Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/24 task force/Cleanup

Welcome to the cleanup department of the WikiProject 24. This department focuses on improving the overall quality of Wikipedia's 24 articles and complying with the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia. The cleanup effort is meant to reduce the amount of unnecessary content and articles with the WikiProject 24. It also aims to help in the progression of articles that require work to climb up the assessment scale.

FAQ
1: What is the purpose of cleaning up articles?
 * The main purpose is to comply with the policies and guidelines set forth by Wikipedia. Cleaning up articles improves the overall quality of an article. By removing unnecessary and trivial content from articles, it allows them to progress up the rating scale in a smoother manner. Other benefits include improved readability and reduced article size.

2. Who can clean up articles?
 * Any member of the 24 WikiProject is free to clean up article content. Editors who are not participants in the project are also welcome to clean up content, but should defer to consensus within the project in the case of procedural disputes.

3. Can I request that someone else clean up an article?
 * Of course; to do so, please list it in the section for cleanup requests below.

4. Why was a lot of game content removed from [insert article name]?
 * If a large chunk of game content was removed by an editor following the guidelines of this department, it is more than likely that it did not meet Wikipedia's guidelines and policies.
 * Per WP:NOT - "Wikipedia articles on published works (such as fictional stories) should cover their real-world context and sourced analysis, offering detail on a work's development, impact or historical significance, not solely a detailed summary of that work's plot."
 * An overly detailed plot section can unnecessarily increase the article length and provide excessive amounts of information that is generally not considered encyclopedic.
 * Per Category:Articles containing how-to sections - "Wikipedia articles should not include instructions, advice (legal, medical, or otherwise) or suggestions, or contain "how-to"s. This includes tutorials, walkthroughs, instruction manuals, video game guides, and recipes."
 * In-depth game information that provide a reader with specific information on how to play a game or how to accomplish certain goals in the game are just like plot details. They can unnecessarily increase article length and provide excessive amounts of information that is generally not considered encyclopedic.

5. What if I have a question not listed here?
 * If your question concerns the article clean up process specifically, please refer to the discussion page for this department; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page.

What this department is not
Though the department focuses on improving the overall quality of video game articles, there are some functions that it is not meant to perform.
 * The cleanup department is not a fact checker. The burden of proof lies on the editor that adds content. Unsourced content is subject to scrutiny, and can be deleted if it considered to be original research. Questionable content is at the very least subject to being tagged with   or   . The department also does not check to see if content is current and up-to-date.
 * The cleanup department is not a copy-edit department. While there is overlap in the functions performed for clean up and copy editing, cleanup is meant to make sure that content meets general guidelines of the Manual of Style, complies with Notability guidelines, and does not violate copyright.
 * The cleanup department is not a deletion department. Cleanup is an alternative to deletion and is meant to improve the quality of articles with the scope of this project.
 * Article deletion is handled by Articles for deletion. Deletion is for articles which fall under Deletion policy.
 * Merges and redirections are handled on the talk pages of the articles concerned or by Articles for deletion. The cleanup department may assist with merging after consensus for the merge has been reached through normal channels.

Cleanup guidelines
Articles on Wikipedia must comply with various policies and guidelines to stay on Wikipedia. While these must not be complied with immediately, leaving an article in disarray can lead to it being deleted from Wikipedia or merged into an article of related topic.

Some of the more important rules that must be taken into account are:
 * Copyrights
 * Notability (fiction)
 * Manual of Style
 * Trivia sections

Violation of certain rules, such as copyright, is grounds for immediate removal of content or an article. Not satisfying the notability criteria can lead to either the deletion of the article, selectively merging content into another article, a parent article or related topic, or the selective merging of multiple related articles into a new consolidated article or list.

Notability
According to Notability, "notability is an inclusion criterion based on encyclopedic suitability of a topic. The topic of an article should be notable, or 'worthy of notice'. This concept is distinct from 'fame', 'importance', or 'popularity'. A subject is presumed to be sufficiently notable if it meets the general notability guideline below, or if it meets an accepted subject specific standard listed in the table to the right."

Notability requires objective evidence from secondary or third party sources. First party sources are acceptable for citations, but do little to help establish a topic's notability. As first party sources tend to be biased, care must be used with them per WP:SELFPUB.

Trivia
According to Trivia sections, "Such sections should not be categorically removed: it may be possible to integrate some items into the article text. Some facts may belong in existing sections; others can be grouped into a new section of related material. Convert bullet points to prose or narrowly-focused lists (such as "Cameos" or "Continuity errors"), as seems most appropriate."

Because Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, trivia sections are normally frowned upon. While they may contain some pertinent information, the manner in which they are often organized and displayed can lead to excessive detail and general clutter. Trivia sections should be evaluated for useful relevant content, have trivial content removed, and have the remaining content integrated into the an appropriate section within the article.

Participants
Anyone is allowed to assist and be a part of Clean up department, provided that the participant will work to improve articles within the guidelines of the department. Simply add your name below by signing your name with three tidles,.

Please list your user name below:


 * 1) User:Blackwatch21 (t)