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This page contains a list of '''things you can do'''
 
This page contains a list of '''things you can do'''
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to help improve SpinProfiles, there are several different kinds of things to do:
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to help improve Powerbase:
  
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    *[[SpinProfiles:Articles That Need Updating|Articles that need updating]]
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* [[Powerbase:Priority profiles| Priority profiles]] - pages that have been specifically noted as needing particular improvements.
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    *[[SpinProfiles:Articles That Need Fixing|Articles that need fixing]]
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* [[Special:Wantedpages|Most Wanted pages]] - a list of the pages most commonly linked to, but which do not as yet exist.  Why not try and start a new page by entering the title for a page on our [[Article Submission]] page.
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    *[[SpinProfiles:Requested Articles|Requested articles]]
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* Fix [[Special:DoubleRedirects|Double Redirects]] - This is where a page is redirected more than once and the system gets lost.  To fix just click on the first of the three or more pages and change the name in the square brackets from the second in the list to the third, thus making a direct redirect!
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    *[[SpinProfiles:Stub Articles To Be Expanded|Stub articles to be expanded]]
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* Add a category to pages labelled with the category [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:%3F no category]
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    *[[SpinProfiles:Miscellaneous Tasks|Miscellaneous tasks]]  
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* Add a category to pages listed as being [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorised]].
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* Add these [[Special:Unusedcategories|Unused categories]] to appropriate pages.
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* Edit these [[Special:Wantedcategories|empty categories]] by adding a few words of description about them.
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* Fix [[Special:BrokenRedirects|Broken Redirects]] - this is pages which lists redirects to non-existent pages.  Why not start one of the pages that don't yet exist?
  
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    *[[SpinProfiles:Things You Can Do|Main "things you can do" page]]
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These are articles that readers and editors have requested on Powerbase. Feel free to add a request to the list or, better yet, create one  and then take it off the list!
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These are articles that readers and editors have requested on Spinprofiles. Feel free to add a request to the list or, better yet, create one  and then take it off the list! If the article is under a section heading that has a link, that link goes to a portal where the to-do item is likely also listed under "things you can do." Help keep track of which articles have been created by removing it from that list, too.
 

Latest revision as of 12:23, 2 September 2010

Help Guide

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Information and resources for contributors

This page contains a list of things you can do to help improve Powerbase:

  • Priority profiles - pages that have been specifically noted as needing particular improvements.
  • Most Wanted pages - a list of the pages most commonly linked to, but which do not as yet exist. Why not try and start a new page by entering the title for a page on our Article Submission page.
  • Fix Double Redirects - This is where a page is redirected more than once and the system gets lost. To fix just click on the first of the three or more pages and change the name in the square brackets from the second in the list to the third, thus making a direct redirect!
  • Add a category to pages labelled with the category no category
  • Add a category to pages listed as being uncategorised.
  • Add these Unused categories to appropriate pages.
  • Edit these empty categories by adding a few words of description about them.
  • Fix Broken Redirects - this is pages which lists redirects to non-existent pages. Why not start one of the pages that don't yet exist?

These are articles that readers and editors have requested on Powerbase. Feel free to add a request to the list or, better yet, create one and then take it off the list!

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