User:Cbrown1023/Links

Tools

What to type	Criteria	Used for
The following templates add articles to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion but do not appear in the category themselves:
{{db\|reason}} {{db-reason\|reason}} {{deletebecause\|reason}} {{delbecause\|reason}} {{d\|reason}} {{delete\|reason}}		Replace reason with a specific reason for speedy deletion. Please try to write out a reason that will be comprehensible to non-Wikipedians.
Specific reason templates are:
{{db-nonsense}}	CSD G1	Patent nonsense. You can put {{subst:Nonsensepages\|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-test}}	CSD G2	Test page. You can put {{subst:uw-creation1\|page name}} on the user's talk page.
{{db-vandalism}}	CSD G3	Vandalism. You can put {{subst:uw-creation2\|page name}} on the user's talk page.
{{db-pagemove}}	CSD G3	Nonsense redirects that are created from the cleanup of page move vandalism. You can put {{subst:Mp2-n\|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-repost}}	CSD G4	Copies of material that was previously deleted after an XfD discussion. Articles that were only previously speedily deleted do not fall under this category. You can put {{subst:repost-warn\|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-banned}}	CSD G5	Contributions made by a banned user.
{{db-histmerge}}	CSD G6	History merge.
{{db-move}}	CSD G6	Making way for a non-controversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved
{{db-xfd}}	CSD G6	An admin has closed a deletion debate as a "delete" but not deleted the page.
{{db-g6}}	CSD G6	Other non-controversial "housekeeping" tasks, such as reversing a redirect or deleting a disambiguation page that only points to a single article.
{{db-author}}	CSD G7	Speedy request by only editor.
{{db-blanked}}	CSD G7	Page blanked by only editor.
{{db-talk}}	CSD G8	Talk page of a deleted or nonexistent page.
{{db-attack}}	CSD G10	Attack page intended to disparage its subject. You can put {{subst:attack\|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-spam}} {{db-ad}} {{db-advert}}	CSD G11	Pages that exist only to promote a company, product, or service. You can put {{subst:spam-notice\|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-copyvio\|url=url of source}}	CSD G12	Blatant copyright violation. You can put {{subst:nothanks-sd\|pg=page name\|url=url of source}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-empty}} {{db-nocontext}}	CSD A1	Very short articles without context. Use {{subst:empty-warn}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-foreign}}	CSD A2	Foreign language article duplicated on other Wikimedia project.
{{db-nocontent}} {{db-contact}}	CSD A3	No content other than external links of whatever kind, or an attempt to contact subject of article.
{{db-transwiki}}	CSD A5	Transwikification completed (applicable only if transwikied per an Articles for deletion discussion).
{{db-bio}} {{db-band}} {{db-club}} {{db-corp}} {{db-group}} {{db-web}} {{db-bio-notenglish\|language}}	CSD A7	article about a person, group, company, or website that does not assert the importance of the subject. You can put {{subst:nn-warn\|page name}} -- ~~~~ on the user's talk page, or, if it seems that someone has created a user page in the encyclopedia section instead of their user page, you can use put {{subst:Userfy warning\|page name}} -- ~~~~ on their talk page.
{{db-redirnone}}	CSD R1	Redirect to non-existent page.
{{db-rediruser}}	CSD R2	Redirect to user page.
{{db-redirtypo}}	CSD R3	Redirect that is a result of an implausible typo.
{{db-redundantimage\|replacement image name.ext}} {{isd\|replacement image name.ext}}	CSD I1	Same or better image exists on Wikipedia (not for now on Commons).
{{db-noimage}}	CSD I2	Corrupt or empty image.
{{db-noncom}}	CSD I3	"No commercial use" or "by permission" images uploaded after target date.
{{db-unksource}}	CSD I4	Lack of licensing -- Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{no license}}, {{no source}}, or a similar template.
{{db-unfree}}	CSD I5	Unused copyright image -- Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{or-cr}}, {{or-fu}}, or a similar template.
{{db-norat}}	CSD I6	Image with fair use tag but no fair use rationale - must have been tagged as such for seven days and uploaded after 2006-05-04.
{{db-badfairuse}}	CSD I7	Bad fair use rationale - image tagged for fair use under a rationale that is patently irrelevant to the actual image, like {{game-screenshot}} on a photo of a celebrity. Please notify uploader on their talk page using {{subst:badfairuse\|image name including prefix\|tag that was on the image}}.
{{db-catempty}}	CSD C1	Category that is empty for at least four days and has never contained anything other than links to parent categories.
{{db-catfd}}	CSD C3	Category that is used solely by a template that has been deleted.
{{db-userreq}}	CSD U1	User's subpage requested to be deleted by the user with whom it is associated.
{{db-nouser}}	CSD U2	Userpages of users who do not exist.
{{db-u3}}	CSD U3	Fair use galleries in user space.
{{db-disparage}}	CSD T1	Templates that are divisive and inflammatory.
{{db-emptyportal}}	CSD P2	Underpopulated portal.

Category Tracker

Category Tracker Summary
Requests
Wikipedia protected edit requests	9
Copyright violations for speedy deletion	3
Candidates for speedy deletion	87
Requests for unblock	3
Backlogs
All pages needing to be wikified	11955
All pages needing cleanup	22106
Stubs	2612
Wikipedia articles needing context	4103
All images with no fair use rationale	664
All articles needing copy edit	1259
All articles lacking sources	64990
Wikipedia articles needing factual verification	6921
Accuracy disputes	2119
NPOV disputes	4403
Wikipedia articles needing style editing	7138
Articles lacking in-text citations	344
All articles to be expanded	16109
Articles with sections needing expansion	5854
Templates for deletion	237
All images with no copyright tag	2487
Articles to be split	733
Wikipedia articles in need of updating	1014
All articles proposed for deletion	1133
Fair use review requested	85
Images with unknown source for deletion in dispute	426
All articles with unsourced statements	56479
All images with unknown source	2773
Images for cleanup	125

RfA Summary

Active Wiki Fixup Projects
Dead-end pages Most wanted stubs Most wanted articles Missing articles Stubsensor Uncategorised articles Orphaned articles Wikification needed Orphaned talk pages Disambig pages w/ links Linkrot Transwiki log cleanup
Main - Inactive - Mini

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Stub Sorting

Biography

WP:WPBIO
Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment
Template:

{{WPBiography
|class=
|core=
|priority=
|attention=
|collaboration-candidate=
|past-collaboration=
|peer-review= 
|old-peer-review=
|living=
|needs-infobox=
}}

- living: Answer yes if the subject is living; remove line if subject is dead.
- class: Options are FA, A, GA, B, Start, Stub, Dab, Template, Cat, NA. If blank, this will default as Unassessed. Descriptions of the options can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment#Quality scale. NA is "not applicable".
- priority: Top, High, Mid, Low, NA. If blank, this will default as Unknown priority. NA is "not applicable". Descriptions of the options can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment#Importance scale. Note: only Top will have a visible effect on the template - the other options will just assign the correct category. Second note: These ratings apply only to workgroups. Because of the scale of this WikiProject it was felt that assessing priority across the whole Project would be too much. (This has the effect of meaning that Top priority can be assigned a little more liberally, as Top is now Top to the workgroup and not necessarily a core biography).
- core: Answer yes if, and only if, the article is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Core biographies
- attention: Answer yes if the page needs immediate attention, otherwise remove this line.
- collaboration-candidate: Answer Yes if the page is currently nominated as the WikiProject Biography "Collaboration of the Fortnight", otherwise remove this line.
- past-collaboration: If the article was previously a "Collaboration of the Fortnight" per the option above, set this variable as a date (e.g. 1 June - 14 June 2006), otherwise remove this line.
- peer-review: Answer yes if the page is currently nominated for Peer review by WikiProject Biography, otherwise remove this line.
- old-peer-review: Answer yes if the article has received a peer review from WikiProject Biography per the option above, otherwise remove this line.
- needs-infobox: Answer yes if the article lacks an infobox, otherwise remove this line.
- activepol: Answer yes if the article is about an active politician, otherwise remove this line.
- a&e-work-group: Answer yes if the article is in the scope of the Biography Arts and Entertainment work group, otherwise remove this line.
- politician-work-group: Answer yes if the article is in the scope of the Biography Politics and Government work group, otherwise remove this line.
- british-royalty:Answer yes if the article is in the scope of WikiProject British Royalty, otherwise remove this line.
- royalty-work-group: Answer yes if the article is in the scope of the Biography Royalty and Nobility work group, otherwise remove this line. (If the article is about British royalty please use british-royalty=yes instead)
- military-work-group: Answer yes if the article is in the scope of the Biography Military work group, otherwise remove this line. NOTE: This work group is not yet set up, but this will be the tag if you want to go ahead and start using it.
- non-bio: Some workgroups or child projects might have slightly larger scope which extends beyond biographies (currently this applies only to WikiProject British Royalty which might want to include articles on, for example, the royal palaces within their scope). If an article is not a biography, and therefore not appropriate for the main Biography lists (Index · Statistics · Log) answer yes. Otherwise remove this line.
- auto: This parameter is for the use of bots. It calls the {{stubclass}} template.

Star Wars

Welcoming Committee

{{User:Cbrown1023/Welcome}}
WP:Wc
Wikipedia:New user log — Sign up here for a bit more TLC!
Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers — A good place to review once in a while while mounting the learning curves of WikiP!
Wikifun - a great way to learn the basics!
Wikipedia:Bootcamp
Special:Log/newusers - recently registered accounts, probably like your own. Network and build a relationship.
Wikipedia:Standard user greeting
Wikipedia:Welcome templates — See any and all of the see also's on template:welcome for some other tips too!
Tutorial
Wikipedia:WikiProject Community
Special:Contributions/newbies - Edits by newcomers.
Wikipedia:Shortcuts — Browsing here will give you many keys to the kingdom of WikiP knowledge and power!

Who we are

The welcoming committee is an informal group of Wikipedians who greet new users and help them get started. Members of the Welcoming Committee should be especially careful not to bite the newcomers, but other than that there are no requirements for joining us, and no responsibilities. However, many of us are willing to spread the odd wing, and devote a little time to mentoring on an as needed informal basis.

If you want to talk about how Wikipedia treats its newest members, this is a good place: Wikipedia talk:Welcoming committee. This is as good a place as any to note that Wikipedia has different 'Name Spaces', or equivalently, database catagorized spaces. 'Wikipedia' prefixed spaces are where we administer or talk about administering Wikipedia itself. There are other spaces, see your preferences tab, and look at how you can define 'Searching' in the list by checking some of these or unchecking some. Special pages also allow you to select looking at just one set among the many you may find yourself working and posting too someday.

What we do

The tradition of posting greetings for newcomers long pre-dates the name "welcoming committee", and all Wikipedians should be friendly and helpful to new users. We're just a group of people who see that as part of our work here. We also work on projects to make Wikipedia easier for new users.

The welcoming committee created the Wikipedia:Tutorial as a one-stop place to get basic information about contributing. See its talk page and the welcoming committee talk page for more discussion. Also, feel free to make changes there if you see something that could be improved.

We also created a place for new users to introduce themselves, at the new user log. You might want to suggest in your greetings that new users sign this log, so the community can meet them. If you're interested in interacting with newcomers, you can watchlist the new user log, or at least look at it periodically. It's nice if we respond to what they post there, especially if we can point them to pages or projects they'll be interested in.

We also help maintain pages like Welcome, newcomers and the various FAQs. This page gives a place to discuss how the entire system works, not just how individual pages can change.

For quick welcomes, you can use {{welcome}}, or your own version of that template. If you do, use {{subst:welcome}}, not just {{welcome}}. Remember that doing this is less personal; it's a bit like handing someone a brochure instead of talking to them. As an alternative, you can use a cut-and-paste greeting, like this one. That way you can avoid retyping generic text, but you can easily add a sentence or two that personalize it for the specific user you're greeting.

The greetings messages should be placed on the user's talk page, not their user page, so that they will get the "You have new messages" box.

For anonymous IPs that you would like to suggest they get a user name, you can use either {{welcome-anon-from}} (which requires your user name as a parameter) or {{welcome-anon}}. There is also {{anon}}, but this focuses very heavily on the issue of getting an account so it may require an additional, more general welcome.

For more information on other greetings, see Wikipedia:Standard user greeting and Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace

How you can help

If you want to help out, the most obvious thing you can do is post welcome messages, and be friendly and helpful with new users you meet. You can look over any of the tutorials, welcome pages, or FAQs and make or suggest improvements. You can also help us maintain the Wikipedia:Help desk, where new users ask questions. If you want to be part of any discussions that come up here, you can watchlist this page.

It's best to check a new user's contributions before welcoming them. Compliment them and thank them for the work they've done! You'll sometimes find that they're not new at all, but simply have a blank Talk page (in which case you might still welcome them, but with a note apologizing for the lateness), or that they are new, but have done nothing but vandalise articles (in which case, depending upon the seriousness of their vandalism, you might add a welcome and a warning, or just add a warning).

Members

Our list of members was getting quite long. If you want to see who we are, or add yourself to our noble ranks, check out Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/members.

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