On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 02:38:49PM -0800, Scientia Potentia est 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.
The pages I familiar with here used to have names such as
[[List of basic algebra topics]]. These can be viewed in several ways:
* As a topic glossary highlighting the most important basic topics
in the field
* As an extended 'see also' list that is linked from the main article
on the field. So [[Algebra]] links to [[List of basic algebra topics]]
These lists are clearly of some value for readers who are interested in
learning the basics of a topic. And the lists have some support among current
editors; see [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Topic_outline_of_algebra]] which
was closed this week.
I don't know as much about the country articles, such as [[Topic outline of France]].
- Carl