Cosmoteer Wiki:To-do List

This page contains a list of items that are being considered, yet to be actioned, or currently in progress.

If you want to add something new → go to the Suggestions section.

If you wish to help → go grab a thing from the To-do section.

Types

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This section contains possible types of to-dos.

Types are inserted using {{Todo type}} template, e.g. {{todo type|content}}.

Only one type can be used at a time.

Type	Description
💡 Feature	I want a new cool thing!
📑 Content	I want to read about XYZ!
⬆️ Improvement	I want a thing to be better!
🐞 Bug	I want a thing fixed!

Categories

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This section contains a list of categories used to categorize your wishes.

Multiple categories can be used per item - just use {{todo category}} template for them to generate a properly formatted list, e.g. {{todo category|Wiki/Templates|Wiki/Modules}}

Category	Description
👺I don't know	Use it when you don't want to bother with categorizations. Other maintainers can later replace it with something more meaningful.
Guides/* All things Guides-related.
Guides/Basics	Guides basics.
Guides/Ship Managment	Guides about ship managment (crew, systems, weapons, defences, resource supply, etc.)
Guides/Other	Changes that do not fit into other guides categories.
Modding/Basics	Modding basics.
Modding/Other	Changes that do not fit into other modding categories.
Wiki/* Wiki technical stuff - wiki-related technical to-dos.
Wiki/Layout	Layout of pages.
Wiki/Extensions	Mediawiki extensions.
Wiki/Files	File pages, file upload.
Wiki/Styles	Styles of the wiki.
Wiki/Gadgets	Gadgets.
Wiki/Localization	Localization of pages to other langues. Info Please, read this first: Contributing How-Tos: Tips and Tricks
Wiki/Mobile	Mobile version of the wiki.
Wiki/Search	Search feature of the wiki.
Wiki/Source editor	Source editor.
Wiki/Templates	Templates.
Wiki/Navbox	{{Navbox}}-related things.
Wiki/Cargo	Things regarding Cargo extension.
Wiki/Visual editor	Visual editor
Wiki/Maintainer QoL	Quality of Life improvements for wiki maintainers.
Wiki/UX	Wiki experience for everyone: readers and maintainers.
Wiki/🌃 Dark Theming	Add here anything that should be dark-themed.
Wiki/Other	Changes that do not fit into other wiki-related categories.
Meta	Changes that affect this very page.
Other	Changes that do not fit into other categories.

🟢 Suggestions

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Put anything new you want done in this section.
An active maintainer will then review your request, and either place it in the TODOs or in the Rejected section.

Suggestion	Type	Category	Description
Template for making remarks.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Maintainer QoL Wiki/Templates	A template that allows to make remarks at the end of words, similar to what Template:NeedsAttention does. Maybe even replace some of its logic with this template. Requirements: small superscript text, surrounded by square brackets [] maybe place the text inside the tooltip, only leaving a short text, e.g. remark
Infobox graphics.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/UX Wiki/Templates	Enhance some infobox elements with graphic elements instead of just using plain text: hello honey this is WIP - feel free to add more stuff!~ ▶ Ship Infobox Tier → add a strip with 20 section(cells), maybe in 2 rows. Each cell represents 1 tier. Command points → add a progress bar, maybe something similar to what's used in-game. Hyperdrive Efficiency → add a progress bar. Crew & power → add a progress bar, which also has a specific pattern for "suggested" values. Maybe cheker or alternating.
Icons for users.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Gadgets Wiki/Other	An ability for a user to choose a little icon that would be displayed near the links to that user's profile (in recent changes, ship "designed by", straight up mentions, etc.).
Research mediawiki user/gadget config capabilities	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Gadgets Wiki/Other	Research what's possible in terms of storing various configs bind to a user. Preferably private, provided by the server. Maybe there's some kind of api or something? We need something better then the browser storage provided by JS (since it's not permanent). Maybe even an ability to customize gadgets. Currently they have zero config, only a toggle.
Fix all res user links by default.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Styles	Change the CSS in such a way that all user links appear like they exist. If not possible with just CSS, make a gadget.
Make Ship Infobox slightly wider so it fits „Classification“ fully	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Styles	Issue can be seen e.g. here: Aurelian

📅 To-do

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This section contains planned changes.
Feel free to take on any of them! If you do — please move it to the "In Progress" section.

Priority	Difficulty	Item	Type	Category	Description
		Create a guide covering opting-in to the unstable branch.	📑 Content	Other
		Create crew logistics guide.	📑 Content	Guides/Ship Managment
		Create game icon legend/guide/cheat-sheet.	📑 Content	Guides/Basics
		Write a walkthrough of the example mode here: Example mod walkthrough	📑 Content	Modding/Basics
		Guide on recording a performance report for Cosmoteer (might find something useful to dig through in the results?), and useful things in it (if any). info here	📑 Content	Modding/Other
		Add all (←debatable) part types to the main page to make the navigation easier. Each part type's shelf can have all it's parts carousel-animated - this can be done either with separate images (check if this hurts performance) or a GIF. Maybe think about grouping articles into sections, so it's easier to understand where parts types end.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Layout
		Fix this page on mobile: Ion Beam Prism	🐞 Bug	Wiki/Layout Wiki/Mobile
		Fix extra right margin on mobile.	🐞 Bug	Wiki/Layout Wiki/Mobile
		Fix weird main bg cropping on mobile.	🐞 Bug	Wiki/Layout Wiki/Mobile
		Fix search bar jumping on mobile. when opening a page.	🐞 Bug	Wiki/Layout Wiki/Mobile Wiki/Search
		Make the cosmoteer logo inside main page header banner shrink when its like 70% width of the container or less (otherwise it looks a little silly on mobile).	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Layout
		Extensions: figure out the Excerpt template/module that is able to include other pages or parts of them, like the first paragraph. Possible uses: descriptions for things when making tables with them.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Extensions
		Templates: bring hatnote templates [about, main, for, see also, further] and also [main article] up to date. Don't merge them into one template, since it's better editor experience to use a particular hatnote template instead of generic hatnone with a e.g. "see also" type. Use the template hatnone version instead of module one since it easier on performance. Use italic by default, add spacing between itself and other content.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates
		Fix Template:Part icon whitespace.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	Some of the icons can be optimized to be used as icons: converted to webp ( smaller size) extra whitespace removed (better legibility). E.g. take a look at File:LaserBlasterIcon.png - it has some extra whitespace which makes the icon itself harder to see.
		Fix Template:Part icon spacing.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	Make the amount of horizontal space that the icons take consistent. This might result in better legibility, but generally I think it would just look better. This can be solved by creating a predefined set of icon widths, e.g. making the smallest possible width to be the width of File:CockpitIcon.png. so all other icons with the same (or smaller) width will be forced to "center" in that space (no stretching, just centering). A backdrop of some kind can be added to better "highlight" the icons. This might be useful to apply to other such templates, like Template:Resource. Maybe even worth creating a new template with this logic and replacing in this and other templates mentioned previously.
		Templates: add bottom margin to page wide banners (like stubs).	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Layout Wiki/Templates
		Templates: make "base game icon" template able to have the icon not be a link, for use in/near links.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/UX Wiki/Templates
		Templates: make {{Version infobox}} slightly wider so the long version numbers don't wrap. Check out the 4th example in it's docs to see the issue.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Layout Wiki/Templates
		Recent changes: fix highlight mod highlights not working (they are overridden by the checker pattern styling).	🐞 Bug	Wiki/Styles
		Recent changes: remove empty space to the left of all changes. don't forget to check the fix with highlighting mode enabled,	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Layout
		Source editor: on search (ctrl + f), fix the invisible button icons.	🐞 Bug	Wiki/Source Editor Wiki/Styles
		Visual editor: visual editor → template insert → param block → item - when clicking on an active item, deselect it. because clicking it selects it.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/UX Wiki/Visual Editor
		Search: fix {{NearbyPagesToc}} polluting search results - i.e. you get the contents of the toc as results and not the actual page descirption.	🐞 Bug	Wiki/Search
		Formatting: change category "arrows" color to match other colors - get a color for expandable categories from the breadcrumbs arrow thingy - maybe even use it instead? if possible.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Styles
		Gadgets: borrow useful gadgets from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Gadgets#Real_examples_for_gadgets/scripts_that_interact_with_VE	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Gadgets
		Files: add the batch upload page (https://cosmoteer.wiki.gg/wiki/Special:BatchUpload) to the toolbox (https://cosmoteer.wiki.gg/wiki/Special:BatchUpload). Research if this is possible with some type of config page or something, or do it with gadget (some hook maybe?).	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Maintainer QoL
		Files: integrate batch upload to the file upload page (check out either MC or terraria wiki for working example).	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Maintainer QoL
		page history	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/🌃 Dark Theming
		user settings page	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/🌃 Dark Theming
		register page	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/🌃 Dark Theming
		templateData editor → when batch adding params suggested by the editor, a success message pops up. it's currently unreadable.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/🌃 Dark Theming
		selected links in the visual editor.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/🌃 Dark Theming
		gallery items	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/🌃 Dark Theming
		visual editor → table props and actions (row, column, cell	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/🌃 Dark Theming
Low	Straightforward	template page → template data block → alias param	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/🌃 Dark Theming	barely visible gray. replace it with something more "visible""
		Make empty table rows have height	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/UX Wiki/Layout	Empty table rows usually used as delimiters between table sections, but they have almost no height, which looks bad. A height of regular text would be good height for this.
		An ability for headers to hide the [edit] and [edit source] buttons.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/UX Wiki/Layout	Tihs prob requires a template. Might be useful for tables, where such headers are used and produce annoying labels that waste space.
		A button that copies specific text.	💡 Feature	Wiki/Maintainer QoL Wiki/Templates	Add a button that copies the specified text. Can be useful for stuff like the categories on this todo page - you need to copy them by hand when filling out a new todo thingy. A copy button near each of them would be ideal.
		Add priorities to todo-tasks.	⬆️ Improvement	Meta	Gives an understanding what's important. These should be set by the maintainers when reviewing suggested to-dos.
		Add difficulty to todo-tasks.	⬆️ Improvement	Meta	Gives an understanding about task difficulty. These should be set by the maintainers when reviewing suggested to-dos.
		Replace the outset used in border-images with a padding.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Styles	Certain element use image as a border instead of an actual border, with each such element having an outset property that adds spacing between the content and the border. Such "image border" doesn't actually affect the page layout in any way, which may cause intersections with other elements, and general misalign. The outset property must be replaced with padding to keep the same look, but make elements actually property aligned.
		On image file pages, remove the padding between the image and the border, so it's clear where the image ends.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Files
		Make a scripts that would remember the filters and stuff selected on the recent changes page.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Maintainer QoL Wiki/Gadgets	This can be done using the local storage with JS. No permaconfig sadly, as it would require accessing the server, which is not possible afaik. Research needed if it's possible to write and read from the user config using API as a permastorage.
		Add spacing above references block.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Layout	Currently, they are right below content with no spacing.
Low	Straightforward	Bring Template:Cols up-to-date.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	Add missing templateData Write documentation Add cols-* related params If possible, add an option make the content not stretch horizontally to fill the whole container.
Low	Straightforward	Make a template for button combinations.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	Currently, button keys are displayed with Template:Button, but it's not designed to display button combinations, only singular keys. So it's used with multiple button keys defined in it, which may look odd. The best way probably would be to make a template that accepts and number of Template:Button in it, formatting it like a button combo. Or as a list of alternatives for cases where multiple buttons are allowed.
Low	Challenging	Support mouse keys for Template:Button or make a new template.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	Currently, the template displays mouse button as just e.g. "Left Mouse Click". It might be better to display an image of mouse with that key pressed. This might be better off as a separate template, because what if you want to display multiple buttons pressed at the same time? Or a double click? Also, it might be too small to see what buttons are pressed - maybe a user option here to display the text instead is needed? Needs research. Example page with a lot of buttons: Ship Control
Low	Straightforward	Add an option to customize Template:Resource & Template:Part labels.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	This is best done after the merger of 2 templates. Just an option for a custom label.
Low	Straightforward	Add plural and singular label variants for Template:Resource & Template:Part.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	This is best done after the merger of 2 templates.
Low	Straightforward	Add "bold" option to Template:Resource & Template:Part.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	This option should make the displayed label bold.
Normal	Challenging	Merge as much logic that Template:Resource & Template:Part use into one shared template, to not duplicate the code.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	Stuff to consider: decide which "show/hide" label the resulting template would have. Maybe even 2 of them?
Low	Straightforward	Borrow the Lua template from Minecraft Wiki.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	And put it onto all templates that use modules.
Low	Straightforward	Wrap the output of the {{T}} template in code.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	Just better looking.
Low	Challenging	A template system for calculating value deltas in percentages, straight numbers, etc.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/UX Wiki/Templates	This change should introduce an ability to automatically calculate a difference between 2 values and display it in a formatted way (e.g. percentages, with up/down arrows and color for sign). This might be useful for changenotes where they are often changes in certain parameters. For large numbers in might be harp to grasp how much has changed. More on this here
Low	Challenging	Automate the calculation of ship's tier.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Maintainer QoL Wiki/Cargo Wiki/Templates	Currently, the ship's tier is set everywhere manually. If it were to be calculated automatically, based on price: Ships, it would make a life of maintainers a little easier. Since tier table is used in multiple places, this is a good place to start learning Cargo to: Make a tier table template. Process it with Cargo. Use the template at pages where the table needs inserting. Retrieve the data for the ship's infobox template from the tier table template. Calculate the tier based on cost.
Low	Straightforward	Sync TOC and Template:NearbyPagesToc styles.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Styles	Template:NearbyPagesToc should be styled the same as regular TOC.
Low	Needs research	Make the delimiter dots between {{NavboxItem}}s be part of a previous item and wrap with them.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Navbox	Better looking.
Low	Straightforward	Make a table template for {{Crafting}}.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/UX	Make a table template that would host {{Crafting}} entries inside of it, resulting on one big table witch each {{Crafting}} generating a row. This would help to avoid a billion tables will all different column width generated when multiple {{Crafting}}s are used on a page, e.g. Iron.

🔮 In Progress

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This section contains changes that are currently work in progress.
Please, use the {{on it}} template at to indicate that you are the one who's currently doing it!

Priority	Difficulty	Item	Type	Category	Description	Status	In the works by...
Normal	Depends	Finish creating 1 articles about buffs.	📑 Content	Wiki/Modding
Normal	Depends	Finish adding all Part data fields to the list.	📑 Content	Wiki/Modding	Add examples from the base game if possible.
High	Easy	Finish adding all Part components to the list.	📑 Content	Wiki/Modding
Normal	Challenging	Finish describing the functionality of all Part components.	📑 Content	Wiki/Modding	1 wiki page per component, especially the long ones.
Normal	Depends	Remove "Presumably" and "Possibly" from all descriptions proven true. Or replace these by the truth.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Modding	Experiment, or find proof. Link to proof with "Cite" visual editor button whenever possible.
Low	Easy	Add pictures/gifs/videos of in-game results wherever possible to make the pages more effective and pleasant to read.	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Modding
Normal	Challenging	Finish deciphering the rest of the code.	📑 Content	Wiki/Modding
Low	Depends	Make or find example and tutorial mods for pages that have none.	📑 Content	Wiki/Modding
High	Challenging	Recruit available modding wiki editors.	Other	Wiki/Modding
		Upload the game's GUI (under the GUI dir I think) to the Category:GUI.	📑 Content	Wiki/Modding	Create individual categories if needed. After done, make a new to-do to check out those gui elements - whether any of them can be used in existing templates and such.	Not in active rework right now.	currently on pause by ⭐aliser
		Rewrite the article on paths.	📑 Content	Wiki/Modding		Not in active rework right now.	currently on pause by ⭐aliser
		Rewrite the article on actions.	📑 Content	Wiki/Modding		Not in active rework right now.	currently on pause by ⭐aliser
	Templates: make a tooltip template to replace the current Template:Tooltip	⬆️ Improvement	Wiki/Templates	Current tooltip template utilizes an extension, which makes it super hard to customize the logic (if not impossible). More on this on the talk page.			⭐aliser is cracking .rules i.e. this item is WIP

🔴 Rejected

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This section contains changes that were rejected.