[WikiEN-l] index

[Stevertigo]

> Maybe we should make an alphabetical index to replace the seach engine. It
> would take much less computing power.  The index would be searchable to
find
> the right section (but not the right article) and look sort of like the
list
> of all articles page, but all redirect pages and stubs would show up, but
> not the talk pages.  Would that work?

No. The way databasing works.. makes basic functions like alphabetizing and
sorting so easy as to make it obsolete... the information can be sorted in
any number of ways, provided its there... The index can always be reindexed
for efficiency, but this is largely the domain of the database software...

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question599.htm

note: Viewing the HSW site requires having a good pop-up stopper ;)