User blog:Paperluigi ttyd/Introducing Archives

As has recently been discussed on the wiki in various threads, the current status of all canon content on the wiki is very unorganized to say the least. The following is a proposal, based on the ideas supported in the aforementioned discussion threads, on how to deal with pages on the wiki about canon content.

The following is the draft for a page that would be located at Project:Archive

Starting September 1, 2014, the Ben 10 Fan Fiction wiki will use an archive system to store all unclaimed content from canon pages that have since been re-branded. When a canon page is put up for re-branding, as documented below, any remaining content that is left unclaimed will be placed into that page's archive.

The Transition Process
We realize that it is not feasible for every single canon page to make the transition from the old format to the new format at the same time, and thus this will be a wiki project that will most likely last several months. The goal is to complete all re-branding by the first half of 2015; in other words, by June 30.

Each month, a new set of canon pages will be put up for re-branding. As detailed in a discussion thread, this means that canon content will no longer have its own page, rather each incarnation of the canon character, device, artifact, alien, or significant other will have its own page, located at  (Earth-#), and a disambiguation page being found at .

If  does not have an Earth-#, or it does have an Earth-#, but does not fit into the official BTFF Multiverse, the page should be named  (Series Name).

If there are multiple versions of  in one universe, such as alternate dimension incarnations, the pages should be named  (Earth-#)/Dimension Y and  (Earth-#)/Dimension Z or  (Series Name)/Dimension Y and  (Series Name)/Dimension Z.

When creating a page for a canon character, simply copy whatever content is needed from the old page to the new page. Please do not save any changes made to the original  page. An administrator will delete all claimed content from the page once the re-branding process for said page has ended, and then the content will be copied into the archive.

Schedule
During the month of September, the following canon pages will be re-branded:



Archive
Pages are sorted alphabetically, with all pages not starting letter being listed on their own page.

Reclaiming Archived Content
To reclaim archived content as yours, simply find which page of the archives it was located on and copy it from the archive onto a new page. Afterwards, message an administrator on his or her message wall and notify them to update that page's archive.

Please use this thread to vote on and discuss this proposal.