Hi all,
I guess I probably didn't give enough info regarding the Big Cleanup. So
I've expanded the instructions for our Big Cleanup test, and made a little
sign-up sheet. As a tester, for each of a set of articles, you'll do two
things: first, you'll go through a "to do" list; second, you'll slap the
{{checklist}} template on the talk page. Neither of these things is terribly
difficult. I'm asking for just five testers for these ranges of articles:
Baccalauréat - Bahá'ísm
Cachalot Scout Reservation - Canthal scales
Daboia - Daboia persica persica
Ear - Echidna Gabonica
Factor analysis - Fence plowing
(Mmm, fence plowing...)
Each set contains twelve articles. I've done this and it's pretty easy.
The great thing is that the results are fascinating and almost instantly
useful--at least I think so. You can see what we've done so far here:
http://pilot.citizendium.org/wiki/Category:Checklisted_Articles
So what's the point of the exercise? If we go through this process, here's
what we achieve:
* We place every single article into a workgroup, or else into the "needs
workgroup" category.
* We check over "CZ Live" tags and make sure all and only live articles are
so marked.
* We get a realistic idea of how many internal, CZ-developed articles we
have, as opposed to external-sourced articles, from Wikipedia (or wherever),
that haven't been changed much.
* We get accurate numbers for developed articles, developing articles, and
stub articles--and these for every single workgroup.
* Other stuff too.
Why don't we just dive in? I want to go through a test period. We need
some people to look over the system I've set up, make sure it makes sense,
and make suggestions for improvement--before we implement this on a large
scale. We also need some well-informed people to comment on the question
whether this is worth doing at all!
--Larry
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