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## Contributing to Wikipedia ##
Short pages and Dead End pages - Something simple is better than nothing
* * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ShortPages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ShortPages)
* Usually only a single word or line. Improvement is usually easy
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:DeadendPages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:DeadendPages)
* some dead ends just need good redirect pages
* Longest Pages (Streamlining / Editing)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LongPages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LongPages)
* Refinement and simplification improve the situation (No original content required)
* Wanted Lists - Often further categorization or adding missing bits needed
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WantedCategories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WantedCategories)
* Categories partially assembled (e.g. "Compact Digital Cameras" only contains Fuji. Just tag more cameras)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_missing_files](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_missing_files)
* Would you believe Aerospace engineering has Missing Links
* Link fixing
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:DisambiguationPageLinks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:DisambiguationPageLinks)
* Direct links to be more specific
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_too_few_wikilinks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_too_few_wikilinks)
* Linking to more internal pages
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LonelyPages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LonelyPages)
* Orphans, can you find them a good home?
* Unconnected Pages - mostly poorly written or in first person
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UnconnectedPages](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UnconnectedPages)
* Articles Needing Sections - Layout needed
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_needing_sections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_needing_sections)
* Empty and List Sections - Content Needed or Paraphrasing (some domain knowledge ma be required)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_empty_sections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_empty_sections)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_sections_that_need_to_be_turned_into_prose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_sections_that_need_to_be_turned_into_prose)
* Wikimedia is also an option for the graphically inclined
* Photo challenge is a great inspiration
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photo_challenge](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photo_challenge)
* Local Knowledge
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby)
* Geographic fixes
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:All_articles_needing_coordinates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:All_articles_needing_coordinates)
* All the Backlog Lists
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_backlog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_backlog)
* All the Wikipedia lists:
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages){: page-href="wiki:///ContributingToWikipedia"}