Forum:Project teams - volunteers needed

It's time to form a project team or two. I need to know if anyone's interested in helping out. There's a lot of work for one person alone, and everyone's contributions are pretty much centered on their own thing(s).


 * 1) Source verification. This has been discussed elsewhere (here and here, for starters), but consider this an emphatic reinforcement of the notion. I've been all over the wiki, and stuff has been leaping out. Project goal: Verify that there is a source somewhere for apparently unsourced articles. Check links in the "external links" section, where all external links should be, as a rule. And if you find 'em out of place, move 'em there. Articles lacking a verifiable source should be tagged nosource. (This is not an invitation for further discussion of the subject--it's been discussed. Now it's time to take action.)
 * 2) Image classification. Categorize images into the most appropriate available categories, or if necessary, make new image categories using the established pattern. (Search for an existing category before creating a new one.) It should be in the mind of every single person uploading images that those images should be categorized. Not everyone is doing it. That's fine, if we have a team overseeing the matter. Check unused files and uncategorized images. A) Try to find a good place to use 'em, or B) if they're just clutter, say for example, relics of a copy from another wiki (MAlpha, MBeta, Wikipedia), tag 'em with a special template so they can be deleted (or perhaps someone else will see a place to use them).
 * 3) Categories. Via special pages, there are other uncategorized categories, uncategorized pages, unused categories and wanted categories. Project goal: Straighten these out so they can be streamlined or eliminated. Create the category or place into other categories (those available first, if possible).
 * 4) Unused templates. See Special:Unusedtemplates. These should be used or removed. If in instances of removal they are clearly unneeded, they may also be tagged for deletion. Of particular note: Template:MA qualified title needs to be adjusted, by someone with template expertise, so that this Memory Alpha spillover (as in Template:MA qualified title/Alice, etc.) disappears. These are created through use of EpLink (or e), which itself must not be deleted.
 * 5) Quality control. Perhaps the most important. There have been recent additions (Dragonball Z vs. Star Trek, Tales of the Bluefin', etc.) displaying less-than-the-quality standard this wiki should exude (remember, it reflects on everyone). Project goal:''' Copyedit those articles to bring them up to par, so that we don't have to tag them copyedit, and make it easy to remove that tag from articles which have it. (On this one, obviously, those who are making the work for the rest of us won't qualify.)
 * 6) Featured content. As pointed out here, we need a volunteer or two willing to (this is the goal:) comb the wiki for articles, images and quotes that may qualify for future featured status. To set these apart, one may simply nominate the article, image or quote, but if you're not sure, then create a special project page to list and keep track of potential candidates. This avoids clutter on the nomination pages.

For each of these, it's advisable to create a project page in order to keep track. This lets others in the community see what's being done and may stimulate greater involvement.

These projects require folks with attentive eyes, keen minds and at least moderate wiki skills. (At the risk of sounding fanboyish: Like Kirk told Saavik in TWOK, "you have to understand why things work.") It would also be required to keep things simple--the simpler, the better. The overall goal is to make everything simpler, not more complicated.

Any takers? If you have questions, ask away. SAS undefined 23:26, 10 October 2007 (UTC)