Maintenance Boxes
Maintenance boxes are utilized by major wikis like Wikipedia to inform other users of the need to revise an article. Any registered user can include such a box on top of any wiki article which thereafter is visible for all readers. Another user might then start a discussion on the article's quality or - in case of minor aspects - simply eradicate its flaws. This is one way to identify articles needing attention and to thereby ensure content quality on energypedia.
What types of maintenance boxes are available?
Currently, users can choose from five different maintenance boxes:
Revision | Broadest box indicating that an article needs an overall cleanup or aspects specified by users have to be addressed. |
Copyright | Expresses suspicion of copyright violations by an article or uploaded file. |
Plagiarism | Expresses suspicion of plagiarism in an article due to a lack of propper references. |
Contradiction | Suggests that two or more articles contradict each other. |
Redundancy | Indicates that two or more articles are covering the same topic and are hence redundant. |
How to put a maintenance box on a page?
In order to incorporate a maintenance box in a page, you must be registered and logged in. Then follow the steps below:
- Go to the page you wish to add a maintenance box.
- Press the edit button at the upper right corner.
- Open the Wikitext within the editor.
- Add the code for the respective box on top of the page (see following table).
- Specify passages and articles or give reasons for your assumptions.
- Press "Save". A maintenance box should now appear on the page.
Code to be included on top pages in the Wikitext | Maintenance box displayed on wiki page | |
{{Revision|(Specify aspects/passages here and delete this sentence).}} |
This article needs to be revised. Please rewrite the article according to the specifications below. Only remove this maintenance box, after a thorough revision of this article. See the discussion page for more details or start a discussion there. In particular the following aspects and passages have been specified to be in need for a revision: | |
{{Copyright|(Specify passages/files here and delete this sentence).}} |
This article is suspected to be in whole or in parts a copyright infringement (use of other people's work without permission). Below you find the parts in question specified as well as reasons for the suspicion of copyright infringement. The respective parts will be deleted soon. If you disagree you can start a discussion or comment on an existing one. In particular the following passages or files have been specified to be suspicious: | |
{{Plagiarism|(Specify passages/files here and delete this sentence).}} |
This article is suspected to be in whole or in parts a plagiarism (use of other people's work without proper citation). Please rewrite, fill in the correct citations or delete the respective parts. Only remove this maintenance box, after a thourough revision of this article. You can also start a discussion about the plagiarism issue or comment on an existing one. In particular the following passages or files have been specified to be suspicious: | |
{{Contradiction|(Specify contradicting article(s) here and delete this sentence).|(Specify the contradicting aspects of these articles here and delete this sentence).}} |
This article appears to contradict with other articles (Unfortunately, no articles have been named). Please check these articles and rewrite them accordingly. Only remove this maintenance box, after a thourough revision of the above mentioned articles. See the discussion page for more details or start a discussion there. In particular the mentioned articles contradict each other on the following points: | |
{{Redundancy|(Specify redundant article(s) here and delete this sentence).|(Specify the redundant aspects of these articles here and delete this sentence.)}} |
This article is suspected to be in whole or in parts redundant with with other articles (Unfortunately, no articles have been named). Please check these articles and rewrite them accordingly. Only remove the maintenance box from this and the other articles, after a thorough revision of the above mentioned articles. See the discussion page for more details or start a discussion there. In particular the mentioned articles are redundant on the following points: |
How to erase a maintenance box from a page?
It is fairly easy to remove a maintenance box from a page, however you should only do so if the quality shortcomings have all been discussed and corrected! A box can be removed by deleting its code from the page's Wikitext (for example, {{Revision}}). After the deletion, the article will disappear from the "Articles needing attention" lists after a few minutes.
Which articles do currently have a maintenance box?
For a list with all pages needing attention click here.
The following boxes display each five pages of the respective maintenance box:
CopyrightCurrently there are no pages with this maintenance box. |
PlagiarismCurrently there are no pages with this maintenance box. | |
ContradictionCurrently there are no pages with this maintenance box. |
RedundancyCurrently there are no pages with this maintenance box. |