Viv Staff

Maintenance Headquarters

Overview

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The Maintenance Team is responsible for ensuring that the site navigation and its components function properly for our users. Among its responsibilities are managing tags, updating components, and improving the structure of the site.

Tasks

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Regular duties

Tag upkeep

In order to vote for the creation of a new tag you must either:

• Propose a new tag yourself.
• Check the Tag Suggestion Thread for user suggestions.

Remember to check if the tag proposal fits the requirements described in the Tag Guide.

Once a new tag is approved:

• Add the tag to all the relevant pages.
• Update the Tag Guide to include the new tag.
• Update the Crom Tags page so that the Crom bot recognizes the new tag.

Applying tags:

• The application of tags is normally relegated to the authors themselves, but in the event that none are applied, it is the of the maintenance team to add the basic navigation tags.
• The featured tag must be applied to the 4 new featured articles of each month.
• The team may be currently applying other tags. Check the Projects section for more information.

Role updating

If a new GL is apointed / If a GL is demoted:

• Update the Meet The Staff page.
• Update the User Flairs component to reflect the user's new position.
• Update the greenlight policy on both the Main Wiki and Oversight.
• Update their position on the "Role" field of the Author Pages hub if applicable.

If a new staff member is apointed / If a staff member is promoter or demoted:

• Update the Meet The Staff page.
• Update the User Flairs component to reflect the staff member's new position.
• Update the Staff Members page.
• Add or remove the availability on Staff Info.
• Add or remove from the team listings on Teams.
• Add, move or remove respectively from the Jstaff hub, the Mod hub or the Admin hub.
• Update their position on the "Role" field of the Author Pages hub if applicable.

Attribution metadata

Regularly update the page Attribution Metadata so that the Crom bot recognizes the actual attribution information of the articles.

Check for:

• Co-authored pages.
• Rewrites in which the original article was not deleted.
• Staff owned pages.
• Translations.

Metatagging

Check the: Metatag Guide.

Page maintenance

This is a list of miscellaneous pages that need regular manual maintenance from staff:

• http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/contest-archive
• http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/hubs-hub

Projects

Current

The Great Tag Crusade:

• Guide: http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/viv-workbench

Licensebox updating:

• Component: http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/component:license-box
• Logging: http://backrooms-oversight.wikidot.com/forum/t-16296415/licensebox-editions

SD Banner fixes:

Nu-Liminal fixes:

Hallprint fixes:

Image hosting:

CC compliance:

• Pages with licensing issues: http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/hidden:princebun-workbench
• Logging: http://backrooms-oversight.wikidot.com/forum/t-16296417/image-replacement

Completed

• None yet (?

Relevant pages: Wikiprojects, Protocol
Relevant forums:

• mention somewhere that we need to check the wikidot forums for things to fix or things we can make better