wikipedia:maintenance/tasklist

This page is a central listing of periodic maintenance tasks, and indicates what user(s) or bot(s) perform them (and at what frequency). Please feel free to add others that are not yet listed.

Main page

The following activities are related to the functioning of Main Page:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
Select Wikipedia:Today's featured article	daily	{{user\|Raul654}}
Update Template:In the news	continuously \| {{user\|PFHLai}} other admins
Update Template:Did you know	continuously \| {{user\|MacGyverMagic}} other admins
Update and protect Wikipedia:Picture of the day	daily \|

Articles for deletion

The following activities are related to the functioning of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
Close discussions	continuously	Many admins
Add new day transclude to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/current	daily	{{user\|LDBot}}
Create new day article for AFD	daily	{{user\|LDBot}}
Update links to old AFDs at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/old	daily \| {{user\|Bobet}} {{user\|Deathphoenix}} {{user\|Jaranda}} {{user\|Lambiam}} {{user\|IanManka}}

Categories for discussion

The following activities are related to the functioning of Wikipedia:Categories for discussion:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
Close discussions	daily \| {{user\|Kbdank71}} {{user\|Conscious}} {{user\|William Allen Simpson}} {{user\|the wub}} {{user\|RobertG}} occasional other admins
Add new day transclude to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion	daily	{{user\|ProveIt}}
Create new day article for CFD	daily	{{user\|ProveIt}}
Update links to old CFDs at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion	daily	{{user\|the wub}}
Process WP:CFDS	daily	{{user\|Xaosflux}}
Recategorize articles per soft redirects	irregular	{{user\|RobotG}}
Create alphabetical indices	monthly	{{user\|Rick Block}}

Files for discussion

The following activities are related to the functioning of Wikipedia:Files for discussion:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
x	y	z

Templates for discussion

The following activities are related to the functioning of Wikipedia:Templates for discussion:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
x	y	z

Miscellany for deletion

The following activities are related to the functioning of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
Close discussions	daily	{{user\|Xaosflux}} {{user\|Xoloz}}
File closed discussions	daily	{{user\|Xaosflux}} {{user\|Xoloz}}
Archive closed discussions	weekly	{{user\|Xaosflux}}

Redirects for discussion

The following activities are related to the functioning of Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
x	y	z

Deletion review

The following activities are related to the functioning of Wikipedia:Deletion review:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
Create new monthly log pages	Once a month	User:Trialsanderrors
Create new daily log problems	Once a day	Regular closers: User:Trialsanderrors, User:GRBerry

Portal Current Events

The following activities are related to the functioning of Portal:Current events:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
x	y	z

Help Desk

The following activities are related to the functioning of Wikipedia:Help desk:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
Archive and add new date header	daily	{{user\|RefDeskBot}}

Reference Desks

The following activities are related to the functioning of the Wikipedia:Reference desks:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
Archive and add new date header	daily	{{user\|RefDeskBot}}

Village pump

The following activities are related to the functioning of the six subpages of the Wikipedia:Village pump:

What	How often	Who
class=wikitable
Archive sections older than seven days	Daily	{{User\|MiszaBot II}}