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Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (01/06/2023) These are some loose notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of June 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

 * 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.

Reminders
'''Section incomplete. Writing suspended (30/06/2023).'''
 * 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.
 * Please bear in mind that inserting categories during Special:Upload means that they won't be at the bottom of the image page - which will cause problems later on. If possible, reposition any categories added during Special:Upload or add the categories at the bottom after Special:Upload.
 * Please also bear in mind that when the Summary/Licensing inputs in Special:Upload are used, the resultant headers have spaces in them either side of the entry. This has the potential to disrupt some of the processing sweeps, so if the Special:Upload Summary/Licensing inputs are used, the removal of those spaces afterwards would be appreciated.
 * In order to support the result transclusion experiments and accompanying tasks, noinclude tags have recently been added immediately before the first categories on image pages (preventing categorization of drafts/posts/etc where the image pages have been transcluded to (with the exception of the categorization under Category:Images requiring information caused by the ImageReqInfo tracking tag), with TclTrack tracking tags immediately before them to keep track of them. It would be appreciated if TclTrack and noinclude are included before the first categories in future uploads, in order to prevent disruption of the ongoing tasks. An expanded explanation will be written below, less up-to-date notes are present on May's STOP Notes post (linked in Unsorted Notes below).

Recent and Upcoming Releases
Recent:
 * Light Novel and Manga Volumes:
 * Toaru Anbu no Item
 * Monthly Manga Chapters:
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest: Toaru Ikoku no Arabian Nights
 * Monthly Manga Chapters:
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest: Toaru Ikoku no Arabian Nights
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest: Toaru Ikoku no Arabian Nights
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest: Toaru Ikoku no Arabian Nights
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest: Toaru Ikoku no Arabian Nights

Upcoming:
 * OT Omnibus (YP) - August 2023 (delayed from June)
 * - August 2023
 * Toaru IF: Original Scenario (June 29th 2023)
 * Monthly Manga Chapters:
 * Railgun Ch147 (Not in June)
 * (June 27th)
 * (June 27th)

Unsorted Notes
'''Section incomplete. Writing suspended (30/06/2023)'''
 * Following a failed attempt to fix a minor underlining problem on Light Mode in April, 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). For further details, see previous notes at STOP (01/05/2023)#Light Mode Issue.
 * Around the end of last month and the start of this one, some Reflists which have not had column numbers set have been automatically going from one to two columns. It is presumed that this is a tweak on the platform's end, and it has been applied then removed then re-applied, at least once over the course of several days. From observation, the automatic switch to two columns occurs when the number of references exceed ten (as opposed to the twenty after which we usually apply the 2 column setting here).
 * A number of points in the previous notes batch still apply, further details to be written (09/06/2023); see also, STOP Notes (01/05/2023).
 * Revised sections are going to be written below regarding the Tcl experiments (for which further results have been yielded and applications realized) and SD/TT overflow contigency, which had sections in the previous notes. Updated versions with revised information will be written, but in the meantime, see those for more information.
 * Some separate, more specialized posts might be made in the near-future regarding certain information aggregation, verification and processing tasks.

Recent Volume-related Status
As you probably know by now, when a new light novel volume is released, article edits and image uploads pertaining to that volume are not allowed until it has been fully processed, and edits pertaining to the volume-related arc article and Main links in Chronology sections for that arc (except when a pre-existing arc is continuing) are restricted until further discussions and decisions some time after that.

With regards to , most of primary restrictions on article edits and image uploads (with the majority of them occurring during this post's initial writing phase, with much of the notes being written quickly becoming no longer necessary - hence the separation in the Image Notes below) were lifted late last month, but several restrictions pertaining to certain subjects, the arc article and the Chronology Main links remain in effect. Chronology entries are going under New Year's Arc for now, with Template:NewVolumeArc being placed at their start to keep track of them for now.

Shortly after the initial creation of this post, the of Toaru Anbu no Item was announced, scheduled for release in August 2022. This volume will be subject to the standard new volume restrictions when it is released.

NeedNihongo-related
Recent Volumes:
 * Kouzaku Mitori: Drone knives (verify assumed kana in source text)
 * School District 23: Science Tower
 * Alice Anotherbible: Wonders
 * Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 08/Chapter 1: Samurai Street
 * Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 08/Chapter 2: Shunta, Scype, Children’s Q&A Advice Show
 * Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 08/Epilogue: Theosophical Society
 * Snakehead (verify assumed kana in source text)

Other:
 * Exterior: Activation command (quoted in Trivia, verify romaji)
 * Sakibasu Yuri: Witch & Psychic
 * Stativarius: Almati, Guarnari
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Episode 08: Cryptids
 * Club Psychedelic Beach: Club Psychedelic Beach
 * L.S.S.: Street Corner Kitten Show, Animal Protection Fund

Quick Assorted Tasks

 * (Chapter Start/End Text) and (Afterword Collection) to be brought up to date with most recent releases.
 * GT7Ch1Pt6: Identify a real-life source for the use of saucers of milk in avoiding succubus attacks
 * , images with watermarks in the lower section to be identified and moved to the upper section. Task completed and draft reassigned. Watermarked selection will be prepared for a long-term odd job in due course.
 * , identify and double-check the Virtuaroids in the Virtual-On manga chapter images.
 * , gather existing images on the wiki with drones in them in temporary gallery.
 * , verify character appearance-naming gap tables up-to-date

Quick Assorted Tasks (Late June)

 * Mental Out Ch19, retrieve chapter references for Gensei's involvement in the Level Upper case and his clash with Shokuhou, for Referbacks.
 * Mental Out Ch18, retrieve ability patterns from other chapters for the unlisted featured (or potentially featured) abilities
 * Mental Out Ch18, Major Events, point 1's draft wording will need tweaking before submission.
 * Check the Sources for images associated with chapters which have been renumbered in volume releases (a pair were noticed with Railgun Ch97 Sources - for what was Ch97 in the magazine but Ch96 in the tankobon).
 * Perhaps get a quick access list for chapters affected by renumbering.
 * Update Redirect Images collection and prototype transclusion table.

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 when possible.

New Image Candidates

 * See also Quick Image Notes (23/06/2023) for the late-month manga release and Toaru IF livestream items.

May Monthly Manga Releases

 * Note: Railgun, Mental Out, Index to be assessed

Other

 * Item manga design images yet to be assessed

Temporary Storage

 * Unsorted/unprocessed notes
 * Empty table sample

To be written:
 * GT8 status (remaining restrictions, arc situation)
 * SD/TT expansion (brief note currently acting as placeholder)
 * Tcl additions and transclusion experiments (brief note currently acting as placeholder)
 * Additional discovered uses and operations
 * General information aggregation task notes

Links

 * STOP Notes (01/05/2023)
 * Quick Image Notes (26/05/2023)

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Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (01/06/2023) These are some loose notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of June 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.