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Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Coordination/Guide

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This is a guide for coordinators of WikiProject Wikify. As stated on the coordinator page, "the coordinators' main role is performing the maintenance and housekeeping tasks required to keep the project and its internal processes running smoothly", generally referring to "organizing the bi-monthly backlog elimination drives, updating the project page, facilitating outreach to potential new members, and similar tasks".

Backlog elimination drives

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These drives should be discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikify and set up beginning one to two weeks before a drive's starting date. Things to be discussed include (a) the goal of the drive, (b) outreach and invitations, and (c) any proposed or accepted changes from the previous drive.

Goal

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As it is, finding a goal that is not too easy but not too hard is actually quite difficult. (That's an opinion.) If the goal is too difficult to accomplish, as in the April 2011 drive, users will tell you that "setting it too high can be a bit demoralizing (when, eg, after 20-odd days we'd only achieved 30% of the target)". If the goal is too easy too accomplish, as in the June 2011 drive, users will suggest raising the goal.

Outreach list

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Information about the drives can be distributed by:

Proposed changes

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Any proposed changes should be discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikify or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikify/Drives by project members, coordinators, and the community.

Updating the project pages

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Pages that should be updated periodically include:

Finding new members

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The project invitation is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Invite a member. It may need to be updated or improved.

"Similar tasks"

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Part of being coordinator, executive or assistant, is being creative and trying new things. The goal of this project is to make sure every article has correct linking, layout, and formatting. Are there better ways for this to be accomplished than through backlog elimination drives? Can the page layouts of the project pages be improved? Do we need a new logo? The job of project coordinator is simple yet complex, nominal yet crucial, exciting yet (at times) tedious. Good luck!