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Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (01/11/2023) These are some loose notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of November 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
Refer to STOP Notes (01/10/2023) until construction of this post is completed to launch level.
 * 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.
 * There shouldn't be any problems pertaining to the MediaWiki 1.39 update a while back, but if you see any issues that might be connected to the upgrade, leave a note in the comments below.
 * See Editing Reminders section (carried forward from August 4th) (I am getting a bit sick of having to repeat the reminders and will be completing an entire separate post for it at some point (with any luck)).
 * Remember to include references when adding in new information to articles. When rewriting existing sentences/paragraphs or inserting new parts into them, make sure that the existing references are correctly positioned/applied afterwards.
 * When uploading, name appropriately according to subject and remember to include Summary/Licensing/category framework.

Recent and Upcoming Releases
Recent:
 * Light Novel and Manga Volumes:
 * Monthly Manga Chapters:
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest:
 * Original Story Chapter 3
 * Toaru Ikyou no Overlord
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest:
 * Original Story Chapter 3
 * Toaru Ikyou no Overlord
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest:
 * Original Story Chapter 3
 * Toaru Ikyou no Overlord
 * Toaru Ikyou no Overlord

Upcoming:
 * Light Novel Volumes:
 * Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 09 - December 8th 2023
 * Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01 (YP) - December 12th 2023
 * Monthly Manga Chapters:
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest:
 * Toaru IF Original Story Chapter 4 (December)
 * Toaru Ikyou no Overlord, Part 2
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest:
 * Toaru IF Original Story Chapter 4 (December)
 * Toaru Ikyou no Overlord, Part 2
 * Toaru Ikyou no Overlord, Part 2

New Volume Restrictions
GT9 is due to be released on December 8th 2023, with the blurb and volume cover now revealed.

As with any new volume release, there will be restrictions on related edits/uploads until the volume is released and fully processed, with preparations limited to a specific post/Shared Draft (which is currently being prepared and will be launched in the next few weeks, possibly when the usual preview is released).

The previous restrictions regarding Item Volume 2 and GT8 have been fully lifted for a while now. As for NT1 in December, the volume is over ten years old, so there likely won't be restrictions in the same way as the Japanese releases.

Other

 * The wiki's database dump on Special:Statistics was updated at the start of the month.

Regarding Image Tasks (1)
Notes concerning image tasks have been done in a separate post this month. See the above link.
 * Updating the Toaru IF placeholders with textless/labelless versions takes priority.
 * Other tasks on the post, except those involving processing of existing images, are potential candidates only and not absolutely essential.

Recent Template Work
Template work from the past few months has continued into last month. The main implemented and being-drafted templates will be covered in sub-sections, while other template-related notes is be listed below this sentence (more to come later):
 * The section on last month's post mainly covered information relating to the then-newly-created Main/Arc templates, Refnotes and Documentation Override, as well as the then-being-drafted School District Infoboxes (implemented in the middle of this month).
 * Template:Shared Draft Overview is due to undergo reorganization as its Type/Code columns had become quite disorganized. There is likely to be a fair amount of shuffling around during the process.
 * Following a reassessment and change of plans in light of recent and upcoming circumstances, Template:None/AdaptDiff was created to inform and track cases of empty "Differences in Adaptation" sections on chapter, episode etc articles (of which there may be many more if the newly considered plans go ahead and the overall role of the situation changes). This is similar to the previous templates for "Referbacks", "Cultural References" and "Unanswered Questions". No further templates of this nature will be created for the time being.
 * A navbox was created for the new volume plan threads/posts, Template:NewVolumePlans.

School District Infoboxes
This is fairly self-explanatory. Infoboxes for Academy City's School Districts are being drafted in, similar to the ones for countries. This development has its roots in an image task to acquire Academy City maps with respective districts highlighted (prompted by certain pics popping up besides the links in the category page, or on the bulky selection at the very bottom from time to time, which aren't quite representative of the districts).

However, certain specifics aren't fully finalized yet. We are working to settle them prior to implementing the infoboxes, so as to avoid certain problems and hassle later. These include assessing certain field entries, as well as checking our current image repertoire for images which properly fit the district and if there aren't any on here, seeing if there are some that exist which might fit the purpose.

Non-map images are being selected carefully according to an assessment of the overall circumstances. Some will have a composite image, others a single image and some will have none at all for now (for some districts, none of the images from the district fit the purpose of illustrating the district - for example, the only images currently available from District 1 are in the middle of an office and do not illustrate the district itself, so that one will be map-only for now). For some cases, some items will be excluded. A lot of the images which are being used are ones which illustrate the look and landscape of the districts themselves. Minimal non-discussed tampering post-launch would be appreciated.

With regards to field entries, the borders will be listed from north clockwise in the manner illustrated in the example on the right. The entries under 'Role(s)' are not going to be as listed on Subete - we've tried to keep them in a concise one-line form though there are a few uncertainties for a couple of them and in a few cases, we've used a short bullet-point list. With regards to Key Location(s), we are not going to be listing just any location from the district which we know about willy-nilly - the number and nature of selections have been chosen carefully according to an assessment of the district's circumstances, some items have been excluded and some field entries have been left empty on purpose.

The infoboxes will not be implemented until all of the details are finalized. Anchors for an auto-sweep are currently in place, though there will likely be a degree of manual implementation. Associated map images have also been uploaded.

Edit (01/12/2023): The templates were implemented in the middle of the month, with details finalized. The image selections are not be tampered with and the ones that lack non-map images are not to have any added.

TemplateTypeBreakTest
As mentioned last month, there is a mobile spacing issue associated with some of the TrackTags, which is being investigated. There were a number of movements prompted by this issue before this task was devised, which would disrupt the tasks and functions which those tags are carrying out. In the meantime, do not remove the tags from their current locations.

I suspect that problem might be connected to the Template Types - there isn't currently a way to customize the Template Type selection, so depending on the situation, if the related types are causing the formatting issue, the templates might have to be set to a type which isn't quite applicable to it or unassigned from the types completely.

In order to ascertain the situation concerning the effects of Template Types, has been assigned to act as a testbed and a several of test templates (TemplateTypeBreakTest and sub-templates) have been created. These are starting off with the same basic structure as a TrackTag (possibly to be tweaked later to test other things). Each of the sub-templates have been assigned to a specific template type - these are not to be tampered with, even if the content of the template doesn't match the type.

The templates are sharing one set of documentation, using the previously created Documentation/Override.

Carried Forward Odd Jobs
Odd Jobs posts finished last month (others to come eventually):
 * Odd Job - Watermarked Anime Images (01/09/2023) (Task Incomplete)
 * Odd Job - Quotes for Referencing (24/10/2023) (identified cases to be referenced will be tagged with QuoteRef beforehand - provided I can get the tagging sweeps working properly )

Odd Jobs with posts pending:
 * Odd Jobs - Assorted Tasks and Aids (10/11/2023)

NeedNihongo
Note: Make sure that the Nihongo is checked using the source text.

Item V2-related
 * School District 15
 * Hoshiyama Girls High School
 * Muraki
 * School District 6
 * "Princess Suite"
 * Hula Hoop
 * Repurposed SDI
 * Brilliant Pebbles
 * Tachiuo Mary
 * Lang Ya Bang
 * Chang Bing Dao
 * Bijiacha
 * Sheng Biao
 * Shen Huo Fei Ya
 * Zhen Tian Lei
 * Zhuazi Ban
 * Xian Qiang
 * Toaru Anbu no Item Light Novel Volume 02/Epilogue
 * Demeter & Aphrodite

Other:
 * Alice Anotherbible
 * Wonders
 * Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 08/Chapter 2
 * Shunta
 * Children’s Q&A Advice Show
 * Jack-o'-Special (verify that kana are correct, particularly the horizontal line)
 * Jack-o'-Special (verify that kana are correct, particularly the horizontal line)

Rapid Assorted Notes
Section incomplete and being written (29/11/2023)

Carry Forward Unsorted Notes

 * Check for any items under Category:Referenced-only which are no longer referenced-only, and check for any items which are not under Category:Referenced-only which should be (i.e. are currently referenced-only)
 * Bring  (Chapter Start/End Text) (mid-start cases) and  (Afterword Collection) up to date with the most recent releases.
 * : Chapter Start/End Text, Known Gaps
 * Index
 * Railgun Ch149A/B
 * Accelerator Ch19-24, Ch26-39, Ch38-52
 * Mental Out Ch20-22
 * Item Ch1-2
 * : Verify that the character appearance-naming gap tables up-to-date
 * Gather quick access list of manga chapters which have been renumbered in volume releases.


 * Verify that School District 16 has no appearances or mentions in the main series.
 * Find out how Seiin High School ended up under District 16 on several episode articles.

Rapid Unsorted Notes

 * Have been considering new plans involving "Differences in Adaptation" sections and as a potential precursor to these, potential positions have been tagged on chapter/episode articles, according to several sets of circumstances.
 * The opportunity was also being used to record the current state of the sections currently in use. The logs and extracts from this threatened to push the monthly data log to the maximum limit, so they had to be offloaded.
 * Have been considering potential methods for tagging inside the end points of Nihongo cases, as part of check and work ahead of next month's releases, but haven't worked out the formulae and methods necessary.
 * The Dragon Rider was selected for the Featured Article earlier this month, but was withheld until it had been cleaned up and overhauled to a suitable point. While it is now at the point where it can be featured, some parts still need some work.
 * Improper removal of a TrackTag noted on the 29th, a number of weeks ago there was another one which led to the above-mentioned break test. The TrackTags are not to be tampered with, they are there for a reason.

Regarding Image Tasks (2)

 * (Virtual-On Manga Chapters (Virtuaroids)): Verify Virtuaroids in respective images on respective image pages. See past posts for further details
 * Odd Job - Watermarked Anime Images (01/09/2023)
 * Template:TrackTag60 being used to track images within paragraphs, also assigned to Mid-Image Paragraphs
 * 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).
 * October manga release partial update, not completed yet
 * Updating anime-related image collections on Shared Drafts with recently uploaded images.

Image-Existing-On-Wiki Assembly
For below, check only the images currently on the wiki. Do not upload any new ones yet.
 * Check existing images on the wiki and add any images involving the below subjects to their respective galleries on the linked Shared Draft.
 * Computers, IT etc
 * Robots
 * Holograms
 * Metal Shipping Containers
 * Brands and Brand Parodies
 * Esper/Magic-AIM/Magic Rejection Reaction
 * : Similar aggregation of existing images, but for ones pertinant to subjects associated with Life and/or Death.

Editing Reminders
'''SECTION BEING WRITTEN. TEMPORARY PLACEHOLDER CARRIED FORWARD FROM PREVIOUS NOTES (25/08/2023)'''
 * 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 relatively recently - at the very least, please do a grammatical check on additions before you add them.

Image Reminders

 * When uploading a new image, name it appropriately, according to its subject matter.
 * When uploading a new image, please 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 in due course, less up-to-date notes are present on May's STOP Notes post.

Temporary Storage

 * NonStandardStructure, Referenced-only

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Series Three Overhaul Project - Loose Notes (01/11/2023) These are some loose notes concerning the Series Three Overhaul Project (STOP) and other recent stuff on the wiki, as of November 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.