Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5275759-20170501160829

The preview for NT18 has been released and it is just over a week until the beginning of the battle against Aleister Crowley. With a new light novel volume comes a fair amount of new information to be added to the wiki. As usual, article edits regarding newly released novel content are prohibited until the novel is fully translated. However, there are a number of things which could do with discussion in the meantime. Before we are permitted to add stuff from NT18, it'd be a good idea to discuss and plan some of the additions that are going to be carried out and get a rough idea of what is going to be done, how it's going to be done and who is interested in doing it (so we don't inadvertently thwart one another's efforts (after all, it can be annoying when you put a fair amount into something only for it to have turned out to have been for naught), and can cooperate to achieve the optimum result).

This thread is being started nine days before the actual release, so the amount of information we're going to be dealing with isn't fully known. It will be updated as time progresses and thing become clearer. At the moment, the visible stuff will be what we know based on the preview, with the other stuff concealed or withheld.

List of existing subjects in NT18 requiring revision and expansion:
 * Unified Story Timeline (Aleister Crowley's past, NT18 events, note differences with history, Battle of Blythe Road )(Interested contributors: Inept)(1900/1904 noted)
 * Story Arcs (Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Kamijou Touma (Chronology)
 * Tsuchimikado Motoharu (Chronology (TSP))
 * Karasuma Fran (Chronology (TSP), Abilities (tweak - note spare balloon) )
 * Tsuchimikado Maika (Chronology (TSP), Abilities (Ch3))
 * Aleister Crowley (Personality, Background, Chronology, Abilities (tweaks))(all potential versions to remain on this article)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Windowless Building ( Appearance, Principles, Background, Chronology (minor tweaks, non-NT18 revision))(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Calculate Fortress (Principles (minor tweaks))
 * Thelema (Etymology, Principles (True Will (tweaks), Other (tweaks/expand?), associated terms/quotes), Background, Chronology (minor tweaks), Usage (Coronzon, True Will/Thelema, 93)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Golden Dawn (Principles, Background (TSP, tweaks), Members (minor tweak))(Interested contributors: OH&amp;S, Herald, Inept)
 * Immortality ( Principles, Known Immortals)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Chronology (TSP))
 * Othinus (Chronology (TSP))(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Sphynx (Chronology)
 * Kamijou Residence (Chronology (TSP))
 * Anti-Skill (tweak, active again)
 * Judgment (tweak, active again)
 * Blasting Rod (Principles (minor tweaks), Background, Chronology (minor tweak))(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Aiwass (Background (revise), Chronology (TSP), Abilities (revise))(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Misaka Mikoto (Chronology, Abilities (minor tweaks))
 * Shokuhou Misaki (Chronology, Abilities (minor tweak regarding liquid manipulation))
 * Headband girl (Chronology)
 * Laura Stuart (Chronology (removal of NT18)(Interested contributors: OH&amp;S, Inept)(Note: This will require a bit of discussion and planning beforehand, given the high spoiler nature of the subject in question and a certain room for assumption - DO NOT MOVE, RENAME OR TWEAK IN THE MEANTIME)(tabs/warning implemented)
 * Academy City (Principles/Background, Chronology, restructure)
 * Anti-Art Attachment (Principles (circle, obedience/autonomous movement), Chronology)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Tarot (Principles)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Thoth Tarot ( Principles, disambiguate/redirect due to Ch4)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Reading Thoth 78 (restructure based on information in Ch4)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Imagine Breaker (major revision and restructure)(Note: Risk of assumption)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Aleister's Plan (major revision and restructure)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Grimoire (principles, minor list revision (Golden Bough, Thoth Tarot))
 * London
 * Curse (Principles (minor tweaks)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Kabbalah (Major revision)(Principles (rewrite), Background)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Sephiroth
 * Qliphoth
 * Hermeticism (minor tweaks and Principles/Background expansion)
 * Egyptian Mythology
 * Greek Mythology
 * Tokiwadai Middle School (restructure, Chronology)
 * Magic (Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Idol Theory
 * Phase (Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Magic-related falsities (Blasting Rod)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * School District 7
 * School District 11
 * Endymion (Referenced in Chapter 4)
 * Aneri (restructure)
 * Anna Sprengel (Background, Trivia)(minor tweaks)
 * Automatic Writing
 * Magician
 * Pure World (note regarding Aiwass)
 * Telesma
 * Demon (minor tweaks)
 * Arthurian legends /Celtic Mythology (Tristan and Isolde reference (Ch3))
 * Witch ( tradition/method/group reference (Ch3/Ep), witch hunts, restructure)
 * Alchemy (Westcott noted to have brought it back by Mathers)
 * Hula Hoop (tweaks)
 * United Kingdom (Principles/Background (tweak), Chronology )
 * Australia (Principles/Background (tweak/expand), Chronology )
 * Canada (Principles/Background (minor tweak/expand), Chronology )
 * Astrology (Note: GD 2-2, Tokiwadai 3-3)
 * Accelerator ( Chronology, Abilities (minor tweak regarding Aiwass))
 * Hamazura Shiage (Chronology)

Illustrations:
 * Spread: Touma/Index/Othinus/Tsuchimikado Motoharu &amp; Maika/Fran/Headband girl, Mikoto/Misaki, Windowless Building, Blythe Road
 * Contents (used as source for profile image of Mina Mathers)
 * Maika about to be stabbed by the shadow sword
 * Mikoto &amp; Misaki (restaurant/café)
 * Touma &amp; Mina
 * Aleister's family (used as source for profile images for Rose and Lilith)
 * Touma &amp; Aleister
 * Touma &amp; Mina (RT78), Aleister with the Blasting Rod &amp; Aiwass
 * Coronzon revealed (used as source for profile image for Coronzon)

atwiki, R-S

List of new subjects in NT18 to be added to existing articles or given new ones:
 * Arc article (once title finalized)
 * Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 18 (SS)
 * Prologue (Summary (TSP), Characters, Abilities, Locations, Trivia (AC's works))
 * Chapter 1 (Summary (TSP), Characters, Abilities, Locations, Trivia)
 * Chapter 2 (Summary (TSP), Characters, Abilities, Locations, Trivia)
 * Chapter 3 (Summary (TSP), Characters, Abilities, Locations, Trivia)
 * Chapter 4 ( Summary, Characters, Abilities (minor tweaks), Locations , Trivia (minor tweaks))
 * Epilogue (Summary, Characters (minor tweaks, LS/AC), Abilities (minor tweaks), Locations, Trivia)
 * Karma (link to Aleister, minor note regarding bent light)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Mina Mathers ( Appearance, Personality, Background, Chronology, Abilities )(minor tweaks)(keep separate from Reading Thoth 78/Thoth Tarot as own person)(Interested contributors: Herald)
 * Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers/Mathers (Personality (refine), Background (minor tweaks))
 * Coronzon (minor tweaks)(Interested contributors: OH&amp;S, Inept)(Note: This will require a bit of discussion and planning beforehand, given the high spoiler nature of the subject in question and a certain room for assumption - DO NOT MOVE, RENAME OR TWEAK TO IT IN THE MEANTIME)(no 'h')
 * Arthur Edward Waite (reference on Chapter 3/Golden Dawn as no further mention)(Battle of Blythe Road and Tarot mention)
 * Isis-Urania Temple (redirect to Golden Dawn)
 * Allan Bennett (Personality, Background)
 * Westcott/William Wynn Westcott (Personality (refine), Background (minor tweaks))
 * Annie (?) (reference on Chapter 3/Mina Mathers/Golden Dawn as no further mention)
 * The Golden Bough (tweak entry on Grimoire article)
 * Paul Foster Case (reference on Chapter 3/Golden Dawn as no further mention)
 * Blythe Road (redirect to London)
 * Battle of Blythe Road (minor tweaks - battle being mentioned outside the Magic Side, infobox, headings)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Blythe Road's Treasure (redirect to Imagine Breaker, saint's arm - not necessarily Saint saint - verify)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Sword of Damocles
 * Dion Fortune (reference on Chapter 3/Mina Mathers/Golden Dawn as no further mention)


 * Tattva vision (reference on Chapter 3, GD?)
 * Liquid Proof Railgun (redirect to Misaka Mikoto#Abilities)(minor tweaks)
 * GD Tarot (Golden Dawn Tarot)(Interested contributors: Inept)(minor tweaks)
 * Regardie (reference on Chapter 3/Golden Dawn as no further mention)
 * Lilith Crowley (Nuit Ma Ahathoor Hecate Sappho Jezebel Lilith Crowley)( Etymology, Background (note regarding love shown to Lilith compared to other children), Chronology (Ch4))
 * Spiritual Tripping (Principles (minor tweaks), Background/Chronology?)(Interested contributors: Inept)
 * Rose Edith Kelly ( Appearance, Personality, Background )
 * Robert William Felkin (reference on Chapter 3/Golden Dawn as no further mention)
 * London Shocking Times (redirect to Chapter 3, Trivia reference)

Arc Name Suggestions: (bear in mind, at present the full nature of the arc is not fully known)(poll in progress)
 * Silver Star Arc: 0
 * Karma Arc: 0
 * Aleister Crowley Arc (temporary placeholder): 3
 * Windowless Building Arc: 0
 * Windowless Building Siege Arc: 0
 * Golden Dawn Arc: 0

If you have any suggestions for the lists, or any ideas/plans regarding NT18's additions, please suggest/mention them below. Suggestions for the poll regarding NT18's arc name would also be appreciated when the nature of the arc becomes clear (please note that this time it is going to be a manual poll so keep an eye open for when the time comes).

Also, if you are interested in doing some of the NT18 work or have made plans to (or think you will do some spontaneously), please let us know below so notes can be made on the list and others made aware, in order to avoid any inconvenience.

Note: One other minor request and I'm sorry if I'm being a bit intrusive here; if it's OK, could any contributors making NT18 edits please try to avoid rushing ahead, check your work when you submit it and avoid being too flowery/purple with your summaries. Apologies if this comes across a bit irritating, but it means less work and fewer problems for others later and it would be greatly appreciated.

Additionally, please be aware that there are areas in the novel where things are not necessarily how they may seem and where people may be prone to assumption. Please exercise care when dealing with these areas.

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