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| Page transwikis and deletions |
Recent-changes patrolling |
- Candidates for speedy deletion
- Read the Deletion policy first. If you are not an admin, insert {{delete|reason}}.
- Requests for deletion
- This is where discussion about books that don't fall under the criteria for speedy deletions, but have none the less been nominated for deletion.
- Images with unknown copyright status
- will be deleted after a week if the author does not provide proper license information.
- Copyright violations
- Populated by {{copyvio}}, these automatically get placed in the speedy deletion category after 7 days.
- Claimed fair use images with incomplete rationale
- Will be deleted after a week if the uploader does not provide a full fair use raionale.
- Pages to be transwikied
- These are pages that are to be transferred to another wiki.
- Requests for Import
- These are pages that are to be imported to Wikibooks. Only admins can do the actual import, but all Wikibookians are welcome to comment on requests.
- Transwiki log
- Content that has been moved to Wikibooks from another wiki and needs to be formated or edited before it is ready for use in an existing book or as a new book.
- Category:NowCommons & Category:NowCommons (different filename)
- These categories contain images now available on Commons that can be deleted from Wikibooks.
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- New files (or Upload log)
- Check whether new images have proper copyright statements. Suspected copyright infringements are tagged with {{copyvio|URL}}. Missing license information (such as the source) get {{subst:nld}}. For invalid fair use claims, use {{subst:bfu}}. For fair use claims without a rationale, use {{subst:nfur}}. Be sure to notify uploaders; appropriate code is given on the aforementioned templates.
- New pages
- Check for very short pages, use {{delete}} to mark pages for speedy deletion. Place {{query}} on pages that might just be in a transition stage to becoming real books.
- Recent changes of anonymous users
- Your first place to look for spam and vandalisms. Should you find a few good edits by an anonymous user, consider adding {{anon}} or {{joinus}} to their talk page to encourage him or her to create an account here.
- Newbies' contributions
- Verify edits by new users, insert {{subst:welcome}} or {{subst:bigwelcome|~~~~}} to welcome them (we don't add welcome text to users without any edits).
- Unused files
- Look for duplicates, nonsense and copyright violations, and tag them accordingly.
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| Organize Books |
Fix pages |
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For these tasks, see Wikibooks:CCO Resources.
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- Accuracy and NPOV disputes
- Pages needing attention need work like fixing wikicode, spelling, layout etc.
- Orphaned pages are not linked to by any other pages. They often contain old vandalisms, useless content or their content was copied elsewhere. If they are useful, link them to a bookshelf or other book. Otherwise tag them for deletion.
- Short pages - if page is blank and not linked (check "What links here") and was not vandalised (check page history), it can be safely deleted
- Duplicate modules
- Queried pages - If it appears that a stub was created in error or want to check with the author to see if it will soon be expanded, use the template {{qr-em}} to tag it; the page will be automatically listed in the speedy deletions after 7 days.
- Stubs might be fixed. Old stubs may be removed or submitted to WB:VFD. See Help:Stub
- Books to be merged
- Books needing naming convention change
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