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Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (01/05/2023) These are some loose notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of May 1st 2023.

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

Opening Notes
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Notices

 * Wiki currently log-in-only due to persistent anonymous vandalism during the early part of last year, and will remain so until further notice.
 * Such vandalism will not be tolerated and offenders are liable to be blocked.
 * The wiki was recently updated to MediaWiki 1.39. There shouldn't be any problems, but if you see any issues that might be connected to the upgrade, leave a note in the comments below.
 * Following a failed attempt to fix a minor underlining problem on Light Mode last month, which resulted in visual discomfort for users, there may be follow-up experimentation with the color settings to find an alternative solution without this problem. Similar visual discomfort might arise temporarily on Light Mode during such experimentation, but it will likely only be present for a brief period of time (for anything lasting for more than an hour, alert via comment below).
 * With GT8 coming out on the 10th, for the weeks before and after the release, standard new volume restrictions are in effect. See the relevant section below or GT8 Plans for further details.

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 fulfill 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.

Recent and Upcoming Releases
Recent:
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest: Toaru Giwaku no Private
 * Toaru Anbu no Item
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest: Toaru Giwaku no Private
 * Toaru Anbu no Item
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest: Toaru Giwaku no Private
 * Toaru Anbu no Item

Upcoming:
 * Index:
 * OT Omnibus (YP) - August 2023 (delayed from June)
 * GT8: May 10th
 * Railgun:
 * Mental Out:
 * Toaru IF:
 * Original Scenario (June 2023)
 * Toaru IF:
 * Original Scenario (June 2023)
 * Original Scenario (June 2023)

GT8 and Other Recent/Upcoming Volumes
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GT8
is due to be released in May. The usual Bookwalker preview emerged near the end of April, with the usual plans post being launched shortly afterwards.

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.

Toaru Anbu no Item
The of Toaru Anbu no Item has been released and fully processed. The new volume protocol restricts have been lifted for the book and information implementation work is ongoing. The arc name poll concluded a couple of weeks ago, with Enemy Item Arc being selected and implemented. A few days ago, a little more information concerning the manga was revealed - it is going to start in Autumn 2023.

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.

Also, regarding the Item Liaison or "Hanano Choubi", please DO NOT rename or move any links or mentions of her as the Item liaison to her assumed name for the time being.

Other
Regarding the most recent volume for the Railgun manga, , the last chapter in the volume,, which was split into three parts during the magazine release, does not have its concluding part in this volume. Presumably it will be at the start of the next one, and might be renumbered (a relatively minor headache).

Light Mode Issue
This is an explanation of the notification above and a problem which occurred on April 18th (which also prompted the last Quick STOP Notes post on the same day). It concerns a minor problem on the wiki's Light Mode and a worse problem which arose during attempts to neutralize it.

The instigating problem is a minor one which occurs on Light Mode on certain browsers (Edge is confirmed affected) and in certain states (sometimes Firefox is affected, other times it isn't) as a result of the color selections (it wasn't an issue prior to the UCP and Light/Dark Mode switch). The contrast from the link color compared to the text color and background color causes links in main text to become permanently underlined rather than underlining just on hover. The issue had been noted before and similar problems to this time (see below) had been encountered while trying to overcome it. As a result, it had gone on the backburner and been left there for quite a while. Following prodding on the 18th, an attempt was made to overcome it by changing the color settings, using an external contrast comparison tool to compare link, text and background colors to find a selection which wouldn't cause continous underlining on the affected browsers. A link color which didn't cause the problem was found and implemented, however it quickly had to be switched back due to another problem (which had been encountered when the issue was tackled before, but had been forgotten about over the time the issue had been left on the backburner).

Preliminary observation of the placeholder colors in use provoked a feeling of visual discomfort and on confirming that this was the case with other users (and not an isolated case due to not being used to it), the coloration was switched back to the previous colors. April 18th's Quick STOP Notes was in part compiled to notify users of this issue and confirm the problem, though the reports and switch-back happened before the post was completed. The switch-back means the underlining problem will have returned for the affected browsers, but while this might not be entirely visually pleasant, it is still better than the visual discomfort experienced with the altered colors. Users of the affected browsers will just have to put up with the underlines for now. There may still be some theme experiments to come - if the visual discomfort resurfaces during these tests, leave a note in the comments.

Unsorted Notes
'''Section incomplete. Writing in progress (05/05/2023)''' Previous Cases (for reference while section incomplete):
 * STOP Notes (01/04/2023):
 * Carried Forward Non-Image Odd Jobs: NeedNihongo-related, Chronology-related, Table-related, Unsorted
 * Experimental Transcluding for Review: Examples, Downsides
 * Other
 * Quick STOP Notes (18/04/2023)

Unsorted Notes:
 * A certain someone has recently been going through the late NT to present GT chapter articles and adding in/tweaking the Characters/Abilities/Locations lists, as well as uploading some of the absent illustrations. While the expansion of the Characters/Abilities/Locations is for the most part quite appreciated, there are a few omissions and minor problems (some mistakes arising from assumption/carry-forward errors), so a brief review of the articles in question will be carried out once they've reached the end (which shouldn't be too far).
 * On that note, there is an explanation to be completed which is related to this. I am going to try to get it done as soon as possible.
 * A record of the current status of the wiki's Quotes sections, including extracts, was done a few days ago. A similar extract had been previously done for the TT65/TT95-tagged UQ cases.

Image Tasklist
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Toaru IF Placeholders

 * These are the character release images which have temporary placeholders in place, as of the time of posting. The placeholders added later this month may or may not be added, depending on the circumstances.
 * It would be good to get the four 2022 ones done and dusted.

New Images
A large portion of these candidates have been temporarily carried forward from the 18th's Quick Image Notes post (which in turn carried forward from April 1st) - the entries which have been directly carried forward for the non-April Monthly Manga Releases are placeholders (and might not be entirely up-to-date) while more comprehensive information is being properly processed for the tables (circumstances and sod's law permitting). Details may be changed and new entries may be added in due course.
 * Red link file endings are not finalized. Suggested file names are not final, just possibilities.

April Monthly Manga Releases
Potential image candidates from and.

Toaru IF
Candidates from the late May event and the monthly gacha update will be added here later, when they are revealed, providing no newer STOP Notes or Image Notes/Tasks posts have been made by then.

Carried Forward SD-Assigned Image Odd Jobs

 * Identifying Anime Images with Channel Watermarks
 * Verifying Virtuaroids in respective chapter images and note on respective Descriptions. Would like to get this one done and dusted as soon as possible, due to the slight downsides of the monitoring/check method (see 'Experimental Transcluding for Review' above on April's post(s))
 * Assigned to collecting and monitoring images with difficult-to-remove parts, in light of uploads around January/February. Still in the general collection phase.

Temporary Storage

 * Unsorted/unprocessed notes
 * Empty table sample

Links

 * STOP Notes (01/04/2023)
 * Quick STOP Notes (18/04/2023)

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Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (01/05/2023) These are some loose notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of May 1st 2023.

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