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Links: Dead-end pages · Linkrot · Templates w/ red links · Orphaned talk pages Cleanup: General · By Topic · Move to Wiktionary · Wiki Syntax · Grammar · Spam · Transwiki log cleanup · Wikification needed Categories: Orphaned · Underpopulated · Bad category names · Article Categorization · Uncategorised good articles · More... Articles: Requests 2 years+ · Requests 1 year+ · Requested Articles · Blank Pages · Most wanted articles · Missing articles Stubs: Stubs by topic · Incomplete Lists · Most wanted stubs · Shortpages · Unstubby stubs Combinations: Proposed Mergers · Proposed Splits Delete: Speedy · Articles · Categories · Redirects · Templates · Misc. pages · Jokes · Log · Discussion archives · Review Expansion: Requested Expansions · Encyclopedic Topics · Neglected articles · Duplicated sections Images: Requested pictures · Pictures needing attention · Images for cleanup · Image recreation requests · Caption review · Images with missing articles · Untagged Images · Commons:Untagged img Disputes: Controversial Issues · Neutrality · Article Accuracy · Statement Accuracy · Copyright Violations Requests · Backlogs
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Picture of the day Baryte is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaSO₄). Generally white or colorless, it is the main source of the element barium, an alkaline earth metal. It is found across the world and can be deposited through biogenic and hydrothermal processes or evaporation. Early records of baryte date to the 16th century, when a radiating form gained notoriety among alchemists for specimens found near Bologna, Italy. Carl Wilhelm Scheele determined that baryte contained a new element in 1774, but elemental barium was not isolated until 1808 by Humphry Davy, using electrolysis of molten barium salts. Modern uses of baryte include oil and gas drilling, oxygen and sulfur isotopic analysis, and radiometric dating. These crystals of baryte on a dolomite crystal matrix was found at Cerro Warihuyn in Miraflores District, Peru. This photograph was focus-stacked from 24 separate images.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus Archive – More featured pictures...

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Power-editing with AutoWikiBrowser

Guess what the power users of Wikipedia use to edit...

The AutoWikiBrowser (AWB), of course.

AWB is a semi-automatic Wikipedia editor. It works on lists (batches) of pages, automatically edits the first page the way you specify, and then takes you to the next page once you approve the changes to the current page. It has powerful features. It can even run an external script, regex (regular expression) on each page it processes.

In order to use AWB, you must either be an experienced editor with over 500 edits, or a Wikipedia administrator.

AWB is very useful and helps perform repetitive WikiGnome tasks very quickly, like stubs sorting, substituting templates, and searching/replacing.

For on-the-fly general discussion and support requests for AWB, try the AWB IRC channel: #AutoWikiBrowser ^connect

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