Wikibooks:Maintenance

As well as editing, many people at Wikibooks are involved in maintenance tasks. Most of these tasks can be done by any user, not just administrators. Maintenance work is a vital part of keeping Wikibooks running optimally. Please, help us make Wikibooks a better project!

Structural problems	Page issues	Recent-changes patrolling
For these tasks, see Wikibooks:CCO Resources. Pages, Categories, Templates, and Files that need to be organized. Only Category:Categories should be left uncategorized. Books to be Alphabetized and found by subject. See subject pages. Pages missing a reference section Pages with inline references but no <references/> or {{reflist}}. Category:Attention needed (allbooks) Pages that have detected problems interfering with the allbooks mechanism for finding books in sub-subjects of any given subject.	Accuracy and NPOV disputes Pages needing attention need work like fixing wikicode, spelling, layout etc. Stubs, Orphans, Queries, and Short pages are often missing categories, links, explanations, and other elements books and pages are expected to include. They may be speedy deleted when abandoned and improves are unlikely. Books to be merged Books needing naming convention change Broken and Double redirects	New pages - Check for very short pages, use {{delete}} to mark pages for speedy deletion, place {{query}} on pages that might just be in a transition stage to becoming real books and categorise uncategorised modules. Recent changes by new and anonymous contributors. Verify edits. Welcome new and anonymous contributors who have made good contributions. See Wikibooks:Templates/User messages Pending changes - Accept or reject edits to previously reviewed pages.
Transwikis	File issues	Administrative assistance
Pages to be transwikied - These are pages that are to be transferred to another wiki. Requests for import - These are pages that are to be imported to Wikibooks. Only admins can do the actual import, but all Wikibookians are welcome to comment on requests. Transwikis needing a home - These are pages transwikied here that may be useful to merge into an appropriate book. Pages needing to be dewikified - When appropriate these pages may be dewikified. Pages that do not meet our inclusion requirements may be marked for deletion.	Unused files - Look for duplicates, nonsense, and copyright violations, and tag them accordingly. Category:NowCommons & Category:NowCommons (different filename) - Images now available on Commons that can be deleted from Wikibooks. Files with unknown copyright status - These will be deleted after a week if the author does not provide proper license information. Files with no non-free use rationale - These will be deleted after a week if the uploader does not provide a full non-free use rationale. Files lacking an author - These files need information on who created them in the first place. Files with unknown source - These files need information as to where they came from.	Candidates for speedy deletion - Read the Deletion policy first. If you are not an admin, insert {{delete|reason}}. Requests for deletion - This is where discussion about books that don't fall under the criteria for speedy deletions, but have none the less been nominated for deletion. Copyright violations - These will be deleted after a week if the contributor does not provide permission from the copyright holder to use the work. History merge requests - Requests for history merges. Protected edit requests - Requests for edits to protected pages. Requests for unblock - Requests by users to be unblocked.