| No. |
Description
|
dewiki
|
enwiki
|
Supported by Auto-Formatter
|
| 1 |
No bold title |
off |
off
|
No, deprecated, however probably possible to automate
|
| 1 |
Template contains useless word template:
|
low
|
low
|
Yes, including colons as in {{:Template:Reflist}}
|
| 2 |
Break, <center> or <small> tag with incorrect syntax
|
low
|
high
|
Yes, <br /> syntax is enforced, empty <center /> and <small /> are removed
|
| 3 |
Reference list missing
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate, easy to spot and easy to fix manually
|
| 4 |
Article with weblink |
off |
off
|
No, deprecated, impossible to automate
|
| 4 |
HTML text style element <a>
|
mid
|
mid
|
No, should be automated in articles, may be valid in templates
|
| 5 |
Comment tag with no correct end
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 6 |
DEFAULTSORT with special characters
|
low
|
low
|
Yes, most Latin, Greece and Cyrillic characters are replaced; please tell me if you are using the script in an other language
|
| 7 |
Headlines all start with "==="
|
mid
|
mid
|
No, shouldn't be automated in my opinion, may be valid on subpages, needs a human to look at
|
| 8 |
Headline should end with "="
|
high
|
high
|
No, shouldn't be automated in my opinion, lines starting but not ending with = are valid wiki syntax
|
| 9 |
Categories multiple in one line
|
low
|
low
|
Yes
|
| 10 |
Square brackets with no correct end
|
high
|
high
|
No, shouldn't be automated in most cases in my opinion. The only thing I try to fix are wrong brackets around external links.
|
| 11 |
HTML named entities
|
low
|
off
|
Yes, all hex- and decimal encoded characters and a few very common named entities
|
| 12 |
HTML list elements
|
low
|
low
|
No, it's valid in some cases, properly replacing nested lists is hard
|
| 13 |
Math not correct end
|
high
|
high
|
No, may be possible but requires scanning for valid LaTeX syntax which is very hard
|
| 14 |
Source not correct end
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 15 |
Code not correct end
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 16 |
Unicode control characters
|
low
|
low
|
Yes, most common control characters are removed or made visible
|
| 17 |
Category duplication
|
low
|
low
|
No, should be easy to do but is not spotted very often
|
| 18 |
Category's first letter is small
|
low
|
off
|
Yes
|
| 19 |
Headlines start with one "="
|
mid
|
high
|
No, shouldn't be automated in my opinion, level one headlines are valid on talk pages and archives
|
| 20 |
Symbol for dead
|
low
|
low
|
Yes
|
| 21 |
Category: in English
|
low
|
off
|
Yes, namespace names are localized; this can be disabled
|
| 22 |
Category with space
|
low
|
low
|
Yes
|
| 23 |
Nowiki with no correct end
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 24 |
Pre with no correct end
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 25 |
Headline hierarchy
|
mid
|
mid
|
No, shouldn't be automated in my opinion, needs a human to look at
|
| 26 |
HTML text style element <b> (bold)
|
low
|
low
|
No, simply replacing it with ''' can introduce errors
|
| 27 |
Unicode syntax
|
off
|
off
|
Yes, all encoded Unicode characters are decoded except for spaces and control characters
|
| 28 |
Table with no correct end
|
high
|
high
|
No, very hard to automate
|
| 29 |
Image gallery with no correct end
|
low
|
high
|
No, but should be possible to automate by scanning for lines that start with a file name
|
| 30 |
Image without alternate description
|
high
|
off
|
No, impossible to automate, but I may add a |
|
| 31 |
HTML table element
|
low
|
low
|
No, may be valid in some cases, very hard to automate, out of the scope of my script, use an external HTML to wikitext converter
|
| 32 |
Double pipe in a link
|
high
|
high
|
No, but should be possible to automate
|
| 33 |
HTML text style element <u> (underline)
|
off
|
off
|
No, disabled anyway
|
| 34 |
Template programming element
|
low
|
high
|
No, template syntax in an article needs a user to look at, may be valid in rare cases, may be a mistake, …
|
| 35 |
Image gallery without description
|
high
|
off
|
No, impossible to automate, but I may add a |
|
| 36 |
Redirect with incorrect syntax
|
low
|
low
|
Yes
|
| 37 |
DEFAULTSORT missing for titles with special letters
|
low
|
low
|
No, but planned
|
| 38 |
HTML text style element <i> (italics)
|
low
|
low
|
No, simply replacing it with '' can introduce errors
|
| 39 |
HTML text style element <p>
|
low
|
low
|
No
|
| 40 |
HTML text style element <font>
|
low
|
low
|
Yes, but only for a few noncontroversial cases
|
| 41 |
HTML text style element <big>
|
low
|
off
|
No
|
| 42 |
HTML text style element <small> |
off |
off
|
No, deprecated because it's valid HTML 5 now
|
| 42 |
HTML text style element <strike>
|
off
|
low
|
Yes, replaced with <s>
|
| 43 |
Template with no correct end
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 44 |
Headlines with bold
|
mid
|
low
|
Yes, but only for full headlines
|
| 45 |
Interwiki duplication
|
high
|
low
|
No, virtually obsolete because of Wikidata
|
| 46 |
Square brackets without correct beginning
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 47 |
Template without correct beginning
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 48 |
Title linked in text
|
mid
|
low
|
No, may be intended
|
| 49 |
Headline with HTML
|
low
|
high
|
No
|
| 50 |
en dash or em dash
|
low
|
off
|
Yes, encoded characters are decoded
|
| 51 |
Interwiki before last headline
|
low
|
low
|
No, virtually obsolete because of Wikidata
|
| 52 |
Category before last headline
|
low
|
low
|
No
|
| 53 |
Interwiki before last category
|
low
|
low
|
No, virtually obsolete because of Wikidata
|
| 54 |
Break in list
|
low
|
low
|
Yes, unnecessary <br /> at the end of list items are removed
|
| 55 |
HTML text style element <small> (small text) double
|
mid
|
low
|
Yes
|
| 56 |
Arrow as ASCII art
|
mid
|
off
|
No, shouldn't be done because of confusion with HTML comments
|
| 57 |
Headlines end with a colon
|
mid
|
low
|
Yes
|
| 58 |
Headline all CAPS
|
mid
|
mid
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 59 |
Template value ends with break
|
low
|
low
|
No, but should be possible to automate
|
| 60 |
Template parameter with a problem
|
high
|
high
|
No, I can't remove possible valid characters from template parameter names
|
| 61 |
Reference before punctuation
|
off
|
low
|
Yes, but only a few because there is no consensus
|
| 62 |
Headline alone |
off |
off
|
No, deprecated, impossible to automate
|
| 62 |
URL without http://
|
mid
|
high
|
No, may be possible to automate, also should be in my Weblink-Checker script
|
| 63 |
HTML text style element <small> (small text) in ref, sub or sup
|
low
|
low
|
Yes
|
| 64 |
Link equal to linktext
|
low
|
low
|
Yes
|
| 65 |
Image description ends with break
|
low
|
low
|
No, but should be possible to automate
|
| 66 |
Image description with full <small>
|
mid
|
low
|
No, but should be possible to automate
|
| 67 |
Reference after punctuation (see 61 instead)
|
off
|
off
|
No, disabled anyway
|
| 68 |
Link to other language
|
mid
|
off
|
No, valid in external links sections and talk pages, what I do is converting external links to other languages to the shortest possible internal link syntax
|
| 69 |
ISBN with incorrect syntax
|
high
|
mid
|
Yes, but currently only for English and German books. Please tell me if you are using the script in an other language.
|
| 70 |
ISBN with wrong length
|
high
|
mid
|
No, requires to search for the correct number
|
| 71 |
ISBN with wrong position of X
|
high
|
mid
|
No, requires to search for the correct number
|
| 72 |
ISBN-10 with wrong checksum
|
high
|
mid
|
No, requires to search for the correct number
|
| 73 |
ISBN-13 with wrong checksum
|
high
|
mid
|
No, requires to search for the correct number
|
| 74 |
Link with no target
|
high
|
high
|
No, since the script can be used while editing this would destroy intermediate steps
|
| 75 |
Indented list
|
off
|
off
|
No, using incomplete definition lists for indention is very common, especially on talk pages
|
| 76 |
Link with encoded space
|
low
|
low
|
Yes, in both image file names and links
|
| 77 |
Image description with partial <small>
|
low
|
off
|
No, I shouldn't touch this because it may have a meaning
|
| 78 |
Reference list duplication
|
low
|
low
|
No, valid and possibly meaningful syntax, not necessary an error
|
| 79 |
External link without description
|
high
|
off
|
No, requires to call the external website and fetch the title somehow
|
| 80 |
External link with a line break
|
high
|
high
|
No, does not fit into my rules, it's broken anyway and should be easy to spot in the preview
|
| 81 |
Reference duplication
|
mid
|
off
|
No, could be automated, but there is no consensus across projects and users
|
| 82 |
Link to other wikiproject
|
mid
|
off
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 83 |
Headlines start with three "=" and later with level two
|
mid
|
mid
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 84 |
Section without content
|
high
|
mid
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 85 |
Template coding tags without content
|
low
|
low
|
Yes, all except <nowiki />
|
| 86 |
External link with two brackets
|
high
|
high
|
Yes
|
| 87 |
HTML named entities without semicolon
|
mid
|
mid
|
Yes, but only for a few very common characters
|
| 88 |
DEFAULTSORT with a blank at first position
|
off
|
low
|
Yes
|
| 89 |
DEFAULTSORT with capitalization in the middle of the word |
off |
off
|
Yes, but deprecated because it doesn't matter any more
|
| 89 |
DEFAULTSORT with no space after the comma
|
off
|
low
|
No, easy to automate but I need to check if it's correct in all languages
|
| 90 |
DEFAULTSORT words start with lowercase letters |
off |
off
|
Yes, but deprecated because it doesn't matter any more
|
| 90 |
Internal link written as an external link
|
off
|
mid
|
Yes, in both the text and the summary line
|
| 91 |
DEFAULTSORT missing for title with lowercase letters at start of words |
off |
off
|
No, deprecated because it doesn't matter any more
|
| 91 |
Interwiki link written as an external link
|
off
|
mid
|
Yes, in both the text and the summary line
|
| 92 |
Headline double
|
mid
|
off
|
No, shouldn't be automated in my opinion, I can not simply drop headlines and merge paragraphs
|
| 93 |
External link with double http://
|
mid
|
mid
|
Yes
|
| 94 |
Reference tags with no correct match
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 95 |
Editor's signature or link to User space
|
low
|
low
|
No, shouldn't be automated, is most probably part of something bigger
|
| 96 |
Table of Contents after first headline
|
mid
|
mid
|
No, needs a user to decide
|
| 97 |
TOC has material after it and before the first headline
|
mid
|
mid
|
No, needs a user to decide
|
| 98 |
Sub with no correct end
|
high
|
high
|
Yes, common mistakes like <sub></sup> are fixed
|
| 99 |
Sup with no correct end
|
high
|
high
|
Yes, common mistakes like <sup></sub> are fixed
|
| 100 |
List tag with no correct match
|
low
|
low
|
No, pretty much impossible to automate, shouldn't be used anyway in Wikitext
|
| 101 |
Ordinal number found inside <sup> tags
|
low
|
low
|
No, but should be easy to add
|
| 102 |
PMID with incorrect syntax
|
low
|
mid
|
Yes
|
| 103 |
Pipe magicword inside wikilink
|
low
|
mid
|
No, template syntax in an article needs a user to look at, may be valid in rare cases, may be a mistake, …
|
| 104 |
Unbalanced quotes in ref name
|
mid
|
mid
|
Yes, many common mistakes are automatically fixed
|
| 105 |
Headline should begin with "="
|
high
|
high
|
No, lines ending with == are not necessarily an error
|
| 106 |
ISSN with incorrect syntax
|
mid
|
mid
|
Yes, in plain text and Template:ISSN
|
| 107 |
ISSN with wrong length
|
mid
|
mid
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 108 |
ISSN with wrong checksum
|
mid
|
mid
|
No, shouldn't be fixed automatically
|
| 109 |
Include tag error
|
high
|
high
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 110 |
Include tag found |
off |
off
|
No, not even an error
|
| 111 |
<ref> after last <references> |
off |
off
|
No, not even an error
|
| 112 |
Bad or deprecated CSS attributes
|
low
|
low
|
No, might be possible to automate partially, but almost always needs a user to look at
|
| 113 |
Line break or <br> error in wikilink
|
low
|
low
|
No, automation is most probably going to cause more destruction than it helps
|
| 501 |
Spelling and typography
|
|
|
No, should never be done automatically
|
| 502 |
Template namespace in template usage
|
|
|
Yes, same as error #1
|
| 503 |
Internal link in title
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 504 |
Reference in title
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 505 |
Image without alternative description
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 506 |
Reference with a numeric name
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 507 |
Gallery without caption
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 508 |
Missing template
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 509 |
Internal link could be compacted
|
|
|
Yes
|
| 510 |
Non working pipe trick
|
|
|
?
|
| 511 |
Internal link written as external link
|
|
|
Yes, same as error #90
|
| 512 |
Interwiki link written as external link
|
|
|
Yes, same as error #91
|
| 513 |
Internal link inside external link
|
|
|
No, hard to automate
|
| 514 |
Missing named reference
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 515 |
Title linked in text through redirect link
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 516 |
<br /> tags in main namespace
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 517 |
strike tags
|
|
|
Yes, same as error #42
|
| 518 |
nowiki tags in main namespace
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 519 |
a tags in main namespace
|
|
|
No, same as error #4
|
| 520 |
Weird characters (pawns, snowmen) in main namespace
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 521 |
Date format in templates
|
|
|
?
|
| 522 |
Empty title
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate, probably work-in-progress
|
| 523 |
Duplicate image
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 524 |
Duplicate arguments in template calls
|
|
|
No, rare and often impossible to automate
|
| 525 |
Span tag
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 526 |
Incorrect date link
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 527 |
Reference with different content
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 528 |
PMID magic link
|
|
|
?
|
| 529 |
ISBN magic link
|
|
|
?
|
| 530 |
RFC magic link
|
|
|
?
|
| 531 |
Reference inside reference
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 532 |
Missing end tag
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 533 |
Multi colon escape
|
|
|
Yes
|
| 534 |
Bogus image options
|
|
|
?
|
| 535 |
Tidy bug affecting font tags wrapping links
|
|
|
No, but sounds like it can be automated
|
| 536 |
Tidy whitespace bug
|
|
|
No, while technically possible, it's hard and not worth it
|
| 537 |
Unclosed quotes in heading
|
|
|
No, but sounds like it can be automated
|
| 538 |
Whitespace characters after heading
|
|
|
Yes
|
| 539 |
Misnested tags
|
|
|
No, to many edge-cases
|
| 540 |
Missing end bold/italic
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 541 |
Obsolete tag
|
|
|
Yes, some deprecated HTML tags are replaced
|
| 542 |
Empty ref tag
|
|
|
No, to many edge-cases, might even be intentional or work-in-progress
|
| 543 |
Pipe in external link
|
|
|
Yes
|
| 544 |
Missing end template in a pair
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 545 |
Template with deprecated parameter
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 546 |
Article without categories
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 547 |
Empty list item
|
|
|
No, to many edge-cases, might even be intentional
|
| 548 |
Punctuation in link
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 549 |
Split link
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 550 |
Link without text
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate, might even be intentional or work-in-progress
|
| 551 |
Empty line
|
|
|
No, probably intentional or work-in-progress
|
| 552 |
Template ending with }}}
|
|
|
No, to many edge-cases
|
| 553 |
<nowiki> after internal link
|
|
|
No, this is not an error but intentionally done
|
| 554 |
<nowiki> in <gallery>
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 555 |
<nowiki> in the text
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 556 |
External link
|
|
|
No, impossible to automate
|
| 557 |
Missing whitespace before a link
|
|
|
No, to many edge-cases
|
| 558 |
Duplicated reference
|
|
|
No, not an error, some users do this intentionally
|
| 559 |
Separator between <ref> tags
|
|
|
No, not necessarily an error, can't be automated anyway
|
| 560 |
Duplicated attribute
|
|
|
No, rare and usually not automatically solvable
|
| 561 |
Redirection with target text
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 562 |
Consecutive <nowiki> tags
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 563 |
Unused parameters
|
|
|
Yes, unnecessary extra | are removed
|
| 564 |
Unknown parameters
|
|
|
No, not hard to detect, might even be intentional
|
| 565 |
<nowiki> tag between bold/italic
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
| 566 |
<abbr> tag
|
|
|
No, not even an error
|
