Wikimedia Product/Contribution taxonomy/Key to codes

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?

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

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