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== Periodically recurring tasks == | == Periodically recurring tasks == | ||
=== Updating the sidebar === | |||
* [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] (e.g. to add/edit portals) | |||
=== Newsletter === | === Newsletter === | ||
# Proof read and cleanup last month's newsletter (this can also be done by normal users) | # Proof read and cleanup last month's newsletter (this can also be done by normal users) |
Revision as of 18:10, 21 August 2016
This is a collection of notes to administrators to help them with the maintenance that regular users cannot do. Please do extend/update this article so that others can more easily help with recurring tasks.
Common tasks
Deletion
- Before deleting, check the page history.
- An old page with lot of edits and views should probably not be deleted, but instead be turned into a redirect to a page that has a similar subject. Also, deleting a well-visited page can cause a lot of broken links on the forum or in the devel list archives
Dealing with spam
- Newly-registered users whose first and only contribution clearly and unambiguously was spam can safely be blocked indefinitely and have their contributions deleted.
- Make sure the edit summary does not contain the offending links and other content, just the word "spam" and possibly a few words more.
- To add new blocking reasons, see MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown
- If the wiki is regularly being spammed with similar page titles, consider adding a regex to MediaWiki:Titleblacklist
- Article protection reasons can be added via MediaWiki:Protect-dropdown
Maintenance categories
- Some of the maintenance categories, in particular Category:Considered for deletion and Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, should be looked at regularly.
Periodically recurring tasks
Updating the sidebar
- MediaWiki:Sidebar (e.g. to add/edit portals)
Newsletter
- Proof read and cleanup last month's newsletter (this can also be done by normal users)
- Review/lock last month's newsletter
- Copy the newsletter template to the next draft newsletter
- Update the redirect at Next newsletter
- Update the table at FlightGear Newsletter
FlightGear releases
See also release plan.
- Help write/review the changelog
- Start next changelog
- Update the redirect (Next changelog)
- Update {{news}}
- Add article to the next newsletter
- Update the table in FlightGear History and the infobox in FlightGear
- Update {{current release}}
- Create a new category for tracking changes after releases
Misc
- Our custom Nasal syntax highlighting module is usually forgotten after MediaWiki software updates. Note that only Gijs and Hellosimon, who have access to the server, can fix this issue.