Wikipedia:Task Center

Welcome to the Wikipedia Task Center

What do Wikipedians do?

If you are looking for a way to help, find a job that suits you, read the appropriate background pages, and be bold.
If you are looking for editors who do a particular job, find their project pages and noticeboards.
If you are here for the fuzzy feeling, stand back and marvel at the range of work that is done daily by other Wikipedians.

Visit the talk page to propose a new job before editing this page.

This week's article for improvement is:

Frenemy

Previous selections: Aaron Fechter · Satellite galaxy · Miniature book

BACKLOG OF THE WEEK
Category:PD-Ireland images with unknown US copyright status

Writing

Create an Article		Registered
Create a new article to help expand the reach of the encyclopedia. Create an article on a subject previously unknown to Wikipedia.	More Information WP:Your first article	Do It! WP:Articles for creation WP:Most wanted articles WP:Requested articles WP:Article wizard

Expand a Stub		Any
Help fill the gaps of Wikipedia article content. Help make small articles called stubs more complete by doing more research.	More Information WP:Stubs	Do It! Category:Stubs Category:Articles to be expanded

Translate an Article		Any
Translate articles from a variety of other languages. Sometimes, articles are contributed to in other languages. The contributions contain important content so helpers are needed to decipher them and reveal the inner content to the public.	More Information WP:Translation WP:Translate us	Do It! WP:Pages needing translation into English Category:Articles needing translation from foreign-language Wikipedias Category:Wikipedia articles needing cleanup after translation

Maintenance

Anti-Vandalism		Any
Stop vandals from damaging Wikipedia Wikipedia gets thousands of edits per day - unfortunately many of these are vandalism. As a Recent Changes Patroller, you are the first line of defense against such abuse, ensuring that readers of Wikipedia are not faced with vandalized content where they expected to find a useful article.	More Information WP:Recent changes patrol WP:Vandalism Vandalism on Wikipedia	Do It! Special:Recentchanges WP:Counter-Vandalism Unit WP:Administrator intervention against vandalism WP:Most vandalized pages WP:Twinkle

Categorization		Any
Help put pages into their rightful categories. Pages need to be put into categories so that the public can more easily find them. Help search the new pages feed and the Uncategorized Pages category in order to find pages to categorize. Add categories to articles with too few categories.	More Information WP:Categorization WP:Categorization policy	Do It! Category:Uncategorized pages Special:Newpages Category:Articles needing additional categories

Fact-Checking		Any
Help to verify articles' information, add sources, and fix links. Sometimes, editors add information without adding sources to back it up. And sometimes sources get old and experience linkrot. Your job will be to add sources, verify content, and repair linkrot.	More Information WP:Link rot WP:Identifying reliable sources WP:Citing sources WP:Verifiability	Do It! Category:Articles lacking sources Category:Articles with unsourced statements Category:Articles that may contain original research Category:Wikipedia articles needing factual verification Category:Articles needing link rot cleanup Category:All articles with too few wikilinks

General Image Maintenance		Any
Help fix issues with images. Uploading images on Wikipedia is a lengthy process and many mistakes are made. Therefore, there are a lot of mistakes that need to be fixed.	More Information WP:Images	Do It! Category:Wikipedia requested images Category:Wikipedia files with unknown source Category:Redundant media

General Article Maintenance		Any
Help fix issues with articles. Articles created in a rush often have various issues. Please help fix them to make the article decent for the public.	More Information WP:Manual of Style/Lead section WP:Neutral point of view WP:Basic copyediting	Do It! Category:Pages missing lead section Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup Category:Articles needing cleanup Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit Collective spell check Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating Category:NPOV disputes Popular low quality articles (top 1000 by pageviews with low ORES article quality predictions)

Merging and Splitting		Any
Sometimes articles need to be combined or separated by hand. Help merge articles by adding a redirect and copying and pasting or help split an article by removing content and pasting it into a new article.	More Information WP:Merging WP:Splitting	Do It! Category:Articles to be merged Category:Articles to be split

New Images Patrol		Any
Prevent the release of illegal images. Search the new images feed to find pictures that violate rules and copyright laws and get them deleted.	More Information WP:New pages patrol/Image namespace checklist WP:File copyright tags WP:Images	Do It! Special:Newimages

New Pages Patrol		Any
Help delete spam articles before the public sees them. Some people, either acting in good faith or maliciously, create new articles which aren't suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. By participating in new article patrol you can ensure that these articles are deleted as soon as possible. And for that rare gem of a good article right out of the gate, New Article Patrollers are in an excellent position to make sure that it's nominated for the Did You Know... section of the Main Page.	More Information WP:New pages patrol WP:Criteria for speedy deletion WP:Notability	Do It! Special:Newpages WP:Proposed deletion WP:Twinkle

Random Article Patrol		Any
See Wikipedia as it really is, and learn a lot of random information. Random article patrol is a chance to appreciate how good (and how lacking) Wikipedia is. It's a wonderfully soothing experience, especially after tedious maintenance tasks. As a bonus, it can be a great training tool to sharpen your knowledge if you're a trivia buff or are scheduled to appear on Jeopardy! Just go to random pages and fix what you can.	More Information WP:Random WP:Random page patrol	Do It! Special:Random

Community

Conflict Resolution		Any
Help editors come to a consensus with minimal conflict. Providing unbiased commentary is a great chance to improve your Wiki-relations. Instead of debating, you can read the arguments of opposing editors and suggest a compromise that is in Wikipedia’s best interest. By doing so, you will learn a lot about the policies.	More Information WP:Mediation	Do It! WP:Requests for comment WP:Third opinion WP:Dispute resolution noticeboard

Contribute to Noticeboards		Any
Help contribute to discussions on noticeboards. Contribute your opinions to noticeboards in order to have a say in decisions and help come to consensus on certain issues.	More Information WP:Noticeboards	Do It! Category:Wikipedia noticeboards

Good Articles		Any
Help edit and nominate articles or review nominations of articles for good article status. Find potentially good articles and work on them for a while to bring them up to a high standard. Then nominate them for Good Article status. Or on the other hand, you can review good article nominations and critique them.	More Information Help:Editing	Do It! WP:Good articles

Help Someone		Any
Answer questions on noticeboards. Help a user needing help. You don't have to know everything and you can just answer the questions you know. There is a need for more helpers to help speed up response times.	More Information WP:Help desk/How to answer	Do It! WP:Teahouse WP:Help Desk WP:Reference Desk Category:Wikipedians looking for help WP:Editor assistance WP:Peer review WP:IRC

The Rewards Board		Any
Come to receive or post reward listings for editing tasks. The Rewards Board is a place where anyone can come to either post a task that they want done in exchange for a reward or to fulfill a task in exchange for a reward. The rewards offered are mostly barnstars but some people offer items or money for their tasks.	More Information Help:Editing	Do It! Wikipedia:Rewards board

Today's Article for Improvement		Any
Help improve daily selected articles. Every day, an article is chosen on the page on the link to the right and it is your job to help make a contribution to it so by the end of the day it will be much better.	More Information Help:Editing	Do It! WP:Today's articles for improvement

See also

• Wikipedia:Maintenance – main page where tasks can be found.
• Wikipedia:Community portal/Opentask – simple list of article maintenance tasks.
• Wikipedia:Dashboard – for a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests.

Automated lists

• Wikipedia:Backlog – all articles needing cleanup.
• Wikipedia:Database reports – various maintenance tasks.
• Template:Category tracker – various maintenance backlogs.
• Special:Specialpages – various maintenance reports.
• New Pages Feed – patrol for vandals and redundancy with existing articles.
• CopyPatrol – for identifying and resolving copyright violations.

Recognition

• Wikipedia:Awards – reward vigorous Wikipedia contributors for their hard work and due diligence.