TechWiki:Community portal

2012-03-30T20:05:00Z

Spankston: /* Portals needed */

The '''Community Portal''' is the central place to find out what's happening on the [[Main_Page | LDSTech Wiki]] (see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal Community Portal] on [[Wikipedia:Main_Page|Wikipedia]] for a model). Learn what tasks need to be done, or get or post news about recent events or current activities. If you think something should be done, add it to the lists here, even if you don't have the time or expertise to create the content yourself.

== April tasks ==
The following pages need attention. Let's go through and complete these tasks during the month of April.

===Copyediting===
* '''[[Project page guidelines]]''': The content on this page needs to be updated.
* '''[[LDSTech Project FAQs]]''': The content on this page needs to be updated.

===Wanted pages===
* '''[[Church service mission opportunities]]''': Migrate the content from [https://tech.lds.org/index.php/component/content/article/1-miscellanous/413-church-service-missionary-opportunities-within-the-ldstech-community this Joomla page] over to this wanted page on the wiki.
* '''[[Using Church service missionaries in your projects]]''': We need a page on how to incorporate Church service missionaries into projects. This page should be added to the [[Community Project Handbook]] in the project manager section.

===Pages needing to be deleted?===
* The following pages need to be evaluated as to whether they still have current information. None of them is an active project. If the information is outdated, the pages should be deleted:
** '''[[Bishopric Scheduler]]'''
** '''[[Child Protection Act Project]]'''
** '''[[Connect Project]]'''
** '''[[Digital Investigator Management]]'''
** '''[[EBuilder Application]]'''
** '''[[Church headquarters heat map tool]]'''
** '''[[LDS Profile]]'''
** '''[[Search Engine optimization project]]'''
** '''[[New Zealand Financial CSV Conversion Project]]'''
** '''[[Mobile Water App]]'''
** '''[[Missionary Network]]'''

If the page should be deleted, add the <nowiki>{{delete|reason}}</nowiki> tag to the page, replacing the word "reason" with an explanation of why the page should be deleted. (Only admins can delete pages, but others can indicate that the page should be deleted.)

===Content improvement===

Let's edit the 10 most popular pages on the wiki to make them better. According to [[Special:Statistics]], these pages receive the most visits on the wiki. Go through and copyedit the content to improve it.

* '''[[Main Page]]''' - 462,500
* '''[[LDS Maps help/en]]''' - 175,695
* '''[[Calendar]]''' - 145,677
* '''[[Meetinghouse technology]]''' - 131,872
* '''[[Clerks]]''' - 101,360
* '''[[Gospel Library for Android]]''' - 83,222
* '''[[Gospel Library for eBooks]]''' - 69,413
* '''[[LDSTech Service Days]]''' - 67,655
* '''[[LDS Tools for iPhone - Known Issues]]''' - 64,246
* '''[[Gospel Library for BlackBerry installing binaries]]''' - 60,209

===Portals needed===
We currently have six portals on the [[Main Page]]. We should add a portal page for the following:
* Mobile applications --[[User:Spankston|Spankston]] 20:05, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
* Stake technology specialists
* Website administrators
* Project managers
* Volunteers

Note that the callings group will probably be a sub-portal, such as "Browse by Calling."

=== General maintenance ===
As you edit pages, here are some ways to mark pages:

* '''Request''': If you have an idea for a helpful article or wiki feature, but don't have time or ability or inclination to create it, record the idea in [[LDSTech:New wiki content requests|new wiki content requests]].
* '''Wikify''': Follow the [[LDSTech:Guidelines|guidelines]] to make articles use links, headings, sources, templates, and categories in a standard way.
* '''Annotate''': Use templates to flag articles that need attention if you are unable to make the necessary changes.
** {{tl|Stub}} flags articles or sections that are incomplete and need to be expanded
** {{tl|Draft}} flags articles that are in a Draft stage and not approved as authoritative yet
** {{tl|Edit}} flags articles or sections that need to be rewritten
** {{tl|ToDo}} flags articles or sections that have tasks that need to be accomplished
** {{tl|Need Input}} flags articles or sections that are in need of input
** {{tl|Unresolved}} flags Talk Page discussions that are currently unresolved
** {{tl|Resolved}} flags Talk Page discussions that have been resolved
** {{tl|Under construction}} flags pages (for a brief time) pages that are undergoing major construction
* '''Create''': If there is a topic you think needs to be addressed, create a new article. If your page is related to a project, please follow the [[Development Project Guidelines]]. Also, a red link anywhere on this wiki indicates that someone thought an article ''should'' exist, but they didn't have the time or expertise to write it themselves. If you can, get that topic started by writing the first draft yourself. You can see the entire list of such articles at [[Special:Wantedpages]]; also see [[LDSTech:New wiki content requests|New wiki content requests]] for additional desired articles.
* '''Expand''': Some articles may be incomplete stubs which should be improved by fleshing out the content. You can see the entire list of such articles at [[:Category:Stubs]].
* '''Resource''': Add attachments or links to sample documents, spreadsheets, or templates that will add breadth and depth to the articles.
* '''Copyedit''': Fix grammar, punctuation, style to be more accurate, and in accordance with the [[LDSTech:Manual of Style|LDSTech Style Guide]].
* '''Source''': Although opinions and personal ideas can be helpful, statements purported to be official Church policy will be more effective if backed up from [[official sources]].
* '''See also''': Adding "See also" sections to the end of articles can improve navigation
* '''Add missing standard pages''': Several pages have standard links in the user interface of the wiki, but have not been written yet. These include:
** '''[[LDSTech:Copyrights]]''': Write/Edit this page, which is linked to from the Editing page that appears whenever you edit a page; this should briefly explain Public Domain, Fair Use, and improper use of copyrighted materials.
** '''[[Help:Editing]]''': Write/Edit this page, which is linked to from the Editing page that appears whenever you edit a page; this should give help with the actual editing process, and link to the [[Guidelines]] page and other helpful existing pages. Currently this simply redirects to [[Help:Contents]].
* '''User page''': Add your own [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_page user page] to give people some idea of your background and experience. A user page also gives you a place to create your own sandbox using [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Subpages subpages].

=== Needs attention or action ===
For a list of pages needing discussion, input, or specific actions, review the following category pages:

:[[:Category:Need Input]]
:[[:Category:Help Needed]]
:[[:Category:ToDo]]
:[[:Category:Unresolved]]

=== Cleanup ===
For a list of pages needing cleanup, review the following category pages:

:[[:Category:Stubs]]
:[[:Category:Pages to be edited]]
:[[:Category:Drafts]]

== Guidelines, help, and resources ==
=== Guidelines ===
* Consult the [[LDSTech:Guidelines|Guidelines]] page so that the content you create can be consistent across the wiki.
* The [[LDSTech:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] provides guidelines for usage and spelling of Church-specific terms.

=== Help ===
[[Help:Contents]]: Flesh out this page which is linked to from the main navigation panel displayed to the left of every page, as well as from the Search Results page.

[[Category:LDSTech Administration|Community Portal]]

User:Spankston

2012-03-30T20:03:32Z

Spankston: Created page with 'Eric Hamilton content editor'

Eric Hamilton
content editor

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