Template:Checklist2

Checklist
Workgroup category or categories [] Article status Not specified English language variant Not specified Underlinked article? Not specified Basic cleanup done? No Checklist last edited by Template:Checklist2/Metadata Talk Archive: none (to start Archive 1)

Obsolete

Here's a copy of the blank Article Checklist template and it's instructions that you can copy and paste onto the talk page of articles. Once you have filled out the checklist, delete the instructions!

{{#switch: {{{info}}}

<!--general article properties-->
|       pagename = 
|        variant = 

<!--Required for checklist-->

|            abc =  
|      cat_check = 
|         status = currently no status
|    underlinked = 
|        cleanup = 
|             by = 
|           cat1 = 
|           cat2 = 
|           cat3 = 
|           sub1 = 
|           sub2 = 
|           sub3 = 
|           tab1 = 
|           tab2 = 
|           tab3 = 

<!--required for ToApprove template-->
|    article url = 
|    subpage url = 
|        cluster = 
|            now = 
|     ToA editor = 
|    ToA editor2 = 
|    ToA editor3 = 
|           date = 

<!--required for Approved template-->
|       A editor = 
|      A editor2 = 
|      A editor3 = 

}}<noinclude>{{subpages}}</noinclude>

In brief:

• pagename: must contain the correct name of the article.
• variant: records the dialect of English which the article is written in.

• abc: means the form of the title for alphabetization, e.g. "Doherty, John" or "Orient, The". Please think this one through.
• cat_check: put "yes" if you want someone to check over the categories.
• status: 0 for approved articles; 1 developed, 2 developing, 3 stub, 4 external
• underlinked: put "yes" if not enough other articles link to it (click "What links here" at left)
• cleanup: put "yes" if basic cleanup has been done.
• by: obsolete; leave blank.
• cat1, cat2 and cat3: workgroups; fill in numerical order.
• sub1, sub2 and sub3: sub-workgroups; fill in numerical order.
• tab1, tab2 and tab3: per-article subpages; fill in numerical order.

• article url: a URL link to the version to approve.
• subpage url: a URL link to the version of a subpage to approve.
• cluster: blank unless the whole cluster needs to be approved.
• now: the date and time when the nomination was made.
• ToA editor, ToA editor2, ToA editor3: name of the editor(s) who nominated the article for approval; fill in numerical order.
• date: deadline for comments (format yyyymmdd).

• A editor, A editor2, A editor3: copied from ToA editor etc when Approval is completed.