The Sims Wiki:Todo

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Here you will find an overview of what sort of maintenance tasks you can do here on The Sims Wiki. Perpetual tasks listed on the left are tasks which will require a hand from time to time and current tasks are limited quantity tasks, usually following a move or restructuring of the site.

Check Todo/explained for more information on how to handle individual tasks.

If you finish a current task, mark it with a by adding   in front of the task.

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Beginner tasks
Beginner tasks are for people who are still new to wiki'ing.
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Perpetual beginner tasks

 * Fix broken and double redirects.
 * Link from dead-end (explain) and link to orphaned pages
 * Add the stub template to short pages (except player stories and 'theory' pages). Be sure to add the appropriate stub template.
 * Insert unused files on the appropriate pages.
 * Add licensing information on files with unknown copyright status. Add Copyright by EA to images from The Sims (series), leave No license if you are unsure.
 * Categorize categories, images and pages
 * Categorize media
 * Edit other articles needing improvement
 * Articles needing confirmation
 * Articles needing clarification
 * Articles with unsourced statements
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Current beginner tasks

 * Sort misplaced Category:Images of lots into Category:Images of lots by game sub-categories
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Intermediate tasks
Intermediate tasks require a bit more knowledge of wikicode.
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Perpetual Intermediate tasks

 * Find and upload better versions of poor quality images.
 * Expand on Stubs, articles with short sections and articles with missing information
 * Add wanted pages and categories
 * Update the oldest pages and the pages with fewest revisions
 * Clarify that these characters and these are from The Sims Bustin' Out (console) or The Sims Bustin' Out (handheld) by updating the article, link and/or infobox.

Current Intermediate tasks

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Expert tasks
Expert tasks are for experienced wiki editors and requires vast knowledge of wiki-code or how code programming works in general.
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Current Expert tasks

 * Update The Sims 2 characters still using Sim to Sim2
 * Make sure userbox templates sort users after their username by adding  |  to the category tag.
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Administrator tasks
Administrator tasks are tasks which only administrators can perform.
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Perpetual Admin tasks

 * Respond to Problem Reports
 * Delete pages and move files
 * Move files with pre-fixed generic filenames such as 'screenshot'. Remember to leave a redirect or ideally, edit the links to the file.
 * Find and rename images with invalid filenames and edit the links to them.

Current Admin tasks

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Bot tasks
Bot tasks are major trivial tasks where a large amount of pages needs a minor edit such as moving one category to another or updated a parameter across many templates.
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Perpetual Bot tasks

 * Make sure all Category:User notifications and Warnings are being substituted.
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Current Bot tasks

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