RuneScape:To do list

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Here you can post any tasks you want to see completed that require help from other editors or need to be done over time. More details or urgent requests should be posted in User Help instead. Please keep everything organized, using headers.

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= Current projects =

If you have a project that you'd like some help with, add it here! Add your name or just discuss the projects below.

Adding examine info
There are a lot of pages that simply don't have examine information on them. I've created a category (Category:Needs examine added) for pages missing that. The list should get populated soon. If there's a page in there, you can just find it in-game, whether it's an item, monster or character, and simply examine it. Add that to the infobox, and it will automatically get removed from Category:Needs examine added. 21:56, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Isn't there a way we can remove this from some, because for some you simply cannot get the examine. EG: Discontinued NPCs, unreleadses updates. 62.255.192.221 09:33, August 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * I suppose we could add N/A to it.  06:22, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * We could set it so that "no" or "n/a" or any other negative phrases would trigger an "examine not avaliable" message. Though for discontinued NPCs there's always a way to get it, via youtube vids or what have you. 03:20, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

I've added the examine text to the 50 I could examine. I also simply added N/A to the ones that can't be examined yet as I didn't feel like adding it to the infobox templates for only about 10 items that couldn't be examined. Hope this helps. 22:04, October 17, 2010 (UTC)

Excess space
Remove unneeded space from mainspace articles.

From: RuneScape   is a&amp;nbsp;game.

It requires Java.

To: RuneScape is a game.

It requires Java.

AWB will greatly speed this up. For AWB settings that accomplish this, see User:Evil1888/Settings. 00:09, August 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Exactly which pages need this space removed? 02:17, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * All mainspace pages (late response ftw!). 10:30, October 17, 2010 (UTC)

Remove the stub template from non-stub articles
The stub template is on like 4100 articles I think. Most of these are complete articles and don't need this template. Don't just blindly remove it, you need to have judgment to know what is a stub and what isn't. 19:44, August 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Link to stub-article list here. (Added link for lazy people like me.) Lgm123990 19:32, August 16, 2010 (UTC)

Uncategorized files
Go through Special:UncategorizedFiles and...add categories. The easiest one to do is to add Category:Item inventory images. 10:28, August 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Is there like a list of the different image categories? 06:47, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * It looks like there are images in the Category:Images that could stand to be properly sub-categorised. 08:40, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Dungeoneering Arrow Articles
Go through all of the dungeoneering arrow articles and either then include the poisoned types and pictures in the article, then create proper redirects with the (p), (p+), and (p++) suffixes, or create new articles for the poisoned versions of the arrows. Lgm432 19:02, August 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirects completed. 01:33, August 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Someone still needs to add pics and info though. Lgm123990 16:18, August 16, 2010 (UTC)

Adding new drops templates
A large amount Monster pages need the new drop templates to be added. This will be a massive job to tackle, which is why many users need to help. See this and that for more information.

10:44, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Only problem with that is that the rarity is commonly guess work. 11:27, August 21, 2010 (UTC)

See User:Chicken7/Drops for help on this topic. 11:41, August 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's still usually guess work between uncommon and rare. 11:47, August 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * I just remebered if you don't know and it doesn't say put it as uncommon and it can be changed if needed. 09:55, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okey dokey. 10:18, August 22, 2010 (UTC)

Some pages will be here 11:37, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

of course one of the sneaky things that game developers do is to change drop rates and such, either in name of 'game balancing' or just to keep the users guessing, which of course keeps interest in the game, just an observation. 08:34, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

This, ofcourse, is NOT true. In the past 2 years, jagex altered the droprate of a monster only ONCE, and that was Tormented Demons. This was done because jagex did not forsee that players would come up with methods as efficient as they are now to kill them. -- joske
 * Not true. I've been slaying for literal years.  It used to be easy to get a whip inside 3 hours, but much harder to kill abby demons.  Now I can go weeks without seeing whips and often times do.  Same with most other slayer monsters, bosses, and anything else with a semi-rare valuable drop.  The more they are killed, the more Jagex lowers the drop rate.  Be better if they solved the root problem and just made things harder to kill.   12:40, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Since this isn't a drop log this shouldn't matter as it will be as easy to change as it was when they were just lists. 10:10, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Scan clue Images
The images displayed for the locations should all be in a similar format such as size, showing map and/or avatar. The page is also exceedingly lengthy, possible expand/contract the Locations.. like you can hide/show the contents table there is the link - scans --Gary4qq 12:22, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Page creation
See User:Cook Me Plox/Sandbox for a list of all the pages that need to be created/split. Lots. 200. Get on it ^^  10:09, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Categorizing pet images
I could use a hand in categorizing every image of pets. Each image in the pet articles should be under Category:Pet images. Additionally, inventory sprites and chatheads should also be placed under Category:Item inventory images and Category:Chat head images, respectively. They should not be under any other category. It would also be nice if you could add descriptions in cases where there are no descriptions or the description is unclear. The format I think it think is best is: "A [color] [growth stage and pet name] [chat head or inventory sprite]. 20:42, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've done all cats and dogs. 03:17, September 15, 2010 (UTC)

make more redirects for typos
because often i find no redirects for typos. Fllour 21:30, September 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * When you make redirects, the code should be


 * 1) REDIRECT Pagename

With a redirect I saw you make you put


 * 1) redirect [pagename]

21:36, September 30, 2010 (UTC)

Clear out Wanted
Wanted Categories and Wanted Files have been cleared out by me and my bot.

However, Wanted Pages (800+) and Wanted Templates (50+) still need clearing out.

Wanted Files has been repopulated due to some file deletions, the first 50 or so have already been cleared (correct cache date: 4/10/10). Most of the summoning related files only require an edit to clear the cache, but other files still require replacement.

Clearing Wanted Pages/Templates means changing red links so they point to the right page, or removing them outright if there is no obvious page to link to. Clearing out Wanted Templates is basically the same thing.

You don't need to do all of them at once, do a few a day and the number will go down. The more users who help out the faster the red links will disappear.

Remember that the Special page listings are cached and do not update immediately. Changes usually appear the next day after 1600 UTC.

10:26, October 1, 2010 (UTC) Updated: 09:19, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Slayer monster pages
Per Forum:Slayer monster pages, we will add who assigns a slayer monster to the infobox. We will need to create new parameters in the Infobox Monster template, one for each slayer master. The parameters should be named after the slayer masters. Please note that the parameters should only have the original slayer master's name, meaning that Spira, Ichtyrin (however it's spelled), and Lapalok should not have parameters.

The specifications for the template are as follows:


 * 1) Each parameter is set to no by default. If the parameter is changed to yes, that means that the slayer master assigns the monster.
 * 2) A new line should be added to the infobox, named "Monsters assigned by:". If a master assigns the monster, it should be listed there. Please note that if multiple masters assign a monster, their names go all go in that line, separated by commas.
 * 3) If no slayer masters assign the monster, the Monsters assigned by line should be omitted.
 * 4) The monster should be added to the category "Monsters assigned by (name)" if the parameter is set to true.

This will require some work to finish, but it shouldn't take long, since we have a list of who assigns what. Note that a bot is required to add all of the parameters into all the infobox monster templates. Please post here if you are going to add the parameters, since we don't want edit conflicts. 22:55, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't you mean "If no slayer masters assign the monster, the Monsters assigned by line should be omitted" ? -- 23:12, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Since it was edited, I guess he did.... -- 00:31, October 10, 2010 (UTC)

I've created a list of categories for the monsters
 * Category:Monsters assigned by Turael or Spria
 * Category:Monsters assigned by Mazchna or Achtryn
 * Category:Monsters assigned by Vannaka
 * Category:Monsters assigned by Chaeldar
 * Category:Monsters assigned by Sumona
 * Category:Monsters assigned by Duradel or Lapalok
 * Category:Monsters assigned by Kuradal

And they are all in a hub category titled Category:Monsters by Slayer master which is in the Slayer and Bestiary categories.

23:25, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Moved from RS:UH. 23:27, October 9, 2010 (UTC)

All the above categories are currently being held in my sandbox, please remove them from there when completed. 23:27, October 9, 2010 (UTC)

Comment - It would be useful if someone could provide the required settings to apply these categories using AWB. 23:35, October 9, 2010 (UTC)

Comment - If no one objects, I'll take this one on. I've read the forum article, plus I have some ideas of my own. -- 01:17, October 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Aside: I'm no help for the AWB settings, though. -- 01:19, October 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * So it looks like a blew my afternoon for nothing. Geez... How come nobody said they objected before I started? -- 22:25, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Comment- I'm working on the infobox parameter. It can be seen at my sandbox. 16:55, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Comment - I finished what ZamorakO_o was working on and have applied the change to Template:Infobox Monster. So start adding those parameters, AWBers! 21:35, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * You need to add how to use your changes to Template:Infobox Monster/doc.  21:39, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. 22:13, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Please see the continuation of my comment above. -- 22:26, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Uh, how do we AWB this? I need settings. 05:41, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

Why do we have params for both Turael and Spria? If I'm not mistaken, they give the same monsters. 22:49, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * That's so if some high-level editors comes around and adds both or replaces the other, nothing bad will happen and will display normally. 22:53, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Inventory images for seeds and arrows
I have added several images for seeds, and I need a big help from the community as I'm working on the cheaper seeds that I can afford. If you could afford expensive and quest seeds, please do so and upload it and add it to the relevant article. If you don't have time to upload it and add it to the article, send it via my e-mail ([mailto:kieranjoshuatsai@gmail.com kieranjoshuatsai@gmail.com]). Thanks. 23:07, October 14, 2010 (UTC)