Yes, @Anna
, I have a faint feeling that there is something like this. But I want to make something where you can find articles in need of help and find one you like and know how to edit.
Me being the wikiGnome I am, I just wanted to do some sifting through articles in need.
Many articles currently are not of great quality and need assistance. However, there are many topics and people always want to find articles that they know how to edit.
I made a spreadsheet where you can report any articles you feel need assistance, and then an editor like me or you can edit them.
This is foolproof.
Zodi
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@MattheusG
I get “Access denied” and need to request access to get to the spreadsheet. Is it possible to change the settings of the document so people can freely access it?
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This idea could work, but it’s kinda vague. There are soooo many articles on wikiHow in need of assistance. Maybe if you focused the spreadsheet on one goal at a time? We’ve had success with projects that had goals to get the articles in need of format down to 0, for example.
By the way @MattheusG
, we have a template of this nature, but it requires a Discussion page comment to describe why you feel it needs that assistance. You can add the {{attention}} template to an article, then post a Discussion page message on the topic to describe why you feel it needs to be fixed with more help.
Here’s a list of those already containing the template: https://www.wikihow.com/Category:Pages-Needing-Attention
True. However I do not see the point. This is for articles in dire need of attention. It also provides reasons as to why. This is basically a project as I am keeping logs of who does what to make sure that we have a productivity.
Yes, however. This provides details, who edited it, what has been changed, etc. Though we have history and logs, I does not include what needs to be edited.
It also allows you to find articles you can edit easier.
No. It contains what needs to be edited if the reader goes and checks out the Discussion page. If the reader then knows the “missing details” they can fill them in once they make their edit. Category pages get you to those articles that have this template on them.
What qualifies as “dire” need of attention? I have to agree with V in that this is vague - what might be dire to one person might be easily overlooked by another. This sort of spreadsheet might benefit from a clear goal as to what needs to be fixed. Are we aiming for typo fixing? Bold edits? Formatting corrections? Otherwise, nobody knows where to start and where we’re finished, especially considering that on a wiki, there really is no “finished” if there’s not a clear-cut goal.
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I honestly think this could work if there was a clear goal in mind. Even something simple like fixing any typos on featured articles would help wikiHow so much. By the way, if you do come up with a clear goal, send me an email or talk page message, and I’d be more than happy to help you add the articles to the spreadsheet and help with the project.
I find a good way to find articles that need help is to look at a category I’m interested in - I’ve been browsing married life of late, and look at the articles under the heading, Articles that require further editing. Personally, I think there’s more to be gained in finding articles that need help and jumping in and editing them rather than trying to collate articles in spreadsheets or whatever. Also, I’m not on here that much yet make over 4000 contributions a year, on average…If you want to improve wikiHow, improve it - get editing.
I did look over it and found a clear goal. I think formatting would be a cleaning up formatting issues. I altered and looked over the new contributions page and found a lot of formatting error. I think it would be best for formatting. (I know we have a formatting tool, however this is an easier way of locating articles)
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That’s great you’ve found a goal. I do know sometimes navigating a spreadsheet is easier than going through a tool.
