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Here are some places that need help! These articles have been tagged for maintenance, which means they don't meet Wikipedia's quality standards. When you're done remember that others may want to adjust what you did or may think the article still needs just a bit more. Don't be offended – the more people who edit an article, the better it gets.
These articles need someone to fix spelling and grammar errors. Remove the {{copyedit}} tag after you have gone through the entire article and corrected spelling/grammar mistakes.
These pages have capitalization issues.
These articles just need to be organized with sections. Divide the information up into sections rather than one big chunk of text. Remove the {{sections}} tag after you have improved the layout of the article.
These articles are too short and need more information. You can find more information by looking in places like Google News Search and Google Books search, and you can then expand the article using your own words (do not copy directly from a book or website unless you are quoting it!). Remove the {{expand}} tag after you have expanded the article.
These articles need more links to other Wikipedia articles and formatting, like section headers, infoboxes, and the bolding/italicizing of text. Be sure to remove the {{wikify}} tag after you have wikified an article.
These articles are out of date and need to be brought up to date. Make sure you reference all your additions so we can verify they are true—newspapers (online or otherwise) are great for this. When you're done, remove the {{update}} tag.
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