Wikipedia:WikiEngineer
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This page in a nutshell: A WikiEngineer is a technical editor who focuses on the behind-the-scenes of Wikipedia. |
A WikiEngineer (Homo wikimāchinātor) is a
The typical WikiEngineer will often work on
WikiEngineers are friendly editors, much like the aforementioned WikiGnome, as well as like other editors like the WikiFairy or the WikiElf. WikiEngineers love to do everything by themselves, but they don't mind it when another editor helps them out. A WikiEngineer might choose to join a WikiProject, but most of the time they just end up editing on their own instead of coordinating with their fellow WikiFauna.
The rough antithesis to a WikiEngineer is the WikiImp.
Identifying a WikiEngineer
The list of Wikipedians who choose to advertise themselves as WikiEngineers can be found at Category:Wikipedian WikiEngineers.
If a WikiEngineer so desires, then they may identify themselves by adding a userbox or top icon to their user page via either of the following code samples:
{{User wikipedia/WikiEngineer}}
{{WikiEngineer topicon}}
This editor is a WikiEngineer |
Common behavioral patterns and traits
Some examples of common WikiEngineer-like behavior and traits include:
- Adding
{{
documentationpages that require improvement. - Adding
{{Nutshell}}
to policy, guideline, help and essay pages. - Adding TemplateData to templates.
- Creating templates or user scripts
- Having template editor rights.
- Participating in a WikiProject.
- Updating infoboxes, navboxes and userboxes frequently.