Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/1911 verification

This project’s sub-pages have lists of Wikipedia articles that were included in the original listing of article topics, and may have inadequate or outdated information. They seemed to correspond with entries in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition, or once had a {{1911}} or {{EB1911}} reference template added. Many of these Wikipedia articles contain largely identical copies of the century-old text, which brings with it two significant problems:

1. In many cases, the single general reference template, usually in the footer material, is still all that we have. Current citation practice requires that at least each paragraph of the article have an acknowledgement of its source, especially when the text is still a significant copy. Worse, there may be other material (sourced or not) interpolated or added to the original material
2. While the 1911 Encyclopaedia was one of the most complete encyclopedias of its era, it has become dated as territories have changed, technology improved and prevailing social attitudes have changed. In addition, some of the Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition entries may have been loaded into Wikipedia based on uncritical use of available online copies, which may themselves have suffered from scanning errors, the insertion of inauthentic text, or wholesale deletions. In the intervening years many of these problems have been cleaned up; many remain.

Editors can help on three fronts: detailed attributions, verification, and general reference notation.