Misplaced Pages

User:R3m0t/Reports: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
< User:R3m0t Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 19:57, 16 June 2007 editSingularity (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users13,734 edits timestamp← Previous edit Revision as of 10:13, 25 July 2007 edit undoCarcharoth (talk | contribs)Administrators73,578 edits Instructions: update instructionsNext edit →
Line 5: Line 5:
==Instructions== ==Instructions==


These articles all have a talk page but not a main article. They must be deleted. You must be an administrator to participate. These articles all have a talk page but not a main article. '''Unless the talk pages contain old deletion debates''' they can be deleted. You must be an administrator to participate.


I suggest the summary <tt><nowiki>Admins: help remove more orphaned talk pages at ]</nowiki></tt> Please use the summary <tt><nowiki>Admins: help remove more orphaned talk pages at ]</nowiki></tt> to say where you found the page and to advertise the project, but you must also explain why the page is being deleted if there are reasons other than just it being an orphaned talk page (eg. deleting after page move to <give location of new page>).


Possible ]s: Possible ]s:
* Archived talk pages (although I have tried to remove these) * Archived talk pages (although I have tried to remove these)
* "To do" subpages (although I have tried to remove these too) * "To do" subpages (although I have tried to remove these too)
* Archives of old deletion debates (often refer to "Votes for deletion" or the title ends in "/delete".
* Redirects to moved talk pages - these do not need to be deleted as they do no harm. If they do need to be deleted, check "what links here" first and fix links to the redirect to point to the new location.


I removed all User_talk pages - too many false positives, even with the IP pages removed. I removed all User_talk pages - too many false positives, even with the IP pages removed.
Line 19: Line 21:
# Click on a '''blue''' link on one of the subpages. # Click on a '''blue''' link on one of the subpages.
# Check that the main page does not exist (the link should be red). For images, check that the image was deleted. # Check that the main page does not exist (the link should be red). For images, check that the image was deleted.
# Check whether the talk page has become detatched as a result of a page move by searching for more appropriately named pages # Check whether the talk page has become detached as a result of a page move by searching for more appropriately named pages
# Check the discussion page for any salvageable information, and move it out if appropriate. # Check the discussion page for any salvageable information, and move it out if appropriate.
# Check "what links here" to see if anyone has linked to the page and fix the links if needed.
# Delete the page. For the summary, please ''prepend'' the provided summary to the automatically-generated reason. # Delete the page. For the summary, please ''prepend'' the provided summary to the automatically-generated reason.



Revision as of 10:13, 25 July 2007

Active Wiki Fixup Projects
Must be active, systematic, have lists, & need help.
Writing
Articles that need to be wikified
Massive backlog. Ongoing (category)
Dead-end pages
These pages are not wikified. Ongoing (category)
Missing articles
Misplaced Pages is not as complete as you might think. Ongoing
Most wanted articles
Updated February 2015
Oldest requested articles
Updated November 2012
Other
Articles needing geo-coordinates
Help locate places. See WP:GEO. Ongoing (category)
Articles written by a single editor
Reviewing articles written by a newer editor. Updated February 2013
Bluelink patrol
Directing wayward links to the intended articles. Ongoing
Check Misplaced Pages
Fix the syntax of Misplaced Pages. Updated every 15 minutes
Disambiguation pages with links
Directing ambiguous links to the intended articles. Ongoing
Fix Common Mistakes
Fix common mistakes in English grammar (e.g. "the the", "and and"). Ongoing
moss
Currently doing a collaborative spell-check of the entire encyclopedia.
Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons
Moving free images to the Commons so they are easier to find. Ongoing (categories)
Orphaned articles
Help link to these orphaned articles. Ongoing (category)
Red Link Recovery
Turn red links blue. Ongoing
Stubsensor
Help remove stub tags from articles they don't belong on. Updated August 2011
Uncategorised articles
Help categorise articles. Ongoing (category)
Unreferenced articles
Ensuring articles include at least one reference or source. Ongoing (category)

This is the orphaned talks project.

Instructions

These articles all have a talk page but not a main article. Unless the talk pages contain old deletion debates they can be deleted. You must be an administrator to participate.

Please use the summary Admins: help remove more orphaned talk pages at ] to say where you found the page and to advertise the project, but you must also explain why the page is being deleted if there are reasons other than just it being an orphaned talk page (eg. deleting after page move to <give location of new page>).

Possible false positives:

  • Archived talk pages (although I have tried to remove these)
  • "To do" subpages (although I have tried to remove these too)
  • Archives of old deletion debates (often refer to "Votes for deletion" or the title ends in "/delete".
  • Redirects to moved talk pages - these do not need to be deleted as they do no harm. If they do need to be deleted, check "what links here" first and fix links to the redirect to point to the new location.

I removed all User_talk pages - too many false positives, even with the IP pages removed.

So:

  1. Click on a blue link on one of the subpages.
  2. Check that the main page does not exist (the link should be red). For images, check that the image was deleted.
  3. Check whether the talk page has become detached as a result of a page move by searching for more appropriately named pages
  4. Check the discussion page for any salvageable information, and move it out if appropriate.
  5. Check "what links here" to see if anyone has linked to the page and fix the links if needed.
  6. Delete the page. For the summary, please prepend the provided summary to the automatically-generated reason.

Listing

This listing was generated in April 2006. Pages deleted since then will appear as red links.

Each page contains 1000 articles in blocks of 50.

Main articles

Probably shouldn't be deleted:

Other namespaces

Contributors

Feel free to add yourself.

  1. r3m0t made source, used own CPU cycles etc
  2. Woohookitty Once I am made an admin (which should be late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning), I'll work on this as my first admin project. --Woohookitty 4 July 2005 19:45 (UTC)
  3. Quadell 17:23, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
  4. Martin - The non-blue non-moose 13:27, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
  5. Coffee 05:00, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
  6. BD2412 T 21:19, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  7. Sceptre 10:47, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  8. Sr13 19:57, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Source code

Available on demand.

Similar projects