Flags

How to Add Flags to a Category or Wiki Page

How to Add Flags to a Guide

How to Create a New Flag

Flags are markers that tell your users and the system important information about the state of a page. They are prominently displayed at the top of the page to inform new readers. You can add flags to categories, wiki pages, and guides.

Flags have three primary purposes:

• To indicate content that needs improvement in a specific area.
• To mark "stub pages" that are incomplete and need to be written or expanded.
• To identify classes of content in a way that is useful to users, like "User-contributed Content" for public sites or "Official Guide" for internal sites.

Example of Flags on a Guide

How to Add Flags to a Category or Wiki Page

How to Add Flags to a Guide

You can restrict certain users from adding flags to guides by adding a privilege setting to the flag. See the How to Create a Flag Guide for instructions on customizing flags.

By adding the text 'privilege=admin' to the flag definition, users will not be able to add this flag to pages, and they will not be able to remove it if it's already on a page.

Example:

[def_flag
|flagid=GUIDE_CONTROVERSIAL_CONTENT
|image=DEFAULT_IMAGE
|title=Controversial page
|text=This page is on a controversial topic, and site administrators are currently reviewing it.
|privilege=admin
]

To see the list of flags on your site, access your Info page in your Wiki Timeline:

Or you can simply add /info/flags to the end of your site's URL:

https://hansaw.dozuki.com/info/flags

Flags Page:

You can remove or customize existing flags on your site, or create new flags.

How to Create a New Flag

Note: When creating a new flag, you must choose from an existing flag icon image. The following images are currently available:

ALERT	ACTION_SHOTS	ADD_IMAGES	BETTER_INTRO
BULLETS	CAMERA	CONFUSING_TEXT	DANGEROUS_RED
DEADLY_RED	DELETE	DONATE_DEVICE	DEVICE
FOLDER_MISSING	GRAMMAR	GUIDE_ARCHIVE	INCOMPLETE
MARKUP	MEMBER	MISSING_DETAILS	MISSING_IMAGE
PENCIL	PHOTOS	PREREQ	PREREQ_ERROR
PREREQ MISSING	SCENIC_ROUTE	SPEECH	SPLIT
STAR	STEP_ALERT	STUB	STUB_DEVICE
STUB_PAGE	STUDENT	STUDENT_WIKI	TEXT_ERROR
TEXT_MISSING	TRIM	UNLISTED	WRENCH

Flags can be removed from your site, but you should do so with extreme caution. Removing a flag that is in use from the master list will remove it from all pages.

To search for what guides have a certain flag attached to them, add the following text to the end of your site URL and change the "GUIDE_IN PROGRESS" to the Flag ID for which you want to search:

/Contribute?flagFilter=GUIDE_IN_PROGRESS

Default Guide Flag IDs on your site:

• GUIDE_IN_PROGRESS
• GUIDE_USER_CONTRIBUTED
• GUIDE_STARRED
• GUIDE_MISSING_STEPS
• GUIDE_MISSING_IMAGES
• GUIDE_GRAMMAR_ERRORS
• GUIDE_LOUSY_PICTURES
• GUIDE_MARKUP_PROBLEMS
• GUIDE_INCORRECT_BULLETS
• GUIDE_UNNECESSARY_STEPS
• GUIDE_MISSING_PREREQUISITES
• GUIDE_INCORRECT_PREREQUISITES
• GUIDE_INCONSISTENT_IMAGES
• GUIDE_INCORRECT_TEXT
• GUIDE_INCORRECT_TOOLS
• GUIDE_IMPROPER_ACTION
• GUIDE_PREREQ_ONLY
• GUIDE_DELETE
• GUIDE_READY_FOR_RELEASE

Default Wiki Flag IDs on your site:

• WIKI_PRIVATE
• WIKI_IN_PROGRESS
• WIKI_STUB
• WIKI_DEVICE_STUB
• WIKI_DEVICE_INCOMPLETE
• WIKI_DOCS_NEEDED
• WIKI_NO_SUMMARY
• WIKI_NO_IMAGE
• WIKI_NO_AREA
• WIKI_IMPROPER_FORMATTING
• WIKI_INCORRECT_TEXT
• WIKI_GRAMMAR_ERRORS
• WIKI_BAD_IMAGE
• WIKI_DUPLICATE_DEVICE
• WIKI_DELETE

Adding flags to pages automatically adds them to your site's Contribute Page, a list of site pages that need improvement. You can view your site's Contribute page by adding/Contribute to the end of your site URL.

The Contribute Page helps your authoring team or public community know which pages to improve.