Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indexes/Archive 1
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Finding and categorizing indexes
There are alphabetical indexes all over Wikipedia. They need to be added to the Category:Indexes and subcategories.
The Transhumanist 19:16, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
- Of course, now you mean Category:Indexes of articles and subcategories, right? :-P --Gimme danger (talk) 02:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Index of World War II articles
These indexes were filled automatically with AWB. Bad mistake, since it apparently took everything in a category tree, even if sub-sub-subcategories were largely unrelated to the topic. As an example, it looks like every article which is in a subcategory of category:Paris is included in these indexes, even if they are completely, utterly unrelated to World War II. I have cleaned up the list A and L (removing a thousand or more articles in each case), but it is an annoying job. I am 100% certain that I have removeda lot of articles which do have a link to World War II, but it is better to start again and include articles manually (or at the most only articles directly included in a WWI category, not in a subcategory). I hope that no other indexes have been created in the same way, otherwise I suggest that you list them and check them thoroughly. Fram (talk) 12:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
- I don't remember how I created them - it was probably an experiment. I even forgot I created them, and was surprised to see my name as the first entry!
- Thank you for cleaning them up. Keep up the good work. The Transhumanist 16:29, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
Duplicative?
I'm not getting how indexes have significant advantages over categories. Both are just alphabetical lists of articles by topic. The only difference seems to be flatness (lack of subcategories)... --Cybercobra (talk) 02:26, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
- Duplicative? Hell yes.
- Redundant? Almost entirely.
- WTF?
- The advantages of complementary redundancy are covered in WP:CLN.
- In a nutshell...
- Indexes are easier to build, easier to maintain, and easier to browse. Indexes are faster to build, faster to maintain, and faster to browse. Indexes are also supported by redlinks and edit histories, so disappearing links and disappearing articles can be easily spotted. Each index is centralized, with changes being made at the index itself, improving communication with respect to them.