These step-by-step instructions show the FL directors and their delegates the exact steps to maintain Wikipedia:Featured lists, Wikipedia:Featured list candidates and Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates, their subpages and logs, and how to close and archive FL nominations.
Incorporates bits from my old FLC and FLRC closing instructions, Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/Closing instructions, and User:SandyGeorgia/FA_work, User:SandyGeorgia/sandbox#GimmeBot steps.
FLC maintenance
- Nothing in this section is essential to the FL process; it's just routine "stuff". The only thing that determines whether a list is FL is whether it was added to or removed from WP:FL by the Featured list directors or their delegates. The rest is for the convenience of other editors.
New FLC listings
All new WP:FLC listings should be checked:
- If there is one, the previous FLC should be listed and pipe-linked with the standard terminology "previous FLC" (to work with scripts).
- Check the talk page of every new FLC for:
- the ((FLC)) template at the top of the page (many nominators forget, and it should be the template, not a subst.
- old peer reviews archived and closed (if not, leave a note either at the talk page, at the FLC page, or both)
- articles may not be at PR, GAN and FLC at the same time
- convert old DYK templates (example)
- general talk page cleanup, banners, dykdate added to articlehistory if present, and all templates needed to complete articlehistory in place and complete, old afds dealt with (sample). Clean up missing TOC when needed, example. Update depending on GimmeBot, who will build articlehistory?
- Notify the WikiProjects mentioned on the talkpage of the FLC, and any logical ones not posted at talk page -- We're low on reviewers, so their input could be valuable, esp. regarding style guidelines. Should expect more drive-by votes, though, so have to be vigilant.
Ongoing FLCs
Check WP:FLCs regularly for
- Unsigned entries (surprisingly frequent, a sig needs to be attached to every declaration, add ((unsigned)) as needed, and often, when discussion gets long, the ((interrupted)) template is needed to attach a declaration to its owner, sample).
- Graphics (see the WP:FLC instructions, they slow down the page and often need to be removed)
- Sub-sections (see the WP:FLC instructions, they need to be removed when inserted)
- Inappropriate strikes and caps (see the WP:FLC instructions, nominators should not strike others' comments, and caps should be used sparingly).
- Monitor for double declarations of Support or Oppose, or unbolded and almost hidden supports or opposes.
- Update Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/backlog/items
FLRC maintenance
New FLRC listings
All new Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates listings should be checked:
- Make sure the FLRC is actually a Featured list (sometimes nominators meant to submit to Wikipedia:Peer review or WP:FLC) and complies with the instructions about three to six months between promotion and review and several days after mainpage appearance:
- If it doesn't belong at FLRC:
- Remove the transclusion from Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates
- Remove the ((FLRC)) template from the article talk page
- Leave a note for the nominator
- Decide if the FLRC has to be maintenance or author-deleted, or moved to a FLC or PR file, and transcluded there.
- Make sure notifications are done per the Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates instructions, if not, prompt the nominator to do so.
- Make sure the templates are in order on the article talk page, including ((FLRC)) at the top of the page (the template, not a subst).
Ongoing FLRCs
- Monitor for premature declarations of Keep/Remove and remind that Keep/Remove !votes should be made after concerns have been met or sufficient time has passed where concerns have gone ignored
- Monitor daily for requests for feedback and more information
- Prompt the nominator if needed to return to the FLRC for feedback.
GimmeBot steps
GimmeBot steps for archive/promote FLCs and Keep/Remove FLRCs. Blue text is links to examples and edit summaries
Event
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Promote FLC
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Fail FLC
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Keep FLRC
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Remove FLRC
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Notes
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1. Tag FLC/FLR closed
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tagging closed FLC discussion ((subst:Fl top| result= '''promoted''' by ~~~~ [diff])) ((subst:Fl bottom))
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tagging closed FLC discussion ((subst:Fl top| result= '''not promoted''' by ~~~~ [diff])) ((subst:Fl bottom))
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tagging closed FLR discussion ((subst:Flr top| result= '''kept''' by ~~~~ [diff])) ((subst:Fl bottom))
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tagging closed FLR discussion ((subst:Flr top| result= '''removed''' by ~~~~ [diff])) ((subst:Fl bottom))
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Use UTC timestamp when Dabomb/TRM/the delegates moved to log to tag the top of the closed FLC or FLRC and indicate who promoted/archived with diff.
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2. Add/Remove star
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Adding FL star after FLC
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removing FL star after FLR
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Remove or add ((Featured list)) to or from article
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3. Update ArticleHistory and Class Assessments
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remove ((featured list candidates)) template, update AH and current status update ArticleHistory
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remove ((featured list candidates)) template, update AH, update ArticleHistory
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remove ((featured list removal candidates)) template, update AH, update ArticleHistory
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remove ((featured list removal candidates)) template, update AH and current status update ArticleHistory
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This has to be done on all, incorporating DYKs, peer reviews, GAs, and FLC/FLRC, as well as updating older nominations that were archived. currentstatus= must be "FL", "FFLC", "FL", or "FFL". See ((articlehistory)) for usage.
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4. Update Wikiproject Assessments
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FL-class to all Wikiproject banners
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no change
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no change
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Remove or change to List-class
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Upgrade Wikiproject assessments on promotions to FL, remove (or reassess) on demotions
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If GimmeBot ever retires
- Uncertain still who will pick up GimmeBot tasks.
- Manually archive WP:GO every Saturday night/Sunday morning UTC (the instructions are in the page). Otherwise, close and tag WP:GO as Historical, see this discussion. Gimmetrow had just coded GimmeBot to do the weekly archiving at WP:GO, agreeing to do it after years of Raul and Sandy searching for someone who would take on the weekly archiving of that page. Shortly after he wrote the code, an unannounced change was made at the Wikimedia level. In the discussion that ensued, it was found that WP:GO isn't really used by anyone, is info that is duplicated elsewhere anyway, and probably isn't worth the maintenance effort. As of September 2013, however, it is still being used.
- FLC and FLRC archiving without GimmeBot, either manually complete the steps as above, or go back to the old (pre-GimmeBot) method:
- As now, FLC and FLRC directors/delegates indicate when a FLC/FLRC has closed by moving the transcluded file to archive and adding/removing the article at WP:FL and WP:FFL.
- Tag closed processes as in Step 1.
- Move, archive and clear redirects per Steps 2–7.
- Add/remove FL stars per Step 8
- Step 9 is replaced. See Template talk:ArticleHistory/work#Templates.
- After a FLC/FLRC is closed by moving it to archive, replace the ((FLC)) or ((FLRC)) template on the talk page with the appropriate template: ((FL)), ((FLCfailed)) or ((FFL)).
- Another editor or new bot will have to later convert the templates to articlehistory.
- Update WikiProject class-assessments per Step 10
Other things to consider
- Who will check for renames on WP:FLs, failed FLs and WP:FFLs so the talk page links correspond with the FLC and FLRC logs?
- Who will update articlehistory?
Old talk page templates