MyWiki:WikiProject Unreferenced articles/Progress

Progress

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There are

186

months of unreferenced articles in the backlog (Category:Articles lacking sources) with a count of

39,999

articles.

To view the progress of the backlog:

• Category:Articles lacking sources from May 2026—This category holds the latest unreferenced articles. There are
  0
  new articles so far this month.
• Category:Articles lacking sources from April 2026—This category also holds the previous month articles marked as unreferenced. There are
  0
  articles tagged.
• Category:Articles lacking sources from December 2009—This category contains the earliest with a large number of articles marked as unreferenced. There are
  1,942
  articles tagged. For editors who may like a challenge.
• Category:Articles lacking sources from April 2010—The next earliest articles marked as unreferenced. There are
  28
  articles tagged here.
• Category:Articles lacking sources from June 2010—More early articles marked as unreferenced. There are
  93
  articles tagged here.
• More large categories:
  • Category:Articles lacking sources from May 2019 —There are
    1,022
    articles.
  • Category:Articles lacking sources from June 2019 —There are
    2,367
    articles.
  • Category:Articles lacking sources from August 2025 —There are
    975
    articles.
  • Category:Articles lacking sources from October 2025 —There are
    2,653
    articles.

The chart below shows the recent history of the backlog. It includes articles that are tagged as {{unreferenced}} and articles that are likely to be unreferenced: for more information on the latter set, see this discussion. {{#chart:URAstats.Area.chart}}