Task 01 · Translate an important policy page

Category: Editing · Tool: Content Translation · Difficulty: Beginner

Translate an important policy page (for example the Five Pillars) into your language.

🔗 Interactive Prototype: Link

🚧 User journey:
Step 1 · Open - App opens Content Translation pre-loaded with Wikipedia:Five Pillars and your wiki's language selected. Click to open in a new tab.
Step 2 · Translate and review - Inside Content Translation, apply machine translation as a starting point using MinT or Google Translate. Then review the translation for accuracy, clarity, and neutrality. If linked policy pages do not exist on your wiki yet, leave them linked to the English versions for now.
Step 3 · Hit Publish in Content Translation. The app detects the new page on your wiki automatically.

Task 02 · Enable a useful editing gadget

Category: Editing · Tool: Gadgets · Difficulty: Beginner

Enable the HotCat editing gadget and use it to improve article categories.

🔗 Interactive Prototype: Link

🚧 User journey:
Step 1 · Install - Install HotCat and confirm it's active in Preferences
Step 2 · Find - App surfaces uncategorized articles from your wiki, pick one
Step 3 · Categorize - Open the article, follow popup instructions to add categories; app detects the edit

Task 03 · Translate core interface messages

Category: Editing · Tool: Translatewiki.net · Difficulty: Beginner

Translate core interface messages for your language so the wiki interface appears localized.

🔗 Interactive Prototype: Link

🚧 User journey:
Step 1 · Account check - App asks whether you have a Translatewiki.net account. If yes, continue. If no, app walks you through registration steps and waits for you to confirm your account is active before proceeding.
Step 2 · Open - App opens Translatewiki.net pre-loaded with the MediaWiki core message group filtered to your language and sorted by most used. Click to open in a new tab.
Step 3 · Translate - Work through messages in Translatewiki.net. Log how many you translated using the counter. App unlocks completion at 10 messages. Translations sync to your wiki automatically within 24 hours - no publish step needed.

Task 04 · Add an info box to 5 articles

Create right infoboxes for your wiki and add them to your first 5 articles.

Category: Setup · Tool: Starter Kit · Difficulty: Beginner · Time: ~15 min

🔗 Interactive Prototype: Link

🚧 User journey:

Step 1 · Select article types - App presents article type tiles. Admin selects all that apply: People, Places, Organizations, Events, Nature, or Something else. Admin must select at least one to continue.
Step 1b · Name your templates - App shows an input for each selected type, pre-filled with the English default name (e.g. "Infobox person"). Admin can leave the English name or type a name in their language. A note explains that the template name is what editors type in articles.
Step 2 · Confirm - App shows the infoboxes that will be created based on selections, with field names and usage context for each. Admin confirms and the app creates them on the wiki.
Step 3 · Create - App confirms the infoboxes are live on the wiki. Admin can open any template directly to translate field labels into their language by editing the wikitext.
Step 4 · Add to articles - App scans the wiki for articles missing this infobox and presents them as a pick list. Admin picks one at a time, opens each article in a new tab with the infobox pre-inserted, fills in the fields, and saves. App detects each edit and tracks progress toward the 5-article goal. Task completes when 5 articles have been updated.

Task 05 · Translate or create an essential article

Pick an essential topic missing on your wiki - translate it from another language or write it from scratch.
Category: Editing · Tool: Content Translation · Difficulty: Intermediate · Time: ~45 min

🔗 Interactive Prototype: Link

🚧 User journey:

Step 1 · Pick a source - App presents three options: 1,000 essential articles, the wiki's wanted pages, or "I have one in mind." Editor must pick one to continue.
Step 1a · Pick the article - For list sources, app suggests a random article with a Try another reroll. For "I have one in mind," app shows a text input. App checks the title against the wiki and flags it if it already exists. Editor must land on an available article to continue.
Step 1b · Pick approach - App shows two options: translate via Content Translation, or write from scratch. Editor selects one and confirms.
Step 2 · Translate or write - App opens Content Translation or the wiki editor in a new tab with the article title pre-loaded. App shows a four-item prep checklist: apply machine translation, review for accuracy, check references, check neutrality. A tip notes that if machine translation quality is poor, the editor can choose "Start with empty paragraph" from the MT options instead. Editor works through the items in any order.
Step 2a · Publish - App unlocks the publish step once the four prep items are checked. Editor publishes the article on the wiki. App detects the new page. Task completes when the article is live.

Task 06 · Customize your main page

Set up your wiki's main page using the Starter Kit wizard. Category: Editing · Tool: Starter Kit · Difficulty: Beginner · Time: ~1 hr

🔗 Interactive Prototype: link

🚧 User journey:

1. User selects focus areas
2. User then selects modules for the main page
3. Previews, create and edit templates and approves changes to be published to the target wiki

Note: Design to be iterated for integration into the essential tasks after the first round of pilot testing.