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This category contains all pages tagged by {{cleanup HTML}}.
There are several ways to find articles to work on:
Don't know which HTML tag is unwanted? Click the "Edit source" tab on the article page, and search (Ctrl+F in most web browsers) for the following. If you don't find any, feel free to remove the {{cleanup HTML}} tag.
Here's what to do about each:
<tt>
- Obsolete; use <code>
, <kbd>
, <samp>
, <var>
or{{mono}} instead, or even better {{code}}, {{kbd}}, {{var}}, or {{samp}}. See Wikipedia:HTML5#tt.<li>
, <ol>
, and <ul>
- Use "* " or "# " instead, or footnote syntax. <ol>
is used legitimately with the "start" attribute to control numbering. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists.
<li>
, <ol>
, and <ul>
is allowed.<table>
, <tr>
, <td>
, <th>
, <caption>
- Convert to wiki syntax; see Help:Table.<i>
or<em>
- Use ''
(for typography) or {{em}} (for emphasis where italics otherwise not required); be sure to follow MOS:ITALICS.<dd>
, <dt>
, and <dl>
- convert to definition list following MOS:DLIST.<cite>
- Use <ref>
instead if this is defining a footnote, or perhaps a Wikipedia:Citation template if this trying to format the contents of a footnote. See Wikipedia:HTML5#cite for more on how to fix misuse.<p>
- Can just use an empty line between paragraphs.<b>
and <strong>
- Use '''
instead, or remove bolding if MOS:BOLD says bolding isn't needed. In unusual cases, use {{strong}}.<u>
- Use {{underline}}.<name=>
- Usually a broken <ref name=...>
</br>
- Should be <br />
to be valid HTML. Any other variations like <br>
, <br/>
and <br >
can also be changed to <br />
so that syntax highlighting will work, but only do this if you are making other changes. If possible, use a blank line or list formatting instead. See Help:Line-break handling.<hr>
and <hr />
- Drop or use ----
<font>
- obsolete; see Wikipedia:HTML 5#font for cleanup instructions.}, or <blockquote>
- see MOS:QUOTATIONS.<wbr>
- Rarely needed, but if necessary {{shy}} is preferred over this and ­
. See Help:Line-break handling.<ruby>
, <rt>
, and <rp>
- Templates are preferred for simplicity. See Help:HTML in wikitext#rp, rt, ruby for replacements.<abbr>
- Use {{abbr}}Question about an HTML tag or wiki syntax not covered above? See:
Automated reports on database dumps, and links to live search results are available at Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss#HTML tags.
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