UniWiki:Wiki Curator Program: Difference between revisions

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In a nutshell: Wiki Curators take responsibility for a small section of the wiki, help enhance the pages, review changes by others, proofread, add more links, improve style, and so on. A curator is not necessarily the top authority on a topic, but more of a coordinator for content improvement and a caretaker for existing content.

In a nutshell: Wiki Curators take responsibility for a small section of the wiki, help enhance the pages, review changes by others, proofread, add more links, improve style, and so on. A curator is not necessarily the top authority on a topic, but more of a coordinator for content improvement and a caretaker for existing content. Sometimes a curator and an officer/manager for a particular program may be the same person.

With a more official structure for keeping the wiki tidy also comes a change to prevent obsolete tags from getting in the way of said organizing: Any page tagged with the [[Template:Work in Progress]] stating "Please contact original author before making changes" are ''null and void'' unless also noted on this page with an estimated short-term completion date. Several pages have gone inactive with that tag on it discouraging new people to take over. By requiring an active note here with an estimated timer we'll prevent that and encourage people to either finish or release work to other interested authors.

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== WIP pages ==

Please list any page with the "Work in Progress" tag here with an estimated ~~duration for~~ how long you want the page to yourself before letting public editors join in. A month is a fair period, two or three at most for very large works. Or just embrace wiki and don't worry about it, everything is revision controlled anyway and if you have an issue with other editors you can contact the [[Staff#Wiki_Manager | Wiki Manager]]

Please list any page with the "Work in Progress" tag here with an estimated completion date to indicate how long you want the page to yourself before letting public editors join in. A month is a fair period, two or three at most for very large works. Or just embrace wiki and don't worry about it, everything is revision controlled anyway and if you have an issue with other editors you can always contact the [[Staff#Wiki_Manager | Wiki Manager]] with any concerns.

If you come across a WIP page please check here to see if it is listed. If it is not (and you can't very easily hunt down the author via forum PM or in-game) then don't let the tag block you from contributing if you would like to.

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-In a nutshell: Wiki Curators take responsibility for a small section of the wiki, help enhance the pages, review changes by others, proofread, add more links, improve style, and so on. A curator is not necessarily the top authority on a topic, but more of a coordinator for content improvement and a caretaker for existing content.
+In a nutshell: Wiki Curators take responsibility for a small section of the wiki, help enhance the pages, review changes by others, proofread, add more links, improve style, and so on. A curator is not necessarily the top authority on a topic, but more of a coordinator for content improvement and a caretaker for existing content. Sometimes a curator and an officer/manager for a particular program may be the same person.
 With a more official structure for keeping the wiki tidy also comes a change to prevent obsolete tags from getting in the way of said organizing: Any page tagged with the [[Template:Work in Progress]] stating "Please contact original author before making changes" are ''null and void'' unless also noted on this page with an estimated short-term completion date. Several pages have gone inactive with that tag on it discouraging new people to take over. By requiring an active note here with an estimated timer we'll prevent that and encourage people to either finish or release work to other interested authors.
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 == WIP pages ==
-Please list any page with the "Work in Progress" tag here with an estimated duration for how long you want the page to yourself before letting public editors join in. A month is a fair period, two or three at most for very large works. Or just embrace wiki and don't worry about it, everything is revision controlled anyway and if you have an issue with other editors you can contact the [[Staff#Wiki_Manager | Wiki Manager]]
+Please list any page with the "Work in Progress" tag here with an estimated completion date to indicate how long you want the page to yourself before letting public editors join in. A month is a fair period, two or three at most for very large works. Or just embrace wiki and don't worry about it, everything is revision controlled anyway and if you have an issue with other editors you can always contact the [[Staff#Wiki_Manager | Wiki Manager]] with any concerns.
+If you come across a WIP page please check here to see if it is listed. If it is not (and you can't very easily hunt down the author via forum PM or in-game) then don't let the tag block you from contributing if you would like to.
+* Some page - Feb 1 2011