Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Mathematics/Lists

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[edit] Accuracy disputes

The factual accuracy of these articles is under dispute. See Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute for some advice.

To notify readers that an article may be inaccurate, add {{Disputeabout|XXX}} on the top of the article, replacing "XXX" with the topic you are concerned about, and explain your concerns on the talk page.

[edit] Articles needing factual verification

These articles contain information for which source verification has been requested. That means that somebody found the information doubtful or even false, but that it does have a reference attached to it.

To request source verification, add {{verify source}} after the offending statement. If you think that the source may not be reliable, use {{verify credibility}}.

[edit] Original research

These articles may contain original research. See Wikipedia:No original research for some general guidance.

To tag an article as possibly containing original research, add {{original research}} and explain which parts you think to be original research and why.

[edit] Articles needing expert attention

These articles are in need of attention from an expert on the subject.

To tag an article as needing expert attention, add {{expert-subject|mathematics}} and explain your concerns on the talk page. Replace mathematics in the template if the article falls more naturally in another subject.

[edit] Articles needing wikification

These articles need to be wifikied. This may mean that it needs to be reformatted to make it more readable, that HTML tags needs to be changed into wikitext, and that important words need to be linked to corresponding Wikipedia article. See Wikipedia:Guide to layout for guidelines.

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[edit] Articles needing a rewrite

These articles need a complete rewrite.

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[edit] Articles whose importance needs to be explained

These articles need their importance to be explained. Otherwise they may be nominated for deletion.

To tag an article as needing its importance to be explained, add {{importance}}.

[edit] Articles needing context

The introductions to these articles provide insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. See Wikipedia:Guide to layout for guidelines.

To tag an article as needing context, add {{context}} and explain your concerns, if necessary. The template {{generalize}} can be used if the article describes only a specialized aspect.

[edit] Requested images

These articles need to have an image to illustrate them.

To tag an image as needing an image, add {{reqphoto}} (for a photo), {{reqmap}} (for a map), {{reqdiagram}} (for a diagram), or {{reqimageother|type of request}} to the talk page, and describe the image that you have in mind.

More articles needing an image are listed on Wikipedia:Requested pictures#Mathematics_2.

[edit] Articles lacking sources

These articles do not have any references listed. Bad! See Wikipedia:Cite sources for some advice.

To tag an article as lacking source, include {{unreferenced}} either on the talk page or in the (empty) References section.

This list contains articles tagged {{unreferenced}}. There is also a list, updated occasionally, of articles that don't appear to have any sources based on the section headers in them. That list is available in two versions: sorted by category and sorted alphabetically.

[edit] Articles lacking reliable references

These articles may have sources listed, but they are not deemed reliable.

If you doubt the reliability of a specific source, then tag it with {{rs}}. If an article only has primary sources and needs some third-party sources, use {{primarysources|article}}. The parameter allows you to be specific about which part needs more sources.

[edit] Articles needing additional references

These articles have at least one reference, but they need more.

You can tag an article as in need of additional references by adding {{refimprove}}. Explain in the edit summary or on the talk page where they are required, unless this is totally obvious. If the problem only occurs in one section, then use {{refimprovesect}} at the top of it.

[edit] Articles with unsourced statements

These articles miss a source for some specific statement.

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[edit] Articles that are too technical

These article needs a better explanation of technical details or more context regarding applications or importance to make it more accessible to a general audience, or at least to technical readers outside this specialty. See Wikipedia:Make technical articles accessible for some advice.

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[edit] Confusing articles

These articles may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer.

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[edit] Articles needing style editing

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[edit] Orphaned articles

These articles have no or very few incoming links.

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[edit] Articles needing clean-up

These articles need general clean-up.

To tag an article for clean-up, add {{cleanup|June 2008}} (the date can be left to a robot) at the top of the article or {{cleanup-remainder|June 2008}} above the parts that need clean-up, and explain what needs to be done. Usually, a more specific clean-up message is more suitable.

[edit] Articles that could be split

These articles could be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page.

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[edit] Articles that could be merged

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[edit] Miscellaneous

These articles reside in various clean-up categories not mentioned above. Consult the category for more information.