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Series Three Overhaul Project - Quick Notes (18/04/2023) These are some quick notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of April 18th 2023. April 1st's notes are still in use, but recent circumstances have prompted this quicker notes post ahead of the next scheduled post.

Due to circumstances at present, both on and off the wiki, these very rough and rushed notes will not be particularly extensive or well sorted for now.

General Reminders

 * Remember to include references when adding in new information (be it in sentences or paragraphs) to articles.
 * If you are inserting new parts into existing sentences/paragraphs or rewriting them, make sure that the existing references are correctly positioned/applied afterwards.
 * There have been a lot of messy additions recently - at the very least, please do a grammatical check on additions before you add them.

Images

 * When uploading a new image, name it appropriately, according to its subject matter.
 * When uploading a new image, remember to include the appropriate Summary, Licensing and category framework. Remember to include the appropriate information (including Description, Source and Purpose in Summary) where possible, and if not possible, use the appropriate ImageReqInfo sub-tags so they can be processed later.
 * When uploading a new version of an image, if the image's source differs from the previous version (e.g. a different volume/chapter/episode, a different website in the case of a cover etc), remember to update the Source information.
 * When uploading a new version of an image, avoid unnecessary size expansion - the image just has to be big enough to fulfil its purpose, not be ginormous (if it has little details that can be picked out besides the main one, fair enough, but otherwise...).
 * Refrain from unnecessary image uploading.
 * When processing the unprocessed content below TrackTag30 into the standard image information structure, don't forget to remove the TT30 structure after the stuff has been properly processed.
 * Please refrain from risky images for the time being.

Theme and MediaWiki Update
As you have likely noticed from the pop-up notifications, the wiki is being updated to MediaWiki 1.39 along with the others on the platform, with a forecast end date for the transfer of all wikis in May. It isn't expected that it will cause many issues, but if you notice any problems which could be related to the MediaWiki 1.39 update, please let us know in this post's comments section.

Light Theme
Following prodding today, an issue which has been on the backburner for a while was tackled. A change was made to the link text color on Light Mode, in order to overcome a problem with the contrast which caused it to become permanently underlined (rather than on hover) on some browsers (such as Microsoft Edge) but not all of them (Firefox and Chrome were unaffected).

Using an external contrast comparison tool, the link color, text color and background color were compared to find one which wouldn't cause continuously underlining on the affected browsers. A link color which didn't cause the problem has been found and implemented, however on preliminary observation has provoked a feeling of discomfort. It might be due to not being used to it, but the possibility that it isn't just that is not being dismissed. The placeholder color might not be the optimum one and further experimentation may be required.

In the meantime, if the Light Mode link color placeholder is causing any visual discomfort, please leave a message in this post's comments section.

Edit: Shortly after the above was written, further reports of visual discomfort from others outside of this post prompted a switch-back to the previous colors. This means the underline problem will have returned for the affected browsers, but this is better than the visual discomfort - users of those browsers will just have to put up with the underlines for now. There may still be some experiments to come - if the visual discomfort resurfaces during these tests, leave a note in the comments.

Item V1
The of Toaru Anbu no Item has been released and fully processed. Most of the new volume protocol restricts have been lifted (and information implementation work is ongoing). The arc name poll concluded earlier today, with Enemy Item Arc being selected and implemented. No further word yet regarding the manga.

Regarding the letter-case discrepancy (carried forward):
 * This is something which arose at some point prior to 2013 (and addressed elsewhere since at least that time). The exact origin of the discrepancy has not been fully determined, though a few likely candidates have been considered.
 * This is something which I have been planning to tackle for years, though various factors had forced it onto the backburner (along with multiple other long-considered plans). Now, given the timing and certain circumstances which might mitigate the potential problems which may result from not doing this carefully and without certain preparations, I am planning to execute the plan once the new volume restrictions are lifted.
 * The bulk of the adjustments will be done by auto-sweep rather than regular manual user edits, and for follow-up purposes, it will be better if there are minimal deviations from this plan.

Summaries and detailed information regarding the story of the bonus side stories has not yet been assembled. It would be good to acquire this information as soon as possible.

GT8
is due to be released in May. The usual Bookwalker preview will likely appear at the end of the month - within the next week or two, possibly even days.

As per new volume protocol, page edits and image uploads pertaining to the volume's content will be restricted until the volume's content has been fully processed. Article comments pertaining to the volume's content are also to be avoided. In the meantime, as per new volume protocol, the plans relating to the volume will be developed and discussed on the plans post.

The GT8 Plans post will be launched around the time that the volume's usual preview emerges.

Toaru IF Placeholders
These are the placeholders for textless updating at the time of posting.

Separated Candidates
A selection from the previously considered image candidates in the April 1st notes batch.

Links

 * STOP Notes (01/04/2023)

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Series Three Overhaul Project - Quick Notes (18/04/2023) These are some quick notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of April 18th 2023. April 1st's notes are still in use, but recent circumstances have prompted this quicker notes post ahead of the next scheduled post.

Due to circumstances at present, both on and off the wiki, these very rough and rushed notes will not be particularly extensive or well sorted for now.