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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.
Templates are preferred to HTML tags, preferably semantic tags, per MOS:DEVIATIONS.
Here's what to do about each:
<abbr>
— Use {{
abbr}}.<bdo>
— Use {{
rtl}} or {{
ltr}}.<blockquote>
— Prefer {{
blockquote}}. See
MOS:QUOTATIONS.</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.<b>
and <strong>
— Use '''
instead, or remove bolding if
MOS:BOLD says bolding isn't needed. In unusual cases, use {{
strong}}.
<strong>
is allowed.<center>
— Use {{
center}} for most text, otherwise see
Wikipedia:HTML 5#center.<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.<dd>
, <dt>
, and <dl>
— Convert to definition list following
MOS:DLIST.<font>
— Obsolete; see
Wikipedia:HTML 5#font for cleanup instructions.<hr>
and <hr />
— Use ----
or remove entirely.<i>
or <em>
— Use ''
(for typography) or {{
em}} (for emphasis where italics otherwise not required); be sure to follow
MOS:ITALICS.
<em>
is allowed.<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.<name=>
— Usually a broken <ref name=...>
<p>
— Use a blank line or {{
pb}} to separate paragraphs.<ruby>
, <rt>
, and <rp>
— Templates are preferred for simplicity. See
Help:HTML in wikitext#rp, rt, ruby for replacements.<table>
, <tr>
, <td>
, <th>
, <caption>
— Convert to wiki syntax; see
Help:Table.<tt>
— Obsolete; use <code>
, <kbd>
, <samp>
, <var>
or {{
mono}} instead, or even better {{
code}}, {{
kbd}}, {{
samp}}, or {{
var}}. See
Wikipedia:HTML5#tt.<u>
— Use {{
underline}}.<var>
— Use {{
var}} for computer variables and {{
mvar}} for math variables (which use a serif font).<wbr>
— Rarely needed, but if necessary {{
shy}} is preferred over this and ­
. See
Help:Line-break handling.See MOS:MARKUP for wikitext generally being preferred to HTML.
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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