User blog:Inept Wiki User/STOP Notes (22/11/2021)

Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (22/11/2021) These are some loose notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of November 22nd 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 also be a fairly rough and quick one.

=Opening Notes=

Toaru Series, Recent and Upcoming

 * Recent Manga Releases:, (October),  (November),  (October)
 * Upcoming LN Volume: (December)
 * GT5 Plans to be launched soon (when preview emerges?)
 * SDs 234 and 235 assigned for pre-release preparations
 * Toaru IF Latest: Toaru Nichijou no Judgement, Toaru Casino no Magic Show, Gacha

Image Tasklist

 * Candidates for image names for below not set

Toaru IF:
 * Christmas Event (Name not yet verified)
 * Existing Character Variations: Shokuhou Misaki, Kouzaku Mitori, Sogiita Gunha
 * New Character Release: Dolly

Railgun Manga:
 * Unnamed Hasekura clique aggressor (Ch136, end of 134, start of 135)
 * Ball and chain (Ch136)
 * Mikagami Nagisa - Belly inflation (Ch136)
 * Unnamed Mikagami clique girls (with Mikagami)(Ch135/136)
 * Girl 1
 * Slime covering?
 * Girl 2
 * Calcium spear
 * Calcium fangs

Mental Out Manga:
 * Ch1: Unnamed spy
 * Ch1: Unnamed adversaries
 * Ch1: Confrontation with adversaries
 * Ch3: Broadcast room girls
 * Ch1B/2/4: Unnamed 'victim'

Other:
 * Alice (profile image can be obtained from GT5 cover when the time comes)

=STOP Status-related=

Note Posts and Data Logs
At time of positing, the previous Progress Log was on the 12th, and the next is scheduled for the 26th. Unfortunately, as often happens, there are still quite a lot of things that have yet to be processed. In the most recent data log, a basic framework for the usual three types of note post (Note/Data/Progress) has been recorded in order to ease future construction a tiny bit (though it probably won't help too much with the bulk of the problem - too often I've had problems in getting my notes together and written properly, what with the volume, my own problems, and circumstances repeatedly conspiring to interfere with and derail the composition, such that when I've got stuff reasonably ready it is nearly time for the next lot).

Due to the various things that have been happening, with overloads and interfering circumstances, some details have been slipping from mind and notes, so a review of the Q4 STOP Notes and a recap of the recorded situation would probably be needed. Uncertainty and general circumstances have resulted in a number of temporary redirects being made in the past couple of months in case they were needed for note posts (it not being clear how many or what exactly posts would be made at the time) and also to allow for precise order control with the displays on Template:Blogs and Blog:Recent posts. These are still present, but they will remain due to additional circumstances. There are a number of specialized in-depth STOP Notes entries that I have been working on (trying to get them done as soon as possible, but ending up taking longer than hoped), in order to describe certain things in detail and minimize misunderstandings/assumptions for those subjects, some needing a touch of discretion, and the redirects can be used for those eventual posts.

The navbox (see page bottom) for the STOP Notes and other related posts is getting a bit messy and could use a bit of a cleanup/optimization. I'm considering possibly switching it from a single collapse box format to a multiple collapse box format. There is a navbox of this type on the wiki, though I haven't isolated certain mechanical details from the sample which will be necessary for converting my own and certain more topic-related specifics would need working out beforehand.

Other
For the past two weeks prior to this post, I was in a low capacity phase due to external circumstances - another reason why I need to analyze the log and activity for the recent weeks, besides the ones mentioned above. Due to periods where access and operations were limited, some of the rough notes were added via MassEdit on SD233 - these are currently being proccessed.

Due to circumstances regarding the Shared Drafts (which will be detailed in one of the more specialized entries mentioned above, but involves their number, history and the approach to them) as well as circumstances involving the processing of data, I ended up making a sub-page of my personal notepad template specifically for data processing. I will include more details regarding this case in the specialized post.

Additionally, given the need for tracking tags in a recent task and the others already being assigned and unable to be re-assigned in time, TT61-70 were recently made.

Specialized STOP Notes currently being compiled include but are not limited to the following subjects; GT4-related, Toaru IF, Shared Draft/TrackTags/Data Processing, and others.

There are quite a few areas which need a bit of cleanup and optimization. Certain tasks have also been noted to be performed at a desk rather than on the lap or in the hand, and some better offline than online. Need to compile lists of these for planning and expediting future work.

=Minor Problems= The problems included in this section are not the only problems that have been encountered recently - they are just ones which can written about at this particular point. Others may require a recap/review (as mentioned previously) in order to get all the details down and a description written properly. Others require discretion. These others will have to wait for another time.

There have been numerous problem-makers recently, both intentional and unintentional, both capable of causing headaches, and I've been thinking that a better approach is needed in order to keep track of them, as well as potential precautionary measures.

Blog Previews
This is a minor problem that I've previously encountered and written about recently, but one I've applied an experimental solution to in this particular post, which is why I'm writing about it here. It involves the preview which is displayed for blog posts in Template:Blogs (used on the wiki's main page) and Blog:Recent posts. Previously, I had noticed that the preview was not displaying stuff at the beginning of the post, as it normally should, and instead was starting further down the article. In some cases, the stuff was not the best for an adequate preview. Observing the cases led me to suspect that either tags for centralizing text or bullet-point lists were related to the cause of the problem. Further experiments have shown that the preview jumps are focused on the lowermost center tags, and this can be used in order to overcome problem by placing a text to be previewed after a center tag near the bottom of a blog post.

Columns and Others
A minor problem connected to Light and Dark Modes was noted in the tables used to apply columns to certain lists in a number of articles on the wiki. It involved a background-color setting which applied a background roughly the same color as the Day Mode setting. Not evident in Light Mode, it became clearly visible in Dark Mode and due to the different text/bullet-point colours, resulted in visibility issues. An auto-sweep was carried out, targetting the background-color parameter, both to resolve the problem and also to compile a list of articles with the column tables - results and a demonstrative example of the problem have been recorded in data log (22/11/2021, same as this post). A check may still be needed to see if there are any oversights or unintentional side-effects.

Before:

After:

Several templates have been noted to cause a line-break effect ahead of them in mobile view - a list of the templates affected by this issue has not yet been compiled.

=Unsorted Notes= ''Incomplete. Information still being processed''
 * Featured Articles: Have been building up a stock to save time later, and sometimes as a change of pace in order to get creative engine running again.
 * Mobile Description: Not updated since 2014.
 * Tasks better performed at a desk: Need to compile a list of these for planning and expediting future work.
 * Regular Sweep Tasks: Might be an idea to compile a list of these and run regularly (e.g. start of the month)
 * GT5 Plans: Need to retrieve spoiler block guide/notice applicable?
 * SD Extract Transfer to Data Log: Consider potential transfers from Shared Drafts to data logs as part of cleanup/optimization process, particularly in ones where things have got a bit messy, while also keeping those sections at hand.

=Reminders=
 * Carried over from October post

Acronyms/Abbreviations
This is a brief review of certain acronyms (and possibly some abbreviations) commonly used in these notes. Incomplete.
 * STOP: Series Three Overhaul Project - A massive overhaul project which was started in the run-up to 2018-2020's Toaru Anime Project with its three anime series, including Toaru Majutsu no Index III. Although its original hope of getting a majority of stuff in time for the anime was not fulfilled, due to the sheer volume (and in numerous cases, delicacy) of stuff that needed to be carried out, however large-scale and long-term work is still being continued as the third series of the Toaru Majutsu no Index light novels, Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index, goes ahead.
 * SD: Shared Draft - A sandbox template used for collaborative draft work between multiple users (hence Shared Draft). They are assigned to specific tasks depending on the need and circumstances.
 * TT: TrackTag - A template placed as a tag to keep track of certain targets that fit a certain target criteria. Their placement enables an up-to-date list of the target items to be maintained and acquired via Special:WhatLinksHere. The tag's currently assigned task is present on their documentation page. Multiple tags are sometimes used for multiple aspects of complex tasks, and their carefully coordinated placement/removal is crucial in order to carry out certain tasks.
 * ECF: Error Carried Forward
 * ACF: Assumption Carried Forward
 * IRI: ImageReqInfo - A tracktag/text display template that is used to track parts of image summaries/licensing that have not been done yet, displaying Information to be added.
 * I2S: Image Information Survey - A large-scale sweep operation which was planned late 2019/early 2020 and performed over a fortnight in late 2020. Its goal was both to get a clear picture of the wiki's image situation (i.e. where the images were at in terms of attached information) and implement a Summary/Licensing/category framework for all the images lacking it - which many people neglecting to do stuff properly when they were uploading/updating images in the previous years, was an awful lot. Supplementary work following the sweep operation is still ongoing, and will be for some considerable time.

Image Summary/Licensing/Categories and Tagging
This is a reminder about certain procedures with regards to images and their tagging.

TrackTags involved:
 * TT21: Used to keep track of Description entries that currently just have ImageReqInfo as a placeholder and tracking tag
 * TT22: Used to keep track of Source entries that currently just have ImageReqInfo as a placeholder and tracking tag
 * TT23: Used to keep track of Purpose entries that currently just have ImageReqInfo as a placeholder and tracking tag
 * TT27: Used to keep track of Description entries done prior to the Image Information Survey.
 * TT28: Used to keep track of Source entries done prior to the Image Information Survey.
 * TT29: Used to keep track of Purpose entries done prior to the Image Information Survey.
 * TT30: Used to keep track of sections in files which were not in the standard format prior to the Image Information Survey and have not been processed into the implemented layout
 * ImageReqInfo: A tracktag/text display template that is used to track parts of image summaries/licensing that have not been done yet, displaying Information to be added.

Supposing absolutely no information either ready for input, able to be input or certain for input (extremely unlikely that everything would be out):

Summary
Description:

Source:

Purpose:

Licensing
=Blogs Template and Recent Blog Posts Issue Experiment= Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (22/11/2021) These are some loose notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of November 22nd 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 also be a fairly rough and quick one.

Notes from previous post regarding issue:
 * Investigate blog post display problem (Template:Blogs and Blog:Recent posts) - jumping to mid-post rather than starting at the post.
 * Possibly connected to bullet-point lists and centering tags - a section/list split and header/tag copy produced the expected result.
 * Issue cropping up in notes and large data log posts

November 26th 2021:
 * Have confirmed from the results of this experiment, with observations of both Template:Blogs and Blog:Recent posts, that the preview jumping to mid-post rather than starting at the beginning of the post is caused by the center tags rather than the bullet-point lists.
 * Have not yet tested a case where there is nothing inside the center tags. This can wait until a later time.

=Links=
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/STOP Notes (05/11/2021)
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Raw Data Log (22/11/2021)
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Progress Log (12/11/2021)