Wikipedia talk:Orphan
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[edit] Orphan images
Moved from Wikipedia:Village pump on Saturday, September 13th, 02003.
How can I find a list of images that have been uploaded to Wikipedia but not included in any articles? RickK 01:01, 7 Sep 2003 (UTC)
- Special:Unusedimages. --Menchi 01:09, 7 Sep 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Moved from article
What makes a page into an orphaned page? --Renata
What makes a page an orphaned page is that no other pages link to it, which means that no one will find it except through "random page" or a search. To resolve that, just find a page that's relevant and work in a link to the orphan. --KQ
Is there some reason why the orphan pages list is not being updated, it is still from May 13th. -- SGBailey 22:44 8 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- Two reasons: 1. Because updating the list makes the server stop responding for a few minutes. 2. Because updating needs developer access, and developers tend to be eternally busy with other things. Why do you want it updated? It only shows the top 125, so it's pretty useless anyway. -- Tim Starling 23:54 8 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Could we get the list from a (very recent) database backup, instead of using the live database? CGS 08:30 9 Jul 2003 (UTC).
- Reason 1 is why it isn't live - fine. Reason 2 is pragmatic/practical. I want it updated so that I can see what things I know about that I can un-orphan. If it were a static list, it could easily be 1000 entries long without causing a problem - then if that static list were updated say once a week or better still once a day it could be worked on. That wouldn't be useless. As it is, it may as well be removed from the special pages dropdown. -- SGBAiley 2003-07-09 17:36 BST
If an orphan page is linked to on a list of orphaned pages, then it's no longer an orphaned page, is it?
[edit] What is the template?
What is the template to add an orphaned article to the orphaned articles category?--Rajah 14:26, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- use {{orphan}} to tag the article, it will display a template and add to the category at the same time. Jeepday 18:31, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wiki project help request
While de-orphaning articles, I find that I do not have the knowledge or ability to properly de-orphan the article. I have started referring these articles to appropriate wiki projects. I have created a template to request this help. {{User:Chrislk02/orphanhelp|article name}} which gives us
" I am currently working on de-orphaning articles. I came across this article on Up0-interface which is not currently listed as being part of your project, but appears as though it might belong here. If I am wrong, please let me know and I will try to find this articles proper location. If this article does belong here, assistance would be greatly appreciated in de-orphaning this article (adding at least 1 link to this article from another related article). I have attempted this but do not have enough knowledge of the subject matter to complete this task. If you have any questions on this request, please feel free to contact me on my talk page."
Does anybody have feedback on the use of this template or ideas on how ti improve it? -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 16:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- What is it about de-orphaning the article that is causing you problems? Jeepday 18:34, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
