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Main page

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

What How often Who
Select Wikipedia:Today's featured article daily Raul654 (talk · contribs)
Update Template:In the news continuously PFHLai (talk · contribs)
other admins
Update Template:Did you know continuously MacGyverMagic (talk · contribs)
other admins
Update and protect Wikipedia:Picture of the day daily


Articles for deletion

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

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Close discussions continuously Many admins
Add new day transclude to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/current daily LDBot (talk · contribs)
Create new day article for AFD daily LDBot (talk · contribs)
Update links to old AFDs at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/old daily Bobet (talk · contribs)
Deathphoenix (talk · contribs)
Jaranda (talk · contribs)
Lambiam (talk · contribs)
IanManka (talk · contribs)

Categories for discussion

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

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

Files for discussion

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

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x y z

Templates for discussion

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

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x y z

Miscellany for deletion

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

What How often Who
Close discussions daily Xaosflux (talk · contribs)

Xoloz (talk · contribs)

File closed discussions daily Xaosflux (talk · contribs)

Xoloz (talk · contribs)

Archive closed discussions weekly Xaosflux (talk · contribs)

Redirects for discussion

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

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x y z

Deletion review

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

What How often Who
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

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

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x y z

Help Desk

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

What How often Who
Archive and add new date header daily RefDeskBot (talk · contribs)

Reference Desks

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

What How often Who
Archive and add new date header daily RefDeskBot (talk · contribs)

Village pump

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

What How often Who
Archive sections older than seven days Daily MiszaBot II (talk · contribs)