OLPC:Cleanup: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:37, 1 July 2008

Intro

As information sprawls across the wiki, we're in constant need of help and efforts to keep it tame, trimmed, and usable - purging old/broken information and links, creating and updating portal pages for various user groups and topics, condensing screenfuls of discussion on talk pages into short, accurate, easy-to-read updates... I'm sure you can think of more.

If you'd like to help battle chaos, please join in - just edit pages, no need to ask permission. If you have a request for cleanup, post here. If you've cleaned up a page and want reviews/polishing final touches, post here. Go for it.

Also see Category:Cleanup for pages needing cleanup. Use Template:Cleanup to mark pages in need of revision by adding the words {{Cleanup}} to the top of the article.

General wiki text cleanup

Here are some common glitches you can look for when editing:

Using h1 headings for sections: =First level heading = should be ==First level heading==
Using http links to wiki pages: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wiki_cleanup should be [[Wiki cleanup]].
Not using user-friendly wiki links: [[Wiki_cleanup]] should be [[Wiki cleanup]].
- Some unfriendly links provide alternate text that's not needed once they're made user-friendly: [[Wiki_cleanup|Wiki cleanup]] should be [[Wiki cleanup]].
Uncategorized pages.
Pages with excessive <br> tags or <pre> that can be replaced with whitespace.
Page Titles and Section Headings With Excessive Capitalization: normally just capitalize the first word (but first check "What links here" and/or set up a #REDIRECT).

Pages needing final touches

Look over category:drafts pages, see if any are quick .

Areas needing attention

Glossary could use some thoughtful expansion. Jargon serves a useful purpose as shorthand for technical discussions, but it also poses a substantial barrier-to-entry for new contributors. A more extensive Glossary would be very helpful in allowing outsiders to become insiders.
Accessibility
Games
Emulation
Communities (including encouraging various communities to get organized enough to make a frontpage, similar to Community:Art)
Pilots
Table of Contents - Revise or Remove Katie 10:30, 29 January 2008 (EST)
- or merge ideas into Site map (w/ redirect from one to another)

Category:Software vs. Category:Activity vs. Category:Linux software
- separate out wiki software pages into Activity vs Linux vs. other

Category:Linux software
- create standardized format for these pages for consistancy, and remove duplication
- find all standard linux software, tag w/template
- search wiki for 'yum' and 'wget', likely they need this tag.

Adobe Player, Adobe Flash, Flash Player, etc (or other pages with similar info)
- Combine into one page, organize information

Examine core wiki pages, (i.e. top pages, or ones in Site map ??)
- Check for current/correct information
- move any 'beta' or 'prelease' information else where.
- Consistency: headers, format, structure, etc

review all templates
- check for duplication, merge if needed

review User boxes
- create consistency,
- establish best order, if lots on same page

review Headers (i.e. page headers)
- create consistency,
- establish best order, if lots on same page

review Category:Articles_to_be_merged
- Especially in areas of:
  - Licensing - combine smaller 'snipit' pages into this one. (Search for the word 'license' or 'licensing')
  - Bitfrost and OLPC Bitfrost pages should be merged, see Talk:Bitfrost.This will require the assistance of an admin because OLPC Bitfrost is protected.

review Software, and sub-categories
- Some pages cross over, separate into categories

Clean-up tasks requiring admin privileges

Redirects for deletion
- Category:Redirects_for_deletion

Pages for deletion
- Pages_for_deletion

Work needed on protected pages
- Bitfrost and OLPC Bitfrost pages should be merged, see Talk:Bitfrost.This will require the assistance of an admin because OLPC Bitfrost is protected.

User pages in Main space
- N1029676@gmail.com

Current major creations and overhauls

Suggested CSS/skin mods - transclude to your user /shikiwiki.css User:Katie/shikiwiki.css 11:52, 29 January 2008 (EST)
Site map - ixo
Home - Nlee,
- ndraft at Home draft, goals at Home draft/Goals. Alternative draft at User:Jordan_Craw/Main_Page
OLPC:Welcome - Mchua, goals at [[Talk:OLPC:Welcome]]
Participate - Mchua, draft at Participate draft

Health

Open tasks for the Health Category

Create a health OBX for interested participants to mark themselves with (should add people to a "Health People" category, or similar
Clean up the Health Database page.

Weekly zine

document discoveries, or pages of note

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 Also see [[:Category:Cleanup]] for pages needing cleanup. Use [[Template:Cleanup]] to mark pages in need of revision by adding the words '''<nowiki>{{Cleanup}}</nowiki>''' to the top of the article.
+=== General wiki text cleanup===
+Here are some common glitches you can look for when editing:
+* Using h1 headings for sections: <tt>=First level heading</tt> = should be <tt>==First level heading==</tt>
+* Using http links to wiki pages: <nowiki>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wiki_cleanup</nowiki> should be <nowiki>[[Wiki cleanup]]</nowiki>.
+* Not using user-friendly wiki links: <nowiki>[[Wiki_cleanup]]</nowiki> should be <nowiki>[[Wiki cleanup]]</nowiki>.
+** Some unfriendly links provide alternate text that's not needed once they're made user-friendly: <nowiki>[[Wiki_cleanup|Wiki cleanup]]</nowiki> should be <nowiki>[[Wiki cleanup]]</nowiki>.
+* Uncategorized pages.
+* Pages with excessive <nowiki><br></nowiki> tags or <nowiki><pre></nowiki> that can be replaced with whitespace.
+* Page Titles and Section Headings With Excessive Capitalization: normally just capitalize the first word (but first check "What links here" and/or set up a #REDIRECT).
 == Pages needing final touches ==