CZ:The Article Checklist

The function of the proposed Article Checklist is to track certain metadata about an article that we can use to organize article improvement projects and to compile statistics meaningful to humans.

An example of the Article Checklist can be found at Talk:John Doherty (fiddler). It makes use of a template found at Template:Checklist.

Here are explanations of each field on the checklist. Bear in mind that we can, especially now, add and remove fields.

Workgroup category or categories

Should be identical to the workgroup list found on the article itself. This is necessary in order to generate certain categories automatically.

Fill in 'cat1' before 'cat2' or 'cat3'. Template:Checklist permits only three categories, 'cat1', 'cat2', and 'cat3'.

Check categories

The small-font parenthetical note is generated by 'cat_check'. This is used to indicate whether, in the opinion of the person filling out the checklist, the category list is OK or, instead, needs review by editors.

Article status

• Bold title if nec (not in checklist, though?) • Remove certain templates • Workgroup category tag • Add CZ Live tag as appropriate • Remove any category tags that are red • Remove all interwiki links • Check WP box if unchecked