Consumer Rights Wiki:Moderator guidelines: Difference between revisions
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==Moderator rules for evaluating and processing submissions== | ==Moderator rules for evaluating and processing submissions== | ||
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These tags can be used by writing <code><nowiki>{{TagName}}</nowiki></code> at the top of an article in the source editor. For instance, to use the Incomplete stubnotice, type the following at the TOP of the article, & follow it by a line break''(a new line, aka hit enter on the keyboard)'' | These tags can be used by writing <code><nowiki>{{TagName}}</nowiki></code> at the top of an article in the source editor. For instance, to use the Incomplete stubnotice, type the following at the TOP of the article, & follow it by a line break''(a new line, aka hit enter on the keyboard)'' | ||
<code><nowiki>{{Incomplete}}</nowiki></code> | <code><nowiki>{{Incomplete}}</nowiki></code> | ||
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*[[Template:ToneWarning|ToneWarning]]<br />Use for an article where the tone is significantly non-compliant, and needs major improvement | *[[Template:ToneWarning|ToneWarning]]<br />Use for an article where the tone is significantly non-compliant, and needs major improvement | ||
*[[Template:Irrelevant|Irrelevant]] <br />Use for an article that is on the edge of not being relevant, and an editor feels falls foul of the inclusion criteria above. Basically a limbo to put articles in where their merits can be discussed before a decision is made on their deletion. | *[[Template:Irrelevant|Irrelevant]] <br />Use for an article that is on the edge of not being relevant, and an editor feels falls foul of the inclusion criteria above. Basically a limbo to put articles in where their merits can be discussed before a decision is made on their deletion. | ||
*[[Template: | *[[Template:DeletionRequest|DeletionRequest]]<br />Use for an article which is clearly irrelevant, spam, or not likely to be improved. | ||
*[[Template:SloppyAI|SloppyAI]]<br />Use for an article where AI is heavily used without enough care and/or supervision to guarantee the credibility or readability or the article. | *[[Template:SloppyAI|SloppyAI]]<br />Use for an article where AI is heavily used without enough care and/or supervision to guarantee the credibility or readability or the article. | ||
*[[Template:Cleanup|Cleanup]]<br />Use for when an article has good content, but lacks a clear structure | |||
Optionally when using the <code>Incomplete</code> tag, up to four specific issues with the article can be pointed out by including <code><nowiki>Issue 1/2/3/4</nowiki></code> parameters these appear in a numbered list in the notice (see [[Template:Incomplete|Incomplete]] for example usage). | Optionally when using the <code>Incomplete</code> tag, up to four specific issues with the article can be pointed out by including <code><nowiki>Issue 1/2/3/4</nowiki></code> parameters these appear in a numbered list in the notice (see [[Template:Incomplete|Incomplete]] for example usage). | ||
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| colspan="2" |[[:Category:Articles marked as irrelevant|Articles marked as irrelevant]] | | colspan="2" |[[:Category:Articles marked as irrelevant|Articles marked as irrelevant]] | ||
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| colspan="2" |[[:Category:Articles | | colspan="2" |[[:Category:Articles with deletion requests|Articles with deletion requests]] | ||
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|<code>SloppyAI</code> | |<code>SloppyAI</code> | ||
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It is also worth noting that articles created via the [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Create page| Create page]] dialog that include placeholder boxes will also be added to the [[:Category:Articles in need of additional work|Articles in need of work]] category. | It is also worth noting that articles created via the [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Create page| Create page]] dialog that include placeholder boxes will also be added to the [[:Category:Articles in need of additional work|Articles in need of work]] category. | ||
Since the page creation form does not add any content to pages when they are first created, article notices should not be placed on a newly created article until around 12 hours after the article's creation. | |||
The exceptions to this are as follows: | |||
#If the article is obviously of questionable relevance, it is sensible to put an Irrelevant notice on the article and initiate those discussions early, rather than waiting for the contributor to write the whole thing before discussing whether it fits on the wiki | |||
#If the article has been started with an obviously incorrect tone, a ToneWarning or message on the article's discussion page should be provided to try and steer the contributor towards the correct presentation of information | |||
#If the article is obvious spam, a deletion notice should be issued, or the article should be simply deleted (depending on whether there is any room for interpretation around whether the article is spam) | |||
====B. 'In need of work' Category:==== | ====B. 'In need of work' Category:==== | ||
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====F. Deletion requests and merge requests:==== | ====F. Deletion requests and merge requests:==== | ||
Users can use the request templates <code>DeletionRequest</code> ([[Template:DeletionRequest|deletion request template page]]) and <code>MergeRequest</code>[[Template:MergeRequest| merge request template page]]) to indicate pages that may need deletion. DeletionRequest notices should not be applied to articles which could be reasonably served by other notices, as they appear quite aggressive, and could serve to 'bite' newbies. Their primary use is for spam, and for non-moderators to alert moderators of pages which may need deletion. For pages which don't belong on the wiki due to their topic (but it appears that the author of the | Users can use the request templates <code>DeletionRequest</code> ([[Template:DeletionRequest|deletion request template page]]) and <code>MergeRequest</code>[[Template:MergeRequest| merge request template page]]) to indicate pages that may need deletion. DeletionRequest notices should not be applied to articles which could be reasonably served by other notices, as they appear quite aggressive, and could serve to 'bite' newbies. Their primary use is for spam, and for non-moderators to alert moderators of pages which may need deletion. For pages which don't belong on the wiki due to their topic (but it appears that the author of the article has created the article in good faith), the Irrelevant notice should be used instead. For severely underdeveloped pages, use stub notices, and so on. A page which has been an extremely short stub for a long time with no sign of maintenance can be served with a deletion notice if it appears abandoned. Look through the [[:Category:Articles with merge requests|Articles with merge requests]] and [[:Category:Articles with deletion requests|Articles with deletion requests]] categories (both in the[[:Category:Todo| todo]] category) in order to look though these requests. | ||
If a deletion request is determined to be valid, the linked pages need to be handled and after that the page should be | If a deletion request is determined to be valid after suitable time for discussion has passed (~1 week), the linked pages need to be handled and after that the page should be deleted by a moderator. If a talk page is present before deletion, it is best practice to keep the talk page as its contents usually explain to readers why the page was deleted. | ||
In cases of merge requests, things might not be as simple. After deciding on the page which is to be kept, and moving all relevent content to that page, the page [[Special:MergeHistory]] should be used in order to maintain the edit history and contributors. This might become complicated if three or more pages are to be merged, so they should be merged sequentially to avoid conflicts. After merging, and ensuring the retention of all edit history, any redundant pages should be deleted. | In cases of merge requests, things might not be as simple. After deciding on the page which is to be kept, and moving all relevent content to that page, the page [[Special:MergeHistory]] should be used in order to maintain the edit history and contributors. This might become complicated if three or more pages are to be merged, so they should be merged sequentially to avoid conflicts. After merging, and ensuring the retention of all edit history, any redundant pages should be deleted. | ||
====3. Identifying file submissions in need of flags==== | ====3. Identifying file submissions in need of flags==== | ||