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(in Inglis) WikiBrounie draft - thoughts?

Hey folks, I've been drafting this page to be a new tab on WikiProject The Big Wiki Rewrite, specifically to be a place and a thing that we can direct those to who want to help with the Wiki, but either don't speak Scots or who aren't confident in their written Scots. I've had some comments from @CiphriusKane but would really appreciate any more feedback or suggestions before I add it.

Idea would be that if folks land on the Wiki with good intentions, that we can direct those good intentions to the best place. Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 09:58, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

(& also that I can promote on the WMUK Scotland mailing list, and keep as a regular task when folks are looking for things to edit.) Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 10:35, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I think this page is very helpful, particularly the links to unreferenced articles and articles using archive today. Perhaps it could be added regarding archive today that editors should replace it with internet archive if possible and if not then just remove it if the original link is still dead, regards Atlantic306 (tauk) 18:23, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

Brilliant - yes, will add this. Thank you! Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 08:59, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Just found a problem with the list of archive today links which is it only lists one link for each page when there can be multiple links on a page such as Mexican Drog War, Atlantic306 (tauk) 22:57, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

A believe Mexican Drog War wis ae exception as there wis summat wrang wi the references, bit it is listin multiple airtins per airticle e.g. Daraa Destrict. A'v optit ti nuke Mexican Drog War as nae bein wirth the time ti fix, better ti stairt ower in aat case CiphriusKane (tauk) 03:45, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Grand, thanks! Can add something to the instructions too to get folks to check whether there are multiple refs on the same article, just in case there are others. :) Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 09:00, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

@CiphriusKane @Atlantic306 ok, added. One thing to note - you'll see that I've said "set URL status to dead" - I'm pretty sure that that should be "deid", but "dead" is what's in the template. Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 09:09, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Those are very helpful changes and I agree about the Mexican Drog War as that would have taken hours to fix, imv Atlantic306 (tauk) 00:16, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Grand, thanks :) Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 11:28, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

@CiphriusKane @Atlantic306 Ok, that's now live Wikipedia:Wikiproject The Big Wiki Rewrite/WikiBrounies on the project page - please feel free to point folks in that direction if it's helpful in your general admin / extended rights user duties :) Thanks so much for the suggestions and feedback! Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 11:30, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Somebody should share this in the Scots Language Forum group on Facebook. That would give this project the widest attention. Gallovidisk (tauk) 09:46, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Gallovidisk, good suggestion! Sara Thomas (WMUK) (tauk) 10:00, 26 August 2026 (UTC)