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The Valve Developer Community site relies on its members to grow and take care of its contents. The [[Wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]] concept depends on this.


What you'll find on this page are a list of different tasks, large and small, that can be worked on to improve and expand the site. Even small tasks, when added together, can make a big difference in the quality of the community.
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Once you've completed a task, you can edit this page to remove it from the list, and add your own ideas for improvements.
 
== Smaller items ==
 
These jobs should only take you a little time for each one.
* Document on an important [[:Category:Console Variables|console variable]].
* Make sure a page only links to a term the first time it's mentioned unless important
* Proofread the content someone has created in a [[Special:NewPages|new page]].
* Read a new page and give feedback on the discussion page on how the content can be improved.
* Add wiki tags to a new page someone has created:
** Add [[Help_with_Editing#Internal_Links|links]] to other pages.
** Possibly add a "Related Topics" section at the end.
** Find pages with [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|no category]] and put in the proper [[Help_with_Editing#Categorizing_your_pages|Category tags]].
* [[Metawikipedia:Help:Patrolled edit|Patrol edits]] to help alleviate possible vandalism and spam.
* Skim over a few [[Special:Randompage|random pages]] to catch any errors or vandalism that may otherwise pass unnoticed.
* Add a res to [[Steam Resource Map]].
* Add more compiler errors from numerous sources to the [[:Category:Compile Errors|Compile Error Listing]]
* [[:Category:POV Cleanup|Switch a firstperson tutorial to a thirdperson one.]]
* Verify a [[Friends Beta]] bug that has been [[Friends Beta/Bugs fixed#Awaiting Verification|fixed and is awaiting validation]]
* Convert <code>&amp;ldquo;</code> &amp; <code>&amp;rdquo;</code> (<tt>&ldquo;</tt> &amp; <tt>&rdquo;</tt>) to "
* Convert <code>&amp;rsquo;</code> (<tt>&rsquo;</tt>) to '
* Convert em dashes <code>&amp;mdash;</code> (<tt>&mdash;</tt>) to -- ( <code>--</code> )
 
===Languages===
 
* Verify that a page is up-to-date [[:Category:Languages|[1]]]
* Categorize non-English pages and add alternate language footers to Japanese pages
 
== Medium-sized jobs ==
These projects will take a little longer.
* Add a list of maps where a specific [[:Category:Half-Life Continuity|Half-Life Continuity]] can be found on their own page
* Create a mini-tutorial, for a simple problem users have.
* Pick an entity in the [[list of CS:S entities]], and transcribe the [[Hammer_Object_Properties_Dialog#Help|entity help]] from inside Hammer.
** Don't forget to add [[:Category:Counter-Strike: Source Entities]] to CS:S entity pages.
** CS:S entity help can be extracted directly from the proper [[FGD|.FGD]] file or copied and pasted from Hammer.
** Make sure to include the basic description, keyvalues, flags, as well as all inputs an outputs. Example: [[env_fire]]
* Find an existing entity in the [[list of entities]] and fix the formatting; here's an [[Entity_Article_Template|entity article template]] with sample formatting.
* Pick a page in the [[:Category:Hammer|Hammer Editor documentation]], and add links where they are missing. Look for the text "See the ''topic name'' section for more information", and make it a link to the proper page. Capitalized words in '''Bold''' are also often link candidates (i.e. '''Entity Report''' or '''Object Properties''').
** Some pages under [[:Category:Hammer Toolbars]] need links.
** Add links to the [[Hammer Hotkey Reference]] page.
* The [[Half-Life High Definition Content]] is like Mao Zedong. There's about 93 different ways to write it. Add some redirects, like [[HD Pack]].
* Add a couple screenshots or other [[Help_with_Editing#Embedded_Pictures|images]] to a tutorial that has none, or not enough.
* Take an existing page that is too large and divide it into smaller, more manageable topics.
* Find and extend [[:Category:Stubs|stub]] articles, or help [[:Category:Cleanup|clean up]] articles.
* Need a tutorial on how to transfer an existing mod that's under development from one machine to another and have the tutorial cover all of the gotchas
* Update [[List of TF2 Soundscapes]] to include any maps not on it already, and to include more detailed descriptions of soundscapes.
 
== Large Tasks ==
 
Extended projects that may take you a while to do.
 
* Create a new comprehensive tutorial, complete with screenshots. Include numbered, step-by-step instructions.
* Overhaul an existing tutorial or topic. Clean up the structure, syntax, and add images and other appropriate content.
* Find pages that have redundant content. Merge them together cleanly so they don't overlap, or clean up the content of each page so they complement one another instead of duplicating information.
* Start a new page from the [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted page listing]].
{{note|Some of the pages on the [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted page listing]] do not need to be created, as they are mostly referenced by templates.}}
* Add more [[GoldSrc]]-related content.
* Update pictures with white backgrounds to match current VDC theme (as of June 2012).
 
== Wiki Framework ==
 
=== Smaller items ===
 
Add [[Steam_browser_protocol|steam://]] to parseable URLs. (http:// works, eg. http://www.valvesoftware.com, why can't this?)
 
Edit: [http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/redirect.php?url=steam://run/219 Nifty!]
 
=== Medium-sized jobs ===
 
Add edit non-existing page prompt to searches returning no pages, like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=The%20weather%20in%20London&go=Go Wikipedia's].
 
[[Special:Wantedpages]] shouldn't list Special:Contributions. Listing users is bad, too.
 
=== Large Tasks ===
 
Uh, what version of the MediaWiki framework are we using? I know the new stuff has its flaws, but this is, like, 2 years old! --[[User:Alph Tech STUART|Alph Tech STUART]] 14:17, 1 Jun 2006 (PDT)
: See [[Special:Version]] page. Yes it would be nice to have an update or two ;-) --[[User:Beeswax|Beeswax]] 11:49, 4 Mar 2008 (PST)
 
Help Framework: There is almost no Help framework in place at all. The Wiki sorely needs Help pages and additional article templates, rather than links to barely relevant Wikipedia policies. I'm doing it all myself, anyway, so this probably won't matter by the time someone else reads it. [[User:Thelonesoldier|Thelonesoldier]] 01:28, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 
== See also ==
[[:Category:TODO]] &mdash; a list of pages that have been marked as needing something done.

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