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* [[SpinProfiles:Requested Articles|Requested articles]] - 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.
 
* [[SpinProfiles:Requested Articles|Requested articles]] - 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 [[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!
 
* 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!
* Add a category to pages listed as labelled [[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:%3F no category]]
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* Add a category to pages labelled with the category [[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:%3F no category]]
* Add a category to pages listed as having [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|no category]].
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* Add a category to pages listed as being [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorised]].
 
* Add these [[Special:Unusedcategories|Unused categories]] to appropriate pages.
 
* Add these [[Special:Unusedcategories|Unused categories]] to appropriate pages.
* Edit these [[Special:Wantedcategories|empty categories]] by adding a few words of description of them.
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* Edit these [[Special:Wantedcategories|empty categories]] by adding a few words of description about them.
* Fix [[Special:BrokenRedirects|Broken Redirects]] - this is page which lists redirects to non-existent pages.  Why not start one of the pages that don't yet exist?
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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?
  
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.
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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!

Revision as of 22:07, 28 August 2008

This page contains a list of things you can do to help improve SpinProfiles, there are several different kinds of things to do:

  • Priority profiles - pages that have been specifically noted as needing particular improvements.
  • Requested articles - 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 Spinprofiles. Feel free to add a request to the list or, better yet, create one and then take it off the list!