UESPWiki:Task List

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This is a combined, public task list for all UESP editors. It lists a wide range of specific projects that editors have identified as needing to be done. For more general ideas about what to do, see the Helping Out page. Official projects can be found on the Projects page.

All editors are welcome to add ideas or work on any idea listed here. Any task that is not crossed out is available for anyone to tackle. More details on how to add tasks to this list, or how to sign up to do a task, are provided at the bottom of the page.

In many cases, the task descriptions are pretty brief. If you'd like more information on any task, just ask on the help page. And don't worry, asking about a task doesn't mean you have to do it!

Contents

[edit] General

All tasks on the Helping Out page, especially:

Pages Needing Cleanup
All these pages need improving in some way.
Pages Needing Verification
These pages have questionable information that requires research.
Questions Needing Answers
Many questions are asked on talk pages and the answers would improve the wiki.

A full list of pages requiring maintenance can be found here.

[edit] Oblivion

  • Harmonize all of the Daedric Quests - Slowly but surely working through it, Vesna
    • Introduce consistent section titles, content, formatting, and layout for each of the individual quest pages.
  • The Oblivion Places Redesign Project is a major effort to update all the place articles and maps in Oblivion. The project page provides more details on all the different tasks that need to be done.
  • Expand the Dremora page. I'm on it. --Timenn < talk > 05:34, 1 October 2008 (EDT)
  • Create pages similar to Bandit for the other types of generic NPCs (Marauders, Conjurers, Necromancers, etc) I am working on this as you can see here. Any admin or patrollers are allowed to edit it if they like --Matthewest •T•C•E• 23:25, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
    • Looks like this project was a bit overdue, I took the liberty to do the Necromancer page --SerCenKing 15:03, 27 January 2009 (EST) ...and the Conjurer page --SerCenKing 16:59, 6 February 2009 (EST) Done! --SerCenKing 17:51, 9 March 2009 (EDT)
    • This needs to include generic NPCs added by mods - the Drothmeri Army and the various Laborers from Unearthing Mehrunes Razor.
  • Add details of all factions to Oblivion:Factions_A, Oblivion:Factions_B and so on, including what the factions are for and how they affect gameplay. My mess - I'll clear it up. –Rpeh•T•C•E• 05:12, 2 July 2008 (EDT)
  • Create a page with more complete information on greater powers and lesser powers.
    • See request at Category_talk:Oblivion-Magic-Greater Powers
    • Details on the powers provided by each race also need to be provided on individual race pages (i.e., not just a mention that Khajiits receive the "Eye of Fear" and "Eye of Night" but make those names linkable entries and provide complete information on FormID, whether its a lesser/greater power, spell cost if lesser power, etc. ... or provide a link to a page with that information). - Might need to be checked to see if the links work, OWM.
  • Add information on racial disposition modifiers for each race (e.g., which races do altmer like? which races like altmer?)
    • Also, document the various race-specific dialogues (e.g., "What do you want, ashborn?" for Dunmer, under "HELLO" conversations; or "You'll make a fine pair of boots, lizard!" under Combat/Attack dialogues) - Doing this. Mishaxhi 04:51, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
  • Create a category for quest items and add all relevant articles/redirects to the category.
  • Create a page listing quest items in addition to the category, in the style of Morrowind:Quest Items. It should also describe what a quest item is. I'm working on it now. --Lady Azura 17:27, 19 November 2008 (EST)
  • Add links to the pages for each skill and attribute linking to items that boost the skill. These should probably point to the Generic Magic Apparel page and also list unique items with the effect individually. Doin it --Minimang 22:48, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
  • We have new pages for the individual Mages and Fighters Guild Halls. "What Links Here" for each guild's page needs to be combed through, to see if any of the links should instead be pointing to a guild hall page.

[edit] Shivering Isles

  • Expand the Zealot and Heretic pages: more information along the lines of the Bandit page. Done! Could use another look to see if any more detail should be added. –Eshetalk 21:13, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
  • More information on Golden Saint and Dark Seducer pages. Details on the different types listed at Aureal and Mazken. Working on it. –Eshetalk 21:13, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
  • A new page specifically about the locations of Amber and Madness Ore. Consideration needs to be given to matrices and the Sheogorath-shaped amber too. I'll begin work on this once my three days is up and I'm able to create pages. Anyone feel free to contribute or correct my imperfect knowledge. I feel it's better than nothing, so.. Andi 20:07, 3 November 2008 (EST)
    • Amber page up. Feel free to edit/correct/better format/etc. Andi 20:07, 3 November 2008 (EST)
    • Ok, I'm working on the madness ore here, feel free to help me out ;D -Goblin lair 17:01, 16 July 2009
  • Create a Followers page in the style of Oblivion:Followers.

[edit] Morrowind

[edit] Tribunal

[edit] Bloodmoon

[edit] Pages needing Peer review

See list here

[edit] Lore

  • Reformat the History pages
    • The Third Era has already been done; the Dawn Era, Merethic Era, First Era, and Second Era need to be done in a similar way
    • Events on the page need to be categorized into "major events" or "all events"
    • All events on page should be linkable entries (and links to the events should be added from other pages as relevant)
    • As many people and places as possible on the pages should be cross-links to other Lore entries
    • Check whether all information on the old site (tamriel/history/tamhist.shtml and subpages) has been incorporated into new site
  • Expand the Lore:Places pages. (All pages from the old site are updated.-Puddle.)
    • Check whether all information on the old site (tamriel/geography/tamgeog.shtml) has been incorporated into new site.
    • Pages that are transcluded into the Lore Places pages need more consistent formatting: only a paragraph or two of the very general information should ever be transcluded; any maps/images should be small and left-aligned. If there is more information, a link should be provided to direct readers to the full page for the details. For example, see Lore:Hammerfell.
  • In general with the Lore pages:
    • Check whether information from the old site (tamriel/tamriel.shtml) has been incorporated into the new site
    • Make sure entries on all pages are linkable entries so that cross-links and redirects are possible
    • Add cross-links to pages to make it as easy as possible to look up information. Most Lore entries now have redirects, so cross-links should be possible simply by enclosing a word in brackets (i.e., if you see a mention of "Barenziah", simply change it to "[[Barenziah]]").
    • Introduce standard formatting
    • Add links from Lore pages to game-specific pages. Whenever there is a game-specific page on the same topic, there should be a link somewhere on the article saying something like: "This x appears in the game of [[Oblivion:Oblivion-specific-page|Oblivion]]."
    • Conversely, add links from game-specific pages to the Lore pages where appropriate. In particular, if the Lore pages contain information that is not being displayed/transcluded on the game-specific pages, then there should be a link to let readers know that the Lore page exists and contains more general information on the topic
  • The Ayleid Language page needs a revamp.
    • Use a common stem for words rather than including all known forms (e.g. Arpen, Arpena, Arpenia)
    • Put the Ayleid Ruins into a different section
    • Find references for all the remaining words
    • Layout - more like the main dictionary pages
  • Possibly create a Dunmeri Language page?
    • There may not be many examples of known words, but a basic page would at least allow a reference to be added to pages where we have translations (e.g. Balmora - stone forest, Sadrith Mora - forest of mushrooms, etc)
  • Create a page for Elder Scrolls: The Infernal City.
    • Not very much known, but I think it should have a page over the things we do know.

[edit] Mobile Games

  • Shadowkey pages have recently been created, but more input from people who have played the game is needed.
  • We have no content on three of the four mobile games. Stubs have been created, but if anyone knows anything about these games, please help us out!

[edit] Older Games

  • Check the old site for pages that need to be wikified
    • Lists of all the pages on the old site are posted at UESPWiki:Old UESP Files and its subpages. These lists need to be completed with information on whether or not the page contents have been copied over to the wiki.
    • Most content from the pre-wiki version of the UESP site have been converted over, but not all.
    • Converting Old Pages provides tips on how to move pages over
  • Daggerfall Redesign Project: A project has been started to standardize the format of the Daggerfall pages; see the project page for details.
  • Remove attributions from pre-wiki pages
    • Move any attribution from the old site to talk pages or to the page history.
  • Arena:Running_Under_Windows and Arena:Running_Under_DosBox -- These contain a lot of old information (which may be somewhat useful still) but is missing the last year or so of tips (many threads from the ES-Old Games forums are related to this). Ideally this section should be split into several different pages:
    • Using DosBox
    • Running Old Games Under Windows
    • Game specific pages for Arena, Daggerfall, etc...
  • Make the Lore sections better for Daggerfall and Arena characters.

[edit] Site Tasks

  • Update all tables to use "wikitable" class (instead of greylapse/graylapse, and instead of completely non-standard layouts)
    • See Table Formats for background information, and Help:Tables for general info about tables
    • Doing a search on greylapse or graylapse will provide a list of all articles currently using those table formats. Other non-standard tables may be more difficult to find.
    • Figure out whether the table needs any special table features and therefore what class(es) it should be put into (Is it a table that needs to be compact? If so, change class to "wikitable compress". Is it a table with multiline cells that uses linkable entries? If so, change class to "wikitable vtop"). Change class accordingly.
    • Delete any redundant formatting (padding=x, border=x, cellpadding=x, cellspacing=x, table=center, etc.); also check whether the header row has unnecessary formatting that should be deleted (i.e., style="font-size:8pt", bgcolor=x, etc.).
    • The only other formatting commands that are likely to be needed are: align=x, width=x, style=text-align:x, style=float:right
    • Before saving, do a preview and see whether the changes have made the table appear significantly different. If the table is really different, see whether some of the formatting commands should be added back in. Or place a comment on the talk page letting other editors know that the table needs to be looked at more closely.
    • Other formatting in the table may also be redundant, unwanted, or implemented using out-of-date features. Feel free to update if you think it can be improved.
  • Template documentation needs to be brought into line with the new standards. Working on it... –Elliot talk 06:42, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

The following tasks are more advanced and likely require a good deal of effort and knowledge in web technologies.

  • Design a system for handling file uploads similar to other ES sites. See File Database Design page for Daveh's ideas on the system. While this is a lower priority task, contact Daveh if you're interested in working on this.

[edit] Instructions

[edit] Working on a Task

  1. Look through list and see if anything appeals to you
  2. If you can't figure out what a task means or if you're not sure how to do it, ask on the the talk page.
  3. Once you've picked something you would like to work on, mark that you're working on it. Put your name under the task to let other editors know that someone is working on it, e.g. add ** Being worked on! --~~~~.
  4. If it's a one-person task, you may also want to cross it out (place <s> at the start of the line, and </s> at the end of the line) so other editors know to not work on it.
  5. When you've finished, delete the task from this page

[edit] Adding a Task

Any editor can add a task to the page: if there's something that you think needs to be done on the site, add it! If you're not sure about your idea or would like feedback, add it to the talk page and ask for other editors to provide their opinion.

  1. Check whether this is the best place to add your idea
    • This page is supposed to list specific ideas for projects that editors can work on; more general to-do information is at UESPWiki:Helping Out
    • This page is not for tasks that require administrative priviledges; those requests should be added to the Administrator Noticeboard.
    • Don't add tasks that you are planning on tackling in the near future (i.e., next week or so); this is supposed to be for tasks that are available for other editors to work on.
    • This is not the place to ask questions (try the Reference Desk), or make minor suggestions about improving a single page (put the suggestions on the article's talk page).
    • If in doubt, just go ahead and add it. Another editor might move it to a more appropriate place, but it's much better to add the idea so others know about it than to delay adding it because you're not sure where to put it.
  2. Add a description of the task in the appropriate section.
  3. (Optional) Add more detailed information on the following lines.
    • If you're able to take the time to fully describe the task, that would be great, and will make it easier for other editors to know what needs to be done
    • If, on the other hand, you just want to quickly add an idea, just provide a basic description (enough so that an experienced editor can probably fill in the details). In that case try to monitor this page and its talk page so that you can provide details if someone is interested in the idea.
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