Wikimedia Product/Contribution taxonomy/Key to codes

The master inventory is big and complex, and below are listed keys and codes to help you navigate. There are also a few random things that are useful to know, listed in this first section.


 * If a step within a workflow is optional, it has square brackets around it. For example: "[4.] Archive XYZ deletion listing". This is an optional step.
 * BOLD indicates either “switch to another workflow” or “End” of a workflow.
 * Text is Darker when you aren’t required to do the step and software isn’t able to do it. It is also used for when a gadget is used.
 * When editing is concerned, (for example, the C2 tool) where the description is not explicit about tool, the assumption is the use of the 2017 wikitext editor.
 * This taxonomy operates under the assumption that all talk pages are not structured discussions, but talk pages.
 * PROD =  proposal deletion process

Which wikis does this step or workflow exist on?
Which Wiki? (Columns Z - AD of the master inventory)

In these columns you can see which workflows happen on which listed Wikipedias, and how many times they happen on those wikis.


 * If a step takes place on a wiki, it is marked it with " ✅"
 * If it can happen but it's rare, it is marked with " 🤷🏽"
 * If it doesn't happen at all, it is marked with " 🚫".
 * Not all workflows will exist on all wikis.
 * Each workflow is rated with roughly how many times it happens a day on each wiki (marked in column R, S, T, U, V as  ~ # a day).

Tools and action codes
Column Y in the master inventory lists codes defining the type of tool that is used, and the action taken using that tool: Here are the codes and their meanings:


 * T = Tag
 * T1 = add tag to a page with no special justification/details
 * T2 = add tag to a page along with a justification for the tag
 * E = Edit (can be editing of any kind of page)
 * E1 = edit a page to add a listing or a link (an indication of “hey this should get done”)
 * E2 = notify people on a talk page about some workflow step (a way of drawing attention)
 * E3 = contest a process by editing the article talk page
 * E4 = review a page and its talk page and untag it
 * E5 = comment in a discussion or listing
 * E6 =  go to page, review article and deletion discussion about it, then remove the tag and close the discussion (this is almost always disagreeing with a centralized discussion).
 * E7 = edit content pages as apprpriate (linking wiki pages, adding references, etc)
 * E8 = adding or removing categories via wikitext
 * E9 = remove a listing and/or archive it
 * G = Gadget
 * G1 = gadget with UX control and explicit step
 * G2 = a multi functional gadget and you have to know what to type in, you have to figure it out, and it usually needs a justification
 * G3= step performed by a gadget or bot without user having to input

for example: posting on someone’s talk page automatically


 * D = Delete
 * D1= delete without having to do other work - tag is on the page already, you press delete button
 * D2= review a page and it’s talk page and delete it based on your review
 * D3 = have close the discussion in which it deletion was discussed, and delete the article
 * D4 = close deletion discussion but cannot act on it
 * D5 = a history merge
 * D6 = delete all of a user’s content
 * C = Create
 * C1 = create a project page for a workflow
 * C2 = create a content page about x topic (all article workflow steps fit under this)
 * C3 = use the content translation tool
 * W1 = Workflow
 * W1= workflow switch
 * W2 = workflow from backlog
 * S = Supress
 * S1= push suppresson button
 * S2= push suppress button with response to commms channe (yes or no)
 * A1 = Ask a question
 * A1= ask someone to do somethign via built in email form
 * A2 = ask someone to do something via IRC
 * A3 = ask someone to do something via some other commuication tool (facebook, ect.)
 * A4 = respond to inbound request saying “no”
 * A5 = email someone through your own eamail system
 * R1 = Read
 * R1= read through a form (wizard) and adding content into boxes
 * M = Move
 * M1 = move an article
 * M2 = copy paste a page
 * L = Language links
 * L1 = language link within Wikipedia
 * L2 = language link within Wikidata
 * B = Books
 * B1= create a book
 * B2 = add a page to a book
 * B3 = finalize a book
 * B4 = download book as PDF
 * P = Patrol
 * P1 = patroling find something to follow up on whilst patroling
 * P2 = automated system that does patroling
 * P3 = mark page as patrolled
 * B = Block
 * B1 = block
 * U = Undo
 * U1 = undo via roll back via tool
 * U2 = undo manually
 * U3 = undo using a specialist tool
 * N/A = not applicable
 * (sysop) = sysop without tools
 * * account = on EN having an account is not enough