On 3 November 2011 17:56, Carcharoth <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Charles Matthews > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The thing is that with a better classified backlog you'd get some easier > > progress. If you Google the topic of these older articles, you tend to > get > > mirror material back, so I don't know that it is fair to ask newbies to > sue > > their own unsupported initiative. > > Sue? Was that meant to be "use"? I agree, some backlogs are better > dealt with by more experienced editors. How can such slicing and > dicing be done? And if there were manageable chunks, I'd do bits as > well. > > I think quite a lot could be done with Catscan 2.0, searching high-level categories for pages carrying the {{unreferenced}} template. Something like [[Category:Places]] or [[Category:American people stubs]] to some subcategory depth. It's a sophisticated gadget, and the toolserver is said to be sickly right now. But I imagine a determined operative could come up with useful listings that would be better for the purpose of chipping 1% off unreferenced articles. Charles _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
