M3P:To Do list

This is a list of things to do for admins/sysops only. Editing on this page is locked for general users, but recommendations for things to add to the list are welcome via the To Do list Talk Page.

• Items marked urgent need immediate attention.
• Items marked ongoing do not need immediate attention but someone is working on them regularly.
• Any items that don't have an 'urgent' or 'ongoing' tag are desirable actions that need attention whenever possible.

Inaugural Symposium

Audio

I'm working on this. --Toni Sant (talk) 07:34, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Images

Michael Bugeja has several images and Winston De Giorgio has uploaded his to Picasa. These need to be uploaded to the M3P wiki.

Uploading Images (urgent)

File uploading works, but right now I've limited allowed to gif, jpg and png just to see how things go. I've blocked executables and things described as 'application/octet-stream' in MIME type. These settings can be tuned as appropriate and have been extracted out of standard LocalSettings. A quick check of this file will let you see where this new info is stored (should be safe in event of upgrades). Stephensd 14:03, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

I'll give it a whirl in the next 24 hours or so. Thanks! --Toni Sant (talk) 17:42, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Look and Feel (ongoing)

See Talk:Main_Page#Look_and_feel

Maintenance Templates (ongoing)

See Talk:Main_Page#Maintenance

I'm planning to work on this soon. --Toni Sant (talk) 07:34, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Gadgets

Darren Stephens is working on this. See Main Talk Page

Maltese Characters

See Talk:Main_Page#Special_characters

Help Section (ongoing)

Tony Grimaud is working on this. (October 2010)

Events Calendar (urgent)

Discussion at M3P_talk:Current_events#Using_an_extension_for_an_Events_Calendar indicates what Tony Grimaud is suggesting we need to do. Next action is probably to look into installing the appropriate extension.

• adding a test event:

<events>2010-10-29 : Events extension added. This is a test item</events> Stephensd 15:56, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Contact Page & Emails

See Talk:Main_Page#Contact_page_and_emails

URLs & Permalinks (ongoing)

See Talk:Main_Page#URLs_and_Permalinks

• This is awkward (see Case Sensitivity), and also needs to be considered with the wikipedia sensitvity rules, which are:
  • Case insensitive first char. toni sant=Toni sant (search is also case insensitive, except for the way to Go button deals with caps in middle of words, apparently)
  • At all other points, case sensitvity applies. so DOG != dog (the former may be an acronym, for example) and Toni Sant != Toni sant

Weird, huh? There is a hacky solution available, but I really don't want to go there...

I'll report back on performance in the coming days. Meanwhile I've downgraded this from urgent to ongoing. --Toni Sant (talk) 17:44, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

M3P Inaugural Conference (May/June 2011)

Toni Sant, Alex Grech, Michael Bugeja, and Tony Grimaud to discuss (October 2010). First meeting tentatively set for mid-November?

Eventual gathering in Scarborough in early February 2011.

Interim events

Old-timers' series: working title M3P jiltaqa' ma'...

- This is being coordinated by Tony Grimaud (inc. idea for possible radio programme?)

- Target date April 2011?

Networking Workshop/s

- May/June conference must include networking workshop/s similar to the one we had at the St James Cavalier Studio during the launch. This sort of thing is essential for all major M3P events.

- We should also consider specific workshops, such as one for events submissions with specific stakeholders like Lito.

Publication of Proceedings

To check with CCP/UoM/JISC for support. (October 2011)

- This is being coordinated by Toni Sant.

Call for Papers/Presentations

CFP needs to be issued no later than January 2011.

See also

• Main Talk Page