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Below is a list of '''Projects''' were are currently working on. Feel free to add a sub-bullet with your username if you are currently working on one.
'''To-do''' contains a list of broad aims for the wiki which do not fall within the remit of [[Tolkien Gateway:Projects|Projects]].


* Look into the possibility of publishing a book with our content
==Articles==
* Migrate TolkienNews.net to the wiki.
* Reach <strike>10,000</strike> 15,000 articles to be listed on the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_wikis List of largest wikis]
* Finish the new [[Main Page/Development|Main Page]]
* Add quotes and references to back up facts
* Chapter by Chapter synopsis/analysis of [[The Children of Hurin]]
* Expand on the [[:Category:Stubs|article stubs]].
* Add more essays.
* Fix any broken links
* Create a FAQ namespace for FAQs such as FAQ:Balrogs.
** Down to around 2,000 [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted pages]]
* Create a bot which goes through any Tolkien-related site and saves a cached version, similar to archive.org. This way Tolkien content can be preserved.
* Add more descriptions and standardize all the encyclopedia entries
* Create a PHP script which scrapes forums, newsgroups, wikis, news sites, and various other places that are related to Tolkien so essentially a Tolkien fan can view anything in the Tolkien community that is being updated.
* Add templates to all the pages
* Create an extension to embed video. (Trying to dynamically convert avi/mov/wmv/etc to .flv and output as .swf is a pain)
* <strike>Write a halfway readable [[Help:Contents|Help]] section.</strike>
* Design a new custom skin, Monobook is getting boring.
* Add more "pronounce" audio files.
* Calendars which are merely variants should be merged.
 
==Technical==
''See also: [[Tolkien Gateway:Technical To-do]]''
* Create a Middle-earth map engine equivalent to Google Earth.
* Create a Middle-earth map engine equivalent to Google Earth.
* Integrate java clients into the wiki
 
==Images==
''See also: [[Tolkien Gateway:Projects#Images]]''
* Surpass 18,000 images which should give us the largest collection of images.
* Surpass 18,000 images which should give us the largest collection of images.
* Upload at least one image per article
==New articles==
* A group of FAQ articles linked together to one index page, similar to the [http://tolkien.slimy.com/ Tolkien Meta-FAQ].
* An article detailing all the religious similarities in [[Middle-earth]] while keeping a non-allegorical standpoint.
* Criticism of Tolkien: Racist stuff, religious accusation from fundamentalists, plagiarism etc.
* An article which lists reasons why J.R.R. Tolkien and his works are so popular and entertaining.
* Create a few different calendars. One for real life Tolkien-related events and at least one for birthdays, deaths, anniversaries, etc.
* Create an article for every attested word in any of Tolkien's invented languages (like Sindarin, Quenya, etc).
* Scene by scene summary of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* Scene by scene analysis of PJ's films, Bakshi's film, and Rankin/Bass films, as well as the books.
* Chapter by Chapter synopsis/analysis of [[The Children of Hurin]]
* Add any books relating written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] or about his works.
* Create an article which lists all translations of Tolkien's works.
* Propose articles about the various Tolkien societies around the world.
==Others==
:''These suggestions may be out of date; please discuss them on [[Tolkien Gateway talk:To-do|the talk page]].''
* Create a "Universal J.R.R. Tolkien Index" which compiles all Tolkien-related indexes together to allow a fan to quickly locate the page number of a minor term throughout all of Tolkien's works.
* Create a transparent movie-program which runs on top of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings DVDs on the computer. It displays popups of little tidbits of interesting information about the films as the movie is played.
* Add links on the left menu which dynamically translate the content to the specified language.
* Add links on the left menu which dynamically translate the content to the specified language.
* Possibly look into having non-canon articles use a different skin
* Possibly look into having non-canon articles use a different skin
* Add an extension which allows embedding of video/audio (not yet released unfortunately)
* Reach 8,000 articles to be listed on the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_wikis List of largest wikis]
* Upload images of ''every'' single LotR TCG card.
* Upgrade to [http://examples.anotherwebcom.com/wikis/MediaWiki/Special:AWCforum/&useskin=monobook this] forum extension.
* Install LaTeX, TengTex, and WikiTex so we can [http://wikisophia.org/wiki/Teng do this]
* Write a screenplay which transforms [[The Lord of the Rings]] or [[The Hobbit]] (or any other Tolkien story) into a present day scenario. Similar to what ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' did for ''The Odyssey''.
* Write a screenplay which transforms [[The Lord of the Rings]] or [[The Hobbit]] (or any other Tolkien story) into a present day scenario. Similar to what ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' did for ''The Odyssey''.
* Spelling file for Microsoft Word and OpenOffice which includes all Tolkien-related terms. Possibility of automatically changing unaccented words to accented ones.
* Spelling file for Microsoft Word and OpenOffice which includes all Tolkien-related terms. Possibility of automatically changing unaccented words to accented ones.
* Have a contest for who can create the best Tolkien-themed song.
* Convince Weird Al to do a Lord of the Rings parody. (This is more of a reminder to check for a response as I just sent an email to him)
* Create an article which lists rare or good ebay buys.
* Write lesson plans for teachers to help get the word out to more students about Tolkien and his works.
* Write lesson plans for teachers to help get the word out to more students about Tolkien and his works.
* Create a few different calendars. One for real life Tolkien-related events and at least one for birthdays, deaths, anniversaries, etc.
 
* Create an article which lists rare or good ebay buys.
* Create an article which details locations in [[New Zealand]] from [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]. Something a visitor could print out and take with them while visiting the country that could serve as a guide.
* Create an article for every Sindarin, Quenya, etc. word
* Add [http://www.elvish.org/elm/names.html Elvish names] to their own articles?
* Finish uploading [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]] images.
* Create an article which details locations in [[New Zealand]] from [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]. Something a visitor could print out and take with them while visiting the country that could serve as a guide.
* Create an article which details Tolkien-related locations around Oxford and nearby areas one could tour.
* Create an article which details Tolkien-related locations around Oxford and nearby areas one could tour.
* Fix [[MediaWiki:Popups.js]].
* Create a FAQ namespace for FAQs such as FAQ:Balrogs.
* Have a contest for who can create the best Tolkien-themed song.
* Add more essays.
* Convince Weird Al to do a Lord of the Rings parody. (This is more of a reminder to check for a response as I just sent an email to him)
 
* Scene by scene summary of [[The Lord of the Rings]].
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* Scene by scene analysis of PJ's films, Bakshi's film, and Rankin/Bass films, as well as the books.
* Finish uploading Nasmith images. Still need to do his Hobbit, FotR, TTT, and RotK sketch sections. (Trying not to think about Howe, Lee, Hildebrandt, etc, etc, etc)
* Go through all the Lord of the Rings news websites and gather any news of events and put them into articles.
* Create a geographical navigation system. For instance [[Harondor]] would have a compass, a visitor could click the North symbol to be directed to [[Lebennin]], they could click the West symbol to be directed to [[Bay of Belfalas]], etc. The system would have tiers. You could navigate continents such as [[Middle-earth]], [[Numenor]], etc. then there would be a level of navigation for major regions like [[Gondor]] and [[Eriador]], then another level for cities.
* A [[Fellowship of the Ring]] route which allows one to follow the region articles linearlly just as the Fellowship of the Ring did.
* Create an article for ''every'' year of every [[Ages|Age]] on [[Arda]], as well as for every year in the real world, starting from at least [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s birth.
* Decide on a slogan for [http://tolkiennews.net TolkienNews.net]. And maybe a new title? ''Tolkien Times''?
* Fix any broken links
** Down to around 2,000 [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted pages]]
* Add any books relating written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] or about his works.
* Add any games relating to [[Middle-earth]] and [[Arda]].
** Naming standard?
* Add more descriptions and standardize all the encyclopedia entries
* Add templates to all the pages
* Add quotes and references to back up facts
* Add any song or band relating to Tolkien and his works.
* Upload at least one image per article
* Write a halfway readable [[Help:Contents|Help]] section.
* Stream mp3s of Tolkien reading the one ring poem for instance.
* Code a better style to hide the generic wiki format
** I've added a couple of skins but still not happy with any of them
* Add how to pronounce articles
** Uploaded all of [[User:Ardamir|Ardamir]]'s which covered a few hundred pronunciations.
* Add links to forum threads
* Elvish names?
* Migrate from mod_rewrite to alias and fix & problem (Ex: Allen & Unwin)
* Calendars which are merely variants should be merged.
* Double check Calendars published by Minotauro and are Italian (should be Spanish?)
* Install [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frantik/Winter Winter extension] and configure journals to display previous/next issues dynamically
* Get more visitors!

Revision as of 00:19, 11 December 2012

To-do contains a list of broad aims for the wiki which do not fall within the remit of Projects.

Articles

  • Reach 10,000 15,000 articles to be listed on the List of largest wikis
  • Add quotes and references to back up facts
  • Expand on the article stubs.
  • Fix any broken links
  • Add more descriptions and standardize all the encyclopedia entries
  • Add templates to all the pages
  • Write a halfway readable Help section.
  • Add more "pronounce" audio files.
  • Calendars which are merely variants should be merged.

Technical

See also: Tolkien Gateway:Technical To-do

  • Create a Middle-earth map engine equivalent to Google Earth.

Images

See also: Tolkien Gateway:Projects#Images

  • Surpass 18,000 images which should give us the largest collection of images.
  • Upload at least one image per article

New articles

  • A group of FAQ articles linked together to one index page, similar to the Tolkien Meta-FAQ.
  • An article detailing all the religious similarities in Middle-earth while keeping a non-allegorical standpoint.
  • Criticism of Tolkien: Racist stuff, religious accusation from fundamentalists, plagiarism etc.
  • An article which lists reasons why J.R.R. Tolkien and his works are so popular and entertaining.
  • Create a few different calendars. One for real life Tolkien-related events and at least one for birthdays, deaths, anniversaries, etc.
  • Create an article for every attested word in any of Tolkien's invented languages (like Sindarin, Quenya, etc).
  • Scene by scene summary of The Lord of the Rings.
  • Scene by scene analysis of PJ's films, Bakshi's film, and Rankin/Bass films, as well as the books.
  • Chapter by Chapter synopsis/analysis of The Children of Hurin
  • Add any books relating written by Tolkien or about his works.
  • Create an article which lists all translations of Tolkien's works.
  • Propose articles about the various Tolkien societies around the world.

Others

These suggestions may be out of date; please discuss them on the talk page.
  • Create a "Universal J.R.R. Tolkien Index" which compiles all Tolkien-related indexes together to allow a fan to quickly locate the page number of a minor term throughout all of Tolkien's works.
  • Create a transparent movie-program which runs on top of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings DVDs on the computer. It displays popups of little tidbits of interesting information about the films as the movie is played.
  • Add links on the left menu which dynamically translate the content to the specified language.
  • Possibly look into having non-canon articles use a different skin
  • Write a screenplay which transforms The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit (or any other Tolkien story) into a present day scenario. Similar to what O Brother, Where Art Thou? did for The Odyssey.
  • Spelling file for Microsoft Word and OpenOffice which includes all Tolkien-related terms. Possibility of automatically changing unaccented words to accented ones.
  • Have a contest for who can create the best Tolkien-themed song.
  • Convince Weird Al to do a Lord of the Rings parody. (This is more of a reminder to check for a response as I just sent an email to him)
  • Create an article which lists rare or good ebay buys.
  • Write lesson plans for teachers to help get the word out to more students about Tolkien and his works.
  • Create an article which details locations in New Zealand from The Lord of the Rings (film series). Something a visitor could print out and take with them while visiting the country that could serve as a guide.
  • Create an article which details Tolkien-related locations around Oxford and nearby areas one could tour.
  • Create a FAQ namespace for FAQs such as FAQ:Balrogs.
  • Add more essays.
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