User:Pigsonthewing/Technical robustness
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Some tips for experienced editors, on improving the Technical robustness of articles:
Dates
[edit]Where applicable, dates (of birth, creation, founding, etc; or death, demolition, disestablishment etc.) should use {{Start date}} or {{End date}}.
Biographies
[edit]Check that dates of birth and (if applicable) death are provided, and add categories if not.
Add categories:
- Category:Year of birth missing
- Category:Date of birth missing
- Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
- Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
- Category:Year of death missing
- Category:Date of death missing
if dates are missing
Coordinates
[edit]When using {{Coord}}, make sure the type parameter is set, and the region parameter is not only set, but as specific as possible e.g. region:GB-BIR for Birmingham, not just region:GB).
If an article has an infobox, and title coordinates, the coordinates should also display in the infobox.
Categories
[edit]Ensure that categories are not redundant (e.g. if Category: People from Birmingham, West Midlands is used, then Category: People from the West Midlands (county) and Category: People from England are redundant