I have filtered the old list I had compiled once against a current list of article titles, and have about 79000 topics left. I put the "central" page for these at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_encyclopedia_topics and created one "demo" page (#57) with 1000 links. Should I upload the otheres as well (also 1000 links each), or is the quality too bad?
Magnus
Magnus Manske wrote:
I have filtered the old list I had compiled once against a current list of article titles, and have about 79000 topics left. I put the "central" page for these at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_encyclopedia_topics and created one "demo" page (#57) with 1000 links. Should I upload the otheres as well (also 1000 links each), or is the quality too bad?
Seems like a cool list to have! It would be useful to know which encyclopedia was the original source. I'd also suggest letting all the terms run together on the page, no line breaks, since no one is ever going to add any kind of explanatory note after each term, and you get to see more of them at once.
They do uppercase where we would lowercase, so some amount of redir will be needed. Even so, interesting to see how many topics are still overlooked - I did a sample of titles from the Grove Encyclopedia of Music a while back, and we had just 5% of its articles, got a few years yet before we're world-class in the music area.
Stan
Stan Shebs wrote:
I'd also suggest letting all the terms run together on the page, no line breaks, since no one is ever going to add any kind of explanatory note after each term, and you get to see more of them at once.
I think it would make more sense if people would indeed leave notes saying something like "Not encyclopedic" or "Invalid title" or anything else that explains why a certain topic won't be covered in Wikipedia.
On 03/06/04 17:39, Timwi wrote:
Stan Shebs wrote:
I'd also suggest letting all the terms run together on the page, no line breaks, since no one is ever going to add any kind of explanatory note after each term, and you get to see more of them at once.
I think it would make more sense if people would indeed leave notes saying something like "Not encyclopedic" or "Invalid title" or anything else that explains why a certain topic won't be covered in Wikipedia.
Compare the FOLDOC lists, e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Free_On-line_Dictionary_of_Computing/...
- either marked "DONE" or "NO IMPORT".
- d.
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Timwi
Stan Shebs wrote:
I'd also suggest letting all the terms run together on the page, no line breaks, since no
one is ever
going to add any kind of explanatory note after each term,
and you get
to see more of them at once.
I think it would make more sense if people would indeed leave notes saying something like "Not encyclopedic" or "Invalid title" or anything else that explains why a certain topic won't be covered in Wikipedia.
For some of us, one link per line also makes it much easier to search for and edit or remove a single topic.
-- David Speakman http://www.DavidSpeakman.com 501 Moorpark Way #83 Mountain View CA 94041 Phone: 408-348-1786
OK, the missing 77 pages are up, one link per line. Every 100 links these's a section heading so we can use section editing, which seems to come in handy with such long lists.
Magnus
David Speakman wrote:
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Timwi
Stan Shebs wrote:
I'd also suggest letting all the terms run together on the page, no line breaks, since no
one is ever
going to add any kind of explanatory note after each term,
and you get
to see more of them at once.
I think it would make more sense if people would indeed leave notes saying something like "Not encyclopedic" or "Invalid title" or anything else that explains why a certain topic won't be covered in Wikipedia.
For some of us, one link per line also makes it much easier to search for and edit or remove a single topic.
-- David Speakman http://www.DavidSpeakman.com 501 Moorpark Way #83 Mountain View CA 94041 Phone: 408-348-1786
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