ICANNWiki:ICANNWiki Development

This meta space for ICANNWiki Development is aimed at coordinating tasks between different developers and contributors. It is not intended to be directly edited by the broader public, but all users are encouraged to follow it and provide input to the plans laid out here.

Backend development

Task	Description	Status	Owner
Update backend to latest MediaWiki version	Get the wiki to latest long term support version in order to benefit from updated resources, such as new API calls, modernized skins, and bug fixes.	Ongoing	User:MarkAHershberger
Check broken/misconfigured/needless extensions	PENDING Variables (deprecated at source?), TextExtracts (deprecated at source?), Scribunto (do we use Lua anywhere?), CiteThisPage (remove inwiki links to reference styles or make the links outbound) FIXED/OUT OF SCOPE CentralAuth, Renameuser, DynamicPageList/DynamicPageList3, CollapsibleVector, InputBox, ImageMap, TemplateData	Ongoing	User:MarkAHershberger
Implement a solution for dynamic graphs display	This would be handled by the "Graphs" extension, except it is completely broken as of 2024[1][2]. A custom implementation can be worked out, but needs to be planned properly.	Not started	User:MarkWD & User:MarkAHershberger
Implement "Lingo" extension	"Lingo" is a stable and well-maintained extension that enables word definition on hover for admin-defined terms on all pages. For a heavy acronym space like ICANN, this is much more desirable than forcing users to open multiple tabs to be able to read an article. Available at: [3]	Not started	User:MarkAHershberger
Fix "HotCat" extension error	Using "HotCat" to categorize a page from its bottom bar consistently throws the user to an edit page containing "It appears that your browser does not support Unicode. It is required to edit pages, so your edit was not saved." However, it does work otherwise, so it's probably an exception that needs to be caught.	Not started	User:MarkAHershberger
Remove deprecated "Badge" link from "mw-head"	Apparently only removable from the PHP side.	Not started	User:MarkAHershberger
Add dark theme	Dark mode is a modern option preferred by many tech workers. It is now fully implemented in a series of ways, though not directly in Vector. We should implement it as a toggle in the wiki's top bar. We just need to choose one of the four approaches available: Manual:Dark_mode	Not started	User:MarkAHershberger & User:MarkWD
Check parsing of desirable functions in Templates	Currently parsing seems to be restricted or otherwise problematic.	Not started	User:MarkWD & User:MarkAHershberger
Rethink and fix nTLDStats data integration	Find a new way to correctly integrate nTLDStats into the wiki, if desirable.	Not started	User:Ray & User:MarkWD & User:MarkAHershberger
Check and fix Common.js	The calls being made seem to be problematic and outdated to some degree.	Not started	User:MarkWD & User:MarkAHershberger
Add licenses to the file uploader	Our file uploader currently doesn't have any licenses in its combo box for users to choose, which is problematic.	Not started	User:MarkAHershberger
Re-code Sponsors template	The current template has a hard-coded implementation that doesn't scale correctly.	Not started	User:MarkWD
Align mobile and desktop CSS	Make them similar even if not the same.	Not started	User:MarkWD
Analyze Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector and Extension:Translate	It is unclear how this extension interacts with our wiki and with our implementation of multiple languages in general.	Not started	User:MarkWD
Study and categorize our existing Namespaces	Help:Namespaces	Not started	User:MarkWD
Study and document Extension:Page Schemas	Extension:Page Schemas	Not started	User:MarkWD
Implement Extension:PageNotice where appropriate	After review of Namespaces.	Not started	User:MarkWD
Scope displaying a random card from ICANNWiki decks within a box	To make good use of our cards, we could display a random card at the portal towards one of the top corners, dynamically changing it with every user visit. How to execute this is unclear and will require scoping.	Not started	User:MarkWD
Remove "Mailing List" from sidebar	The mailing list doesn't exist anymore and leads to a 404.	DONE	User:MarkWD
Extensions for removal	Collection, Poem	DONE	User:MarkAHershberger
Extend user session login	Accounts get logged out even upon electing to keep the session logged in. This limits user engagement and should be fixed.	DONE	User:MarkAHershberger
Reconfigure or remove Extension:MobileFrontend	This extension doesn't appear to have a front-facing configuration page at the moment, meaning that it hijacks the mobile layout to a pretty barebones one.	DONE	User:MarkAHershberger & User:MarkWD
Enable in-wiki playback of audio and video files	EmbedVideo documentation and testing.	DONE	User:MarkWD
Fix main page for mobile view	Main page overflows incorrectly due to hard coding.	DONE	User:MarkWD

Content development

For more specific tasks, see: Meta:ICANNWiki Content Planning.

Task	Description	Status	Owner
Content plan	Content plan to steer the community in a clear direction based on the identified needs of the wiki.	Ongoing	User:Christiane & User:MarkWD
Standardization and documentation of ICANNWiki practices	The wiki does not have consistency over nomenclatures, formats, and presentation.	Ongoing	User:Christiane
Evaluate and organize categories	An excess of categories has proliferated over the years, many irrelevant or orphaned. The wiki needs to be organized in this area in order to increase its relevance.	Ongoing	User:Christiane
Validate and replace reference links for WebArchive permanent versions	As time goes by, reference links become dead and we lose track of their validation of information presented on the wiki. An effort needs to be carried out to replace these references with more permanent versions or even host local copies.	Not started	User:Christiane & User:MarkWD
Permanent copies of Internet Governance documentation: Internet Governance Atheneum	ICANNWiki should aim to become a neutral repository of documents that inform Internet Governance history, including PDFs, images, mailing list excerpts, and so on.	Not started	User:Christiane & User:MarkWD
Rethink logo	The proportions of the current logo are arbitrary and make it difficult to integrate into layouts that expect wide or square aspects. A study needs to be carried out to define potential modernized looks.	Not started	User:MarkWD & User:Ray
Celebration of 20 Years of ICANNWiki	The wiki completes 20 years of activity in 2025, making that general date perfect to carry out a campaign.	Not started	User:MarkWD & User:Ray
Implement templates for special article states	Template:Major articles parallel with Wikipedia, Template:Articles needing attention, Template:Candidates for deletion.	DONE	User:MarkWD
Redesign main page	Redefine the purpose of the main page and ensure that it reflects the goals of the content plan.	DONE	User:MarkWD & User:Ray
Toolset for content analysis	Set of Python tools to enable better understanding of the wiki's structure, existing content, gaps, and other useful metrics.	DONE	User:MarkWD & User:Christiane

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ICANNWiki: Development | Content Planning | Content Guide Categories: Articles needing attention | Major articles parallel with Wikipedia | Candidates for deletion Projects: Internet Governance Atheneum