ResearchID.org:Administrators
From ResearchID.org
This page will be the portal for the administration of ResearchID.org. Like any other good web portal, here we will develop a jump-off point to the most frequently used links for site maintenance and administration. Also, site users can report bugs or problems under the "Report a problem" section.
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Critical news and updates
Links for administrators
Other useful links
Report a problem
running list of our bugs and other problems
- Site statistics are whacked out, though it is not having adverse effects on functionality. will wait for upgrade to fix this issue. -- JosephCCampana 15:59, 27 March 2006 (CST)
- Comments on the same line as 'section tags' cause 'section edit' link to malfunction
- caused by template and header conflict, issue resolved --JosephCCampana 13:48, 14 February 2006 (CST)
- Disappearing bottom on 'search' box and 'toolbox' on left side of pages
- caused by some problem in the skin files, issue resolved --JosephCCampana 13:48, 14 February 2006 (CST)
- Clicking Edit - then logging in - sometimes links to home page not originating page.DLH
- Our upgrade to MediaWiki 1.6.8 appears to have remedied this. Please leave another message if this problem persists. --Joseph "Joey" C. Campana 08:05, 6 October 2006 (CDT)
Page Vandalism
Pages reported as needing editing
Various housekeeping tasks
- Improve meta tags
- Check for broken links
- Eliminate Dead-end pages, if possible, by redirecting it to another page
Old business
What is pre-packaged maintenance?
Sysops
What do administrators do?
- keep researchers on track
- help clean up pages if we get spammed (ID-haters are the only people who have done this in the past)
What can Sysops do?
- Sysops can protect/unprotect pages
- revert/rollback pages
- delete/undelete pages
- block/unblock users
- make sql read-only queries
What is expected of Sysops? Mainly, to contribute thought-fully to ResearchID.org. The only obligation is that you faithfully uphold the mission and standards of the site. Help when you like and don't help when you don't like. No specific number of edits you have to make, no requirements of checking on the site a certain numbers of times per week. A general rule is do not let the site interfere with studies or work, but that's common sense stuff.
The webmaster is carefully tweaking the site in such a way that administrators do not get bogged down with enforcement, which sometimes has the unwanted result of having less time to do productive research and helpful contributions.
