On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:20:42 -0800, <roger(a)rogerchrisman.com> wrote:
Hi,
Wouldn't it be great if Table of Contents (TOC) _numbering_ were a
user preference, right along with Section Heading numbering?
It could be next to:
My preferences > Appearance > Advanced options: [ ] Auto-number headings
as:
My preferences > Appearance > Advanced options: [ ] Auto-number table
of contents
Wouldn't it be even greater if there was a $wgTOCnumbering variable in
LocalSettings.php that could be set to "false" to make no TOC
numbering the default?
Currently the TOC numbering can be _hidden_ with this CSS in
Common.css[1]:
/* Suppress numbering of items in TOC */
.tocnumber { display: none; }
I am tired of all the TOC numbering on Wikipedia. Am I alone? Yes I
can put the CSS to suppress TOC numbering into my own user's CSS
(User:Myusername/common.css), but most _readers_ of Wikipedia,
including me, are usually not logged in when they read.
Readers don't have preferences either.
It was easy to get Wikivoyage (now a Wikimedia
Foundation wiki)
changed over to numberless TOC. I just suggested it on
http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Travellers%27_pub#Article_Table_of…
and an Admin did it. Wow! That's the wiki culture I love. Can do.
Thoughts?
[1]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Table_of_contents#Auto-numbering
Roger
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