--- "Michael R. Irwin" mri_icboise@surfbest.net wrote:
There may be places where multiple indexing schemes are appropriate.
For example: If a researcher is looking for background on a specific satellite or space mission, and they have a mission or spacecraft name, they may not wish to scan a chronological list of all human space missions from the early 50s on to find it.
In this case, an alphabetical index works best for the reader.
A search would work even better.
If they are looking for space based earth surveys then a subject index may work best.
A search would work here too.
If they are looking for research done in the late 60s or early 70s then a chronological index may be most useful.
If a Wikipedian exists who is willing to create a specific type of index, then I see no benefit to the reader from other Wikipedians displacing this contribution rather than adding another method to it.
Maintaining multiple manual indexes of the same material is next to impossible. I've tried. An advanced search function (which Lee mentioned as one of his priorities) would allieviate the need for such lists.
Stephen Gilbert
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