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This page keeps track of the changes that should be made or are currently being made to the Scratch Wiki. Feel free to add suggestions.
Possible statuses: suggestion (1), accepted (2), in progress (3), done (4), cancelled (5)
General Tasks
This is a table for a list of general or broad tasks to be done on the wiki that do not fit any other category.
If you want to take on a specific project, add your name to the list of users.
| Description | User(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Allow SWF, and OGG files to be uploaded. | Bureaucrats | Suggestion |
| Finish up Help:List of special pages | Anyone (at least 1 from each user group) | Probably done |
| Clean up this page, which the statement said literally. | Everyone | Suggestion |
| Update all Front Page images with this file. |
Daily Tasks
This is a table for a list of tasks that can be done on a day-to-day basis or require continuous updating. For this reason, there is no user or group of users or status for any particular task.
| Description | User(s) |
|---|---|
| Fix or delete redirects from Special:BrokenRedirects. | Everyone |
| Add links to pages from Special:DeadendPages. | Everyone |
| Fix double redirects from Special:DoubleRedirects. | Everyone |
| Categorize uncategorized categories from Special:UncategorizedCategories. | Everyone |
| Categorize uncategorized files from Special:UncategorizedFiles. | Everyone |
| Categorize uncategorized pages from Special:UncategorizedPages. | Everyone |
| Categorize uncategorized templates from Special:UncategorizedTemplates. | Everyone |
| Update Scratch Wiki Home/News with the latest relevant news items by following the news updating guidelines. | Experienced Wikians and above |
| View and accept/decline requested accounts | Experienced Wikians and above |
| Delete pages in need of deletion. | Experienced Wikians and above |
| Protect pages in need of protection. | Admins and above |
| Add links to Orphaned Pages on certain articles. | Everyone |
| Add new news to Scratch Timeline. | Everyone |
| Add new updates to Scratch Update History. | Everyone |
| Change the SDS number and present title at Scratch Design Studio. | Everyone |
| Update the future FPCs at Curator (front page)/Future Curators. | Everyone |
| Fix pages with {{bad style}}. | Everyone |
| Help the International Scratch Wiki | People speaking other languages |
Below is a list of articles that need edited, as well as a guide on how to find articles that need editing.
Where to Find an Article to Edit
This section is based on a Community Portal discussion.
- Scratch Wiki:To-do — This page keeps track of the changes we should make or are making to the Scratch Wiki. Feel free to add suggestions.
- Category:Organization — The area of the site for subcategories and other pages about the wiki's organization, administration, and maintenance.
- Category:Article Stubs — This category lists stub articles on this wiki.
- Category:Articles in Progress — This category contains pages that are in progress. You might want to help edit them, with the current editor's permission.
- Category:Articles to Expand — This category lists articles that have been marked for expansion on this wiki.
- Category:Inaccurate Articles — This category contain pages that need citations and have the Inaccurate template. It would be great if you could help put citations on these pages!
- Category:Outdated Articles — These are articles that need updated to the most recent version of Scratch. They are outdated and not relevant to the present-day Scratch website or program. These articles may also ignore the fact that the subject is not present anymore and is just there for history.
- Category:Wiki Standards — These articles do not meet the Scratch Wiki's standards.
- Special:AncientPages — This page contains a list of the pages that have not been edited in the longest time.
- Special:DeadendPages — These pages do not link to other pages in the Scratch Wiki.
- Special:BrokenRedirects — These redirects link to non-existent pages.
- Special:DoubleRedirects — This page lists pages which redirect to other redirect pages.
The following pages contain links to pages/files that need to be categorized.
The following pages contain links to images that need to be updated:
- Category:Unsatisfactory Images — These are images that have something wrong with them and need fixing. Please upload new versions of these images.
- Category:Outdated Images — These are images that need to be updated to the most recent version of Scratch. They are outdated and not relevant to the present-day Scratch website or program.
You can also go to a random page (via S:EASTEREGG or the Random Page button) and make any corrections you see fit.
Common Editing Mistakes to Look For
- Punctuation, spelling, and grammar errors
- Change all YouTube references and Scratch links to interwiki links
- Change all links to redirects to links to the article that is redirected to
Common Things to Add to Articles
- References
- Categories
- Images
- Image captions
You can also create new pages that redirect to others. For example, How do I add a manager to a studio? redirects to How do I promote someone to manager?
