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 version 1.41/1.42 (May 2024) in order to benefit from updated resources, such as new API calls, modernized skins, and bug fixes. | Not started | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Check broken/misconfigured/needless extensions | CentralAuth (broken), CiteThisPage (remove inwiki links to reference styles or make the links outbound), Renameuser (broken), DynamicPageList/DynamicPageList3 (where is each being used and how?), Variables (deprecated at source), TextExtracts (deprecated at source), InputBox (deprecated at source), ImageMap (deprecated), TemplateData (unecessary after we update WikiMedia), Scribunto (do we use Lua anywhere?), CollapsibleVector (unecessary after we update WikiMedia?). | Not started | 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: [1] | Not started | User:MarkAHershberger & User:Ray |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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. (Potentially with [2]). Update: As it turns out, we already had EmbedVideo implemented, it just needed to be documented. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Meta
ICANNWiki: Development | Content Planning | Content Guide Categories: Articles needing attention | Major articles parallel with Wikipedia | Candidates for deletion Projects: Internet Governance Atheneum