Wiki143:WikiProject Fix common mistakes

The goal of this project is to reduce the number of common mistakes in the article space of Wikipedia.

The idea is that we check if the entries still contain those errors, and fix the articles if necessary.

Intro

So as not to duplicate work, here is a list of occurrences checked so far. When you have fixed all the instances of an error found in Wikipedia, please sign and date. In general, please repeat the search that has not been performed for the longest time.

• Partial work is ok, just note your username and the date worked on. Any entries not marked File:Yes check.svg Done still need work!
• The link under "Latest Database Dump" contains a listing of occurrences generated from a database dump. The date is what dump was used to generate the list. The list can be checked manually or loaded into AWB.
• The "How Long Ago" column was calculated May 14. Click to recalculate it now.
• To encourage curious editors to come to this page to help, add something similar to the following to your edit summary

Fixing grammar mistake, found at: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fix common mistakes]]

Instructions

Any help is appreciated. Contributing is easy:

1. Pick one of the errors from the table below.
2. Work through the pages in the Latest Database Dump List, fixing any errors you find.
3. Edit the list and remove any articles you have fixed.
4. Update the date you checked in the other columns as (MM), (DD), (YYYY).
5. If you finished the whole list, mark it File:Yes check.svg Done
6. (Optional) - Return to step 1 and try another list!

If you have an idea about another pattern to search for, please add it to the relevant section of the discussion page of this project.

Log

Error	Wiki search	Google	Latest Database Dump List	Last Checked	How Long Ago	Status
a a	a a		Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
an an	an an	an an	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	December 22, 2021		File:Yes check.svg Done
and and	and and	and and	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 21, 2022		File:Yes check.svg Done
are are	are are	are are	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 13, 2022		File:Yes check.svg Done
be be	be be	be be	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 21, 2022		File:Yes check.svg Done
by by	by by	by by	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 21, 2022		File:Yes check.svg Done
for for	for for	for for	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
from from	from from	from from	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	February 20, 2022		File:Yes check.svg Done
he he	he he	he he	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
in in	in in	in in	September 2021	August 5, 2025
is is	is is	is is	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	June 27, 2023
it it	it it	it it	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
of of	of of	of of	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
she she	she she	she she	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
the the	the the	the the	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
this this	this this	this this	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
to to	to to	to to	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 24, 2020
was was	was was	was was	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
were were	were were	were were	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	December 22, 2021		File:Yes check.svg Done
when when	when when	when when	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	December 22, 2021		File:Yes check.svg Done
will able	will able	will able		December 10, 2024		File:Yes check.svg Done
the its	the its	the its
the how the	the how the	the how the		January 3, 2025		File:Yes check.svg Done
with with	with with	with with	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
a anTemplate:Efn-ua	a an	a an	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020
an aTemplate:Efn-ua	an a	an a	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	June 27, 2023
a theTemplate:Efn-ua	a the	a the	Template:Strikethrough File:Yes check.svg Done	March 23, 2020

Tools

• AutoWikiBrowser

See also

• Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes
• Commonly misspelled English words
• Wiktionary:Category:English misspellings
• Wikipedia:Database reports/Linked misspellings
• Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Repetitions
• Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Grammar and miscellaneous
• Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/Homophones
• Wikipedia:Typo Team
• Category:Redirects from misspellings