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− | {{ | + | {{Note|This page contains very detailed rules for the administration of the wiki and is not a required read for the average contributor. The important rules can be found at the [[Wiki Contribution Guidelines]].}} <noinclude>[[Category:Wiki Maintenance]][[Category:Guidelines]]</noinclude> |
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| style="width: auto;" | '''Hints''' | | style="width: auto;" | '''Hints''' | ||
| style="width: 20em;" | '''Examples''' <!-- if needed --> | | style="width: 20em;" | '''Examples''' <!-- if needed --> | ||
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+ | | valign="top" | '''Pagename''' | ||
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+ | * Use Subpages to group related content. | ||
+ | * A good name is short and descriptive. If the name is logical and easy, many more people will link to it. | ||
+ | * A good name is more likely to look like a chapter title of a book than a complete sentence. | ||
+ | * This Wiki allows you to create pages with a single word as a name, but try to use at least two words - we don't want to exhaust the name space :-). | ||
+ | * Double-check WikiNames for typos - otherwise someone will create a misnamed page! Misnamed pages are bad, since linking to them requires more effort than to a logical, correct WikiName. | ||
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+ | | valign="top" | '''Ownership and Categories''' | ||
+ | | valign="top" colspan="2" | | ||
+ | * Make sure that a page is in '''at least''' one subcategory of [[:Category:Project]]. | ||
+ | * That project needs to make sure the page is maintained. | ||
+ | * It does not have to be a direct subcategory of [[:Category:Project]]. For example: [[:Category:Writer/People]] is fine too, as it is a subcategory of [[:Category:Writer]], which is a subcategory of [[:Category:Project]]. | ||
+ | * '''Dont assign a page to multiple categories if one is an subcategories of another.''' Just use the most specific category. This eases reordering and reorganisation of categories. | ||
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| valign="top" | '''Headings''' | | valign="top" | '''Headings''' | ||
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*If your page shows up in the [[Special:SpecialPages|Maintenance reports]], you likely did something wrong | *If your page shows up in the [[Special:SpecialPages|Maintenance reports]], you likely did something wrong | ||
*If you find a page ignoring these guidelines and you can not fix it (for example because you do not know the language) add '''<nowiki>{{PageIgnoresWikiGuidelines}}</nowiki>''' at the top of it to notify the original author. | *If you find a page ignoring these guidelines and you can not fix it (for example because you do not know the language) add '''<nowiki>{{PageIgnoresWikiGuidelines}}</nowiki>''' at the top of it to notify the original author. | ||
+ | *If a page with '''<nowiki>{{PageIgnoresWikiGuidelines}}</nowiki>''' is not fixed after ~2 weeks, you may either: | ||
+ | ** mark the page for deletion with '''<nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki>'''. | ||
+ | ** move the page to a subpage of either the original author or the last contributor, i.e. to [[User:ORIGINAL_AUTHOR/PAGENAME]] or [[User:LAST_CONTRIBUTOR/PAGENAME]] | ||
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* [[Template:PageIgnoresWikiGuidelines]] | * [[Template:PageIgnoresWikiGuidelines]] | ||
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* [[:Category:Wiki Templates]] | * [[:Category:Wiki Templates]] | ||
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+ | | valign="top" | '''Redirects''' | ||
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+ | * Check for and remove broken redirects. | ||
+ | * Check for and remove double redirects. | ||
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+ | * [[Special:BrokenRedirects]] | ||
+ | * [[Special:DoubleRedirects]] | ||
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* [[Template:WikiInstructions]] | * [[Template:WikiInstructions]] | ||
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Wiki Editing Guidelines] | * [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Wiki Editing Guidelines] | ||
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* [[Documentation/Dashboard/Wiki Editing Policy]] | * [[Documentation/Dashboard/Wiki Editing Policy]] | ||
* [[Documentation/Dashboard/Styles]] | * [[Documentation/Dashboard/Styles]] |
Latest revision as of 10:28, 7 July 2018
This page contains very detailed rules for the administration of the wiki and is not a required read for the average contributor. The important rules can be found at the Wiki Contribution Guidelines. |
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Discussion |
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