Automatically remove finished articles from To-Do list
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Automatically remove finished articles from To-Do list
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Todo list · Created by Diarioz
accepted
todo automation completion
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
Currently articles and placeholders are automatically added to the To-Do List, which depending on your way of creating articles can get very large very quickly.
I tend to create lots of of placeholders within my articles, while writing them, for things I know might get their own articles later down the line. Then at a later point I either go back to the article and flesh out the placeholders, or they get created organically as I flesh out my world further.
When I then mark them as "Done" they get also marked as "Finished" within the To-Do List, but the list doesn't get smaller from this. I now have to go into my full To-Do List, which is kinda unwieldy and slow at this point, to then remove the articles manually.
How does this feature request address the current situation?
By adding a world setting like "Automatically remove finished articles from To-Do List", I wouldn't have to worry about those finished articles and my To-Do List would always just show the things I actually have left to do.
At the same time, people who like to see what they have finished inside this list, the setting would still allow them to do so as well.
The Team's Response
)This suggestion did not reach any of the required thresholds.) Heya beans! So, I will begin by saying that I am painfully aware that the TODO list needs a good amount of love, so much I was planning at some point to make it into a collaborative project management tool (overkill I know) The main issue with automatically removing things is .... the WHEN? All of us have a different definition on when the article is "DONE". I would say that if the article is Published and Done then it is "DONE" others will say only the WIP/Done should determine that and I am also happy with that. The other thing is that some people LOVE going there and seeing the green checkboxes because it's a visual representation of the things they have achieved during a period of time. So, yes it should definitely be a setting. For the rest, I do understand the issue with bloat, 100%. In conclusion, I will be accepting this with low priority due to low-support but I will see what I can do to even parameterise this and find ways to satisfy as many people as possible. As a note, I have ironed things out already with PrincessESH but, a kind reminder, this is my life's work you are talking about when you say you "HATE" something or that it is "SHIT". I do not offend easily but it does hurt to hear such harsh words for your work, regardless if it is a piece of prose, an image or code and interface. Please try to at least keep your language a bit tempered. I am sorry if I am failing you sometimes, but I am really trying.
Current score
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by A. Merriweather
on 2021-09-24 16:36YES PLEASE! I also use many, many placeholders and this would be an extremely nice setting. It can even be optional in the world settings, like Diarioz suggested!
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by Amancham
on 2021-09-14 05:30I mostly like the To-Do-List, though there are a few issues and things that would make it much better. I personally don't need this feature (yet) but I can see how it would be beneficial for many. I guess, though, a bit more fine tuning would be required so it can work for most people, e.g. Automatically remove articles from to-do list when ... * ... they are finished (no longer wip status) * ... they are published (no longer draft status) * ... they are public (no longer private) This would offer a lot more control to decide when you no longer need the article in your list. Depending on how you set up and use your world and To-Do list, you might not mark articles finished for months and years because they simply aren't. Or you might want to keep a list of your private articles to release them over time. You could probably keep them in an extra category 'to be released' but then you also have to move them to the right category later down the line and keep in mind where you wanted to put them. I guess this would be too much of a hassle in terms of queries and database bloat, but one can dream, right?
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by A Lambent Eye
on 2021-09-12 15:38In agreement with PrincessESH, the To-Do list might be worth a polish if time and resources are available...
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by PrincessESH
on 2021-09-10 23:08PLEASE. I personally hate the to-do list, I think it's unwieldy and annoying and I hate how junk constantly gets added to it that I don't want. I almost never use it because it's just a mess and I know that if I take the time to clean it out it will just get messy again. This feature would fix one of my pet peeves with the system, but I would really love for the to-do list to get completely revisited at some point.
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by KahunaTheElder
on 2021-09-10 14:59My To Do list is huge just for this reason. I like the idea. The only issue I see is with determining what "finished" is.
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by A Lusty Bananafolk
on 2021-09-10 00:24A checkmark like that would be great, or even a checkmark on individual articles to remove them from the to-do list.
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by Careen Ligh
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by Diarioz
on 2021-09-09 18:21
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