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Named responsibility for keeping a page accurate.

37 topics 11 solved Group: Community process

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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history Meta › Wiki maintenance wiki post maintainership moderation citation check A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Proposing that revision dispute resolved deserves a…	+10	15	40k	16h
Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections — one year on Documentation › Doc review maintainership citation check promoted to docs review date Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections — one year on Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. The question about draft on reconstitution…	+46	51	11k	20h
Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections — what changed since Documentation › Doc review promoted to docs wiki post review date citation check Posting this under the heading it deserves: Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account…	+39	50	26k	22h
Review: an evidence digest and the citation check that delayed it Documentation › Doc review citation check review date promoted to docs wiki post On the subject in the title: Review: an evidence digest and the citation check that delayed it Working notes rather than a conclusion. I was wrong about evidence digest in a thread last spring and I would…	+13	17	15k	2d
Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold? Meta › Wiki maintenance review date moderation maintainership wiki post Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold? I have spent a fortnight trying to pin Pages past down and I want to set out where I…	+49	56	39k	11d
Recording a dissent on a document rather than suppressing it Documentation › Doc review maintainership promoted to docs citation check Solved Recording a dissent on a document rather than suppressing it Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Recording a dissent, and specifically the version of it that the…	+15	19	25k	1mo
Citation sweep results: how many references did not say what was claimed Meta › Wiki maintenance moderation maintainership citation check wiki post On the subject in the title: Citation sweep results: how many references did not say what was claimed Working notes rather than a conclusion. What changes if the standard account of citation sweep results is…	+92	101	2.9k	2mo
Requesting a translation of an existing page — the long version Documentation › Wiki requests promoted to docs wiki post review date maintainership Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Requesting a translation of an existing page — the long version Everything below is what sits behind that. Requesting a translation keeps being re-asked here and I…	+2	6	5.4k	3mo
Revisiting: Maintainer handover: how it works Meta › Wiki maintenance maintainership review date wiki post moderation Solved Revisiting: Maintainer handover: how it works Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Maintainer handover keeps being re-asked here and I think that is because the…	+53	57	664	4mo
Revisiting: A page that has drifted out of date and needs a maintainer Documentation › Wiki requests maintainership promoted to docs wiki post review date Revisiting: A page that has drifted out of date and needs a maintainer Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Nominating something for promotion into the…	+112	119	8.8k	5mo
Revisiting: Review: an evidence digest and the citation check that delayed it Documentation › Doc review citation check review date maintainership Solved Closed Revisiting: Review: an evidence digest and the citation check that delayed it — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Proposing that evidence digest deserves a maintained page…	+54	58	8.2k	5mo
Promotion criteria, and the one that stops most nominations — the long version Documentation › Doc review promoted to docs maintainership citation check wiki post On the subject in the title: Promotion criteria, and the one that stops most nominations — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. A narrow question about Promotion criteria, deliberately…	+130	143	7.2k	6mo
[2026 update] Splitting an overlong document into two Documentation › Wiki requests maintainership review date wiki post promoted to docs Solved Closed Splitting an overlong document into two — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Collecting what is known about Splitting an overlong document in one place, because it is…	+44	48	7k	9mo
Pages past their review date, listed Meta › Wiki maintenance wiki post maintainership review date moderation Pages past their review date, listed Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting a small dataset on pages past. It is mine, it is uncontrolled, and the method is…	+26	30	6.4k	10mo
A request that was declined, and the reasoning — a second dataset Documentation › Wiki requests maintainership promoted to docs wiki post Closed A request that was declined, and the reasoning — a second dataset Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Process question about how this site works. I have read the…	+89	98	31k	11mo
[2026 update] Reverting an edit that had no revision note Meta › Wiki maintenance wiki post citation check maintainership Reverting an edit that had no revision note — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Collecting what is known about Reverting an edit in one place, because it is currently spread…	+8	12	54k	12mo
Reverting an edit that had no revision note Meta › Wiki maintenance citation check moderation review date maintainership Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reverting an edit that had no revision note Everything below is what sits behind that. Reverting an edit: setting out the arithmetic in full, because I have had to…	+17	21	4.5k	12mo
[2026 update] Citation sweep results: how many references did not say what was claimed Meta › Wiki maintenance maintainership review date moderation citation check Citation sweep results: how many references did not say what was claimed Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. What changes if the standard account of Citation…	+41	45	47k	12mo
Follow-up: Requesting a page: what makes a good request Documentation › Wiki requests promoted to docs review date maintainership wiki post Solved On the subject in the title: Requesting a page: what makes a good request Working notes rather than a conclusion. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on Requesting a page, before collecting any.…	+44	50	64k	13mo
Merging two pages that cover the same ground Documentation › Wiki requests wiki post promoted to docs maintainership Merging two pages that cover the same ground Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Process question, and I have read the guidelines before asking. I understand the…		2	888	13mo
An orphaned page with no inbound links Meta › Wiki maintenance wiki post maintainership citation check moderation An orphaned page with no inbound links — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. What changes if the standard account of orphaned page is wrong? I ask because I have been treating…	+44	48	7.5k	14mo
Requesting a translation of an existing page Documentation › Wiki requests wiki post maintainership review date Requesting a translation of an existing page — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Requesting a translation keeps being re-asked here and I think that is because the answer is…	+16	20	7.1k	14mo
A page that has drifted out of date and needs a maintainer Documentation › Wiki requests promoted to docs maintainership review date Solved On the subject in the title: A page that has drifted out of date and needs a maintainer Working notes rather than a conclusion. Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons. The topic in…	+95	104	1.2k	14mo
Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold? Meta › Wiki maintenance review date moderation citation check maintainership Solved Closed Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view…	+27	31	52k	15mo
Requesting a page: what makes a good request Documentation › Wiki requests wiki post maintainership promoted to docs review date Requesting a page: what makes a good request Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on requesting a page, before…	+65	71	9.3k	15mo
About the Wiki maintenance category Meta › Wiki maintenance wiki post review date maintainership Pinned Wiki Review dates, orphaned pages, maintainer handovers, and revision disputes. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and a…		4	42k	15mo
Review cadence: how often is a page actually re-checked? Documentation › Doc review maintainership review date promoted to docs Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Review cadence: how often is a page actually re-checked? I would like to know what people here actually do about review cadence, as distinct from…	+20	24	20k	15mo
Follow-up: Review cadence: how often is a page actually re-checked? Documentation › Doc review wiki post citation check maintainership promoted to docs Solved The question in the title: Review cadence: how often is a page actually re-checked? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I would like to know what people here actually do about…		2	64k	16mo
A promotion I argued against, and why I lost Documentation › Doc review promoted to docs wiki post maintainership citation check Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: A promotion I argued against, and why I lost Everything below is what sits behind that. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on promotion,…	+148	162	3.9k	16mo
Maintainer handover: how it works Meta › Wiki maintenance review date moderation citation check wiki post On the subject in the title: Maintainer handover: how it works Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view on maintainer handover, and I would like to be…	+74	82	14k	16mo

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