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<h1 style="display:inline-block;margin-top:.1em; text-align:left; margin-bottom:.2em; border-bottom:0; font-weight:bold;">What's going on?</h1>
I'm hoping to make it easier to find exactly what help is needed. One thing on the short list of desires is a system to easily see what updates a trail needs.
* Current work
 
** Reviewing pages to add new "[[Template:Trail page needs|trail page needs]]" template
Shifting things around while I make this a general "what this place is about" page and direction to how to help
* Ongoing
 
** Updating after hikes
To add...
** Tweaking pages as needed (eventually based on [[Trail needs list|needs list]])
* Vision statement - Document all public trails and parks with trails in our area (and campgrounds?)
* Ideas on deck
* How to help
** Create trail search system (including needs searching)
** Editing
** Create park list that details number of trails and miles of trails for each park
** Sending info
** Create dynamic site map of trails and parks
** "Bounty" list - [[TEHCC Wiki:To add]]
** Create map balloon template to list basic information on site map of trails and parks
** Per page needs on top bar template - see MountWiki
** Better tag trails for use (e.g. foot, bike, atv,...) and features (e.g. overlook, waterfall, history,...)
* Make a front page more [http://www.mountwiki.com/wiki/view/Main_Page like this]
** Have park pages also list hike plans nearby
** Include linked list of how to help that pulls list (filterable/query?) of various needs (e.g. GPS, photos, editing)
** Have trail pages list "trails nearby", maybe within 5mi radius?
* Convert embedded maps to use MarkerT trail post sign for trail intersections
** Create a trail template and form to make casual editing easier
* Trail searching and filtering
** Figure out how to easily get KMLs and possibly waypoints out of the wiki and into phones/handhelds
* Group sections on Trail IB - again see MountWiki
** Create elegant way to subgroup trails (Warriors Path Bike Trails only example so far)
 
** Create a hike plan infobox
<br><br>Original list until reorg'd
** Figure out a way to easily add "trip reports" through form
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** Have AT sections pull in recent maintenance
Things We are/I am working on and thinking about
** Cleanup non-trail/park pages for layout and organization
 
** Figure out a way that a park page, if we don't create the individual trail pages, could still return in a query number of trails and miles of trail
*Current efforts
** Figure out a way that KML's could easily be added
**Conversion from googlemap to display_map extension - most done, need to ferret out the rest. Since I can't search for it I've been using the list of [[Special:AncientPages|oldest last edits]].
** Write a "how to GPS log and create KML" page
**Adding "park" parameter to trail Infoboxes. This allows wiki functions to easily find/list all trails within a park. Currently conflicted on [[Warriors Path State Park]] and its [[WPSP Mountain Bike Trail System|Mountain Bike Trail system]]. Should they be two separate "parks" or one park? Both? Question is how we want it to show up on the park's page of trails. Separate or all as one? A separate optional parameter of "group" - but how would the auto trails list work? All trails without a group or park, all parks and groups? Can that be done?
** Can we elegantly tag pins and query them with desired icon (show "park" pins on trail pages)
**As they're found, start marking trail pages that need cleanup if you don't have the time when you see it. So far I have created [[:Category:No Trail KML]] and [[:Category:Stub]]. I've thought about, needs pictures, better map pins, description details, etc...
** Have queries return icons for tagged use/features
**Create a hike log concept so users can add hike logs to their user page and it can automatically show a table of hikes, total miles hiked, and a map of locations hiked
** Fix/update Shelter IB
 
** Take shelters out of Shelter namespace
*Someday/Maybe - Things to discuss
** Trail rating system
**Start a "trail routes" or "trail plan" page type to create suggested trip plans. Use the new semantic wiki to be able to easily find and link on park pages separate from the trails list (prime culprit is Bays Mountain which has many trails only accessible from other trails)
** Pair this list into 'Planned' and 'Ideas'
**Create a standard Parks page (i.e. separate from trails category and Infobox)? Something as many are using the trail Infobox which I think messes things up for the semantic queries.
** Better separate "Allowed Activities" (e.g. hiking, dogs, ATV, horses) from "Attractions" (e.g. waterfalls, vistas, highpoint)
**Cleanup categories - do we need the specified category if the semantic property assignments already do that?
** Update trails map for filtering on tagged keywords, park, features, etc. [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps_examples/Google_Maps_with_searchmarkers See example].
**Setup GPS (GPX?) waypoint and track downloads. Need to investigate options with new display_map extension
**Run Special Pages->Unused Files to find unreferenced files. Delete or add as appropriate. Ones used solely for embedded Google Maps don't show as used, add to page anyway to get it off the list (to make finding real problems easier) and make finding the pictures easier
**Run Special Pages->Broken links and fix problems found
**Remove prefixes from trails of systems/parks - semantic wiki easily connects them, don't need prefix anymore and it messes with the page name.
**Start listing and reviewing campgrounds/campsites? - Mostly for my/Tim's interest. I've started my own list and I thought why not to share.
**Trail Infobox updates
***Modify trail infobox to have distance from Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol - this would allow the automatic trail list to have it
***Add coordinates for parking and trail head, one line, trail type (out and back vs loop), include terminus coordinates if appropriate
***Modify to hide unused fields - Park done, which others?
***Remove nearest medical?
***Investigate how "trail use" would best work with semantic wiki so we can include it on trails lists (park and system)
***Convert to lat,lon format
***Clear up "Distance" field - I propose for Out-n-back and segments, it's the one-way length, loops would be full trip. This seems consistent with most hike guides
***How to best relay elevation gain/loss info? Both? Max? All in IB or just in body? Not at all?
**Create Park Trail template - should be simple #ask query referencing PAGENAME
**Modify trails list and trails map templates to automatically get it using #ask query
***How to only get parks and trails with no parks?...
**Return the Talk tab to its original/real name and give us a spot to actually "talk" about the trail and what is needed to improve the page. Trip reports then their own page (one for each report or one for all reports on a trail?) or as a subobject of a user page. Then use #ask query to list them on the trail page. Trail page could list last X trip reports in descending date.
**Move map pins and details to semantic properties and use semantic maps to list them? This would allow easier listing elsewhere. Is it a problem that needs this change?
**Create a park template/style/IB something...
**Implement use of forms for hike logging, trail pages(?), other?
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