User:Alba/Workspace/Cleanup cleanup/Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce

The Cleanup Taskforce is aimed at dealing with issues relating to cleanup, fact checking, and the growth of the Wikipedia project in an efficient manner.

This effort, implemented via a network of Wikipedians, is compatible with (and complementary to) other approaches to article cleanup, namely cleanup pages and categories. This approach also ensures that tasks assigned to the team are never neglected; each issue is always on the "desk" of one or more taskforce members at any given time.

For more information on how you can participate, please see Cleanup Taskforce/Members.

Goals
The aim of the Cleanup Taskforce is to deal with editorial issues, fact-checking, and Wikipedia formatting in the most efficient way possible. Policies and guidelines should work to support this aim.

Submit a request

 * Note: A new streamlined procedure has been suggested as an alternative to the traditional procedure described in this section. See below and the talk page for more details.

Anyone is welcome to submit a request to the Cleanup Taskforce! Please be bold in assigning work to Taskforce members. To bring a problem article to the attention of the Taskforce, please take the following steps:


 * Go to the talk page of the article you wish to list, and add the following line (substituting the article's name for ARTICLENAME) to tag it with the cleanup taskforce notice:


 * Edit the Open Tasks section and create a link to a subpage using the following text:  /ARTICLENAME , again substituting the title of the article for ARTICLENAME.
 * If you're not sure to whom you want to assign the article, leave it at bottom of the list of Unassigned tasks. If you intend to assign it directly to a Taskforce participant, put it at the bottom of the Assigned tasks, with the date you are first listing it.


 * Save your changes to the Open Tasks section.
 * Follow the new redlink to the task's subpage and add a link to the article there, detailing some or all of the particular problems that need cleaning up. Sign your comments with ' ~ '.
 * Example:
 * ==ARTICLENAME==

The ARTICLENAME article is too short. We should have more information about this. ~
 * If you are not sure who would be best to take on this task and wish to leave it unassigned, simply save your changes. Other editors or Taskforce members are strongly encouraged to add any unassigned tasks to Taskforce members' desks, or to grab some for themselves!


 * If you are going to assign this task to a particular user based on their interests or open desk queue, add the following line to the /ARTICLENAME subpage before saving your changes:
 * Added to User:USERNAME/Desk ~


 * Go to the Taskforce participant's desk, insert the following line, and save changes. This will transclude the text of your subpage onto their desk, allowing them a chance to Accept the task and start work on bringing it up to standards, or Reassign it to another user or the Unassigned tasks section.

Cleanup process details some additional or alternative steps you can take when dealing with a problem article. Cleanup lists a number of articles identified as needing attention that may or may not have been brought to the Taskforce's attention yet.

Unassigned
Assign the following tasks to Taskforce members:


 * /Pi_Beta_Phi contains several factual errors and some rough writing. Could use fact checking, revision.
 * /Anuragam A set of very messy pages relating to a NGO providing relief in India
 * /Web-brigade Apparently a Russian phenomenon; Google in English found only Wikipedia entry. I can't look it up in Russian.
 * /Battle of Königsberg needs some copy editing, MoS checking and so on :)
 * /Rise of Sweden as a Great Power confusing history.
 * /Chiefs of the Name Author is using historical subject to promote his book, totally biased
 * /BMW E90 Conflicting technical data, generalisations about new models without specifying countries
 * /Adat Needs attention from someone familiar with the topic. Needs help on the language as well as clarification and wikification.
 * /History of Libya In desperate need of attention, maybe could use some of the material from the main Libya article.
 * /Joe Sakic: the article gives his name as Joseph Steven Šakić, but it doesn't contain any IPA translation or a pronounciation guide, as articles with Slavic-language (Croatian, in this case) subjects usually do. In North America, his surname is pronounced as Sak - ick, which isn't even particularly close to correct. Compare: Miroslav Satan.
 * /Clique Issues with style and sentence structure, sounds a little bit unprofessional and lacking in citations in some areas.
 * /Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists Anons keep reverting my wikification edits, I don't know what to remove or how to validate anything, and the article is about 4 pages long.
 * /Bosnian War
 * /Pāli
 * /Kosovo War (20 June 2006) if cleaned up FA status is possible.
 * /Philadelphia Project article is nothing but uncited conjecture. either needs references or should be purged.
 * /Regional organizers and events of Model United Nations (July 1, 2006) - Poor formatting, needs a more logical method of categorizing conference listings.
 * /Dwarfism Has entries for people who do not meet the criteria of dwarfism (eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Weisman
 * /Paula Yates
 * /Alan Cummings A mess, needs to be overhauled, no narrative flow
 * /Nationella insatsstyrkan Very amateurish. Poor word choice/vocabulary, little to no flow, not a very attractive layout, etc. A total or at least a partial rewrite is necessary in my opinion.
 * Gob (band) Very rough writing, could use some general fact checking as well.
 * /Bard High School Early College, Definitely needs some visuals, and the Faculty and Student Life section could use some major work and expansion. Student Life is just a list, and isn't very organized, and the Sports section also needs some attention. And the Early College section needs to be started and worked on.
 * /Judy Ann Santos Overuse of uppercase letters. Obviously, the editor of the article does not know how to use proper formatting here in Wikipedia.
 * /Meg:_A_Novel_of_Deep_Terror Badly in need of cleanup. Not properly formatted and poorly written.
 * /Digital rights management Still in need of some cleanup: it's absolutely massive, badly written pages and still POV in some places.
 * /Mercora -Is organized as an internet advertisment instead of a correct source of information about the program, and contains possible bias. I recommend in the very least, reorganization. Skandinski 07:49, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * /Mikheil Saakashvili could use some help, especially with weeding out POV from anti-Saakashvili partisans. Could be benefited with more NPOV info, especially concerning his actions since taking office. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 07:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * /Dragon Rider
 * /Congestion control in ATM networks Computerjoe 's talk 13:35, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * /Helbreath - Heavy with contradictions and mixed POVs. No verified perspectives, too many unverified claims. Arbitrary uses of the terms "illegal" and "open source". Article apparently constantly edited by people from different groups, each with its own agenda.
 * /Old Sarum - Rather messy with no decent information. A "cut and paste" job at present.
 * /W.I.T.C.H. (TV series) - The character's section is just unacceptable for an encyclopedia, plus episode synopsis are directly copied from TV.com.
 * /Crunk - Has not a single source, is being constantly vandalised, too much POV and spam links
 * /Chikungunya - The new virulent form of this mosquito borne disease is now raging through India, having infected over 1 million people in the last few months. It has the potential to infect hundreds of millions in India and elsewhere in Asia, and to disrupt world travel. The bottom of the page has become a sort of bulletin board for breaking news and resources, and is in great need of attention. As infection rates can surpass 50% of a locality's population, and Wikipedia ranks #1 for a search on this disease, significant editing and expansion would greatly benefit the many people seeking information.
 * /Prestige vehicles - neutrality, does not cite sources
 * /Xenophilia - highly dubious content without source added by a handful of users.
 * /Bud Bagsak Massacre history, bad formatting
 * /Loonatics Unleashed - Characters section is a complete mess; some of the entries are too long. Other sections may need to be rearranged in order to be more understandable, such as the Story section.
 * /Effective Microorganisms - neutrality, possible SPAM, sources are not peer reviewed, pseudoscientific.
 * /Politician - Needs work!
 * /Stereotypes of Asians - Neutrality, constant Inflammatory messages, vandalization, unchecked or biased facts, quotefarm, etc.

Assigned
The following tasks are currently active (with date of first assignment):
 * /Spiritual marriage (May 19)
 * /Kambojas (June 2)
 * /Greek etymologies (July 9)
 * /India geography stubs (July 27, 2005)
 * /Office of Congressional and Public Services of the Surface Transportation Board (August 7, 2005)
 * /Prague (novel) (August 7, 2005)
 * /4Kids_Entertainment (August 10)
 * /Nyquist plot (August 26)
 * /Supreme Court of Justice hostage crisis (September 2)
 * /Student loan (September 3)
 * /Philosophy of copyright (September 3)
 * /Special Anti-Terrorist Fighting Unit (September 5)
 * /Intellectual dishonesty (September 5)
 * /Cyberspace (September 15, 2005)
 * /Martin de Hoyarçabal (September 19, 2005)
 * /ACT for Disarmament (September 19, 2005)
 * /Christophe Moreau (September 19, 2005)
 * /Cole_Turner (September 19, 2005)
 * /Hungarian prehistory (September 24, 2005)
 * /Cornelius Harnett (September 27, 2005)
 * /Biofeedback (September 27, 2005)
 * /Functionality assurance (September 27, 2005)
 * /Nonblocking Minimal Spanning Switch (October 11, 2005)
 * /Fei Yu Ching (October 13, 2005)
 * /Dave Walker (October 16, 2005)
 * /Loving Female Authority (28 October 2005)
 * /Witch-Hunt (November 9,2005)
 * /Judicial activism (December 1, 2005)
 * /Cheating (2 December 2005)
 * /Kara-Khitan Khanate (27 December 2005)
 * /The resolution of the Dreyfus Affair (27 December 2005)
 * /Papillon (dog) (16 January 2006)
 * /Aegean civilization (25 January 2006)
 * /Whole grain (25 January 2006)
 * /Akbar (priority cleanup) (25 January 2006)
 * /Johann Gutenberg (priority cleanup) (29 January 2006)
 * /M. Night Shyamalan (30 January 2006)
 * /We All Fall Down (assigned 3 February 2006 but had been open a long time and worked on some)
 * /Nazi mysticism (4 February 2006)
 * /rape culture (11 February 2006)
 * /Marathi language (12 February 2006)
 * /Young & Rubicam (23 February 2006) Finally assigned
 * /TheCollegeWeb (24 February 2006) Whole range of cleanup issues
 * /Quantum error correction (24 February 2006) Minor cleanup and clarification from expert
 * /River Tees (26 February 2006) written in entirely wrong style. No sources.
 * /New Formalism reassign (22 February 2006) - needs major fact checking
 * /County jail (2 March 2006)
 * /Olaf_I_of_Norway (20:04, 5 March 2006 (UTC))
 * /History of Music Publishing (18 March 2006, an excerpt from a speech, but has good information, (send to wikisource then) rewrite
 * /Sirhan Sirhan (19 March 2006)
 * /The Sims 2: Open for Business (2 April 2006)
 * /Rendlesham Forest Incident (April 5 2006)
 * /St. George's University (8 April 2006)
 * /New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc (18 April 2006)
 * /Ottoman_Empire (2 May 2006)
 * /Agricultural Information Management Standards (9 June 2006)
 * /Pygmalion effect (June 15, 2006)
 * /METEOSAT (16:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC))
 * /John of Nepomuk (22:09, 2 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /WiMAX (22:09, 2 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Kashmir Conflict (22:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Ken McElroy (9 May, 2006)
 * /Thievery UT (15:35, 7 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /River Garw (17:22, 7 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /X86 instruction listings (July 8 2006)
 * /Jazz-funk (03:16, 9 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Ulster Project (03:22, 9 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Certified Management Consultant (03:27, 9 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /BlogShares (03:32, 9 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /North Queensland Cowboys (04:31, 9 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /English Heritage (10 July 2006)
 * /Big Bang Comics (20:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Blondie (band) (05:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /The Anti-Nowhere League (05:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /No Exit (Blondie album) (12 July 2006)
 * /Politics of Israel (reassigned 03:44, 13 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /The Icebird (19:39. 18 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /8 Foot Sativa (02:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Howard Bloom (02:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Paramount Canada's Wonderland (02:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Video scaler (02:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Jack Sparrow (02:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC))
 * /Reckless driving, (19:00, 25 July 2006 (GMT))
 * /Larry Page, (15:00, 31 July 2006 (GMT))
 * /Rivermont Collegiate, (02:30, 2 August 2006 (GMT))
 * /Star Trek Customizable Card Game,(11:18, 8 August 2006)
 * /Software prototyping (14:38, 11 September 2006 (UTC))
 * /Orson Scott Card (16:21, 11 September 2006 (UTC))
 * /Élan (23:26, 13 September 2006 (UTC))
 * /Arabic language
 * /Tom Dowd and the Language of Music (18:26, 21 September 2006 (UTC))

Taskforce Tasks
These are tasks relating to the ongoing operations of the Cleanup Taskforce.


 * /Meta refresh (June 15, 2005)
 * /Are you active? (September 26, 2005)
 * /Evaluation, Comments and Closing (October 16, 2005)

Alternate streamlined procedure
Because the process for adding issues to the Taskforce agenda is rather cumbersome, I'm going to experiment with using talk pages as the Taskforce collaboration point instead of a special transclusion page. I'm going to add a bunch of cleanup tasks from 2004, with the goal of getting at least one task on each participant's desk. -- Beland 00:54, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Procedure:
 * Make sure the article is tagged for cleanup.
 * Add a link to the talk page to this page.
 * Add a link to the talk page from someone's desk.
 * Put a note on the talk page that you added it to that desk.

Originally from September, 2004
All opened 7 August, 2005.
 * converted to subpage format and moved to unassigned/assigned

Stale requests
If you notice a request that has been sitting on a participant's desk for more than 30 days, you can ask them to reassign it to someone else by putting this text on their user talk page:

How to close a completed request

 * 1) On the article's talk page, change the  tag (if there is one) to  .  Otherwise, just note that you are closing the cleanup request.
 * 2) Make sure any cleanup tags have been removed from the article and its talk page.
 * 3) Remove it from Taskforce members' desks.  (Visit the collaboration page and check "What links here".)
 * 4) Remove it from this page and, optionally, archive it at Cleanup Taskforce/closed