Sunshine Review:Cleanup
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Sunshine Review Cleanup is part of a small ecosystem of maintenance tracking pages. This page explains how it fits in and how it works.
Where do I report my problem?
It depends on how bad the problem is.
- If the article is relatively informative as is, but could be expanded in a particular way, use Sunshine Review:Requests for expansion
- If the article is missing some basic information, tag it as a stub.
- If the content is eligible for deletion, according to the Deletion policy, then you should post it on the articles nominated for deletion page.
- For everything else, use Sunshine Review:Cleanup. Examples:
- You aren't sure whether something should be merged, deleted, or expanded.
- Needs formatting, proofreading, or rephrasing in comprehensible English.
- Multiple overlapping problems.
- The article is very short and might need removal or merging with a broader article
How can I help maintain the page?
- Fix some articles that need cleanup! This keeps the page from getting too long, and of course is the whole reason why this page exists.
- Remove listings reported as fixed, or reported on another collaboration mechanism (e.g. a deletion page or Sunshine Review:Pages needing attention).
- Check to see if they have already been fixed, and if so, de-list them.
- Move any substantive comments to the article's talk page.
- Remove the listing so we don't have to keep checking it.
- Fix them yourself!
Advice on fixing articles
Some common types of entry follow, together with advice on how to handle them.
- Harmful content (nonsense, personal essays/opinions, accuracy problems, or severe unedited bias): may be fixed by paring down content until nothing objectionable remains.
- Bad article, likely candidate for deletion - move the entry to AfD. If it isn't voted for deletion it will generally be moved back here, somewhat improved.
- Bad article, perhaps listed on AfD, but an unlikely candidate for deletion - leave here; try to improve. Cleanup works on a longer timescale than AfD. When in doubt, leave the entry here.
- Raw text dump - remove only after the article has been wikified, reworded with better encyclopedic style, verified for accuracy, weeded for useless or unremarkable information, and NPOVed.
- Request for NPOV, fact checking or other faults which could make the article actively harmful - don't remove unless you're sure the article is fixed.
- Request for expansion of a sub-stub - remove once it's a valid stub, or move it to Sunshine Review:Requests for expansion if you think the topic needs more than a stub (see below).
- Request for expansion of an otherwise fine stub by including the follow template:
 Please help Sunshine Review by expanding it. |
De-listing cleaned articles
Once you believe an article is clean, de-list by deleting the cleanup tag from the article. This causes the article to drop off the monthly cleanup-needed list page. Also, after you've done that, check the Sunshine Review:Cleanup page.
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