Consumer Rights Wiki:How to help: Difference between revisions

There are plenty of articles that need to be written!

'''Before you jump in''', take a look at our [[Article Types|Article types]] page, familiarise yourself with the [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Editorial guidelines|Editorial Guidelines]], as well as [[Wiki Content Policies|our content policies]] and [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Style guide|Style guide]].

The MediaWiki article creation process is easy enough, use the [[Consumer_Action_Taskforce:New_here| create a page]] link to get some guidance on how to structure your article. Check out [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Write your first article!|our guide to writing your first article]] and the [[Help:FAQ|FAQ]] if you need more information.

If you ever want to review or explore our policy documents, the [[Consumer Action Taskforce:CAT policy index|Wiki policy index]] on the sidebar will take you to an overview of all our current official policies. This will be kept updated and will generally be the go-to place for our documentation.

#Pick a video with a topic that interests you, making sure it fits the [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Inclusion guidelines|criteria to be included in the wiki]]

#[[Consumer_Action_Taskforce:Create_page/many|Create an article]] following our [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Editorial guidelines|content guidelines]] and [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Style guide|formatting policy]]

There are so many issues that would fit in line with our [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Editorial guidelines|editorial guidelines]] and [[Moderator Guidelines|content guidelines]] that Louis has NOT covered on his channel. '''Find them and post them!'''.  

You can help out without looking for new things to add to the wiki. We have a [[:Category:Articles_in_need_of_additional_work| list of articles that need work]] you can go through and try to improve. Some might need formatting fixes based on our [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Style guide|Style guide]], others might need some rephrashing to ensure a [[Consumer_Action_Taskforce:Wiki_content_policies#Neutral_Point_Of_View | neutral point of view]] as per our wiki content policy.

As with any Wiki project, '''reviewing the pages of others is another great help that won't take up too much of your time''' - checking for grammatical and formatting issues (check the [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Style guide|Style guide]]), ensuring that people are sourcing things properly, adding relevant information, and so on are all essential to the integrity of the Wiki.

Another valuable way you can contribute other that correcting mistakes is alerting others of their existance in case you are now able to make the corrections yourself. USe the templates in the  

*<code>Citation needed</code> - Use this template when an uncited claim is made in an article. See the [[Template:Citation needed|temlplate page]] for infomation on usage.

While the [https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Special:ListUsers?username=&group=sysop&wpsubmit=&wpFormIdentifier=mw-listusers-form&limit=1000 wiki moderators] patrol the wiki and will frequently mark articles in need of work, this is something that you can do too! Below are examples of some notices which can be applied to articles: see the full list on the [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Moderator guidelines|moderator guidelines]] page.  

*<code>DeletionRequest</code> You can use the[[Template:DeletionRequest| deletion request template]] to direct attention to a page you think should be deleted from the wiki, due to it being spam, or not meeting the inclusion criteria laid out in the [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Inclusion guidelines|inclusion guidelines]]. Be sure to provide a reason you think this deletion is warranted in the template and edit notice. If you want to be sure moderators are alerted (eg in case of spam) you can use the discussion pages to mention a moderator, use the discussion pages on their profile (see[[Consumer Action Taskforce:Talk page guidelines| talk page guidelines]] for more information), or mention it in the CAT Wiki Discord .

[https://discord.gg/8w5rSNAXRf Join our discord server] or leave a message to any of the [https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=sysop current moderators] in their discussion pages ([[Consumer_Action_Taskforce:Talk_page_guidelines| how to use talk pages]]).

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