Article_maintenance

This article is about maintaining articles, and cleaning them up, not
about contribution guidelines, nor
does this article attempt to document all templates in existence. It is
only here to inform you of the general procedures used in maintaining
articles.

Categorizing Articles

When placing a category tag in an article, it should always go at the
bottom as this is where the category template will appear when reading
the article. Write some more information here to create a standard used
when categorizing articles on the wiki.

Needs Cleanup

When categorizing an article for needing a cleanup you should place the
Cleanup template at the top of the article. This template will also
automatically add the article to the Cleanup category.

{{Cleanup|(example cleanup template)}}

For articles that contain dead links you can use the dead link template.

{{dead link|(example)}}

For articles requiring some sort of fragmentation you can use these
templates.

{{merge|example| (example)}}
{{move|example| (example)}}
{{split|example| (example)}}

Work In Progress

This template can be used to show that you are currently working on a
page, and it may not be fully completed.

{{wip|(example)}}

Needs Deleted

When you see a page that you believe needs to be deleted, either because
it is a duplicate page, outdated information, or against our rules, you
may mark it for deletion. To do so, simply replace all the content of
the page with the delete template. You should also provide a reason,
{{delete|reason goes here}}.

{{delete|(example)}}

To see a list of recently closed articles, see Articles for
deletion.

Constantly Changing

Articles that are changed quite often can use the volatile template.
This can alert and make people aware that they should take information
from the article with a grain of salt, or for instance be prepared to
adapt to new changes in ENIGMA.

{{volatile}}

Message Boxes

Notices

The notice template can be used to display general information or just
notify readers or editors of the article about certain details.

Important

When an article requires the Urgent attention of other editor's the
alert template or warning can be used. A good example would be if
someone vandalizes an article and you don't have the authority to revert
the article, you can place the alert template to alert an administrator.