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Basics

Not so Basics

So if you already know the basics, here's a list of tools, and advanced searches that could be interesting

Tools

Petscan

A great tool to create a list of articles from a given category and a small size that need improvement.

Petscan and Categories

Here's a manual (in Spanish) on how you can search for articles that require references

And here's another one (in Spanish) to find short articles that might require not only more references but more information:

Petscan and Wikidata Queries

Here's a video (in English) that explains how you can Use a Wikidata Query to look for Nigerian Cities that have very small Wikipedia articles and could be improved

Advanced searches

In the Special:Search bar, you can write down:

-insource:"<ref>" deepcat:Name_of_the_Category

-insource:"<ref>" stands for: without (hence the minus sign) the references' template (<ref>)

deepcat:Name_of_the_Category "deepcat" means you're looking for articles inside this category but also subcategories.

English example

Nigerian Women Without References

Spanish example

Artículos de Colombianas Sin Referencias

French example

Personnes de la catégorie "Personnalité féminine camerounaise" sans références

⚠️ Veuillez noter que la sous-catégorie "Sportive camerounaise", a une sous-catégorie "Wikipédia:ébauche sportive camerounais" qui n'est pas séparée par genre (car elle inclut "Wikipédia:ébauche_footballeur_camerounais") c'est pourquoi beaucoup d'hommes apparaîtront également.