UESPWiki:Task List

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This Task List gathers a wide range of specific projects and types of projects that editors have identified as needed. For more general ideas about what to do, see the Helping Out page. Official projects can be found on the Projects page.

All editors are welcome to add ideas or work on any idea listed here. Any task that is not crossed out is available for anyone to tackle. More details on how to add tasks to this list, or how to sign up to do a task, are provided at the bottom of the page.

In many cases, the task descriptions are pretty brief. If you'd like more information on any task, ask on the talk page. Don't worry, asking about a task doesn't mean you have to do it!

General

All tasks on the Helping Out page, especially:

Pages Needing Descriptions

Any pages listed here are probably empty pages, that need any basic information filled out.

Pages Needing Cleanup

All these pages need improving in some way.

Pages Needing Verification

These pages have questionable information that requires research. If you are familiar with Creation Kit, you can help other editors with their requests.

Questions Needing Answers

Many questions are asked on talk pages and the answers would improve the wiki.

Create screenshots

Every quest, place, NPC, creature, flower, etc. needs a high-quality image. This task is mainly confined to PC players, but there is some high-end tech allowing console players to help out. Additionally you can help other editors with their requests.

A full list of pages requiring maintenance can be found here.

Legends

• Legends Namespace Completion Project: a time-sensitive project to document everything about Legends before the eventual server shutdown.

Elder Scrolls Online

• Online Collectible Images Project: a project to acquire images for all collectibles in ESO.
• Online Quest Project: a large ongoing project to complete all quest pages for ESO.
• Fill in content on Empty Pages and then remove the Minimal template so that the page is removed from the category.
• Remove the Pre-Release tags from pages after checking that the facts presented in the article match the information in the released game. A list of pages that have the Pre-Release tag can be found on the relevant category page here and also here.
• Fill in content on Online Stubs, including those for classes, creatures, effects, factions, items, magic, NPCs, places, quests, and skills. When the page is no longer a stub, remove the {{stub}} template so that the page is removed from the category.
• Create screenshots. Every quest, place, NPC, creature, flower, etc. needs an image (see category). Screenshots are also needed for many aspects of basic gameplay.
• Following a major update, ensure all affected pages are addressed (based on the patch notes):
  • Pages which need to be updated with new information should be marked for {{Cleanup}} with a corresponding reason (e.g., Needs to be updated following changes in Update 6.).
  • Pages detailing content which has been removed should be marked as {{Deprecated}} with the corresponding Patch or Update number.

Skyrim

• Skyrim Houses Redesign Project: a huge collaborative effort to get all Skyrim house pages up to standards.
• Skyrim NPC Redesign Project: a project to update and improve the dialogue of Skyrim NPC pages.
• Skyrim Quest Redesign Project: a huge collaborative effort to get all Skyrim quest pages up to standards.
• Expand upon Shadowmark information in location pages' notes with details on why the mark is there, if possible: what is the loot/danger/etc? See SR:Amren's House and SR:Heimskr's House for examples. A list of locations is available at Skyrim:Thieves Guild (faction)#Shadowmarks.
• Document Skyrim VR, including the unique testing area.

Ongoing high priorities include:

• Fill in content on Skyrim Stubs, including those for creatures, NPCs, places, and quests. When the page is no longer a stub, remove the {{stub}} template so that the page is removed from the category.

Specifically for PC players:

• Create maps. We need maps for every zone in every dungeon, and maps for each town and city—which are basically just multiple screenshots cobbled together into a single map. Maps should be generated without any superimposed markup/icons/etc. as these can be added by templates on the site, leaving the map available for other uses if necessary. For more detail on how to do that, see the tutorial.
• Go through the Unofficial Patch fix list to mark (or add) article bug notes as fixed, along with the correct version number and tracker ID.
• Compile a list of locations where Random Encounters can occur, using the console to reach the cells where they occur. Where the cells are and where in the cells the encounters can occur is the information wanted. The project is located here.

Oblivion

• Oblivion Houses Redesign Project: an effort to create new, standardized pages for each individual house in Oblivion. More details can be found on the project page.
• Oblivion NPC Redesign Project: an effort to update all the NPC articles in Oblivion. The project page provides more details.
  • Contributions have been slowing down for quite a while, so I am adding this to try to speed this up. It is nearing completion, and it will be nice to finish it completely.
• Oblivion Places Redesign Project: a major effort to update all the place articles and maps in Oblivion. The project page provides more details on all the different tasks that need to be done.
  • The main task that needs to be done at this point is the in game verification (exploring the places in-game to check that the articles are correct and complete).
  • A list of places that need to be verified is provided at Category:Oblivion Places Redesign Pages Needing Cleanup.
• Add links to the pages for each attribute linking to items that boost the skill. It should probably point to the Generic Magic Apparel page and also list unique items with the effect individually.
• We have new pages for the individual Mages and Fighters Guild Halls. "What Links Here" for each guild's page needs to be combed through, to see if any of the links should instead be pointing to a guild hall page.
• Sundercliff Watch needs a full walkthrough.

Shivering Isles

• Shivering Isles Redesign Project‎: a major effort to update all pages within the Shivering Isles namespace to high standards of quality.
• All appropriate categories need adding to creature redirects.
• Shivering:Ghost Fanatic is currently just a redirect to a quest article rather than an OBNPCRP-compliant NPC page.

Morrowind

• Morrowind Overhaul Project:‎ a major effort to update all pages within the Morrowind, Tribunal, and Bloodmoon namespaces to high standards of quality.
• Create missing pages for all "non-relevant" NPCs and houses.
• House and Faction articles need fact checking and rewrites for the Lore section.
• Some Places and People need to be added to Lore namespace.
• Clean up the various pages listed at Morrowind:Services, Morrowind:Merchants, and Category:Morrowind-Services.
  • Services page should include links to the Merchants page and all merchant sub-pages.
  • Should merchants be separated into a separate sub-section on the services page? (So it's easier to recognize that the page covers more than just merchants?)
  • Clean up redundant articles. Are Morrowind:Alchemist and Morrowind:Alchemy Merchants both necessary, for example? If they are, make sure they both link to each other (and other related articles, such as Morrowind:Restocking Alchemy Merchants). If not, merge them.
  • See discussion at Morrowind talk:Services.
• Create lists of NPCs required for quests other than the main quest, in the style of Morrowind:Essential NPCs.
• Images for ingredients for most ingredient pages as detailed here.

Tribunal

• (no current tasks)

Bloodmoon

• (no current tasks)

Lore

• Lore Places Project: expand the Lore:Places pages.
  • Pages that are transcluded into the Lore Places pages need more consistent formatting: only a paragraph or two of the very general information should ever be transcluded; any maps/images should be small and left-aligned. If there is more information, a link should be provided to direct readers to the full page for the details. For example, see Lore:Hammerfell.
• Expand the People pages, too. What's left can be used as a list of articles that either need creating, or including on the Places or People pages as Anchors.
• In general with the Lore pages:
  • Make sure entries on all pages are linkable entries so that cross-links and redirects are possible.
  • Introduce standard formatting.
  • Add links from Lore pages to game-specific pages. Whenever there is a game-specific page on the same topic, there should be parameter in the infobox: "|appears=[[Oblivion:Oblivion-specific-page|Oblivion]]."
  • Conversely, add links from game-specific pages to the Lore pages where appropriate. In particular, if the Lore pages contain information that is not being displayed/transcluded on the game-specific pages, then there should be a link to let readers know that the Lore page exists and contains more general information on the topic.
• The Ayleid Language page needs a revamp.
  • Use a common stem for words rather than including all known forms (e.g., Arpen, Arpena, Arpenia).
  • Find references for all the remaining words.

Books

• Create, expand, and improve The Infernal City and Lord of Souls articles.
• Clean up and expand game guide articles.

Older Games

• Daggerfall Redesign Project: a project has been started to standardize the format of Daggerfall pages; see the project page for details.
• Arena Places Redesign Project: a project to create pages for all places in Arena.
• Spin-off Series Completion Project: a project dedicated to finally completing documentation of the spin-off series games: Battlespire, Redguard, and the TES Travels games: Stormhold, Dawnstar, Shadowkey, and Oblivion Mobile.
• Check the old site for pages that need to be wikified
  • Lists of all the pages on the old site are posted at UESPWiki:Old UESP Files and its subpages. These lists need to be completed with information on whether or not the page contents have been copied over to the wiki.
  • Most content from the pre-wiki version of the UESP site have been converted over, but not all.
  • Converting Old Pages provides tips on how to move pages over
• Remove attributions from pre-wiki pages
  • Move any attribution from the old site to talk pages or to the page history.
• Arena:Running Under Windows contains a lot of old information (which may be somewhat useful still) but is missing the last year or so of tips (many threads from the ES-Old Games forums are related to this). Ideally this section should be split into several different pages:
  • Running Old Games Under Windows
  • Game-specific pages for Arena, Daggerfall, etc...
• Daggerfall:Running under Windows contains one up-to-date method but doesn't cover the others.
• Make the Lore sections better for Arena and Daggerfall people and places.

TES Travels

• Oblivion Mobile quest and equipment pages have been created but cross-checking would be useful. Could use pages with world information.
• Shadowkey pages have been created, but more input from people who have played the game is needed.
• Stormhold pages have been partially created, but still lack info.
• Dawnstar pages have been created but could use some more input from people and cross-checking of the written information.

Morrowind Mod

• Update Tamriel Rebuilt and Skyrim: Home of the Nords articles with content from the latest release.
  • Quest walkthroughs should be the highest priority.
  • Mark deprecated content for deletion with the {{prod}} template.
  • Update the TR Game Map.
• Clean up and expand the Tamriel Rebuilt settlement pages.
• Province: Cyrodiil is almost empty as a pseudo-namespace. It should be fully documented.
• Locations of Tamriel Data items (books, ingredients, etc.) will become out of date regularly.
• Add missing Tamriel Data book descriptions.

UESP Site Tasks

• All templates except userboxes and a few special cases need full documentation on a separate /Doc subpage.
  • Every parameter must be documented for every template.

The following tasks are more advanced and likely require a good deal of effort and knowledge in web technologies.

• Design a system for handling file uploads similar to other TES sites. See the File Database Design page for Daveh's ideas on the system. While this is a lower priority task, contact Daveh if you're interested in working on this.

Instructions

Working on a Task

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2. If you can't figure out what a task means, or if you're not sure how to do it, ask on the talk page.
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4. If it's a one-person task, you may also want to cross it out (place <s> at the start of the line, and </s> at the end of the line) so other editors know to not work on it.
5. When you've finished, delete the task from this page.

Adding a Task

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