TODO List

To do list (an attempt at a fresh version on March 6 2022)

Hello everyone, I felt the need for an up-to-date version of this page but I wasn't exactly sure what was done or not, my impression is that most tasks are old and have been done but I didn't feel like checking everything in details, so I'm adding this heading and leaving the old version of the page at the bottom. If you know if the tasks have been done or not feel free to clean them and migrate the remaining work in this first heading :) (User:Relatif)

Updates on the Home Page (suggestions)

• Remove "Poll" section (unless someone feel like organizing a periodic poll and linking to it)
• Update "Official News and Article" (I've added the last official piece of news about worlds but there's a gap to fill in between)
• Updates on the Navigation bar:
  • Replace the FFG official ruling thread by the AMG rule forum in "Resources"

Ship pages

• Update bars appearing in the ship navboxes to take into account the variability with 2.5 (see TIE/ph Phantom for a page that's done)

Pilot pages

• Make sure all the new cards images and pilot descriptions take the 10/28/22 errata pdf into account.
  • Oicunn
  • TIE Reapers (pilot pages and ship infobox)
  • Fenn Rau shuttle

...

• • done up to Commandant Goran
• Make sure that upgrade bars, points and loadouts are displayed correctly
  • Empire
  • Rebels
  • Scum
  • First Order
  • Resistance
  • Republic
  • Separatists

Upload ship miniature pictures (by taking them from the French wiki)

• Imperial ships

Remaining Tasks (Old version of the page)

These are tasks with work still remaining for what we have right now (not future work for unannounced/unreleased waves etc).

Rules Updates

• Check that the rules on the wiki are up-to-date

Clone Wars Stuff

• Update Compare Ship tables with new ships (I feel like this has been done but I haven't checked in details)

Wave 4

• Upload dial charts and finish any polishing on the pages for the new ships (I feel like this has been done but I haven't checked in details)

Rules Articles

• With the release of the rules reference, we need to insert all the game rules into the wiki. For example, Actions, Deployment, Attack Rules, etc.
• Each rule from the Rules Reference should be in a common category we can link to, perhaps Glossary or Rules. I'd prefer Glossary because it's more specific (or perhaps Rules Reference Glossary?).

Main Page

• Move the News and Poll sections into their own articles, which we then include in the main page (same thing we did with Ships and Products). This will make editing those components simpler, so we don't have to edit the giant main page to change those individual parts.
• Probably do the same for the Contents section.
• Remove "Chat" section (never used).

Quality of Life Redirects

• Done: Users should be able to search for (and link to) Redline, not just "Redline". Any quoted name should have a non-quoted redirect to save time and effort.
• The really convoluted ship names should redirect from their simpler versions, like B-Wing, A-Wing, Y-Wing, K-Wing, TIE Punisher, etc.
• Any time there's a chance of confusion, e.g. X-Wing can be T-70 or T-65 and A-Wing can be RZ-1 or -2, we can have a disambiguation page instead of a redirect.
• I'd also like to see common acronyms redirected, like HLC (heavy laser cannon), FCS (fire-control system), etc. But I can live without those; the ship and pilot names are more important for helping users find what they're searching for without having to know the full name.

Instructions: How to Contribute

• New wiki editors can easily be confused by how some things are set up (e.g. infoboxes, point costs, and templates, oh my!). We need somewhere to cleanly point users (and link to from the front page) that gives a full outline of the information we admins have in our heads. I really want to welcome aspiring contributors, help them avoid pitfalls, and make the contribution process transparent and non-frustrating.
• Examples:
  • General editing guidelines (including links to Wikia's guidelines), what we ask of contributors, what will set us off and get an edit reverted, etc. Always start with that.  ;)
  • How to use crit template on articles & chat, e.g. Direct Hit!.
  • How to use various other templates.
  • How to display various icons (when Wazat has this implemented).
  • How to update the front page poll, and how often to do it.
  • How to update the front page itself (and what not to change without discussion).
  • How to update the Ships and Product List pages.
  • When, How, and Why to include a page in another page (e.g. Ship and Product lists, ship infoboxes, etc)
  • Updating point costs for pilots & upgrades (which involves editing the templates).
  • Updating ship stats, pilot info, etc with errata, and how to track the errata history on a page.
• I've started this with Create a Ship or Pilot Page but that's a small start. -Wazat

Card Images

• Many Upgrades and Pilots still need their card images uploaded.
• We could start screen-grabbing from the unboxing videos, and replace the images later? It's a lot of work

Quick Builds

On Sept 19th & 20th FFG uploaded PDFs of quick builds, apparently covering all the ships in the game thus far.

• Rebel
• Empire
• Scum

Compare * Tables

Assigned to Wazat. These are tables that allow sorting or viewing data all on one page for easy comparison and searching.

• Compare Ship Maneuvers - Don't have maneuvers yet for many ships, and I need a clean way to display them.

ChangeLog for old versions

• Right now I've covered 1.2, but if possible I'd like to track older point changes and erratas on ChangeLog.

Icons

Create icon images from this font (assigned to Wazat):

• https://github.com/geordanr/xwing-miniatures-font
• https://geordanr.github.io/xwing-miniatures-font/

We can't import the font directly with Wikia; I asked and they said it wouldn't work on mobile.  :(

So images are the way to go. I think my method will be to screenshot the text from the font above, and invert colors.

Icons needed:

• Done: High Priority: Firing Arcs
• Done: Action Icons, for listing on ship infobox (instead of just text; hover text will remain though)
• Medium Priority (for now): Maneuver Icons for mentioning in card text (e.g. "treat your 1 left bank, 1 straight, and 1 right bank maneuvers as blue"). They'd need to be small enough to fit in a line of normal text. Bonus points if we can use them to build maneuver charts.
  • White are created and uploaded, not yet used in templates. Still need blue and red variations.
• Done: Make a general template so we can easily display any given icon (Wazat can do this)
• Low Priority: Ship stats
  • Attack
  • Agility
  • Hull
  • Shield
  • Force
  • Charge
• Optional: Tokens (Ion, Disarmed, etc)

Ongoing Tasks

These are tasks that are more or less complete now, but will have to be revisited as new content is released.

Hotshot and Aces II

• Make sure every pilot displays point correctly
• Visit the pilot pages and try to spot anything that needs to be added (categories, etc.)

Siege of Coruscant

• Make sure every pilot displays point correctly
• Visit the pilot pages and try to spot anything that needs to be added (categories, etc.)

Battle of Yavin

• Make sure every pilot displays point correctly
• Visit the pilot pages and try to spot anything that needs to be added (categories, etc.)

Switching from a configuration to a ship chassis for the Delta-7B Aethersprite

• Creation of the pages, categories, completion of point templates, addition of Delta-7B to template "Ship Points"
• Proof-reading Delta-7 and Delta-7B pilot pages for changes
• Updating Delta-7B pilot card images (is the best source directly from the errata pdf?)
• Create necessary disambiguation pages (like "Mace Windu")
  

Add Maneuver Images to Ship Infoboxes

All maneuver images are added to the templates. Any future ships will need to have their images added from Dial Cheat Sheets (Wazat got permission from the creator to add them here).

• Wave 1 Ship Infoboxes have been updated with maneuver images
• Wave 2 Ship Infoboxes need to be updated with maneuver images.
• Wave 3 Ship Infoboxes need to be updated with maneuver images.
• Wave 4 Ship Infoboxes need to be updated with maneuver images.
• Wave 5 Ship Infoboxes need to be updated with maneuver images.
• Wave 6 Ship Infoboxes need to be updated with maneuver images.
• Wave 7 to 11 Ship Infoboxes maneuver images.

Upgrade Slots

Upgrade slot template is now implemented. Any future ships or pilots will need to include lines like the ones below, in the ship or pilot infoboxes.

• Wave 1 Ship Infoboxes have been updated with upgrade slots.
• Wave 2 Ship Infoboxes have been updated with upgrade slots.
• Wave 3 Ship Infoboxes need to be updated with upgrade slots.
• Wave 4 Ship Infoboxes need to be updated with upgrade slots.
• Wave 5 Ship Infoboxes need to be updated with upgrade slots.
• Wave 6 Ship Infoboxes need to be updated with upgrade slots.

Since 2.5, the upgrade slots vary considerably depending on pilot, hence the following suggestions of things to do (Relatif):

Pilot upgrade list

I have reproduced what we have for loadout values and pilot points with a template Template:Pilot_Upgrade_List that takes the name of the pilot and the type of the ship as parameters, and then call templates like Template:Upgrade Lists TIE/ph Phantom that have to be created updated at each AMG update :D

Example: "Echo"

{{Pilot_Upgrade List|"Echo"|TIE/ph Phantom}}

I have plugged this directly into a new version of Template:Infobox Pilot that I've called Template:Infobox Pilot 2.5, that is at the moment implemented with success on the TIE/ph pages and on Ezra Bridger (Gauntlet Fighter). Seems to work all right, but I'd love another pair of eyes and brains on all this. If all this seems good I think we should proceed with the following tasks:

• Create all the new templates for each ship type
  • Galactic Empire (in progress)
  • Rebel Alliance
  • Scum & Villainy
  • First Order
  • Resistance
  • Galactic Repulic
  • Separatist Alliance
• Modify Infobox Pilot to replace Infobox Pilot on every page
• Delete Infobox Pilot 2.5 (useless now)

Ship upgrade lists

• Decide on the presentation of ship upgrade lists in the ship infoboxes. I see at least the following options:
  1. Remove upgrade lists from ship infoboxes (could be a good temporary solution since most lists are obsolete at the moment)
  2. Display only the upgrades that appear on every pilot: easy to do
  3. Have the upgrades that appear only on some pilots between brackets (like YASB does): a bit more work but nice

Example: TIE Advanced x1

? {{Ship Upgrade List|TIE Advanced x1}}

Example: Darth Vader

? {{Ship Upgrade List|TIE Advanced x1|force=yes}}

Example: Kullbee Sperado

? {{Ship Upgrade List|T-65 X-Wing|talent=yes|other1=illicit}}

Point Costs

All point costs are entered into the templates. Any future pilots or upgrades will need to include lines like these in the pilot or upgrade infoboxes.

• Wave 1 Pilot Infoboxes have been updated with point costs.
• Wave 2 Pilot Infoboxes have been updated with point costs.
• Wave 3 Pilot Infoboxes need to be updated with point costs.
• Wave 4 Pilot Infoboxes need to be updated with point costs.
• Wave 5 Pilot Infoboxes need to be updated with point costs.
• Wave 6 Pilot Infoboxes need to be updated with point costs.
• Overall verification and update of pilot points have to be done (Corresponding point Documents from AMG 11/25/2022)
  • Rebels
  • Empire
  • Scum (templates organised alphabetically, min/max checked)
  • Republic (templates organised alphabetically, min/max checked)
  • Separatists (templates organised alphabetically, min/max checked)
  • Resistance (templates organised alphabetically, min/max checked)
  • First Order (templates organised alphabetically, min/max checked)

• Wave 1 Upgrade Infoboxes have been updated with point costs.
• Wave 2 Upgrade Infoboxes have been updated with point costs.
• Wave 3 Upgrade Infoboxes need to be updated with point costs.
• Wave 4 Upgrade Infoboxes need to be updated with point costs.
• Wave 5 Upgrade Infoboxes need to be updated with point costs.
• Wave 6 Upgrade Infoboxes need to be updated with point costs.
• Overall verification and update of upgrade point would probably be good (Corresponding point Documents from AMG 10/28/2022)

When editing the pilot infobox, you just have to fill out the ship_type and point_cost_by_name.

• Ship type can be all lowercase if you prefer (so "tie advanced x1" is fine, as is "TIE Advanced x1" -- capitalization doesn't matter).  Obnoxiously technical names all support their abbreviations, e.g. you can just enter "b-wing" instead of "a/sf-01 b-wing".  If the full name is making your eyes bleed, try the common conversation version.  ;)
  • Same goes when you're entering the ship name for the Ship Upgrade List template.

• Most of the time you can just paste <nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAME}}</nowiki> into point_cost_by_name and it'll work, because I've made sure the page name is handled in the template.
  • FULLPAGENAME won't work though when there are quotes or apostrophes in the page name (I couldn't figure out why it hated me).  In those cases you need to type the name out manually (for example, you'll have to type Zeb's name manually because the page name has double quotes in it).  When this happens, you can type the name normally or in lowercase, with or without the quotes, and it should work fine.  So Zeb Orrelios in the point_cost_by_name field will work just fine.

All these templates are linked from Common Templates, so when FFG changes all the point costs drastically and it's a totally different game... say, tomorrow... we have a really easy way to step through and update the costs.

Revealed Ships

FFG has revealed some upcoming ships, but did not say which wave they would be in. Posting them here until we get more wave info.

1. YV-666 with Z-95 headhunter - Hound's Tooth Expansion Pack, MSRP $49.95, Q4 2019
2. Fireball racer from Resistance - Fireball Expansion Pack, MSRP $19.95, Q4 2019
3. Major Vonreg's custom TIE Interceptor from Resistance - Major Vonreg's TIE Expansion Pack, MSRP $19.95, Q4 2019
4. Hero's and Aces Reinforcement Pack, a single Card Pack for all original 5 factions, MSRP $19.95, Q1 2020
5. Fully Loaded Devices Pack, a single Card Pack for the upgrades found in Republic and Separatists expansions, MSRP $14.95, Q1 2020
6. Never Tell Me the Odds Obstacle Pack, a Card Pack that adds new obstacles and scenarios, MSRP $14.95, Q1 2020
7. TIE Interceptor
8. TIE Defender
9. Rebel A-Wing

Other info sources

• This document has a ton of info on pilots etc (and is continually updated).

BoLS Unboxing videos can be found in the BoLS YouTube video list, found here:

• Bell of Lost Souls YouTube page

Optional

Infobox Fields

• @Wazat: Maybe update Upgrade Infobox with two sections: Added Stats and Removed Stats
  • These are freeform fields where editors can just insert any number of lines of text, similar to the ability text. It's just displayed separately for visual cleanness and ease of entry.
  • Added Stats lists upgrade slots being added to the ship (e.g. +Torpedo), actions (e.g. +), ship stats (e.g. +1 Shield), Force and Charge (e.g. Force: +1^▴ and Charge: 3^▴), etc.
  • Removed Stats lists upgrade slots being taken away (e.g. -Crew), ship stats (e.g. −1 Shield), etc.