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These are various tasks for people to perform on Grand Theft Wiki.

This page is not policy, but a collection of suggestions, which has been established through GTW's working practices and policies.

Easy Tasks

These tasks can be done by anyone, and don't require expert editing skills; but are still vital to this wiki!

Helping out with these tasks from time-to-time can help you build up your skills and become a wiki expert!

Cleaning up pages that require it (see Grand Theft Wiki:Cleanup)
- Content Needed - New text needs to be written
- Verification Needed - The facts in this article need to be checked, and perhaps references found as proof
- Explanation Needed - The text needs to be reworded to be clearer
Expand Short pages
Bring Ancient pages up-to-date
Fixing pages from the Delete category (if possible)
Adding categories to uncategorised pages
Adding links if necessary to Dead-end pages

Specialist Tasks

Anyone can perform these tasks, but they are a bit trickier and may need a bit of specialist knowledge, such as how templates and categories work.

Cleanup Needed - The article needs to be reorganised or tidied up
Organisation Needed - Extra work is needed around on the wiki to make this work
Fixing Double Redirects (redirect -> redirect -> page)
Disambiguation pages (Are they required?)
Orphaned pages - No pages link to these pages, either mark for deletion or add links from the rest of the wiki
Adding the correct copyright templates to uncategorised images
Fix category names, as per Consistency Policy
Creating Wanted Pages
Adding text to and categorising non-created categories
Expand the Wiki's Help section

Admin Only

These tasks can only be performed by an Administrator:

Removing unused images
Removing unused templates
Removing unused categories
Merging pages
Protected Pages - Some can be unprotected over time
Blocking Users
Moving Pages
Deleting Pages
Delete Broken Redirects
Deleting, Tagging or Enhancing Empty pages
Watching the unwatched (If nobody watches these pages, problems may go unreported)
Create and maintain Policy
Maintain the Consistency Policy

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 These are various tasks for people to perform on Grand Theft Wiki.
 This page is not policy, but a collection of suggestions, which has been established through GTW's working practices and policies.
-==Anybody==
-Anybody can perform these tasks
-'''Categorisation'''
+==Easy Tasks==
-*[[Special:Uncategorizedpages|Uncategorised pages]]
+These tasks can be done by anyone, and don't require expert editing skills; but are still vital to this wiki!
-*[[Special:Uncategorizedimages|Uncategorised images]]
-*[[Special:Unusedcategories|Unused categories]]
-*Fix category names, as per [[Grand Theft Wiki:Consistency|Consistency Policy]]
-'''Page Jobs'''
+Helping out with these tasks from time-to-time can help you build up your skills and become a wiki expert!
-*[[:Category:Expand|Expanding]] important articles
-*Fixing pages from the [[:Category:Delete|Delete]] category (if possible)
-*[[:Category:Merge|Merging]] pages
-*Ongoing [[:Category:Cleanup|Cleanup]] of pages (see [[Grand Theft Wiki:Cleanup]])
-*Enhancing [[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]]
-'''Cleanup'''
+*[[:Category:Cleanup|Cleaning up]] pages that require it (see [[Grand Theft Wiki:Cleanup]])
-*[[Special:Unusedcategories|Unused images]]
+**[[:Category:Content Needed|Content Needed]] - New text needs to be written
-*[[Special:Unusedtemplates|Unused templates]]
+**[[:Category:Verification Needed|Verification Needed]] - The facts in this article need to be checked, and perhaps references found as proof
-*[[Special:Unusedcategories|Unused categories]]
+**[[:Category:Explanation Needed|Explanation Needed]] - The text needs to be reworded to be clearer
-*[[Special:DoubleRedirects|Double Redirects]] (redirect -> redirect -> page)
-*[[Special:Disambiguations|Disambiguation pages]] (Are they required?)
-*[[Special:Lonelypages|Orphanes pages]] (No pages link to them)
 *Expand [[Special:Shortpages|Short pages]]
 *Bring [[Special:Ancientpages|Ancient pages]] up-to-date
-*Maintain the [[Grand Theft Wiki:Consistency|Consistency Policy]]
+*Fixing pages from the [[:Category:Delete|Delete]] category (if possible)
-*Keep spoilers to a minimum, and clearly [[Template:Spoiler|mark]] the rest
+*Adding categories to [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorised pages]]
+*Adding links if necessary to [[Special:DeadendPages|Dead-end pages]]
+==Specialist Tasks==
+Anyone can perform these tasks, but they are a bit trickier and may need a bit of specialist knowledge, such as how templates and categories work.
-'''Other'''
+*[[:Category:Cleanup Needed|Cleanup Needed]] - The article needs to be reorganised or tidied up
-*Respond to [[Special:ProblemReports|Problem Reports]]
+*[[:Category:Organisation Needed|Organisation Needed]] - Extra work is needed around on the wiki to make this work
-*Maintain a presence on [[IRC]], to help our users
+*Fixing [[Special:DoubleRedirects|Double Redirects]] (redirect -> redirect -> page)
+*[[Special:Disambiguations|Disambiguation pages]] (Are they required?)
+*[[Special:Lonelypages|Orphaned pages]] - No pages link to these pages, either mark for [[Grand Theft Wiki:deletion|deletion]] or add links from the rest of the wiki
+*Adding the correct [[Grand Theft Wiki:Copyright Templates|copyright templates]] to [[Special:Uncategorizedimages|uncategorised images]]
+*Fix category names, as per [[Grand Theft Wiki:Consistency|Consistency Policy]]
 *Creating [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]]
 *Adding text to and categorising [[Special:Wantedcategories|non-created categories]]
 *Expand the Wiki's [[Help]] section
-*Help out in the [[Forum]]
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 These tasks can only be performed by an [[Staff|Administrator]]:
+*Removing [[Special:UnusedImages|unused images]]
+*Removing [[Special:Unusedtemplates|unused templates]]
+*Removing [[Special:Unusedcategories|unused categories]]
+*[[:Category:Merge|Merging]] pages
 *[[Special:Protectedpages|Protected Pages]] - Some can be unprotected over time
-*Moderate the #gtawiki [[IRC]] channel
 *[[Special:Blockip|Blocking Users]]
+*[[:Category:Move|Moving Pages]]
 *[[:Category:Delete|Deleting Pages]]
+* Delete [[Special:BrokenRedirects|Broken Redirects]]
 *Deleting, [[Grand Theft Wiki:Cleanup Templates|Tagging]] or Enhancing [[Special:Shortpages|Empty pages]]
-*Moderating user profiles (eg [[Special:RemoveAvatar|removing]] inappropriate avatars)
 *Watching the [[Special:Unwatchedpages|unwatched]] (If nobody watches these pages, problems may go unreported)
 *Create and maintain [[Grand Theft Wiki:List of Policies|Policy]]
+*Maintain the [[Grand Theft Wiki:Consistency|Consistency Policy]]
-[[Category:GTA Wiki]]
+[[Category:Grand Theft Wiki]]
 [[Category:Tasks]]