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*Find [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Citation_needed&limit=500 citations needed] and improve the quality of sourcing in articles | *Find [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Citation_needed&limit=500 citations needed] and improve the quality of sourcing in articles | ||
*Have a go at [http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text/ transcribing the text from photographs] (of things like stone inscriptions) | *Have a go at [http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text/ transcribing the text from photographs] (of things like stone inscriptions) | ||
*Go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges recent changes on Wikipedia], look at the edits by users with redlinked talkpages, welcome those who make good edits and revert and warn the vandals. | |||
*Add an image to an article. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/image_adding We have a list of UK articles without images], for roughly half of which there will be an image on Commons if you look. | |||
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*Go to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk Wikipedia Reference Desks], find a question within your area of expertise, and answer it | *Go to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk Wikipedia Reference Desks], find a question within your area of expertise, and answer it | ||
*Know another language? Look for articles needing [[toollabs:joanjoc/sugart.php?uselang=en|translation from English (en)]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pages_needing_translation_into_English#Pages_for_consideration translating into English] | *Know another language? Look for articles needing [[toollabs:joanjoc/sugart.php?uselang=en|translation from English (en)]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pages_needing_translation_into_English#Pages_for_consideration translating into English] | ||
*Can you tell maps and building plans from other images? [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Mechanical_Curator_collection/Synoptic_index We need people to find maps amongst a million British Library images] so they can be geotagged and added to Wikimedia Commons | |||
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*Take photos of locally significant buildings, landmarks etc and share them | *Take photos of locally significant buildings, landmarks etc and share them via Wikimedia Commons. Checkout [[toollabs:wikishootme|WikiShootMe]] for articles near you needing photos | ||
*Go to the local library, find its local history shelf, and create a biography of a locally significant person | *Go to the local library, find its local history shelf, and create a biography of a locally significant person | ||
Revision as of 13:36, 4 November 2014
This is page where you can find various jobs that would really help Wikimedia UK move forward. These jobs vary, some online, some based at specific locations, some with deadlines, others more open ended.
Online
Finalise Wikimania wiki
It would be great if the Wikimania 2014 wiki could be a lasting record of all the great things that happened.
The to do list lists things that need doing, including adding videos and images and quite a bit of curation.
There is some discussion on the talk page, including whether or not it is reasonable to set a deadline.
Automated renaming of pages in dated series
Following a discussion at Engine room#Naming of pages in dated series, there is a need for someone to rename a load of pages, ideally using a bot or similar.
There are pages with names like Agenda 29Jun10. It was decided that this was, for many people, less easy to read than the ISO8601 date format, specifically YYYY-MM-DD. The advantage of the ISO format is that it also makes AJAX search-box suggestions work well, letting people find the relevant items easily.
The various pages of format X DDMMMYY need to be moved to X YYYY-MM-DD. The old-format pages need to be redirects to the new pages, so that various links are not broken.
Ideas for quick jobs
Please add more suggestions to the list below!
If you have five minutes spare
- Click through some random articles on Wikipedia and correct any typos or use wiki-todo to look for little jobs on random articles
- Choose a category related to where you are or what you’ve studied, and click through to copyedit (less random but still short)
- Play the WikiData Games
- Find citations needed and improve the quality of sourcing in articles
- Have a go at transcribing the text from photographs (of things like stone inscriptions)
- Go to recent changes on Wikipedia, look at the edits by users with redlinked talkpages, welcome those who make good edits and revert and warn the vandals.
- Add an image to an article. We have a list of UK articles without images, for roughly half of which there will be an image on Commons if you look.
If you have 20 minutes
- Think of a subject you are interested and knowledgeable in and take a look at related articles for content.
- Go to the Wikipedia Reference Desks, find a question within your area of expertise, and answer it
- Know another language? Look for articles needing translation from English (en) or translating into English
- Can you tell maps and building plans from other images? We need people to find maps amongst a million British Library images so they can be geotagged and added to Wikimedia Commons
If you have two hours
- Take photos of locally significant buildings, landmarks etc and share them via Wikimedia Commons. Checkout WikiShootMe for articles near you needing photos
- Go to the local library, find its local history shelf, and create a biography of a locally significant person