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help_out [2018/11/15 21:26] splitbrainhelp_out [2018/11/15 21:52] – [Things to fix] splitbrain
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-===== Things to fix =====+===== Simple Things to fix =====
  
-Look out for things like these:+These tasks can be done without any deeper knowledge about Wikis. Just look out for things like these:
  
   * **Bad spacing**. Often links or other formattings have some trailing spaces.\\ ''%%Read this [[some link|website ]] , then...%%'' -> ''%%Read this [[some link|website]], then...%%''   * **Bad spacing**. Often links or other formattings have some trailing spaces.\\ ''%%Read this [[some link|website ]] , then...%%'' -> ''%%Read this [[some link|website]], then...%%''
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   * **Spam**. At the end of wikipatterns.com some spam had sneaked into the content. Check links carefully and remove all suspicous content.   * **Spam**. At the end of wikipatterns.com some spam had sneaked into the content. Check links carefully and remove all suspicous content.
   * **Link Simplification**. When the title of a link is the same as the page it links to, there is no need to repeat yourself.\\ ''%%[[WikiZenMaster|WikiZenMaster]]%%'' -> ''%%[[WikiZenMaster]]%%''   * **Link Simplification**. When the title of a link is the same as the page it links to, there is no need to repeat yourself.\\ ''%%[[WikiZenMaster|WikiZenMaster]]%%'' -> ''%%[[WikiZenMaster]]%%''
 +  * **Spelling**. Spelling and grammar mistakes happen, they should be fixed.
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 +===== Pattern Cleanup =====
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 +This requires some more knowledge about Wiki patterns.
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 +  * **Deduplicate** There are some pattern pages that basically just describe different aspects of the same pattern. They should be merged into one and all the links to it adjusted.
 +  * **Rename** Some patterns have unwieldy names. They should be renamed (using the move tool).
 +  * **Categorize** Some adoption patterns are actually people patterns and vice versa
  
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help_out.txt · Last modified: 2018/11/28 15:02 by splitbrain