Forum:What to do with large, but poorly written articles?

As the title says: what should I do when somebody contributes by writing a big article which looks like he/she has put quite some effort in, but it's just really bad? Like: lots of typo's, pretty bad English over all, miswritten names, etc?

from time to time people contribute to my wiki with such articles (example) and I kinda don't like it to just delete it, but I don't wanna keep it online or re-write it either... --- Zantam03 ( Talk ) 14:02, July 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi. I think the best thing to do would be to clean it up, or ask someone else to clean it up. After all, it's good faith, productive content, so there's no reason to delete it. Wikis are collaborative too, so there's no harm in helping to clean it up. =) - Brandon Rhea (talk) 14:55, July 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Most Wikia will at least make a template like w:c:wow:Template:Cleanup to identify and track pages that need cleanup. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:50 AM PST 5 Jul 2010

True, however if you tag it and hope that someone else finds it and cleans it up, it runs the risk of neglect. With an article the size of the one that was linked to in this topic, it's easier just to clean it up IMO. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 18:14, July 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe for small wikis. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 8:55 PM PST 5 Jul 2010