As a long time wiki admin, I thought I'd make a list of the common things I do on at least a daily or nearly daily basis as an admin to give new admins an idea of what they might be doing or things they might have missed. Sometimes I do checks multiple times a day.

Firstly...

• Check Special:NewPages ("all" namespaces)...
  • A good quick way to look for spammers. Spammers often like to create new fake user pages with spam links. Also they often put obvious titles in pages they create. You will see the pattern after awhile. I tend to delete new spam pages with impunity, but you may be more forgiving.
  • Look for pages that are misspelled or in the wrong namespace. If you see something wrong, you can rename the page or add a note to the page or it's ta…

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Originally a comment at User blog:Meighan/Best Practices & You.

I learned alot about what it takes to support wikis as they grow from my experience at WoWWiki. Without the right kinds of pages, your users may become lost or not know what to do next. Visitors need something to help them navigate to the info they're looking for. If your best contributors have a way to quickly find out how best to help grow your wiki, they can do their best work with less doubts that the wiki is directed, maintained, and organized.

Here's a list of useful things admins and founders should consider in some form on their wikis as they grow (currently in no specific order):

• A nice about page with the general purpose of your wiki and maybe some history, e.g. WoWWik…

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This is a blog post, but it could be in the main article namespace. Unfortunately, apparently only Wikia staff can create articles there. An improved version may appear at Help:Ways to promote your wiki at the Help wiki.

• If the subject of your wiki has an official site with forums, you can link to your wiki to answer questions asked about the subject.
• If you're ambitious and like to do a little video editing, you could make a commercial (like this)!
• Ask Wikia to promote your site with a Community Central spotlight advertising image and link that will appear on other related wikis. Don't forget to follow the guidelines to qualify for a spotlight.

• See Community Central's Wikia wikis on external sites for examples of how people are promoting the…

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See Forum:My meeting with Sannse for the full post.

You can leave comments here also, but I won't check them as frequently as the forum post.

16 December 2010

See Possibly the end of the line for me at Templates wiki.

-- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 4:50 PM PST 4 Oct 2010