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
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Description
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Status
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Owner
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| Extend user session login
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Accounts get logged out even upon electing to keep the session logged in. This limits user engagement and should be fixed.
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Prioritary
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User:MarkAHershberger
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| Update backend to latest MediaWiki version
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Get the wiki to version 1.41/1.42 (May 2024) in order to benefit from updated resources, such as new API calls, modernized skins, and bug fixes.
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Not started
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User:MarkAHershberger
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| Enable in-wiki playback of audio and video files
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Incorporating more robust multimedia resources moving forward will allow us to better integrate resources that are being underutilized at the moment, including a significant amount of videos already generated by ICANNWiki.
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Not started
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User:MarkAHershberger
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Content development
| Task
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Description
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Status
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Owner
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| Toolset for content analysis
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Set of Python tools to enable better understanding of the wiki's structure, existing content, gaps, and other useful metrics.
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Ongoing
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User:Christiane & User:Markwd
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| Content plan
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Content plan to steer the community in a clear direction based on the identified needs of the wiki.
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Ongoing
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User:Christiane
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| Evaluate and organize categories
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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.
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Ongoing
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User:Christiane
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| Redesign main page
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Redefine the purpose of the main page and ensure that it reflects the goals of the content plan.
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Not started
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User:Markwd & User:Christiane & User:Ray
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| Rethink logo
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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.
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Not started
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User:Markwd & User:Ray
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