User blog:Inept Wiki User/STOP Notes (31/12/2021)

Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (31/12/2021) These are some loose notes, tasks and instructions concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of December 31st 2021.

Due to circumstances at present, both on and off the wiki, these notes will not be particularly well sorted for now. This time will be a fairly rough and quick one, even by recent standards.

Opening Notes
First off, a notice and a warning; particularly towards the end of the year, there was an increase in troublemakers and vandals making a nuisance of themselves on the wiki and making headaches for others. We will not be quite so tolerant of such actions, if at all, going into 2022.

Toaru Series, Current Status
Latest:
 * Manga Releases:, ,
 * LN Volume:
 * Toaru IF: Christmas Delivery

Upcoming:
 * Manga Releases: Index Ch166, Railgun Ch17, Mental Out Ch7
 * Toaru IF: New Years

GT5-related Status
The volume is now fully processed and verified, so the temporary restrictions for GT5 story content-related article editing and image uploading (standard wiki protocol for new volume release) have now been lifted. The Rainbow Spectrum end has updated since the last since the last post. The plan thread was being and still is being used for planning and discussions relating to GT5, however things are no longer exclusively restricted to there. SD234/235, assigned for preparations, are still being used for tasklist and drafting purposes.

There is still a restriction in place for the arc article. As per standard protocol, we will not be creating the arc article for the new volume immediately after article work gets underway. Now that we can fully assess the circumstances surrounding the events of the new volume's story and the story arc that it covers, we will be gathering potential arc name candidates in the plan thread. After a few weeks to gather suggestions, we will vote on the matter with a manual poll in the plan thread (as in, votes expressed in the comments which are then tallied, rather than the click-and-bar-type polls, which are more vulnerable). Only once the selection is finalized and done properly will the article be created.

In the meantime, one of the suggestions is acting as a temporary arc name placeholder for Chronology headers and the like.

Alice Arc
This temporary header structure is necessary both for keeping track of the respective sections and for conducting sweeps to swap them over smoothly when the time comes.

Q4 2021 Notes and Recent Reminders
A fair number of the notes, tasks, reminders, instructions etc from the recent STOP Note-related posts (October-December) are still applicable and ongoing.

A couple of weeks ago, there was also a hastily compiled reminder post (Quick Reminders (15/12/2021)) due to user actions/activity at the time, including reminders on new volume editing restrictions, information to be included with uploads and how it is structured, and a warning to vandals.

Here are the STOP Notes for Q4 (no solely-dedicated Odd Jobs posts, excluding Raw Data Logs):
 * October: 06/11, 15/11
 * November: 05/11, 22/11, 30/11
 * December: 10/12, 24/12

There are a number of subjects which require more detailed and specialized notes, in order to properly convey the information, and avoid misunderstandings, mistakes and other problems. Although progress on these Specialized STOP Notes is extremely slow, I'm still working on them. Given the circumstances (including but not limited to; not clogging up the feed or displacing recent/important items, order control, and more), a number of unused redirecting placeholders from the note batches of past few months have been left in place which will be re-assigned to the specialized posts when necessary and as necessary.

GT5 Images
As mentioned before, with the volume now fully processed, the standard temporary restrictions for GT4-related image uploading have been lifted. However, due to the circumstances this time, there is an additional restriction which is in place, and a few things to be noted.

At the time of writing, all of the profile-related images have been dealt with. The cover image was already done - the cover design drafts and back cover image have been added. The majority of the Rainbow Spectrum design images have been added - the one which has not been added is the subject of the aforementioned restriction. The image of the Delivery Go Round has also been added.

Now, there are two illustrations and one design image which are not to be uploaded, as of the time of writing, due to the dodgy nature of their content.

There are a number of other GT5-related images, including illustrations, which have been not uploaded, though what has been uploaded so far should be sufficient for the most part. However, below are some notes regarding what the remaining non-vital images might be used for and which ones would be more handy than others.

Image Tasklist

 * Candidates for image names for below not set
 * Chapters and episodes given in list are where the subjects in question have appeared.

Toaru IF:
 * Existing Character Variations (New Year): Index, Kanzaki, Birdway, Komoe, Himegami
 * Othinus, 2.5th Anniversary

Mental Out Manga:
 * Ch1: Unnamed spy
 * Ch1: Unnamed adversaries
 * Ch1: Confrontation with adversaries
 * Ch3: Broadcast room girls
 * Ch1B/2/4: Unnamed 'victim'
 * Ch6: The relic of the previous #1
 * Ch6: Kouzaku infiltration attire

GT5 (Non-Image)
Most of the tasks, sub-plans and notes relating to GT5 are recorded on the plan thread and the assigned Shared Drafts, but I've decided to note a few here too, given overall circumstances (time of writing 06/01/22, have been intending to write this bot for several days).

Other

 * Index Manga Chapters, Adapted From: Adaptation sections need doing for Chapters 133 to Ch163.
 * Toaru IF, Non-Event Gachas: One incomplete task, as an important part of the character table preparations in the Toaru IF-related Shared Drafts (including, and ), is compiling a definite list of the character releases which were initially released as part of the non-event gacha updates (tend to be in pairs, the most recent pair being Itsuwa and Misaka 10032).
 * Template Mode Color Issues: There are a few templates which have color-related issues depending on whether Light/Dark modes are used. Need to identify and list them, and figure out potential solutions.
 * Regular Sweep Tasks, List Assembly: As noted previously in December 24th's notes, together with the sweep aid list updates for the new year, am considering possible sweep tasks to perform on a regular basis, to be assembled into a list.
 * Featured Articles: The plan for the Featured Articles is to continue last year's pattern of switching them out once every two months. There is a selection of candidates which have been considered, some with Featured Article drafts written and some not, some for which the articles need work (sometimes on the level of a full overhaul) and others OK as they are. Am planning potential selections based on current status, likely progress, and circumstances (including having a variety and balance, time and topic-wise, e.g. not too many of similar things in a row).
 * 2020 Featured Subjects, Rough Subject Area Pattern: Esper (Science), Spiritual Item (Magic), Location (Science)(previously Featured article overhauled since last time), Magic, Technology (Science), Magic-Science
 * 2020 Featured Subjects, Rough Timing Pattern: Pre-series SS, NT20, OT/NT-wide (focus in late NT), NT14, OT15-, NT16
 * January's Featured Article is the Kremlin Report, a case of Russian, non-AC tech from late OT (which means that the ready Wheel Snake candidate will have to wait for a later time).
 * Considering possibly going with a mainly magic-related matter for March.
 * As noted previously in December 24th's notes, considering possibilities for articles without images.
 * Notes Taking Too Long: Note to self, as noted previously - it is taking a long time to write these notes and tasklists properly. By the time I'm finished, it is often time for the next batch (even when trying to be quick and rough). Need to figure out a way to mitigate this.

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Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (31/12/2021) These are some loose notes, tasks and instructions concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of December 31st 2021.

Due to circumstances at present, both on and off the wiki, these notes will not be particularly well sorted for now. This time will be a fairly rough and quick one, even by recent standards.

Links

 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/STOP Notes (24/12/2021)
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/GT5 Plans
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Quick Reminders (15/12/2021)
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/STOP Notes (10/12/2021)
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Raw Data Log (10/12/2021)
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Progress Log (24/12/2021)
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Progress Log (10/12/2021)