Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Drives/2010/October

To increase participation, we've bumped this drive to October.

The October 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive is a one-month long effort by WikiProject Wikify to eliminate the backlog of articles that need to be wikified, which are tagged with {{wikify}} and {{Dead end}}. The coordinators of this drive are WikiCopter^Radio_Checklist^{Formerly AirplanePro} and THENEWMONO. If you have questions, please leave them on the project's talkpage.

The goal of this drive is to bring the number of {{wikify}} and {{Dead end}} and related tags to below 20,000 and clear all articles from the year 2008 from the backlog.

The drive is open to all, and you do not need to be a member of the WikiProject to participate. However, please consider joining.

1. Note the article's wordcount before you wikify it. Use the Prose size (text only) count. You will need it to get credit for the wikification. There is an automated word counting script available at User talk:Dr_pda/prosesize.js. It is VERY easy to install and you don't need a shred of technical ability! If you can follow a recipe for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you can install this script. Instructions are below. If you get anxious, ask THENEWMONO for help.
   • If, even with this script, you forget to click the 'Page size' tool before beginning your wikification session, you can still obtain your starting word count. View the article's history (you may prefer to do this in a new browser tab), then click on the linked date of the revision listed below your first wikification edit to view the article as you first found it. Run the 'Page size' script from there and credit yourself that amount.
2. Log completed articles in the Running Totals section. If you complete a wikification, don't forget to list it so that you can get credit for the edit. Also don't forget to remove the {{wikify}} or {{Dead end}} tag from the article itself.
3. No rubber-stamping of articles. Be thorough and complete in your wikifications, and make sure all the headings are correct and there are no mistakes in the syntax and coding.
4. Don't create extra work. Participants should not wikify any article they themselves added a {{wikify}} tag to during the months of September or October.
5. Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and hence improving the overall quality of the encyclopedia. If you do not enjoy doing that, then there is no motivation to improve these articles and the encyclopedia as a whole.

To add the script that calculates page size:^{[Credit 1]}

1. If you have JavaScript enabled, go here to access your skin's .js file.
   • If you do not have JavaScript enabled and either do not wish to or cannot, go to Special:Preferences and click on the Appearance tab. In the very first section, Skin, locate the skin that is selected and click on the Custom JS next to your selected skin.
2. Click Edit on the page that opened.
3. Add the following code to the page and save it: {{subst:js|User:Dr pda/prosesize.js}}^{[Credit 2]}
4. Reload the cache.
   • If you are using Internet Explorer, press Ctrl-F5
   • If you are using Firefox/Safari for Windows, hold down Shift while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R); for Mac, press Command-R.
   • If you are using Opera/Konqueror, press F5.
5. To test it out go to any random article. If you look under the Toolbox menu on the far left of the screen there will be a link for Page size. The backlog elimination drive uses the number of words listed under Prose size (text only).
6. Go wikify!

CatScan

Some wikifyors enjoy taking a random dip in All articles that need to be wikified and learning about something completely new along the way. Others prefer editing articles in a field they already know about. Such articles can be found using categories:^{[Credit 3]}

1. Go to the whimsically named CatScan.
2. Don't be intimidated! It's easy to use.
3. Set the Depth to 5.
4. Write or paste All articles that need to be wikified in the box labelled "Categories".
5. Write the name of a category of interest on a separate line in the same box, eg Books.
6. Scroll down and click the button labelled "Do it!"
7. Be patient... For big categories the results might take a little while.

This example will find articles tagged with {{Wikify}} in Category:Books, as well as its sub-categories, sub-sub-categories, and so on down to sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-categories.

• You can also crossreference to a WikiProject talk page banner. However, it is not recommended, as it may take a long time to complete, and sometimes will return an error.

1. Set Depth to 5.
2. Place All articles that need to be wikified in the Category box.
3. Tick off both Article and Talk in the Namespaces boxes.
4. Place the template of the wikiproject in the Templates field and tick off "Use talk pages instead."
5. Click "Do it!"
6. Wow! The example search found 6 articles on Pakistan that need wikification and took 68 seconds to execute.

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   All credit for these instructions go to TheTito ^Discuss
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   All credit for the script goes to User:Dr pda at User talk:Dr pda/prosesize.js
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   Basically ripped from here; original tip from Jubilee♫clipman
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   All credit for these instructions go to the GOCE backlog elimination drive, which this drive is based on.