Plan a hide-bots setting in a TODO

README.md

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 2. Delete all files of the extension from ext/rmcgirr83/separateusersandbots
 3. Upload all the new files to the same location
 4. Go to your phpBB-Board > Admin Control Panel > Customise > Manage extensions > Separate user and bots: enable
+
+## TODO
+
+Ideas not yet built, practical and speculative alike: [`docs/TODO.md`](docs/TODO.md).

docs/TODO.md

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+# TODO
+
+Ideas not yet built, practical and speculative alike.
+
+## Hide bots from non-admins, as a setting
+
+Fold the job of phpbbmodders/hidebots into this extension as an on/off
+setting, so boards need one extension instead of two. hidebots can be
+archived once this ships.
+
+Why: both extensions rewrite the "Who is online" text through the same
+event (`core.obtain_users_online_string_modify`), so with both enabled,
+whichever runs last wins. One extension doing both avoids that.
+
+Planned behavior, matching hidebots today:
+
+- When the setting is on, bots are left out of the "Who is online" list for
+  everyone except administrators, counted as hidden users instead.
+- They are also left out of the full *Who is online* page
+  (`core.viewonline_modify_sql`), and of the 24 Hour Activity list
+  (`rmcgirr83.activity24hours.modify_active_users`) when that extension is
+  installed.
+- When the setting is off, behavior is exactly as it is now.
+
+Still needs deciding:
+
+- Where the setting goes. This extension has no ACP page; one Yes/No option
+  on an existing ACP page (for example *Load settings*) avoids adding a new
+  module.
+- Who still sees bots: administrators only, as hidebots does, or a new
+  permission.
+- Moving hidebots users over: when the update installs, switch the setting
+  on if hidebots is enabled, and tell the admin to disable and remove
+  hidebots.