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 (DONE)

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)

All seems to be working fine with image uploads. (Robert) Longo has uploaded an old image of Mirage and I've uploaded the Għanja tal-Poplu logo, which I've also inserted as a thumbnail on the appropriate page. --Toni Sant (talk) 15:13, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Uploading Files (urgent)

I'm about to finish editing the audio files from the inaugural symposium today and I think it's probably better if we actually upload these through the wiki rather than directly to a folder on the server via FTP. Darren, I think all that needs doing is to add the MIME-types for audio files just like you did for the images. If you don't mind, I'd rather you do it, so there's only one of us at a time working directly on the settings files. Thanks. --Toni Sant (talk) 15:17, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

OK, let me know specific video formats so I can identify correct MIME and extensions and I'll get to it. --Stephensd 14:52, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

So far I only have MP3s. So perhaps we could just start with that to keep things simple. Thanks. --Toni Sant (talk) 15:43, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

The following are now enabled: png, gif, jpg, jpeg, avi, mpg, mpeg, mov, m4v, ogg, wmv, mp3, mp4, ogg. Some MIME type and file extension checking will take place. You should also notice that upload from external URL is now also switched on. We can see how this one floats... Stephensd 16:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

The 4MB file size limit is going to be a problem with audio and video files. The 8 files I have from the Inaugural Symposium range from 5MB to 21MB each. I just tried uploading the smallest one and the upload quite at one point and simply refreshed the page without an error message that I could see. Is there an easy way to adjust the maximum file size allowed for certain types, or shall we just raise the limit to 25MB on everything for now? --Toni Sant (talk) 17:00, 1 November 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:

Stephensd 15:56, 29 October 2010 (UTC) : update 17.57 install sort of working but having some teething issues. For this reason have disbled extension till Monday to work on further. Toni S is aware of these issues

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.