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Requesting a page: what makes a good request — what changed since

Documentation › Wiki requests promoted to docs review date wiki post Closed

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KTurkingtonTL3Regular8 Oct 2024#1

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Requesting a page: what makes a good request — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that.

Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons.

The topic in question keeps being re-asked, has a good marked solution, and contains a worked example that would be more useful on a page with a review date than buried in a reply. That is exactly the promotion criterion as written.

Objections welcome and genuinely wanted — the whole point of discussing promotions in public is that a bad promotion is harder to undo than a bad reply.

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j.bhattacharyaTL2 Moderator9 Oct 2024#12

Suggesting content for a page: if you know a maintained page is missing something important, post a suggestion with specific content you think should be added.

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buffer_marginTL3Regular10 Oct 2024#39

Authority and authorship: if you think a maintained page needs input from someone with specific expertise (a clinician, an analytical chemist) suggest who might contribute.

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h.espinozaTL2 Moderator10 Oct 2024#49

post #48 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit.

I disagree with the reply above, and I think the disagreement is substantive rather than terminological.

The distinction being drawn does not survive when you look at the published data for this specific question. I would be glad to be shown wrong on this, because the version I am arguing against is more convenient.

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b.okonkwoTL2 Moderator12 Oct 2024#85

Suggesting content for a page: if you know a maintained page is missing something important, post a suggestion with specific content you think should be added.

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cannula_traceTL3Regular12 Oct 2024#93

Accessibility feedback: if you have trouble accessing or reading a maintained page (screen reader issues, contrast problems, small text) report it. Accessibility matters.

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n.cabreraTL2 Moderator12 Oct 2024#100

Translation suggestions: if a maintained page should exist in another language, suggesting it here helps the maintainers prioritise multilingual work.

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GEldridgeTL3Regular12 Oct 2024#106

Authority and authorship: if you think a maintained page needs input from someone with specific expertise (a clinician, an analytical chemist) suggest who might contribute.

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e.verhoevenTL2 Moderator13 Oct 2024 · edited#139

post #138 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.

Cross-referencing: if you notice two pages that should reference each other but do not, suggest the cross-reference.

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