Category:Orphaned articles

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Orphaned articles
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Subtotals
November 20155
December 2015314
January 2016166
February 201658
March 2016240
April 2016334
May 2016326
June 2016348
July 2016338
August 2016467
September 2016412
October 2016281
November 2016214
December 2016193
January 2017558
February 2017561
March 2017591
April 2017294
May 2017440
June 2017413
July 2017134
August 2017328
September 2017270
October 2017221
November 201776
December 2017132
January 2018174
February 2018232
March 2018264
April 2018136
May 201842
June 2018482
July 2018128
August 2018156
September 2018471
October 2018192
November 2018142
December 2018399
January 2019428
February 2019341
March 2019450
April 2019118
May 2019200
June 2019282
July 2019221
August 2019195
September 2019160
October 2019541
November 2019301
December 2019123
January 2020197
March 2020185
April 2020304
May 2020425
June 2020240
July 2020223
August 2020162
September 2020249
October 2020356
November 2020268
December 2020195
January 2021676
February 2021381
March 2021331
April 2021347
May 2021316
June 2021224
July 2021310
August 2021232
October 2021317
November 2021594
December 2021845
January 2022847
February 2022582
March 2022477
April 20221,059
May 2022417
June 2022423
July 2022380
August 2022389
September 2022461
October 2022577
November 2022938
December 2022416
January 2023478
February 2023242
March 2023421
April 2023429
May 2023348
June 2023439
July 2023536
August 20231,173
September 20231,302
October 2023400
November 2023433
December 2023479
January 2024645
February 20241,204
March 2024913
April 2024400
May 2024457
June 20242,095
July 2024367
August 20241,817
September 2024370
October 2024509
November 2024522
December 20241,715
January 20251,532
February 2025458
March 2025499
April 2025394
May 2025631
June 2025671
July 2025622
August 2025684
September 2025848
October 20251,782
November 2025704
December 202591
Undated articles5
All articles
54,850
  • Please help an orphan article by adding links to it in related articles and lists. Once it has an incoming link from at least one article or list, the orphan tag can be removed (disambiguation pages, redirects and non-mainspace (i.e drafts, talk pages, user pages, etc.) articles do not count). Three or more incoming links are ideal. The Find link tool may be of help, but not in all cases.

Articles in this category should have no incoming links from other articles or lists. They are placed in this category by the {{Orphan}} template, with the optional parameter of the date, e.g. {{Orphan|date=December 2025}}. Using the att= parameter places the article instead in Category:Attempted de-orphan, which is included in this category as a sub-category.

For articles editors have attempted to de-orphan, see Category:Attempted de-orphan.

This category is for orphaned articles only. For orphaned images, please see:

Progress

Orphan article progress
Year Backlog
2013
175,000
2014
121,000
2015
125,000
2016
130,000
2017
140,000
2018
130,000
2019
117,000
2020
106,000
2021
93,000
2022
88,000
2023
81,000
2024
66,000
2025
54,000
2026
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2023 - Orphan article progress
Month Backlog
January 27
79,919
February 24
78,985
March 24
77,522
April 28
77,141
May 26
76,213
June 30
74,741
July 31
73,603
August 31
73,490
September 30
73,326
October 31
71,253
November 30
67,850
December 31
65,940
2024 - Orphan article progress
Month Backlog
January 31
63,682
February 29
63,451
March 31
62,468
April 30
58,440
May 31
56,679
June 30
58,309
July 31
56,245
August 31
56,053
September 30
54,528
October 31
53,827
November 30
53,119
December 31
54,324
2025 - Orphan article progress
Month Backlog
January 31
54,745
February 28
54,676
March 31
54,468
April 30
54,173
May 31
54,347
June 30
54,272
July 31
54,209
August 31
54,155
September 30
54,226
October 31
55,256
November 30
54,944
December --
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