At Wikisource we do a lot of work proofreading in our Page: ns, with the pages being "held together" by an overarching page in the Index: namespace. Principally the text gets proofread and the validated in the Page: pages and later transcluded into the main namespace (our presentation layer). A transclusion can be a part of a page, a whole page, or a series of pages depending on the work being reproduced, and how we are choosing to present it.
What I would like to do per work is to determine which pages are and which are not transcluded a yes/no answer, rather than to know to where the page is transcluded. At the moment, my only means to determine if a page is trancluded is to individually check each page via WhatLinksHere, and I am looking for an easier way to determine the Y/N answer, so I am looking for an easy way to dynamically determine this for a series of pages. Ultimately my ideal outcome is to have a link on the Index: page that could easily show which pages are and which pages are not transcluded.
I know what I want, however, I no idea to get either the API to work for me, or to work out how to do it for a series of pages. Hence I am here to ask for some guidance and assistance.
Examples based on the work of vol. 32 of the Dictionary of National Biography
* Index:Dictionary of National Biography volume 32.djvu https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/wiki/Index:Dictionary_of_National...
==Transcluded page== * Page:Dictionary of National Biography volume 32.djvu/163 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_...
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/w/api.php?action=query&genera... <?xml version="1.0"?> <api> <query> <pages> <page pageid="554940" ns="0" title="Laski, John (DNB00)" touched="2011-03-14T21:59:25Z" lastrevid="2341119" counter="" length="341" /> </pages> </query> </api>
==Non-transcluded page== * Page:Dictionary of National Biography volume 32.djvu/263 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biogr...
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/w/api.php?action=query&genera... <?xml version="1.0"?> <api />
Thanks in advance for any guidance. Regards Andrew