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| Add it with {{tlx|Gardening Badge}} | | Add it with {{tlx|Gardening Badge}} | ||
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|[[Help:Finding | |[[Help:Finding USApedia Badges|Learn about adding the badge to your user page]] | ||
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! [[:Category: | ! [[:Category:USApedia Gardener|{{#expr:{{formatnum:{{PAGESINCATEGORY:USApedia gardeners}}|R}}-1}} Members]] with the badge on their userpage. | ||
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{{Notice|If you are a gardener, have you added the {{tl|Gardening Badge}} to your [[Special:MyPage | User Page]]?}} | {{Notice|If you are a gardener, have you added the {{tl|Gardening Badge}} to your [[Special:MyPage | User Page]]?}} | ||
A wiki is like a garden and individual pages and articles are like the plants in the garden. If the garden is not prepared and kept in good working order, no single plant can succeed. The same applies to wikis. The best article in the world cannot sustain itself within a wiki if the wiki as a whole isn't cared for. | A wiki is like a garden and individual pages and articles are like the plants in the garden. If the garden is not prepared and kept in good working order, no single plant can succeed. The same applies to wikis. The best article in the world cannot sustain itself within a wiki if the wiki as a whole isn't cared for. | ||
<blockquote>'''Gardening involves an active participation of all editors in the caring | <blockquote>'''Gardening involves an active participation of all editors in the caring USApedia's content.'''</blockquote> | ||
We, therefore, lovingly refer to anyone who has the proclivity, initiative, desire, and ability to care for a wiki (in whatever form) as a "Gardener". This page is dedicated to the Gardeners of | We, therefore, lovingly refer to anyone who has the proclivity, initiative, desire, and ability to care for a wiki (in whatever form) as a "Gardener". This page is dedicated to the Gardeners of USApedia and provides a location where gardeners can identify and coordinate their actions. | ||
Any editor can become a gardener. | Any editor can become a gardener. | ||
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=== Add categories to Uncategorized Files === | === Add categories to Uncategorized Files === | ||
Per | Per USApedia file guidelines, each file on USApedia should have at least one category assigned to it. However, compliance on this front is limited. Many of the files on USApedia need categories added. | ||
'''To add categories to files:''' | '''To add categories to files:''' | ||
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#* [[:Category:Videos]] | #* [[:Category:Videos]] | ||
# See if you can also identify a subcategory for each file from the list at the top of each Category list. For [[:Category:PDFs | PDF]] and [[:Category:Microsoft Office documents | Microsoft Office]] files, you will probably need to click the file icon to see what is in the file before you can figure out its sub-category. | # See if you can also identify a subcategory for each file from the list at the top of each Category list. For [[:Category:PDFs | PDF]] and [[:Category:Microsoft Office documents | Microsoft Office]] files, you will probably need to click the file icon to see what is in the file before you can figure out its sub-category. | ||
# On the file's page in | # On the file's page in USApedia, click the Edit tab, just as if you were [[Help:Editing|editing]] a regular USApedia article | ||
# Add one or more categories using the format <code><nowiki>[[Category:<category name>]]</nowiki></code>. S | # Add one or more categories using the format <code><nowiki>[[Category:<category name>]]</nowiki></code>. S | ||
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=== Wikify === | === Wikify === | ||
'''Wikify''' refers to adding "internal links" to articles, which helps integrate the article into the whole of [[ | '''Wikify''' refers to adding "internal links" to articles, which helps integrate the article into the whole of [[USApedia]]. Some of the places to start include: | ||
*Any page you are viewing that you feel should have a link | *Any page you are viewing that you feel should have a link | ||
* A [[Special:Random|Random]] page | * A [[Special:Random|Random]] page | ||
* [[Dead end page]] that does not link to other pages in | * [[Dead end page]] that does not link to other pages in USApedia | ||
[[File:Wikify.mp4|500px|left]] | [[File:Wikify.mp4|500px|left]] | ||
{{clear}} | {{clear}} | ||
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=== Recent changes === | === Recent changes === | ||
* Look over [https:// | * Look over [https://USApedia.energy.gov/w/index.php?namespace=1&title=Special%3ARecentChanges recent comments] on [[Talk pages]] and provide your input on the situation. | ||
== '''Under 5 minutes''' == | == '''Under 5 minutes''' == | ||
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=== Orphaned pages === | === Orphaned pages === | ||
* Add a link to an [[Special:LonelyPages|Orphaned page]] on another related | * Add a link to an [[Special:LonelyPages|Orphaned page]] on another related USApedia page. | ||
* Review [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]], especially look a edits of users who have not yet created their [[Help:User page|User page]]. | * Review [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]], especially look a edits of users who have not yet created their [[Help:User page|User page]]. | ||
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!Task || General Description of what is needed | !Task || General Description of what is needed | ||
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|[[ | |[[USApedia:Wikiproject Welcoming committee|Welcoming committee]] || | ||
* Email a [[Special:Log/newusers|new user]] after they create an account. | * Email a [[Special:Log/newusers|new user]] after they create an account. | ||
* Add to the [[ | * Add to the [[USApedia:Wikiproject Welcoming committee/Log|log of emailed new users]] after you email them. | ||
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| Patrol the [[Special:NewPages]] || | | Patrol the [[Special:NewPages]] || | ||
* Does the article follow our [[ | * Does the article follow our [[USApedia:Naming convention]]s? | ||
* Take a look at the article...does it have wiki links? If not, add some. | * Take a look at the article...does it have wiki links? If not, add some. | ||
* Does it generally follow good wiki article practices (an opening summary, then sections, logos/images on the right)? If not, consider working with the original author to move it in that direction. | * Does it generally follow good wiki article practices (an opening summary, then sections, logos/images on the right)? If not, consider working with the original author to move it in that direction. | ||
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== Gardening Templates == | == Gardening Templates == | ||
See [[ | See [[USApedia:Maintenance]] for a listing of templates. | ||
==Other definitions== | ==Other definitions== | ||
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==Related Task Pages== | ==Related Task Pages== | ||
* [[ | * [[USApedia:Lists of common misspellings|Lists of common misspellings]] | ||
== Copied from Gardener's Dashboard == | == Copied from Gardener's Dashboard == | ||
===Pages that Need Wikification=== | ===Pages that Need Wikification=== | ||
{{learn|Help:Cheat sheet#Internal Links (Wikify)|Wikification}} | {{learn|Help:Cheat sheet#Internal Links (Wikify)|Wikification}} | ||
* [[Special:DeadendPages|Dead-end pages]] do not link to other pages in | * [[Special:DeadendPages|Dead-end pages]] do not link to other pages in USApedia. | ||
* [[Special:LonelyPages|Orphaned pages]] are not linked from or transcluded into other pages in | * [[Special:LonelyPages|Orphaned pages]] are not linked from or transcluded into other pages in USApedia. | ||
=== Checking recent changes === | === Checking recent changes === | ||
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* [https://saintapedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&namespace=11&limit=500&days=7&urlversion=2 Template talk] | * [https://saintapedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&namespace=11&limit=500&days=7&urlversion=2 Template talk] | ||
* [https://saintapedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&namespace=13&limit=500&days=7&urlversion=2 Help talk] | * [https://saintapedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&namespace=13&limit=500&days=7&urlversion=2 Help talk] | ||
* [https://saintapedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&namespace=5&limit=500&days=7&urlversion=2 | * [https://saintapedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&namespace=5&limit=500&days=7&urlversion=2 USApedia talk] | ||
[[Category:Gardening Tasks]] | [[Category:Gardening Tasks]] | ||
{{ | {{USApedia}} | ||