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The master inventory is big and complex, and below are listed keys and codes to help you navigate. There are also a few random things that are useful to know, listed in this first section.

  • If a step within a workflow is optional, it has square brackets around it. For example: "[4.] Archive XYZ deletion listing". This is an optional step.
  • BOLD indicates either “switch to another workflow” or “End” of a workflow.
  • Text is Darker when you aren’t required to do the step and software isn’t able to do it. It is also used for when a gadget is used.
  • When editing is concerned, (for example, the C2 tool) where the description is not explicit about tool, the assumption is the use of the 2017 wikitext editor.
  • This taxonomy operates under the assumption that all talk pages are not structured discussions, but talk pages.
  • PROD =  proposal deletion process

Which wikis does this step or workflow exist on?

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Which Wiki? (Columns Z - AD of the master inventory)

In these columns you can see which workflows happen on which listed Wikipedias, and how many times they happen on those wikis.

  • If a step takes place on a wiki, it is marked it with " ✅"
  • If it can happen but it's rare, it is marked with " 🤷🏽"
  • If it doesn't happen at all, it is marked with " 🚫".
  • Not all workflows will exist on all wikis.
  • Each workflow is rated with roughly how many times it happens a day on each wiki (marked in column R, S, T, U, V as  ~ # a day).

Tools and action codes

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Column Y in the master inventory lists codes defining the type of tool that is used, and the action taken using that tool: Here are the codes and their meanings:

  • T = Tag
    • T1 = add tag to a page with no special justification/details
    • T2 = add tag to a page along with a justification for the tag
  • E = Edit (can be editing of any kind of page)
    • E1 = edit a page to add a listing or a link (an indication of “hey this should get done”)
    • E2 = notify people on a talk page about some workflow step (a way of drawing attention)
    • E3 = contest a process by editing the article talk page
    • E4 = review a page and its talk page and untag it
    • E5 = comment in a discussion or listing
    • E6 =  go to page, review article and deletion discussion about it, then remove the tag and close the discussion (this is almost always disagreeing with a centralized discussion).
    • E7 = edit content pages as apprpriate (linking wiki pages, adding references, etc)
    • E8 = adding or removing categories via wikitext
    • E9 = remove a listing and/or archive it
  • G = Gadget
    • G1 = gadget with UX control and explicit step
    • G2 = a multi functional gadget and you have to know what to type in, you have to figure it out, and it usually needs a justification
    • G3= step performed by a gadget or bot without user having to input

for example: posting on someone’s talk page automatically

  • D = Delete
    • D1= delete without having to do other work - tag is on the page already, you press delete button
    • D2= review a page and it’s talk page and delete it based on your review
    • D3 = have close the discussion in which it deletion was discussed, and delete the article
    • D4 = close deletion discussion but cannot act on it
    • D5 = a history merge
    • D6 = delete all of a user’s content
  • C = Create
    • C1 = create a project page for a workflow
    • C2 = create a content page about x topic (all article workflow steps fit under this)
    • C3 = use the content translation tool
  • W1 = Workflow
    • W1= workflow switch
    • W2 = workflow from backlog
  • S = Supress
    • S1= push suppresson button
    • S2= push suppress button with response to commms channe (yes or no)
  • A1 = Ask a question
    • A1= ask someone to do somethign via built in email form
    • A2 = ask someone to do something via IRC
    • A3 = ask someone to do something via some other commuication tool (facebook, ect.)
    • A4 = respond to inbound request saying “no”
    • A5 = email someone through your own eamail system
  • R1 = Read
    • R1= read through a form (wizard) and adding content into boxes
  • M = Move
    • M1 = move an article
    • M2 = copy paste a page
  • L = Language links
    • L1 = language link within Wikipedia
    • L2 = language link within Wikidata
  • B = Books
    • B1= create a book
    • B2 = add a page to a book
    • B3 = finalize a book
    • B4 = download book as PDF
  • P = Patrol
    • P1 = patroling find something to follow up on whilst patroling
    • P2 = automated system that does patroling
    • P3 = mark page as patrolled
  • B = Block
    • B1 = block
  • U = Undo
    • U1 = undo via roll back via tool
    • U2 = undo manually
    • U3 = undo using a specialist tool
  • N/A = not applicable
  • (sysop) = sysop without tools
  • * account = on EN having an account is not enough
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