User:Waldir

I'm User:Waldir on several Wikimedia projects and I've been commenting on the blog as "Waldir".

ToDo

recurring maintenance tasks

• Special:UncategorizedCategories
• Special:UncategorizedFiles
• Special:UncategorizedPages
• Special:WantedCategories
• Special:DeadendPages
• Special:LonelyPages
• Special:WantedFiles
• Special:DoubleRedirects
• Special:UnusedTemplates
• Special:WantedPages
• convert wikipedia links to use the {{w}} template.
• Unpatrolled changes by registered users
• Unpatrolled changes by anonymous users

sysop one-time tasks

• Style the wiki! Example of what can be done: http://setiquest.org/wiki
• Edit text shown when someone tries to edit the main page to say that the actual comic page can be changed
• Add Menu-to-tabs gadget
• Add 6tabs gadget

non-sysop one-time tasks

• use lowercase xkcd everywhere on the wiki (see How do I write "xkcd"?)
• Use a single template for comic pages!
  • {{comic}}, {{ComicHeader}}, {{comicbox}}...
  • The code needs to be human-readable!
• Once creation process is stabilized, make the "add yours" link/inputbox on the main page point to a Help:How to add a new comic page (see also {{create}})
• Use a local help/FAQ page and link it from the sidebar rather than mediawiki's vanilla help which isn't very friendly.
• {{comic}} should add a zero-padded DEFAULTSORT

content

• Topics to cover/mention: our twitter account the xkcd irc channel (and its wiki), the blag, the forum, other sites explaining xkcd ([1], [2], [3], [4], maybe invite members+content of the other wikis in once we're established?), etc.
• http://www.explainxkcd.com/category/wikipedia/ vs. Category:Wikipedia

bot edits

• rename comic pages to "number: title" (on hold until consensus in page title format is reached)
• rename section "Description" to "Explanation"
• add {{Comic discussion}} to all comic pages
• remove unused imagesize= parameter from {{comic}} (it's on the documentation in case anyone needs it)
• add redirects from 1.png, etc, to the actual filenames
• Add links to original comics from xkcd (and hotlink to images). Also, format image pages in standard fashion (comic images, characters...)

server-side

• Extension:Contribution Scores to gamify the wiki a little :D
• Extension:Comments
• Try to get a rendered feed of Special:NewPages, instead of [5]
  • Maybe it would really be a good idea to move comics to a comic namespace, otherwise spam pages would crop up. Besides, even without spam, other non-comic but otherwise valid wiki pages would show too... An alternative solution is using a custom rendering engine other than mediawiki, then page title patterns could be enforced. Finally, add RSS link on sidebar.