Geometry Dash Expanded Wiki:Admin Dashboard

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The Admin Dashboard provides an instructive directory for staff to conduct routine administrative and maintenance activities.

General patrol (routine)

• Process edits on Special:RecentChanges
  • Configure the Recent Changes filter to suit personal preferences (enable in Special:Preferences under the Recent Changes tab if only the basic filter is present)

Admission of new articles (routine)

• Process incoming articles on Special:NewPages
  • Delete if ineligible or deemed unnecessary (first discuss with staff where uncertain)
  • Rename if needed
  • Add appropriate notice template
    • Template:Stub if minimally developed but cleared for admission
    • Template:Delete with parameter reason for minimally developed articles pending admission upon further development
    • Template:WIP for primary article where more development is needed (including under specific headings)
    • Template:Upcoming for primary article whose subject pertains to upcoming content
    • Template:Pending for primary article if its content is relevant and sought to be maintained but as a standalone article further evaluation is required regarding where the content should be located
  • Categorize when approved for permanent admission
  • Move content to respective User sub page and mark with Template:UserPageExtension if it is expressed that they would like to individually work on the article

Pending page processing (periodic)

• Process pages on Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:UserPageExtension
  • Move content to appropriate location if it was an article WIP and is sufficiently developed, and categorize
  • Delete if page has been unedited in over 30 days
• Process pages on Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Delete
  • Move content to appropriate location if it is deemed significant/relevant
  • Delete once no further decision-making or actions are envisioned
• Process pages on Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Stub
  • Remove template if article has been sufficiently developed
• Process pages on Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Pending
  • Discuss with staff as part of evaluating approach and determining course of action

File patrol (routine)

• Process new files on Special:NewFiles
  • Delete if identified as spam; remove redlinks left by deletions
  • Delete if identified as intended for use on user pages; remove redlinks left by deletions (file links from non-staff should normally be prevented by the abuse filer)
  • Categorize if approved for article use; delete all other content on file page
    • Delete older versions in version table on file page
    • Specific use of licence templates to be determined (specifically for audio, PDFs)
  • Rename to correct title as necessary, adhering to naming convention (pascal case); remove redlinks left by renaming

Non-article non-file patrol (periodic)

• Process pages via namespace on Special:AllPages
  • Talk pages (and those of other namespaces) are available to be used for enquiries on a time-limited basis
    • For non-enquiries, the talk page can be deleted after 3 days
    • For genuine enquiries, provide a response, or allow discussion to continue if discussion with multiple users has taken place
      • After 7 days of no follow-ups, cut and paste the relevant topic to Meta:Discuss for archiving, and delete the talk page if no other genuine enquiries have since been received
    • For information/documentation being dumped for later or staff processing, process when possible
      • Once processed, the talk page can be deleted
  • User pages and User talk pages can exist perpetually
    • Internal links (including files) should be removed so that they are not detected on maintenance reports (internal links from non-staff should normally be prevented by the abuse filer)
    • Templates designed for personal use can be removed (finding via Special:MostLinkedTemplates after the user has been inactive for 60 days
  • Templates should be checked and have unnecessary edits reverted, typically as part of general patrol
  • Categories should be checked and have unnecessary edits reverted, typically as part of general patrol (edits to category pages from non-staff should normally be prevented by the abuse filter)
  • MediaWiki (system) pages are editable only by interface administrators so will not experience non-staff modification
  • Modules should be checked and have unnecessary edits reverted (it is an obscure namespace that is unlikely to receive attention)
  • Other namespaces should not have any pages created in them, and where this occurs they should be deleted

Redlinks (periodic) (script-editable)

• Process pages on Special:WantedPages
  • Remove redlinks on pages where redlink is not expected to receive an article in future
  • Correct redlinks on pages where redlink was made in error trying to link to an existing article
• Process pages on Special:WantedFiles
  • Remove/correct redlinks on pages where redlink is not a placeholder
• Process pages on Special:WantedTemplates
  • Remove/correct redlinks on pages
• Process pages on Special:WantedCategories
  • Remove/correct redlinks on pages (new redlinks from non-staff should normally be prevented by the abuse filter)

Other (periodic)

• Process instances of syntax errors on Special:LintErrors