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Below is a list of '''Projects''' were are currently working on. Feel free to add a sub-bullet with your username if you are currently working on one.
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* Migrate TolkienNews.net to the wiki.
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* Finish the new [[Main Page/Development|Main Page]]
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* Chapter by Chapter synopsis/analysis of [[The Children of Hurin]]
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* Add more essays.
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* Create a FAQ namespace for FAQs such as FAQ:Balrogs.
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* Create a bot which goes through any Tolkien-related site and saves a cached version, similar to archive.org. This way Tolkien content can be preserved.
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* Create a PHP script which scrapes forums, newsgroups, wikis, news sites, and various other places that are related to Tolkien so essentially a Tolkien fan can view anything in the Tolkien community that is being updated.
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* Create an extension to embed video. (Trying to dynamically convert avi/mov/wmv/etc to .flv and output as .swf is a pain)
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* Design a new custom skin, Monobook is getting boring.
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* Create a Middle-earth map engine equivalent to Google Earth.
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* Integrate java clients into the wiki
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* Surpass 18,000 images which should give us the largest collection of images.
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* Add links on the left menu which dynamically translate the content to the specified language.
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* Possibly look into having non-canon articles use a different skin
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* Add an extension which allows embedding of video/audio (not yet released unfortunately)
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* Reach 8,000 articles to be listed on the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_wikis List of largest wikis]
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* Upload images of ''every'' single LotR TCG card.
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* Upgrade to [http://examples.anotherwebcom.com/wikis/MediaWiki/Special:AWCforum/&useskin=monobook this] forum extension.
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* Install LaTeX, TengTex, and WikiTex so we can [http://wikisophia.org/wiki/Teng do this]
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* Write a screenplay which transforms [[The Lord of the Rings]] or [[The Hobbit]] (or any other Tolkien story) into a present day scenario. Similar to what ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' did for ''The Odyssey''.
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* Spelling file for Microsoft Word and OpenOffice which includes all Tolkien-related terms. Possibility of automatically changing unaccented words to accented ones.
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* Write lesson plans for teachers to help get the word out to more students about Tolkien and his works.
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* Create a few different calendars. One for real life Tolkien-related events and at least one for birthdays, deaths, anniversaries, etc.
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* Create an article which lists rare or good ebay buys.
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* Create an article for every Sindarin, Quenya, etc. word
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* Add [http://www.elvish.org/elm/names.html Elvish names] to their own articles?
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* Finish uploading [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]] images.
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* Create an article which details locations in [[New Zealand]] from [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]. Something a visitor could print out and take with them while visiting the country that could serve as a guide.
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* Create an article which details Tolkien-related locations around Oxford and nearby areas one could tour.
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* Fix [[MediaWiki:Popups.js]].
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* Have a contest for who can create the best Tolkien-themed song.
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* Convince Weird Al to do a Lord of the Rings parody. (This is more of a reminder to check for a response as I just sent an email to him)
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* Scene by scene summary of [[The Lord of the Rings]].
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* Scene by scene analysis of PJ's films, Bakshi's film, and Rankin/Bass films, as well as the books.
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* Finish uploading Nasmith images. Still need to do his Hobbit, FotR, TTT, and RotK sketch sections. (Trying not to think about Howe, Lee, Hildebrandt, etc, etc, etc)
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* Go through all the Lord of the Rings news websites and gather any news of events and put them into articles.
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* Create a geographical navigation system. For instance [[Harondor]] would have a compass, a visitor could click the North symbol to be directed to [[Lebennin]], they could click the West symbol to be directed to [[Bay of Belfalas]], etc. The system would have tiers. You could navigate continents such as [[Middle-earth]], [[Numenor]], etc. then there would be a level of navigation for major regions like [[Gondor]] and [[Eriador]], then another level for cities.
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* A [[Fellowship of the Ring]] route which allows one to follow the region articles linearlly just as the Fellowship of the Ring did.
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* Create an article for ''every'' year of every [[Ages|Age]] on [[Arda]], as well as for every year in the real world, starting from at least [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s birth.
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* Decide on a slogan for [http://tolkiennews.net TolkienNews.net]. And maybe a new title? ''Tolkien Times''?
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* Fix any broken links
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** Down to around 2,000 [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted pages]]
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* Add any books relating written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] or about his works.
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* Add any games relating to [[Middle-earth]] and [[Arda]].
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** Naming standard?
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* Add more descriptions and standardize all the encyclopedia entries
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* Add templates to all the pages
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* Add quotes and references to back up facts
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* Add any song or band relating to Tolkien and his works.
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* Upload at least one image per article
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* Write a halfway readable [[Help:Contents|Help]] section.
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* Stream mp3s of Tolkien reading the one ring poem for instance.
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* Code a better style to hide the generic wiki format
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** I've added a couple of skins but still not happy with any of them
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* Add how to pronounce articles
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** Uploaded all of [[User:Ardamir|Ardamir]]'s which covered a few hundred pronunciations.
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* Add links to forum threads
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* Elvish names?
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* Migrate from mod_rewrite to alias and fix & problem (Ex: Allen & Unwin)
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* Calendars which are merely variants should be merged.
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* Double check Calendars published by Minotauro and are Italian (should be Spanish?)
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* Install [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frantik/Winter Winter extension] and configure journals to display previous/next issues dynamically
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* Get more visitors!
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