User:CommodusIV

For the user on TWC, see CommodusIV

Moi. Back in the swing and marked with unhealthy bounds of ambition once again. This page mainly gives a gist of my editing priorities, my thought process, and all things I consider on the menu at some time or another, some of which may be ported to the TWC Wiki:Things to do page as they take form. Among other things my eyes are set on the Discord, the YouTube, and the possibility of overhauling forum sections with wiki integration pending discussion with the parties involved, not least of which being the wiki director herself. No, this is not the Scriptorium thing again.

So. As all of this is taking place, I am completely open to conversation, critique, reframing, whatnot; I can only really go based on the scopes I'm given, and if not given one, I tend to branch out or escalate. Poke me on the talk page, through DM on TWC, or through the discord server. I also take a peek at the wiki's Q&S thread forumside. Perhaps when I complete something I'll earn that badge they insisted on giving me. I'd prefer any direct editing on stuff I have in my user pages (ie, this) and in any pagename/CommodusIV be discussed with me first, but drawing from my ideas and any splinters of my work (ie, through your pages based on my outlines or through pagename/yourname) are all cool. Rip off what I'm doing if it helps you. Just remember, teaming is great.

Perhaps at some point when I've rebuilt my routine I'll put it here in the hope that it helps out someone looking to do their thing.

Driving Goals

Much of this is beyond my individual power and requires a good bit of collaboration and hearing from main parties as far as how they work if all I need is an answer and not a bold initiative. They're also longer term broadly scoped ideas, see The Menu for things I consider more immediate priority. If I tackle them or not, dunno. This is not my first project at this time.

• Clean up and standardize. Each page should have function and clarity. Sections with pages that are too minor to be independent can be put together, while excessively bulky pages can be splintered into their appropriate subjects or link elsewhere. This would first entail getting an idea of the top-down category setup so all things can be organized in that frame and completely up to 2020 awareness on what pages serve what, organizing portals/sections accordingly based on this review, and finally ensuring the page structures remain consistent to those categories, sections and have a place in the portals. Top-down design, focusing on what lies in front and winding down segment by segment.
• Encourage wiki activity. When in a good spot, I intend to achieve this through bits of promotion on the site, not-terribly-subtle hints, offers to train, offers to get people into specific areas (once the above is all clear to me) to do their thing without having to worry about the majority of pages or having to grasp the scope of the platform, and ideally lighten things up on the Wiki Staff so they can easily take a more managerial role when desired of the people set on sections rather than be forced to do, well, everything. After all, and this is my philosophy, a wiki open to all has the general membership as editors and contributors, and staff's niche in such a platform is organizing, guilding, and reviewing alongside their approaches of protected pages/work, upkeep on the most important sections and spreading drive where it's most needed.
• Pretty colored names in forum signature. I like dark green, but since that's commandeered by modding staff, I'll settle for some off-brand color. I just like that kind of bling over, like, badges and stuff.

The Menu

Hotseat Campaign Page

A bit of review after the initial path has been paved. Nothing too massive, just something that'll come up soon.

The Backlog

Total War Game Presentation

This has since fallen off the radar as I've more prioritized on the link between the forum and the wiki over presenting good info on individual game stuff (frankly, we're far, far outmatched in this field, and are better served looking at what we do uniquely for the time being). Still interested in this, however. The idea is thus.

• Standardize the layout of main pages for each game so they read similar, play into each other and highlight what each entry does, doesn't, and is for the series
• Review and possibly rework the links to other sections, such as making the portals prominent and linking to important forum sections for each
• Account for expansions and DLC with the same sort of organized approach

TWC Skin

Alas, this is on the backlog until I either muster the energy to be more of a 'webdev' in this regard, until I complete a different CSS related project, or I find a proper web developer to assist. Ideally, the TWC wiki skin is rebaked to best merge the general TWC aesthetic with its own design. A blackout skin should be complete and prominent. All main skins should be mobile friendly. Mak's gone leagues ahead of me on this, so to pick it up I'd have to review where things are at anyways. At the scope I'm thinking of this is a very big project, and not looking at this properly served as a downfall during my last attempt. It's a sticky thing to step into, and nobody should be gunning for it alone. Honestly, if Wiki Staff consider it something for the to-do list, it's the kind of thing they'd want high oversight and collaboration on to pull off. I consider it important because it is the first line of knowledge for the wiki to present and is a notable foray into the whole top-down goal that I mentioned above. But perhaps the scope is too big for something that doesn't achieve much in that bigger picture. So it's pretty much just a big maybe.

Help:HotCat

Red links are a bane, and this one shows up all over in the recent changes tab. I figure this could be a useful page, even as a redirect, to HotCat's use and quirks for anyone just stopping in and having no idea how to work with it.

Category:M2TW_Modding

1. Review for professionalism, 2. Review for usability, which would probably entail an overhaul of some sort, especially in the pursuit of splitting wiki-best material from forum-best stuff. Mak has an initiative relative to this, may disappear from the list.

Badges

I'm still looking at badge consistency, but honestly, this is at the bottom of the burner. Akar's initiative partially covers this, and perhaps I can approach him on the remainder of what my idea was here.

Look Into

Test4 (rtw units) Hypo TWC University TWC Downloads The Britannia Campaign (review) Beveling Fury of Beihai (TW3K Unit) Historical Battles (ETW)