Yoshipedia:Maintenance: Difference between revisions

'''Maintenance''' refers to the ongoing tasks involved in helping to keep the wiki clean, up to date and ensuring that our content is in-line with [[:Category:Policies|policy]]. Users are encouraged to continuously contribute to areas of maintenance which meet their interests and capabilities. However, some tasks are assigned to [[Project:Administrators|administrators]], who help keep the wiki clean from [[Project:Vandalism|vandalism]] by blocking troublesome editors. Certain basic maintenance tasks may also be assigned to a [[Project:Bots|bot]], which is able to edit a large number of pages in a short space of time.

Images, as well as [[Help:Media|audio and video]] files, are essential to provide examples about what articles are detailing in words. All articles should use at least one image, with the exception of [[:Category:Implied|implied]] or unseen subjects. Various maintenance tasks may be required for the file itself (such as issues with quality and categorization), the use of the file on pages, or the request for the uploading of additional files where required. Files should also closely follow the [[Project:Image use policy|image use policy]], and new revisions to files may only be uploaded by [[Project:Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed users]].

|Articles that have yet to be created will be shown as a red link. New articles must follow the [[Project:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]], and can only be created by [[Project:Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed users]]. <br>See [[Special:WantedPages]]

|Articles containing an overly long [[Project:Trivia|trivia]]: such sections should only contain miscellaneous and notable information which does not fit elsewhere within the article. Trivia should be incorporated into other article sections when applicable. <br>See [[:Category:Articles with long trivia sections]]

|Articles without a [[Project:Categories|category]] (please disregard the Main Page). <br>See [[Special:UncategorizedPages]]

|Articles which contain information requiring a valid [[Project:Citations|reference]], or replacing links which have since gone defunct. <br>See [[:Category:Citation needed]]

|Article titles with {{tem|another language}} are officially named, although in a language other than English. As per our [[Project:Naming|naming policy]], these pages should be moved to an official English title if found. <br>See [[:Category:Articles with titles from other languages]]

|[[Project:Categories|Category]] pages should be given a suitable parent category, which assists in navigating through different category levels. <br>See [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]

|[[Project:Redirects|Redirects]] that lead to another redirect. They should be edited so they both redirect to the same target page. <br>See [[Special:DoubleRedirects]]

[[Project:Administrators|Administrators]] (also named "admins" or "sysops") are promoted users who are given additional tools, which assist in maintaining the upkeep of the wiki. All admins have the ability to counter [[Project:Vandalism|vandalism]] on the wiki by [[Project:Blocking policy|blocking]] troublesome editors, reverting detrimental edits by using the "rollback" feature, and hiding inappropriate edits if required. Administrators are also able to [[Project:Deletion policy|delete]] entire pages and images when necessary.