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Handle the actual "publishing" tasks in the following order; it should avoid the necessity of having to purge each individual article to update the footer.
Handle the actual "publishing" tasks in the following order; it should avoid the necessity of having to purge each individual article to update the footer.


# Create [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/YYYY-MM-DD]], which should be in the same format as [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-12-01]]. It should be self-explanatory there; if there is a note from the editor, make that story #0, which will put it at the top of the page. Rank the special stories in order of perceived importance so that the big stories are at the top, and keep the features at the bottom, in the order used in the newsroom.
# Create [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/YYYY-MM-DD]], which should be in the same format as [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-03]]. It should be self-explanatory there; if there is a note from the editor, make that story #0, which will put it at the top of the page. Rank the special stories in order of perceived importance so that the big stories are at the top, and keep the features at the bottom, in the order used in the newsroom.
# Move all the pages to subpages of Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/YYYY-MM-DD; it's important here to make sure that the weekly features retain the same name (i.e. "Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/YYYY-MM-DD/Arbitration_report", "Technology_report", etc.) so that the links to the previous issue will work.
# Move all the pages to subpages of Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/YYYY-MM-DD; it's important here to make sure that the weekly features retain the same name (i.e. "Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/YYYY-MM-DD/Arbitration_report", "Technology_report", etc.) so that the links to the previous issue will work.
# Add the footer to all the articles if it's not already present. If a feature was not present in the previous issue, be sure to change the footer to point to the last installment of that feature. Also, adjust the footer in the earlier article to point to the new one.
# Add the footer to all the articles if it's not already present. If a feature was not present in the previous issue, be sure to change the footer to point to the last installment of that feature. Also, adjust the footer in the earlier article to point to the new one.
# Change [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Issue]] to the date of publication, and update Volume # and Issue #.
# Change [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Issue]] to the date of publication, and update Volume # and Issue #.
# Purge [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost]], [[WP:POST]] (the shortcut itself), and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Tools/Single]].
# Purge [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost]], [[WP:POST]] (the shortcut itself), and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Tools/Single]].
# Post the Signpost on the talk pages of subscribers. This can be done with AutoWikiBrowser.
# Post the Signpost on the talk pages of [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Tools/Spamlist|subscribers]]. This can be done with AutoWikiBrowser, preferably by bot. The message can be kept [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Tools/Spamlist/Message|here]], so that anyone running a bot can perform the delivery.
# Clear out discussion and links related to the newly published issue in the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Other|planning room]], and update the date of the next planned issue.

Revision as of 20:16, 11 January 2009

Handle the actual "publishing" tasks in the following order; it should avoid the necessity of having to purge each individual article to update the footer.

  1. Create Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/YYYY-MM-DD, which should be in the same format as Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-03. It should be self-explanatory there; if there is a note from the editor, make that story #0, which will put it at the top of the page. Rank the special stories in order of perceived importance so that the big stories are at the top, and keep the features at the bottom, in the order used in the newsroom.
  2. Move all the pages to subpages of Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/YYYY-MM-DD; it's important here to make sure that the weekly features retain the same name (i.e. "Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/YYYY-MM-DD/Arbitration_report", "Technology_report", etc.) so that the links to the previous issue will work.
  3. Add the footer to all the articles if it's not already present. If a feature was not present in the previous issue, be sure to change the footer to point to the last installment of that feature. Also, adjust the footer in the earlier article to point to the new one.
  4. Change Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Issue to the date of publication, and update Volume # and Issue #.
  5. Purge Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost, WP:POST (the shortcut itself), and Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Tools/Single.
  6. Post the Signpost on the talk pages of subscribers. This can be done with AutoWikiBrowser, preferably by bot. The message can be kept here, so that anyone running a bot can perform the delivery.
  7. Clear out discussion and links related to the newly published issue in the planning room, and update the date of the next planned issue.