Tolkien Gateway:To-do

Below is a list of Projects were are currently working on. Feel free to add a sub-bullet with your username if you are currently working on one.

General

• Expand on the article stubs.
• Create a "Universal J.R.R. Tolkien Index" which compiles all Tolkien-related indexes together to allow a fan to quickly locate the page number of a minor term throughout all of Tolkien's works.
• Create a transparent movie-program which runs on top of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings DVDs on the computer. It displays popups of little tidbits of interesting information about the films as the movie is played.
• Get more visitors/editors!
• Create a Middle-earth map engine equivalent to Google Earth.
• Surpass 18,000 images which should give us the largest collection of images.
• Add links on the left menu which dynamically translate the content to the specified language.
• Possibly look into having non-canon articles use a different skin
• Reach 10,000 15,000 articles to be listed on the List of largest wikis
• Write a screenplay which transforms The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit (or any other Tolkien story) into a present day scenario. Similar to what O Brother, Where Art Thou? did for The Odyssey.
• Spelling file for Microsoft Word and OpenOffice which includes all Tolkien-related terms. Possibility of automatically changing unaccented words to accented ones.
• Have a contest for who can create the best Tolkien-themed song.
• Convince Weird Al to do a Lord of the Rings parody. (This is more of a reminder to check for a response as I just sent an email to him)
• Fix any broken links
  • Down to around 2,000 wanted pages
• Add more descriptions and standardize all the encyclopedia entries
• Add templates to all the pages
• Add quotes and references to back up facts
• Upload at least one image per article
• Write a halfway readable Help section.
• Stream mp3s of Tolkien reading the one ring poem for instance.
• Add more "pronounce" audio files.
• Add links to forum threads
• Calendars which are merely variants should be merged.
• Double check Calendars published by Minotauro and are Italian (should be Spanish?)

Technical

See also: Tolkien Gateway:Technical To-do

Images

See also: Tolkien Gateway:Projects#Images

New articles

• Write articles for the most wanted articles.
• Create a few different calendars. One for real life Tolkien-related events and at least one for birthdays, deaths, anniversaries, etc.
• Add Elvish names to their own articles?
• Create an article which details locations in New Zealand from The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy. Something a visitor could print out and take with them while visiting the country that could serve as a guide.
• Create an article which lists rare or good ebay buys.
• Create an article for every Sindarin, Quenya, etc. word
• Write lesson plans for teachers to help get the word out to more students about Tolkien and his works.
• Create an article for each year of every Age on Arda which has known historic information.
• Create an article which details Tolkien-related locations around Oxford and nearby areas one could tour.
• Scene by scene summary of The Lord of the Rings.
• Scene by scene analysis of PJ's films, Bakshi's film, and Rankin/Bass films, as well as the books.
• Add any games relating to Middle-earth and Arda.
  • Naming standard?
• Create a FAQ namespace for FAQs such as FAQ:Balrogs.
• Add more essays.
• Chapter by Chapter synopsis/analysis of The Children of Hurin
  • Would copying the comparisons from here be appropriate? They're a very good analysis.
• Add any books relating written by Tolkien or about his works.
• Add any song or band relating to Tolkien and his works.
• Elvish names?
• Create an article which lists all translations of Tolkien's works.
• Propose articles about the various Tolkien societies around the world.