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{{For|a less beginner-friendly but more comprehensive list of tasks on BattleIntelligence|BattleIntelligence:Maintenance}}
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== Maintenance ==
{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-all">all editors</span>
| title        = Fact-Checking
| subtitle     = Help to verify articles' information, add sources, and fix links.
| description  = Sometimes, editors add information without adding sources to back it up. And sometimes sources get old and links no longer work (known as "linkrot"). Your job will be to add sources, verify content, and repair linkrot.
| skills       =
*[[BTW:LINKROT]]
*[[BTW:RELY]]
*[[BTW:CITE]]
*[[BTW:V]]
| links        =
*{{clc|Articles needing additional references}}
*{{clc|Articles that may contain original research}}
*{{clc|Articles needing factual verification}}
*{{clc|Articles with bare URLs for citations}}
*{{clc|Articles with dead external links}}
}}
{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-all">all editors</span>
| title        = Categorization
| subtitle     = Help put pages into their proper categories.
| description  = Pages need to be put into categories so that the public can more easily find them. Help search the new pages feed and the Uncategorized Pages category in order to find pages to categorize. Add categories to articles with too few categories.
| skills       =
*[[BTW:CAT]]
| links        =
*{{clc|Uncategorized pages}}
*[[Special:Newpages]]
*{{clc|Articles needing additional categories}}
}}
{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-all">all editors</span>
| title        = Copy editing
| subtitle     = Help keep BattleIntelligence articles clear, clean, and easy to read.
| description  = Articles created in a rush often have various grammar or tone issues. Please help fix them to make the article decent for the public.<br> Note: this task does require a very high level of English writing skill, and is not a recommended task for editors with less than professional proficiency. Editors interested in this task should also familiarise themselves with [[BTW:MOS|BattleIntelligence's Manual of Style]].
| skills       =
*[[BTW:NPOV]]
*[[BTW:COPYEDIT]]
| links        = 
*{{clc|Articles needing copy edit}}
*{{clc|Articles needing cleanup}}
*[[BTW:CLEANUP|WikiProject Cleanup]]
*{{clc|Articles in need of updating}}
}}
{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-intermediate">intermediate editors</span>
| title        = Orphaned articles
| subtitle     = Help articles with no or too few incoming links have them.
| description  = Articles need to have incoming links so that the public can more easily find them. Help search for orphaned articles in order to add links to them. 
| skills       =
*[[BTW:O]]
| links        =
*{{clc|Orphaned articles}}
*[[Special:LonelyPages]]
}}
{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-intermediate">intermediate editors</span>
| title        = Dead-end pages
| subtitle     = A '''dead-end page''' is a page that contains no [[MOS:LINK|internal links]] to other BattleIntelligence articles. 
| description  = Adding links to these pages will help to integrate them into the encyclopedia, and assist readers by allowing for easy cross-referencing of information.
| skills       =
*[[BTW:DEP]]
| links        =
*{{clc|Dead-end pages}}
*[[Special:DeadendPages]]
}}
{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-intermediate">intermediate editors</span>
| title        = General Image Maintenance
| subtitle     = Help fix issues with images.
| description  = Uploading images on BattleIntelligence is a lengthy process and many mistakes are made. Therefore, there are a lot of mistakes that need to be fixed.
| skills       =
*[[BTW:IMAGEPOL]]
*[[Help:Images]]
| links        =
*{{clc|TODO}}
*{{clc|Missing image source}}
*{{clc|Missing copyright information}}
}}
{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-intermediate">intermediate editors</span>
| title        = Merging and Splitting
| subtitle     = Sometimes articles need to be combined or separated by hand.
| description  =  Help merge articles by adding a redirect and copying and pasting or help split an article by removing content and pasting it into a new article. When merging, follow [[BTW:MERGE|attribution rules]] to ensure copyright compliance.
| skills       =
*[[BTW:MERGE]]
*[[BTW:SPLIT]]
| links        =
*{{clc|Articles to be merged}}
*{{clc|Articles to be split}}
}}

== Writing ==

{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-intermediate">intermediate editors</span>
| title        = Expand a Short Article
| subtitle     = Help fill the gaps of BattleIntelligence article content.
| description  = Help make small articles called stubs more complete by doing more research.
| skills       =
*[[BTW:STUB]]
*[[MOS:LEAD]]
| links        =
*{{clc|All stub articles}}
*{{clc|Articles to be expanded}}
*{{clc|Pages missing lead section}}
*{{clc|Articles needing context}}
}}

{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-intermediate">intermediate editors</span>
| title        = Write a Plot Summary
| subtitle     = Help summarize BattleTech stories.
| description  = Help make articles on BattleTech [[Canon#Veracity|story fiction]] more complete by adding plot summaries.
| skills       = [[BTW:PLOTSUM]]
| links        =
*{{clc|Category:Articles without plot summaries}}
}}

{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-intermediate">intermediate</span> or <span class="job-description-advanced">advanced editors</span>
| title        = Update Articles from Sources
| subtitle     = Help fill out BattleIntelligence articles with additional sources.
| description  = When an article needs to be updated with material from a given source, users often tag it with the {{tl|Update needed}} template. Have some sources and want to integrate them into the wiki? Check what other users have marked as needing updates from them.
| skills       =
| links        =
*[[Property:Update Needed From]] - use the Filter box to search by source
*{{clc|Articles needing updates}}
}}

{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-advanced">advanced editors</span>
| title        = Create an Article
| subtitle     = Help expand the reach of the encyclopedia.
| description  = Create an article on a subject previously unknown to BattleIntelligence.
| skills       =
*[[BTW:FIRST]]
| links        =
*[[Special:Wantedpages]]
}}

== Community ==
{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-intermediate">intermediate</span> or <span class="job-description-advanced">advanced editors</span>
| title        = Help Someone
| subtitle     = Answer questions from newer Editors.
| description  = Help a user needing help and/or join our discord to assist user live. You don't have to know everything, and you can just answer the questions you know. There is a need for more helpers to help speed up response times.
| skills       =
*[[BTW:DISCORD]]
| links        =
*{{clc|Editors looking for help}}
}}

{{job description
| experience level = <span class="job-description-advanced">advanced editors</span>
| title        = Conflict Resolution
| subtitle     = Help editors come to a consensus with minimal conflict.
| description  = Providing unbiased commentary is a great chance to improve your Wiki-relations. Instead of debating, you can read the arguments of opposing editors and suggest a compromise that is in BattleIntelligence’s best interest. By doing so, you will learn a lot about the policies.
| skills       =
*[[BTW:DISPUTE]]
| links        =
*[[BTW:RFC]]
*{{clc|Neutral point of view disputes}}
}}

== See also ==
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*[[Special:NewPages|New pages]]
*[[Special:NewFiles|New files]]
*[//sarna.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&userExpLevel=unregistered IP edits]
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*'''[[BattleIntelligence:Maintenance]]''' – main page where tasks can be found.

'''Automated lists'''
*[[Special:Specialpages]] – various maintenance reports.
*[[Special:NewPages|New Pages Feed]] – patrol for vandals and redundancy with existing articles.

'''Recognition'''
*[[BattleIntelligence:Awards]] – reward vigorous BattleIntelligence contributors for their hard work and due diligence.

[[Category:WikiProject Maintenance]]