[WikiEN-l] Lists and redlinks and link maintenance

[Charles Matthews]

Carcharoth wrote:
> Picking a page from here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:DNBFooter
>
> I can't quite see which of the lists need work, but I'll just pick any
> one with out the ticks and stuff on them, and start work there. Any
> way to mark one of the 63 pages when it is finished? 
{{DNBListingStatus}} is supposed to help keep track of the various 
phases. Expand the template as needed.
> I did notice that
> page 42 of those 63 pages is a redlink. It also appears that some of
> the links have been checked but not tagged with a tick - that makes it
> difficult to know where to start.
>   
I was anyway working on 42 (it was a sad story about adaptation from 
Magnus Manske's pages, and some edits there didn't save properly, which 
was disheartening - all done now). As for where to start - you may be 
confusing this project with one of those that is actually organised in a 
visible fashion. It's around 30,000 links to do, doesn't matter so much 
where people plunge in (check page history to see if someone else is 
active(.
> But this is the sort of work that dismbiguators love. Have you thought
> of getting people from the disambiguation projects involved?
>   
No, but obviously you're going to be a great advocate for 
empire-building ...

Charles