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This category contains all pages tagged by {{cleanup HTML}}.
There are several ways to find articles to work on:
- By longest waiting - see monthly subcategories below.
- By page views last month
Cleanup instructions
editDon't know which HTML tag is unwanted? Click the "Edit source" tab on the article page, and search (Ctrl+F in most web browsers) for the following. If you don't find any, feel free to remove the {{cleanup HTML}} tag.
Templates are preferred to HTML tags, preferably semantic tags, per MOS:DEVIATIONS.
Here's what to do about each:
<abbr>
— Use {{abbr}}.<bdo>
— Use {{rtl}} oder {{ltr}}.<blockquote>
— Prefer {{blockquote}}. See MOS:QUOTATIONS.</br>
— Should be<br />
to be valid HTML. Any other variations like<br>
,<br/>
, and<br >
can also be changed to<br />
so that syntax highlighting will work, but only do this if you are making other changes. If possible, use a blank line or list formatting instead. See Help:Line-break handling.<b>
and<strong>
— Use'''
instead, or remove bolding if MOS:BOLD says bolding isn't needed. In unusual cases, use {{strong}}.- Note that MOS:BOLD indicates that use of
<strong>
is allowed.
- Note that MOS:BOLD indicates that use of
<center>
— Use {{center}} for most text, otherwise see Wikipedia:HTML 5#center.<cite>
— Use<ref>
instead if this is defining a footnote, or perhaps a Wikipedia:Citation template if this trying to format the contents of a footnote. See Wikipedia:HTML5#cite for more on how to fix misuse.<dd>
,<dt>
, and<dl>
— Convert to definition list following MOS:DLIST.<font>
— Obsolete; see Wikipedia:HTML 5#font for cleanup instructions.<hr>
and<hr />
— Use----
or remove entirely.<i>
oder<em>
— Use''
(for typography) or {{em}} (for emphasis where italics otherwise not required); be sure to follow MOS:ITALICS.- Note that MOS:EMPHASIS indicates that use of
<em>
is allowed.
- Note that MOS:EMPHASIS indicates that use of
<li>
,<ol>
, and<ul>
— Use "# " or "* " instead, or footnote syntax.<ol>
is used legitimately with the "start" attribute to control numbering. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists.- Note that Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists#List styles indicates that use of
<li>
,<ol>
, and<ul>
is allowed.
- Note that Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists#List styles indicates that use of
<name=>
— Usually a broken<ref name=...>
<p>
— Use a blank line or {{pb}} to separate paragraphs.<ruby>
,<rt>
, and<rp>
— Templates are preferred for simplicity. See Help:HTML in wikitext#rp, rt, ruby for replacements.<table>
,<tr>
,<td>
,<th>
,<caption>
— Convert to wiki syntax; see Help:Table.<tt>
— Obsolete; use<code>
,<kbd>
,<samp>
,<var>
oder {{mono}} instead, or even better {{code}}, {{kbd}}, {{samp}}, or {{var}}. See Wikipedia:HTML5#tt.<u>
— Use {{underline}}.<var>
— Use {{var}} for computer variables and {{mvar}} for math variables (which use a serif font).<wbr>
— Rarely needed, but if necessary {{shy}} is preferred over this and
. See Help:Line-break handling.
More info
editSee MOS:MARKUP for wikitext generally being preferred to HTML.
Question about an HTML tag or wiki syntax not covered above? See:
- Help:HTML in wikitext for a canonical list of HTML tags and some wiki equivalents
- Help:Wikitext for more comprehensive wiki syntax how-to and more equivalents
Finding more articles to clean
editAutomated reports on database dumps, and links to live search results are available at Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss#HTML tags.
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