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Hey! Why did you ping me in an edit summary?

Hi there!

I like to fix referencing errors in Wikipedia. Articles that have referencing can be found by monitoring categories like Category:Pages with citation errors, Category:Pages with broken reference names, Category:Pages with duplicate reference names, and Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors.

When I find referencing errors, I like to notify the editor that created the error so they can double-check the changes that I've made to their work. By collaborating on the fix, I can be sure I'm getting things the right way around and reflecting the intent of that original editor.

Sometimes, fixes are straight forward. But very often, they're ambiguous or unfixable. Tagging the editor helps resolve that ambiguity. If I think the article is better off with the material removed altogether (because the fix doesn't seem at all possible) then it gives the editor a notice that some material was removed or reverted and they have a shot at fixing it.

Indeed, sometimes I incorrectly attribute referencing errors and ping the wrong person. It doesn't happen often because I do my best to get it right. If I've incorrectly pinged you, I'm sorry for that. While it's pretty easy to just ignore the ping, you can also pitch in by double checking my work even if it wasn't your own edit that actually caused the referencing error.

And I'm always happy to answer questions about my fixes or the problems I've found. -- Mikeblas (talk) 19:13, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

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Awards

The Working Man's Barnstar

For your work disambiguating links Dina 18:53, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thanks for fixing my reference mistake on geomatics. I thought I had resolved the issues, but I missed the reference during the merge. I appreciate your help! GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 17:16, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

		The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
		Your assistance is highly appreciated by both the admin and non-admin regulars of copyright cleanup. Thank you for your diligence, and I hope to see you around! Sennecaster (Chat) 01:36, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Queues

This section helps me keep track of AfD, prods, copyvios, and other "Come back" work I've initiated. Too bad there isn't an automated way to do this in the Wikipedia UI, huh?

AfD queue

Current AfDs

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2006-01-08T03:04:24

v t e Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates
Sourcing	{{Circular}} {{Dubious}} {{Excessive citations}} {{Further reading cleanup}} {{More citations needed}} {{More citations needed section}} {{More footnotes needed}} {{No footnotes}} {{No significant coverage}} {{One source}} {{One source section}} {{Only primary sources}} {{NRIS only}} {{Primary sources}} {{Primary sources section}} {{Religious text primary}} {{Self-published}} {{Self-reference cleanup}} {{Self-sourcing examples}} {{Refexample section}} {{Sources exist}} {{Text-source}} {{Third-party}} {{Unreferenced}} {{Unreferenced section}} {{Unreferenced category}} {{Unreliable sources}} {{Unreliable sources section}} {{User-generated}}
BLP-specific	{{BLP unreferenced}} {{BLP unreferenced section}} {{BLP primary sources}} {{BLP self-published}} {{BLP sources}} {{BLP sources section}} {{BLP IMDb-only refimprove}} {{BLP IMDb refimprove}} {{BLP no footnotes}} {{BLP more footnotes needed}} {{BLP one source}}
Topic specific	{{Localist}} {{Media IMDb refimprove}} {{More medical citations needed}} {{More science citations needed}} {{Neologism}} {{Science review}} {{Unreferenced law}} {{Unreferenced-law section}} {{Unreferenced medical section}}
Dispute-related	{{Cite check}} {{Cite check section}} {{Content}} {{Disputed}} {{Dispute about}} {{Disputed section}} {{Disputed chem}} {{Disputed list}} {{Disputed map}} {{Expert needed}} {{Hoax}} {{Original research}} {{Original research section}} {{Speculation}} {{Speculation section}} {{Synthesis}} {{Verifiability}} {{Verify sources}}
Citation improvements	{{Citation style}} {{Citations broken}} {{Cleanup bare URLs}} {{Format footnotes}} {{Full citations needed}} {{Ibid}} {{Page numbers improve}} {{Page numbers needed}} {{Shallow references}}
General advice	Citing sources Reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

Mikeblas

Hey! Why did you ping me in an edit summary?

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