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[edit | edit source]
| Task | Description | Status | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trace MX issues | Our MX bounces many times before landing on people's inboxes, by which time sometimes the authentication link has gone stale (10 minutes plus). Likely misconfigured from before the 1.43 update because the behavior was there in the past. We inherited relayhost = smtp.sendgrid.net and I asked Ray for login information to sendgrid. It looks like we need to talk to Ray about setting up a new SendGrid (or alternative) account. |
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User:MarkAHershberger |
| Check parsing of functions in Templates | Understand why {{#ifeq:{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|0|1}}|.|{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|1}}|{{PAGENAME}}}} still passes the dot to the final address. | Not started
|
User:MarkWD & User:MarkAHershberger |
| PNG scaling transparency issues | Potentially migrate to VipsScaler to do away with ImageMagick: [1] | Installed
|
User:MarkWD & User:MarkAHershberger |
| Fix 1.43 mobile | 1) Add resgistration link to mobile; 2) Fix glow special fx boundaries. | Not started | User:MarkWD & User:MarkAHershberger |
| Logo display on 1.43 | User:MarkAHershberger to remove "$wgLogos['wordmark']" from "LocalSettings.php"; User:MarkWD then needs to fix the frontend. | Set $wgLogos as follows in Localsettings.d/basic.php:
$wgLogos = [
'1x' => "$wgResourceBasePath/images/c/ca/ICANNWikiLogo-135px.png",
'icon' => "$wgResourceBasePath/images/c/ca/ICANNWikiLogo-135px.png",
'wordmark' => [],
'tagline' => [],
];
|
User:MarkWD & 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[2][3]. A custom implementation can be worked out, but needs to be planned properly. | Not started
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User:MarkWD & User:MarkAHershberger |
| Remove Extension:DPLforum and install Extension:DynamicPageList | Much more useful to our context | Not started | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Fix Extension:Popups | Even with the setting "Enable reference previews (get quick previews of a reference while reading a page)" turned on from Settings, it still doesn't work. | Not started | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Check the usefulness of Extension:Secure HTML and wheter it needs to be replaced | Wikimedia says "This extension is currently not actively maintained! Although it may still work, any bug reports or feature requests will more than likely be ignored." and the latest version is from 2016. Do we have something better to implement? [4] | Not started | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Scope the current usage and need of Extension:Google Analytics Integration | We have this extension on but it is unclear if we are using it properly in a way that advances our SEO, or even if it is hindering it. [5] | Not started | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Disable or fix Extension:TitleBlacklist & Admin Links | Currently we do not resolve MediaWiki:Titleblacklist; the Admin links action does not appear in the current theme. If the fix is easy, great. If it's not, we can disable them. | Not started | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Rebuild Sponsorship page | Sponsorship Options Needs to be retooled to work with mobile and be updated to current projects goals. | Not started | User:MarkWD |
| Study and document Extension:Page Schemas and Extension:TemplateData | Extension:Page Schemas and [6] | 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 |
| Reimplement Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector | Bring back and extensively test UniversalLanguageSelector when the wiki's redesign is fully finalized. | Not started | User:MarkWD |
| Further redesign the main page | 1) Incorporate 2025 priorities and design goals, highlighting our unique content; |
ONGOING | User:MarkWD |
| Rethink and fix nTLDStats data integration | Ensure that integration only happens in supported domains. | ONGOING | User:MarkWD & User:MarkAHershberger |
| Improve Lingo extension implementation | Monitor and improve the extension's function on mobile; disable it when within the article that defines the concept; make it work with plurals; overflow to the left if on page's edge; |
ONGOING | User:MarkWD |
| Fix "CiteThisPage" extension | Remove inwiki links to reference styles or make the links outbound. SOLUTION: Forcible redlink removal using .mw-specialCiteThisPage-styles a.new | DONE
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User:MarkWD |
| Implement Extension:PageNotice where appropriate | Result: For now incorporated for the "Meta" box for project work links. | DONE | User:MarkWD |
| Analyze Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector and Extension:Translate | These were disabled for now in order to reduce the number of possible points of failure. | DONE | User:MarkWD |
| Add Extension:Popups | This extension allows for Reference Previews to operate, which will enhance the wiki's organization. | DONE | 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. See MediaWiki:Licenses. (Copied from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Licenses) | DONE | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Fix Visual Editing | Ceased to work after upgrade to 1.43. (The lib/ve submodule for VE wasn't checked out. Also enabled on the NS_PROJECT NS so it can be used here.) | DONE | 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. | DONE | User:MarkAHershberger |
| 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. | DONE | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Improve metadata for external links to ICANNWiki | Currently the wiki does not feature rich metadata, and when linked from the outside, it produces only an ICANN logo. Solvable with: [7]. | DONE | User:MarkWD & 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 | DONE | User:MarkAHershberger & User:MarkWD |
| Remove deprecated "Badge" link from "mw-head" | Apparently only removable from the PHP side. | DONE | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Check and fix Common.js | The calls being made seem to be problematic and outdated to some degree. | DONE | 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: [8] | DONE | User:MarkAHershberger |
| Align mobile and desktop CSS | Make them similar even if not the same. | DONE | User:MarkWD |
| Re-code Sponsors template | The current template has a hard-coded implementation that doesn't scale correctly. | DONE | 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 |
| Add Extension:CodeMirror | REVERTED | User:MarkAHershberger |
Content development[edit | edit source]
For existing documentation, see: Meta:ICANNWiki Content Planning.
| Task | Description | Status | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category:Articles to be expanded -> Template:Articles needing attention &
Category:Major articles parallel with Wikipedia -> Category:General interest articles |
Migration | Not started | User:MarkWD |
| 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. | Not started | User:Christiane |
| Create and populate the articles of each individual major IG meeting | These includes all ICANN, IGF, WSIS and other large-scale meetings where decisions are taken or major documents published. | Paused | User:Christiane |
| Go through Category:Loose initiatives and find a destination for those articles | With the accumulation of 20 years of initiatives, it is necessary to carry out archival, deduplication, and find what is still otherwise useful. | Not started | User:MarkWD |
| Create "Curated page" template | We need a template to indicate protected pages that are only editable by admins due to content curation reasons. | Not started | User:MarkWD |
| Clarify protection policies | Inspired by Wikipedia: [9] | Not started | User:MarkWD |
| Study and categorize our existing Namespaces | Help:Namespaces | Not started | User:MarkWD |
| 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:MarkWD & User:Christiane |
| Permanent copies of Internet Governance documentation: Internet & Digital Governance Library | 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:MarkWD & User:Christiane |
| IDEA: Create a world map correlating with ccTLD articles | For a more visual and interactive experience for readers. | Not started | User:MarkWD |
| IDEA: Create a calendar of Internet Governance events | Not started | User:MarkWD | |
| Migrate Category:TLD to Category:GTLD and direct outstanding articles | As we have a fully formed ccTLD category, TLD needs to be repurposed for what it actually is, which is a list of gTLDs. | ONGOING | User:MarkWD |
| Final checks and revision of ccTLD pages | With the project concluded, a final pass will be carried out to ensure quality. | ONGOING | User:Christiane |
| Unify and consolidate all terminology-related articles | Terminology, ICANN Terms, ICANN Community, potentially others. | ONGOING | User:MarkWD |
| Rethink logo for 2025 | 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. | ONGOING | User:MarkWD & User:Ray |
| ICANNWiki feature documentation | All outstanding feature documentation needs to be consolidated to Meta:ICANNWiki Documentation. | ONGOING | User:MarkWD |
| Revision of templates for function, accuracy and relevance. | Ongoing: Template:TLD. | ONGOING | User:MarkWD |
| 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. | ONGOING | User:Christiane & User:MarkWD & User:Ray |
| Create an ICANNWiki article on Wikipedia | Ironically, the Wikipedia article on ICANNWiki is a redirect to the Ray King page. | DONE | User:MarkWD |
| Create our version of Template:About and Template:OtherUses | [10]. SOLUTION: Template:OtherUses | DONE | User:MarkWD |
| Individualization of ccTLD pages | There is great inconsistency in how ccTLDs are represented, some by their TLD, while others are just redirects to their managers. Each ccTLD should have an article standing by itself. | DONE | User:Christiane |
| Organization and population of all ISOC chapter articles | Make it so that all of them are organized following the same normalization and parameters. | DONE | User:Christiane |
| Standardization and documentation of ICANNWiki practices | The wiki does not have consistency over nomenclatures, formats, and presentation. This includes acronyms, redirects, article structure, and so on. | DONE | User:Christiane & User:MarkWD |
| Content plan: Phase 1 | Content plan to steer the community in a clear direction based on the identified needs of the wiki. | DONE | User:Christiane & User:MarkWD |
| 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 |
| 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 |