UESPWiki:Task List

This lists a wide range of specific projects and types of projects that editors have identified as needed. For more general ideas about what to do, see the Helping Out page. Official projects can be found on the Projects page.

All editors are welcome to add ideas or work on any idea listed here.  Any task that is not crossed out is available for anyone to tackle.  More details on how to add tasks to this list, or how to sign up to do a task, are provided at the bottom of the page.

In many cases, the task descriptions are pretty brief.  If you'd like more information on any task, just ask on the help page.  And don't worry, asking about a task doesn't mean you have to do it!
 
General
All tasks on the Helping Out page, especially:
;Pages Needing Descriptions: Any pages listed here are probably empty pages, that need any basic information filled out.
;Pages Needing Cleanup: All these pages need improving in some way.
;Pages Needing Verification: These pages have questionable information that requires research. If you are familiar with Creation Kit, you can help other editors with their requests.
;Questions Needing Answers: Many questions are asked on talk pages and the answers would improve the wiki.
;Create screenshots: Every quest, place, NPC, creature, flower, etc. needs a high-quality image. This task is mainly confined to PC players, but there is some high-end tech allowing console players to help out. Additionally you can help other editors with their requests.
A full list of pages requiring maintenance can be found here.

Legends
Legends Namespace Completion Project — A project to document everything about Legends before an eventual server shutdown. 

Online
Online Quest Project — A large project to complete all quest pages in the Elder Scrolls Online
Fill in content on Empty Pages and then remove the Minimal template so that the page is removed from the category.
Remove the Pre-Release tags from pages after checking that the facts presented in the article match the information in the released game. A list of pages that have the Pre-Release tag can be found on the relevant category page here and also here.
Fill in content on Online Stubs, including those for classes, creatures, effects, factions, items, magic, NPCs, places, quests, and skills. When the page is no longer a stub, remove the   template so that the page is removed from the category.
Create screenshots. Every quest, place, NPC, creature, flower, etc. will need an image (see category). However, screenshots will also be needed for many aspects of basic gameplay.
Following a major update, ensure all affected pages are addressed (based on the patch notes):
Pages which need to be updated with new information should be marked for   with a corresponding reason (eg: Needs to be updated following changes in Update 6.).
Pages detailing content which has been removed should be marked as   with the corresponding Patch or Update number.

Skyrim
Skyrim Quest Redesign Project - a huge collaborative effort to get all quest pages up to standards.
Skyrim Houses Redesign Project - a huge collaborative effort to get all house pages up to standards.
Expand upon Shadowmark information in location pages' notes with details on why the mark is there, if possible: what is the loot/danger/etc? See  and  for examples.  A list of locations is available at .
Document Skyrim VR, including the unique testing area.

Ongoing high priorities include:
Fill in content on Skyrim Stubs, including those for creatures, NPCs, places, and quests. When the page is no longer a stub, remove the   template so that the page is removed from the category.

Specifically for PC players:
Create maps.  We'll need maps for every zone in every dungeon, and maps for each town and city—which are basically just multiple screenshots cobbled together into a single map. Maps should be generated without any superimposed markup/icons/etc. as these can be added by templates on the site, leaving the map available for other uses if necessary. For more detail on how to do that, see the tutorial.
Go through the Unofficial Patch fix list to mark (or add) article bug notes as fixed, along with the correct version number and tracker ID.
Compile a list of locations where Random Encounters can occur, using the console to reach the cells where they occur. Where the cells are and where in the cells the encounters can occur is the information wanted. The project is located here.

Oblivion
The Oblivion Places Redesign Project is a major effort to update all the place articles and maps in Oblivion.  The project page provides more details on all the different tasks that need to be done.
The main task that needs to be done at this point is the in game verification (exploring the places in-game to check that the articles are correct and complete).
 A list of places that need to be verified is provided at :Category:Oblivion Places Redesign Pages Needing Cleanup.
The Oblivion NPC Redesign Project is an effort to update all the NPC articles in Oblivion. The project page provides more details.
Contributions have been slowing down for quite a while, so I am adding this to try to speed this up. It is nearing completion, and it will be nice to finish it completely.
The Oblivion Houses Redesign Project is an effort to create new, standardized pages for each individual house in Oblivion. More details can be found on the project page.
Add links to the pages for each attribute linking to items that boost the skill. It should probably point to the Generic Magic Apparel page and also list unique items with the effect individually.
We have new pages for the individual Mages and Fighters Guild Halls.  "What Links Here" for each guild's page needs to be combed through, to see if any of the links should instead be pointing to a guild hall page.
The Mankar Camoran's Paradise page needs to be expanded.  ''I call this... it'll take me a little bit hence the note here.           00:52, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Shivering Isles
The Shivering Isles Redesign Project‎''' is a major effort to update all pages within the Shivering Isles namespace to high standards of quality.
All appropriate categories need adding to creature redirects.
is currently just a redirect to a quest article rather than an OBNPCRP-compliant NPC page.

Morrowind
The Morrowind Overhaul Project‎ is a major effort to update all pages within the Morrowind, Tribunal and Bloodmoon namespaces to high standards of quality.
House & Faction articles need factual checking and re-writes for the Lore section
Some Places and People need to be added to Lore namespace
Cleanup the various pages listed at , , and :Category:Morrowind-Services
Services page should include links to the Merchants page and all merchant sub-pages.
Should merchants be separated into a separate sub-section on the services page?  (So it's easier to recognize that the page covers more than just merchants?)
Clean up redundant articles.  Are  and  both necessary, for example?  If they are, make sure they both link to each other (and other related articles, such as ).  If not, merge them.
See discussion at .
  New project created for this task.
Lists of NPCs required for quests other than the main quest, in the style of .
Leveled lists for creatures.
Images for ingredients for most ingredient pages as detailed here.

Tribunal
(no current tasks)

Bloodmoon
(no current tasks)

Lore
Expand the  pages.
Pages that are transcluded into the Lore Places pages need more consistent formatting: only a paragraph or two of the very general information should ever be transcluded; any maps/images should be small and left-aligned.  If there is more information, a link should be provided to direct readers to the full page for the details.  For example, see .
Expand the People pages too. What's left can be used as a list of articles that either need creating, or including on the Places/People pages as Linkable Entries.
In general with the Lore pages:
Make sure entries on all pages are linkable entries so that cross-links and redirects are possible
Introduce standard formatting
Add links from Lore pages to game-specific pages.  Whenever there is a game-specific page on the same topic, there should be parameter in the infobox: " ."
Conversely, add links from game-specific pages to the Lore pages where appropriate.  In particular, if the Lore pages contain information that is not being displayed/transcluded on the game-specific pages, then there should be a link to let readers know that the Lore page exists and contains more general information on the topic.
The Ayleid Language page needs a revamp.
Use a common stem for words rather than including all known forms (e.g. Arpen, Arpena, Arpenia)
Find references for all the remaining words

Books
Create, expand, and improve The Infernal City and Lord of Souls articles.
Clean up and expand game guide articles.

Mobile Games
Shadowkey pages have been created, but more input from people who have played the game is needed.
Stormhold pages have been partially created, but still lack info.
Dawnstar pages have been created but could use some more input from people and cross-checking of the written information.
Oblivion Mobile quest and equipment pages have been created but cross-checking would be useful. Could use pages with world information.

Older Games
Spin-off Series Completion Project: A project dedicated to finally completing documentation of the spin-off series games: Battlespire, Redguard, and the mobile games Stormhold, Dawnstar, Shadowkey, and Oblivion Mobile.
Check the   for pages that need to be wikified
Lists of all the pages on the old site are posted at  and its subpages.  These lists need to be completed with information on whether or not the page contents have been copied over to the wiki.
Most content from the pre-wiki version of the UESP site have been converted over, but not all.
Converting Old Pages provides tips on how to move pages over
Daggerfall Redesign Project: A project has been started to standardize the format of the Daggerfall pages; see the project page for details.
Remove attributions from pre-wiki pages
Move any attribution from the old site to talk pages or to the page history.
 -- Contains a lot of old information (which may be somewhat useful still) but is missing the last year or so of tips (many threads from the ES-Old Games forums are related to this). Ideally this section should be split into several different pages:
Running Old Games Under Windows
Game specific pages for Arena, Daggerfall, etc...
 contains one up-to-date method but doesn't cover the others.
Make the Lore sections better for Daggerfall and Arena characters.
Battlespire - See the current list of ideas at this location.

Morrowind Mod
Mainly includes cleaning up and expanding the Tamriel Rebuilt city pages.

Site Tasks
Template documentation needs to be brought into line with the new standards.
I'm going to start working on this, however it may take a while. AlphaAbsol (talk) 09:21, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
The following tasks are more advanced and likely require a good deal of effort and knowledge in web technologies.
Design a system for handling file uploads similar to other ES sites. See  File Database Design page for Daveh's ideas on the system. While this is a lower priority task, contact Daveh if you're interested in working on this.

Instructions
Working on a Task
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Adding a Task
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