Wiki Orphans

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Wiki Orphans are pages that are not linked to from other pages. They may still link to others, though. In practice, Wiki Orphans are never seen by any user unless they are listed as result of a search.

This page distinguishes these kinds of orphans:

Content pages
Pages with normal text
Aliases
Pages with PageType=Alias
Obsolete pages
Pages that should be deleted
Obsolete homepages
Homepages to be deleted

"Opposites":

Undefined Pages
Pages that don't exist yet, but which are referenced from other pages.

[1] Content pages

This list contains normal pages about one topic. You can help to keep Sensei's Library tidy by doing one of the following (and adding your name):

find a family
If you know of a page that would gain from having a link to the orphan, enter the link and delete the entry from this list.
mark as "delete"
Pages that are obsolete. This means that the whole page with its context will be deleted (after a sanity check[10]).

[2] Aliases

This list contains alias pages that are not referenced. Often, this is a good thing: It may indicate that there are several ways to call a topic, but Sensei's Library is consistent in using only the main term. This list is filled automatically. Marking these with one of the following (and add your name):

delete
Terms that are obsolete, such as typos. Arno will delete them after a sanity check.
keep
All other terms, as long as there's some chance that someone may use them.

[3] Obsolete Pages

All entries in this category should be deleted (regardless whether they are orphans or not). For example: typos in pagename, obsolete pages (because of a WME), ...

Enter pages here and change their content to "Please delete because ...".

  • Cool content free, perhaps added by mistake or as a test
    • Charles Matthews A joke. Perhaps a keyword (Humour) ... for the uncool.
    • Might be a home page, see version 11

[4] Obsolete homepages

These homepages are orphans and have not been modified for over a year. They are subject to deletion.


[10] Arno: I make sure that it is still an orphan when I delete a page listed here. Usually I even look at the page history if I'm unsure that a page should be deleted.


This is a copy of the living page "Wiki Orphans" at Sensei's Library.
(OC) 2005 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.
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