I recently came across http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Outlines
and it took me a while to realize the full extend of this desaster.
Some part of en.wp's authors is duplicating Wikipedia, this time
without text.
For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_outline_of_Algeria is
a list of
This apparently was originally [[List of basic topics]] and its
children, and the rename to Outlines was done by [[User:The
Transhumanist]]. [[List of basic topics]] dates to 2001 and was
started by Larry Sanger, so this is not a new thing.
-Matt
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Mathias
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Matthew Brown mor...@gmail.com wrote:
This apparently was originally [[List of basic topics]] and its
children, and the rename to Outlines was done by [[User:The
Transhumanist]]. [[List of basic topics]] dates to 2001 and was
started by Larry Sanger, so this
The Wikiproject about it is quite new. The way I see it, topic outlines are
more of a topical glossary that lack the subcategorizing that a regular
category would have. They could be of some use.
bibliomaniac15
--- On Thu, 1/22/09, Matthew Brown mor...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Matthew Brown
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Scientia Potentia est
bibliomaniac...@yahoo.com wrote:
The Wikiproject about it is quite new. The way I see it, topic outlines are
more of a topical glossary that lack the subcategorizing that a regular
category would have. They could be of some use.
Pages
My recommendation would be to delete them on sight. Given the
situation at en.wp, this is better done with a formal VfD,
triple-signed by someone else and already attached objections and
specialized templates for revision and arbitration, right?
VfD? What year are you living in?
2009/1/22 Mathias Schindler mathias.schind...@gmail.com:
For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_outline_of_Algeria is
a list of articles somehow related to Algeria. This purpose is better
served by either [[:en:Algeria]] (with full sentences) or by
[[:en:Category:Algeria]] (with
2009/1/22 Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk:
These seem to be a half-useful navigational handlist for a user.
They're a bit clunky, but they do seem to fill a niche that might
otherwise not be served very well; I really don't see how they're some
kind of abomination that needs taken out
