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1. Stage 1.0 is the beta stage. The website development is in progress. New user registration is moderated as there are insufficient resources to remove spam. There are around 3 reviewers and one developer. (Current stage)
2. Stage 2.0 is also a beta phase, this time with a mostly working site with included training modules with examples for news reporters and reviewers. At this phase there will be at least 5 active volunteer peer reviewers, and at least 3 active developers. This is scheduled for Q3 2026.
3. V3.0 (at least two reviewers per major region; open registration; peer review)

• Added a list of news under the map on the main page, as an alternative to browsing the map.

• added ONM to dokuwiki and osm users lists
• added commons files interwiki

• updated sign up and no longer needed to fill two forms

• revised map plugin to support zoom <3
• deployed a fix to the publish plugin; re-enabled it: peer review works again now
• enabled access log, and page view stats off-wiki
• set small square map on home page to fit all land; click a button takes it full screen
• added page tags to the new report submission form

• added add, a news adding form

• installed pagelist, tagfilter plugins
• created sidebar
• added utility for attaching a location to a new page

• added utility for new user registration
• added utility for peer review of new pages
• added utility for peer review of new edits
• added logo
• added basic documentation
• added talk pages support

1. bug: map does not load on first try, only after refreshing the page
2. feature: feedback form
3. activity: reach out to non-profits and universities for student engagement
   1. fsf
   2. eff
   3. fs.au
   4. nlnet
   5. libreplanet
   6. internet archive
   7. crossref
4. feature: connect with someone with screen sharing - https://galene.org:8443/
5. bug: make the map auto-update
6. feature: share to social media
7. feature: mark broken links to W as red
8. feature: RSS feed
9. bug: larger map fix css
10. feature: option to subscribe to newsletter
11. new submission form
12. publish plugin throws errors
13. then need to re enable publish plugin
14. a space for file descriptions. Exif copyright document this
15. provide page view statistics; document this
16. how to wikilink (other than external links) Dog see Dog document this
17. user reg that is not two forms
18. user pages
19. android app
20. map: solve issue of map not zooming out properly to show whole world. GitHub has request for information
21. map: fix map size so it shows properly on all devices and all world is included, despite zoom level “-1” not working.
22. utility for filtering map results by region or topic
23. utility for page archival, ideally semi-automated with count down
24. how to add a page tag with event date
25. integration with Wikimedia Commons so that image uploads go to there, not to here see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia/technical check required user privs for upload; document this
26. setup something similar to DPL
27. install geotag plugin
28. log page visits
29. add sidebar
30. talk pages support
31. logo
32. remember last zoom in position of the map on subsequent visits
33. provide a content guide and style guide (import from Wikinews) and also other relevant documentation
34. https://www.crossref.org/gem
35. provide a page with links to other copies, forks and continuations of Wikinews which exist today
36. support for multiple languages
37. provide report of finances
38. provide donation page
39. add site footer
40. image descriptions feature
41. plugin:progrecss
42. plugin:quiz
43. rss aggregator feed utility