't see any pictures at all. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 16:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Me and My Katamari - Various unencyclopedic comments have been added into the article, such as: "As always, the King sends the Prince to the Sunflower Continent, since it is full of stuff." - Mike Rosoft 18:28, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Contract killing - mainly poor grammar, and I removed the unencyclopedic line "Examples of contract killing can be found in the fictitious series, the Alex Rider Series, only in certain books, by Anthony Horowitz." 70.68.181.189 03:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 15, 2006

  • Uniform Crime Reports - In addition to expansion, the Index crime section is overly long and poorly formatted. The criticism sections should either be merged or defined separately. CRobey 17:35, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 14, 2006

  • Carlos Salinas- POV everywhere, along with a very informal voice. There may be some basic spelling and grammatical mistakes as well.
  • Ramona article's summary is poorly written and could use some more information.
  • Daniel Coburn article is very poorly written and does not conform to WP:BIO standards. Also used to include lots of POV.


May 9, 2006

  • Spring holiday – I created this article, I'm somewhat emotionally involved in the subject. Would like some help with POV and organization. The article is very professionally collaberated, though, with alot of citations. Also would like some input on a possible article name change. — CRAZY`(IN)`SANE 04:02, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 8, 2006

  • Sex, Toys & Chocolate - User:Ardenn marked this page for cleanup without reason. I've changed the wording slightly in the description, and cleaned up the episode list a bit. I'm still waiting for confirmation that the episode order presented is accurate.--Superwad 00:49, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 7, 2006

I wikified some of it, but the page still needs attention. Hopefully I've provided a good enough start - Superwad 04:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 6, 2006


May 4, 2006

  • Pope Sixtus IV - References do not support article; in particular, I cannot find any references for the claim that Pope Sixtus IV was either of Jewish ancestry or secretly a practicing Jew. Adambondy 10:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 1, 2006

  • Bully - The article was a bit of a mess to begin with, but has suddenly been dominated by a couple of well meaning, agenda driven, newbies. It needs some input from experienced editors to get it into shape --Zeraeph 20:37, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Workplace bullying - At first glance this looks like a good article, until you realise nothing is cited or referenced and the whole piece may well be POV. --Zeraeph 20:37, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

April 2006

April 30, 2006

April 28, 2006

  • Modern Spain seems to be little more than the succeding election results after 1978, and the whole article needs cleaning.
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