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Hey all, here's a staging ground to organize our cleanup of the wiki. | Hey all, here's a staging ground to organize our cleanup of the wiki. | ||
We can | We can put agreed-on rules, tips, links, etc here. For discussing plans and proposing rules, sign up to the [https://groups.google.com/a/hacdc.org/group/wiki/topics mailing list]! | ||
==Goal== | ==Goal== | ||
We have lots of outdated articles and information on the wiki. That's confusing to newcomers. We should update it or get rid of it. | |||
==Guidelines== | ==Guidelines== | ||
===Old Articles We Need to Update=== | |||
Instructions pending. | |||
===Old Articles We Need to Delete=== | |||
Instructions pending. | |||
===Spam=== | |||
You don't need to hesitate much about deleting spam when you come upon it. That's a wiki's self-cleaning mechanism. In fact, people manually deleting spam is the only reason Wikipedia isn't overrun by it! | |||
If you come upon an article created by a spammer, ask an administrator to delete it (I'm not quite sure about the deletion rules on HacDC's wiki). | |||
If you find spam inserted into an actual HacDC article, just undo the spammy edit. Go into the article's history by clicking the "history" tab, and click the "undo" link at the end of the edit description. | |||
==Useful Links== | ==Useful Links== | ||
[[Special:AllPages]] - Here you can browse all the articles that currently exist | |||
[[What is dislocation of the shoulder? What causes a shoulder dislocation?]] - Here's a good example of some spam! You should remove this when you see it! But not this one cause it's a good example! | |||
[[Special:WhatLinksHere/HacDC Wiki:Cleanup 2012]] - Example of a "What links here" link. There's a link in the toolbox (left navigation bar, third box down) on every page that shows you what other pages link to it. Useful if you, say, move (rename) an article, which could break links or cause double redirects. | |||
Latest revision as of 20:55, 29 March 2012
Hey all, here's a staging ground to organize our cleanup of the wiki.
We can put agreed-on rules, tips, links, etc here. For discussing plans and proposing rules, sign up to the mailing list!
Goal
We have lots of outdated articles and information on the wiki. That's confusing to newcomers. We should update it or get rid of it.
Guidelines
Old Articles We Need to Update
Instructions pending.
Old Articles We Need to Delete
Instructions pending.
Spam
You don't need to hesitate much about deleting spam when you come upon it. That's a wiki's self-cleaning mechanism. In fact, people manually deleting spam is the only reason Wikipedia isn't overrun by it!
If you come upon an article created by a spammer, ask an administrator to delete it (I'm not quite sure about the deletion rules on HacDC's wiki).
If you find spam inserted into an actual HacDC article, just undo the spammy edit. Go into the article's history by clicking the "history" tab, and click the "undo" link at the end of the edit description.
Useful Links
Special:AllPages - Here you can browse all the articles that currently exist What is dislocation of the shoulder? What causes a shoulder dislocation? - Here's a good example of some spam! You should remove this when you see it! But not this one cause it's a good example! Special:WhatLinksHere/HacDC Wiki:Cleanup 2012 - Example of a "What links here" link. There's a link in the toolbox (left navigation bar, third box down) on every page that shows you what other pages link to it. Useful if you, say, move (rename) an article, which could break links or cause double redirects.