The Sims Wiki:Todo

< The Sims Wiki:Community Portal 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. Note that a specific perpetual task may not need any attention today, but it might tomorrow. Other perpetual tasks may require hundreds of edits before they are "completed" and are down to zero.

Click the small info signs for a more detailed explanation of how to perform the selected task. You can also see all the expanded information directly on Todo/explained.

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. These tasks assume that you've read the help page Beginner's Corner. Topics are links, inserting images and adding game content.
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Perpetual beginner tasks

 * Link from Dead-end pages Info_information_icon.png
 * Link to Orphaned pages Info_information_icon.png
 * Insert unused files on the appropriate pages. Info_information_icon.png
 * Add content to articles where appropriate. Info_information_icon.png
 * Update and add content to the oldest pages and the pages with fewest revisions Info_information_icon.png
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Current beginner tasks

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Intermediate tasks
Intermediate tasks require a bit more knowledge of wikicode and focuses mostly on categories and the basics of using templates. Help:Category, Help:Templates and The Sims Wiki:Templates will come in handy.

It might be a good idea to take a tour around all our categories to get a feel for how they're connected, use the Category tree.
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Perpetual Intermediate tasks

 * Categorize uncategorized categories, images and pages Info_information_icon.png
 * Categorize media Info_information_icon.png
 * Mark articles with minor templates.
 * Edit and improve articles needing improvement
 * Articles needing confirmation
 * Articles needing clarification
 * Articles needing reorganization
 * Articles needing a general cleanup

Current Intermediate tasks

 * Update links from Pets to either The Sims 2: Pets or The Sims 3: Pets depending on the context.
 * Sort misplaced Category:Images into other categories. Info_information_icon.png
 * Sort misplaced Category:Images of lots into Category:Images of lots by game sub-categories. Info_information_icon.png
 * Sort misplaced Category:Images of Sims into Category:Images of Sims by game sub-categories. Info_information_icon.png
 * Use Prima Guides or FAQs to check all career promotion requirements, salaries, work times, and descriptions.
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Advanced tasks
Advanced tasks require a bit more knowledge of wikicode and how The Sims Wiki is structured. This level will cover larger templates, uploading images, image licenses, redirects, references and stubs.
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Perpetual Advanced tasks

 * Fix broken and double redirects.
 * Add licensing information on files with unknown copyright status
 * Add sources or deleted statements in articles with unsourced statements
 * 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

Current Advanced tasks

 * Determine that these Sims are from The Sims Bustin' Out (handheld) and update the article, link and/or infobox.
 * Replace the outdated template Simbio-bo, with Sim1 or Simbio1
 * Improve and/or resolve issues regarding these articles of Sims and add them to the appropriate list(s).
 * Update articles of types of rabbit holes with the RabbitholeInfobox
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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

 * Make sure userbox templates sort users after their username by adding  |  to the category tag.
 * Add disambiguation links to Sim template for traits and aspirations using GetLink.
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Hardcore tasks
Hardcore tasks are for users (mainly admins) who are experienced with Javascript, CSS and the workings of both Wikia and MediaWiki.
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Current Hardcore tasks

 * Edit the countdown javascript in order for it to have a more customizable expiration message.
 * Remove the last (unnecessary) column from The Sims 3 Category:Career templates, ie. CareerTableStart3, CareerTableStart3 and ProfessionLevel3
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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 and snapshot. 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.
 * Find and delete duplicate images Info_information_icon.png

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, Warning, signatures and talkboxes are being substituted.
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Current Bot tasks

 * Disambiguate links to Creativity because it is a disambiguation page.
 * Update links from Quickly Arlecchino to Quickley Arlecchino.
 * Update links from Marie Mazza to Marie Mazza (pizza delivery), and delete redirect.
 * Move Sims from game category "Category:Sims from The Sims 2 (base game)" to the respected game they appeared in by adding the game parameter to the infobox.
 * Move category Category:Medieval traits to Category:The Sims Medieval traits.
 * Update links from Mean to Mean (trait) depending on the context.
 * Update links from Carl Steph to Carl Strummer.
 * Update links from Catalia Poste to Carrie Post
 * Categorize Showtime Sims images with updated Copyright by EA.
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