User blog:Inept Wiki User/Image Task Notes (12/11/2022)

Series Three Overhaul Project - Image Task Notes (12/11/2022) These are some notes regarding current image-related tasks and circumstances as of November 12th 2022.

=Opening Notes= Similar to a case last month, given the circumstances at this time, the image-related tasks and notes from the regular STOP Notes post has been split off into its own post.

The objective of this post is to explain various image-related circumstances at the time of writing, as well as upcoming plans, tasks which need to be performed and potentia candidates for addition.

As mentioned in writing before in previous posts but not carried forward in full to this one, most of the new image candidates are ideas and possibilities rather than necessities. As with last couple of times, I'm not going to have separate 'Done' tables this time, though I might make notes on stuff which has been done within the existing tables.

Unlike last time, where the notes were split over multiple sections based on relative priority of the image candidates, tasks etc relative to one another (higher, medium and lower), this time they are being split over multiple sections based on the nature of the tasks in question.

Given overall circumstances at the moment, the content of this post will likely be shifting and fluctuating. New notes may be added, stuff tweaked or shifted elsewhere etc (given the consideration and potential development of other specialized posts, and the consideration of the possibility of an image backburner).

Rest of this sub-section still being written (20/11/2022)

Recent Image-related Posts:
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Image Task Notes (01/10/2022)
 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/STOP Notes (28/10/2022)

=Toaru IF-related= This section is for images, tasks and notes related to Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest.

Progress in this area has been somewhat slow, despite several drives during the past two months (including renewed table work, splitting the second video analysis to mitigate sluggishness, categorization/tracking operations etc). There are some tasks other than the ones listed in this section, but they have been excluded due to problems that would arise if not done carefully and if done ahead of other tasks.

Some of this section has been carried forward from previous posts. Depending on the circumstances, if an image backburner or a special operations post is created, some of the sections might be moved to it.

Current Image Placeholders
This section is partially carried forward from October 1st and 28th's posts, and concerning existing images on the wiki which are used as Toaru IF Image Placeholders.

These recent images were intended as temporary placeholders for certain Toaru IF 3-Star character releases, for which a clean image was not available at the time. They were made in order to prevent certain problems during work, with the placeholder often coming from IF's boom-app wiki. They are intended to be replaced once better/clearer images become available.

TT84 is being used to track these placeholders, marking them along with a link to the placeholder's specific file source, to be removed from the file page once the image is upgraded.

Toaru Ikai no Alchemist
The most recent event in Toaru IF at the time of writing is Toaru Ikai no Alchemist, a collaboration event with Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist (aka Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood).

A cursory look elsewhere suggests that other collaborations have recently occurred between an FMA mobile and other franchises (Persona 5 among them). IF's collaboration might be a part of this group. Given what happened with Mahouka, there is the possibility that there may be another part of the collaboration on their end, so we will look out for that (it should be noted that although KonoSuba had Railgun characters in their game a while after the Toaru IF collab, that particular collab was with Railgun T rather than Toaru IF).

The naming format is not finalized, but it will follow the same pattern as previous collabs (e.g. File:Character - Collab (IF)).

Toaru IF x Mahouka Reloaded Memory
This is a task which might be moved to the backburner, carried forward from October 1st's post. The following might be collected in some of the drafts relating to the collab, but are not vital or urgent.

Other
Sub-section still being written (20/11/2022) I have been doing some work involving variant tracking and categorization checks (which somewhat overlap). Bear in mind, this is still work in progress, so please leave it be for now and don't carry forward any of the tracking structure to new uploads - otherwise the work will be disrupted.

I was considering putting a note regarding a less-important image possibility that has long been on the backburner regarding NPC images and move images, but given circumstances, I've decided to omit it from this post for the time being.

=Monthly Manga-related= The tasks and notes below concerning the current monthly manga releases, primarily Railgun and Mental Out.

New uploads relating to current Railgun/Mental Out arcs are to be added to the galleries on the respective Shared Drafts; and.

Some of the lower-priority ones might be going on the backburner. It should be noted that there is a slight bit of type overlap for some of the subjects (e.g. some Ability image possibilities may fall slightly under Event/Chronology images as well, though they might only be in one or the other).

Unnamed Characters
There have been a fair number of characters introduced in the most recent arc of Railgun and in Mental Out whose names were not revealed at the same time they first appeared. Gradually, some of these names have been revealed, along with those of some long-time unnamed characters, however there are still a fair number of characters whose names have yet to be revealed.

Although many of them are not at a level which warrants an article, it is still necessary to keep note of them, and images may help in this process.

See below the collapsible table immediately below this sentence for some information regarding who we've got images for already and whose names we know.

Possibility Table

 * Note: There might be others not listed in this table (the gatherings in Railgun Ch133, 138, 140, 141 and 142 are considered as potential locations where these might be found).

What We've Currently Got
This section has information regarding who we've already got images for and whose names we already know:

Railgun:

Railgun: Covers with possible candidates

Mental Out:

Mental Out: Covers with candidate

Other
=Other Uploads=

Text Removal, Existing Images
=Image Information Work=

Flag Source Verification
This is the left-over stuff from an odd job on three previous posts, involving verifing the Source links for flag images. See the two links above for further specifics.

In the end, I ended up doing most of the task, however there are several images which are not straight-forward cases, which have been left until last. For example, one of them was a different shade from the Wikimedia version and the previous iteration had not yet been found in that external file's history.

When processing these, don't just assume that the Wikimedia source link is correct or just link and de-tag it without looking further. Look at the file in the source link first and make absolutely sure that the file there and the file here are identical - otherwise, further problems will be created down the line. Make certain that source being given is actually the right source.

Profile Pictures requiring Sources
was recently assigned to an odd job following data logged on another project - monitoring the profile pictures requiring sources. It should be noted that the sourcing would also provide an opportunity for the other task of noting images derived from other images (currently assigned to ), given that profile pictures are often smaller parts of other images.

Other
A couple of other odd jobs relating to image information work of particular note at the moment:
 * has been assigned to Design Note Transcription (i.e. transcribing the Japanese text from the design images for GT1-6 and Ruri - whereas there was text below it on the page on Rainbow Spectrum, the GT-era ones have it on the image itself, on the blue bit).
 * This transcription would be useful for writing entries in the newer characters' Character Art Design sections.
 * is assigned to Toaru IF design images needing sourcing.

=End Notes=

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Series Three Overhaul Project - Image Task Notes (12/11/2022) These are some notes regarding current image-related tasks and circumstances as of November 12th 2022.