Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Coordination/Guide

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

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

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

Information about the drives can be distributed by:

• messaging members with an invitation designed for the drive, perhaps based off of Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Drives/Invite/Jun11. It is advised that the invitation not be substituted so that it can be updated as necessary.
• adding info to Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Frame, which is the "frame" that displays on some but not all project pages.
• adding info to Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/News/Main Page, which is the main project page's news column.
• adding info to the reward board (example from June 2011).
• adding info to Template:Announcements/Community bulletin board, which is viewed at the community portal as the "community bulletin board".

Proposed changes

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

Pages that should be updated periodically include:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Frame, which can be used for short tidbits and a link
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/News/Main Page, the main page's news column
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Drives#Records, the records page for drives
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Participants, the members list, which ought to be kept alphabetized. In other words, it must be kept alphabetized. This is the most important thing on the page!

Finding new members

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

"Similar tasks"

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!