MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook/Pages to watch
These are pages administrators may wish to add to their watchlist or check frequently on individual Wikimedia projects.
In general
[edit | edit source]The administrators are the only contributors allowed to modify the MediaWiki and the protected pages (like Main Page). Consequently they should have a look on them to avoid any discouraging project immobilism.
Wikibooks
[edit | edit source]- Bulletin Board - Wikibooks news, such as policy changes or new features.
- Reading Room - where people needing help or general discussions with administrators happen.
- Candidates for Speedy Deletion - frequently needs checked for pages that should be deleted, kept or changed to Requests for Deletion.
- Requests For Deletion - pages people think should be deleted, frequently needs checked to see if pages should be kept or deleted.
Wikipedia
[edit | edit source]- WP:AN - Administrator's noticeboard, and its subpages
- WP:ANI - Administrator's noticeboard/Incidents
- 3RR noticeboard - Reports of 3RR violations
- Arbitration enforcement
- Administrator intervention against vandalism - Users reported persistent vandalism or spamming
- Deletion review - Reports improper deletion, or request undeletion
- Articles for deletion - pages nominated for deletion, nominations need to be closed daily
- Requests for page protection - Requests for protection, reports of improper protection or requests for unprotection
- BLP noticeboard - Biographies of living persons noticeboard
Wiktionary
[edit | edit source]- Request pages - Listing of request pages (contains many that should be watched by administrators)
- Administrator mop-up tasks - Contains a list of all the administrative tasks and who does them
- Announcements
- Vandalism in progress
- Votes - Straw polls to measure community consensus
- Deletion-related pages
- Requests for verification - Verification and general deletion nominations and discussion
- Requests for deletion - Deletion for policy problems; request listings, questions and discussions
- Others - Special page deletion requests, questions and discussions
Wikiquote
[edit | edit source]- Village pump - Wikiquote news, questions, and general discussion
- Administrators' noticeboard - Administrator notification and discussion
- Votes for deletion - Deletion nominations
- Vandalism in progress
Wikinews
[edit | edit source]- Newsroom – the hub of operations; article help requests, community connection, tools and resources; help for new users
- Admin action alerts
- Water cooler - discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikinews
- Deletion requests