Index page

“ I am not sure how it is problematic or how it affects your Index page, though if it becomes problematic, we can look to thieve some bulk content from elsewhere. — billinghurst sDrewth 00:48, 24 April 2011 (UTC) Not a problem! It's interesting figuring out how everything is connected... If you are on the Main page for the text and click on the Source tab, it brings you to your Index:Sandbox.djvu page instead of the text's Index:Page... Same thing if you're trying to navigate through the Index:Pages for the work... I don't mind working around it; I learn as I go! ”

“ A good index is one which enables the reader or student to locate readily the subject or item which he seeks. It is usually best for an author to make his own index. A professional indexer is inclined to overload an index; the author, with his knowledge of the subject and a little study, will generally produce a better working index.
[pg 7]
Our usual style of index is two columns to the page, set in 8-point type, with not more than two indentions. ”

“ This paramount characteristic of the good indexer is by no means an easy one to acquire. When the indexer is absorbed [pg 179] in the work upon which he is working, he takes for granted much with which the consulter coming fresh to the subject is not familiar. The want of this characteristic is most marked in the case of the bad indexer.
In printing references to the entries in an index it is important to make a distinction between the volume and the page; this is done best by printing the number of the volumes in Roman letters and the page in Arabic numerals. ”

“ Once the file exists we can create a page in the Index: namespace with the same name as the file. In this case that would be Index:Constitution of the kingdom of Italy.djvu. Based on the identical filename the software will figure out that the file and the index page are connected (and will even pre-fill some of the fields with information fetched from the file's description page at Commons) . An index page is a special wiki page that is presented as a form to fill out, with fields for giving the author, the title, the year of publication, and so forth. ”

“ The closeness with which a book is to be indexed depends partly upon the nature of its contents and partly upon the ideas of the author or publisher. Some indexes contain only the page references; some are so analytical that a reader can gain an excellent idea of the subject-matter itself. These, however, represent the two extremes. The ordinary index aims to give every reference necessary to enable the reader to locate easily the subject-matter for which he searches, but not a synopsis of that subject-matter. ”

“ When we get things validated, remind to ping User:Phe, and we will ask him to run his index conversion tool through and make the page number links active to the respective chapters/pages.
With the index, it is worthwhile adding invisible A-Z {{anchor}}s at each heading stage, and then we can add something like {{TOC}} or one of the other TOC templates into the notes section of the Index,to provide section links. I would also suggest that we don't use multiple columns in the index, and instead just do a singular column. ”

“ As already stated on a previous page, it is most important to index the articles in periodicals afresh, and not always to follow the heading of the original. This is of course more particularly the case in respect to newspapers, where the headings [pg 224] are drawn up to catch the reader's eye. The same rule may be insisted on in respect to all indexing, and this is so important that the restatement of it may well conclude this little volume.
In making a general index of several volumes, always index the volumes afresh, and do not be contented with using what has been done before. ”

“ This allows a quick check for pages (per work) that may have been missed in transclusion, or a quicker means to identify pages that can (or cannot) be deleted or moved when maintenance work has taken place on a djvu file. I have edited the Index page template to insert a link to the tool for each Index: page. To note that the columns are sortable by clicking on the header. — billinghurst sDrewth 04:00, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Articles of interest and relevance from the web I often find on the web, articles of interest, relevance, and somewhat related to our work. ”

“ The cumulative system of indexes, which resulted from the consolidation of the Cumulative index to a selected list of periodicals and the Readers’ guide to periodical literature begins with this volume a series of five year indexes. It is a 1640 page volume indexing sixty-seven magazines. Since an index to periodicals is used primarily to find out what the magazines contain on a particular subject and is less frequently consulted for questions of authorship and title, this index is first of all a subject index. ”

“ Then I get this daunting page that feels like failure (about how the page doesn't exist, blah blah blah) . I use the "Create" or "Create this page" link located at the upper portion of the failure page and if I could spell walah.... The index page that occurs will need some help, but it is pretty cool how the gadget works.--RaboKarbakian (talk) 15:07, 25 August 2018 (UTC) If you have the {{book}} (preferable) or {{information}} template completed at Commons, when you create (action on your part) the Index page will be populated with the appropriate corresponding data fields. ”

“ I'll incorporate that spin in my recommendation to use the works contents page in the ToC field. The post at the scriptorium is using plain links, which I reckon is likely to be a waste of time; the value to the index relies on resolving the pagination of incomplete indexes and for a novice to find the piece they are looking for. The work's actual ToC can be improved in one place, getting that right is more useful. ”

“ CHAPTER II. Amusing and Satirical Indexes.
"It will thus often happen that the controversialist states his case first in the title-page; he then gives it at greater length in the introduction; again perhaps in a preface; a third time in an analytical form through means of a table of contents; after all this skirmishing he brings up his heavy columns in the body of the book; and if he be very skilfull he may let fly a few Parthian arrows from the index."—J. Hill Burton's Book-Hunter.
NE of the last things the genuine indexer thinks of is to make his work amusing ”

“ Two indexes in the print version: individuals discussed in entries; topics. Clicking on any link (except User’s Guide) on the home page will connect to a screen that allows users to browse a list of contents or index of topics or to perform a keyword search of the entire document, text only, or bibliography. Results are ranked by relevance and cannot be sorted; entries can be printed using a Web browser’s print function. Entries added in the online version can be most readily identified by using a browser’s find function to search for “online” in the list of contents. Reviews: (first ed.) ”

“ This is used in a table of contents to link the first page of chapter - only. Only we (Users) need to know the offset in numbering, and this is well arranged by the Index; not deferring to the real page number only adds confusion, whatever the merits of allowing the user to access a small number of other ns:Page targets instead of referring to ns:Index - where that same information appears! If you are avoiding a similar situation, or unnecessarily adding even one click to the proofreading process, your proposals will get my strong backing. ”

“ This index with title-page occupies six pages; and while of great service to a couple of thousand subscribers and to a few hundred libraries, it is to eighty-odd thousand readers [These figures make us feel very small.] merely a dead and cumbersome weight. This month, therefore, we are breaking sharply with tradition, ... we are printing the index in its usual form, but in a small edition, and as a separate pamphlet, and hold ourselves ready to send it to any reader who applies for a copy within thirty days of the publication of this magazine. ”

“ I've just done it for sister template parameters. The "hidden": true is here in order to don't show the added fields in index pages form. Tpt (talk) 19:45, 15 March 2013 (UTC) Thanks! Londonjackbooks (talk) 20:11, 15 March 2013 (UTC) File:Ruffhead_-_The_Statutes_at_Large,_1763.djvu The index for this needs updating I was able to patch the file. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:56, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure what you're after here. If it's just a matter of adjusting the pagelist on the Index page, go for it. ”

“ If you are planning for many articles from different years, a structure with Union Record as main page and articles as as subpages, like Union Record/1919/Announcement of General Strike? See also The Times as an example.
If instead you have only a few articles, maybe a simple Announcement of General Strike (Union Record 1919) is enough (to be categorised in Category:Union Records for easy retrieval of articles) .
As you have the scan, you need to set-up an Index page to transclude.--Mpaa (talk) 00:01, 8 November 2012 (UTC) Is there any wizard to help me set up the Index page? ”

“ I decided I needed to be more flexible with the overall situation and went to work today. Question: When someone does as you have stated then can't we just remove "references" from the Index page and add "references" to each page where we might need references while we proofread? Would that create a problem in some way? Perhaps with transclusion? Kindest regards, Maury ( —William Maury Morris IITalk 19:27, 26 November 2012 (UTC) Indexes: Setting up footer field -- overuse of unneeded "references" = bandwidth overuse? ”

“ The dash should not be too long, and very often space is saved and greater clearness is obtained by putting the general heading on a line by itself, and slightly indenting the following entries.
Black type for headings and for the references to volume and page add much to the clearness of an index, but some persons have a decided objection to the spottiness that is thus given to the page.
Tastes differ so much in respect to printing that it is not possible to indicate the best style to be adopted, and so each must choose for himself. ”

“ The exporter (to epub, pdf, etc) includes everything that is linked to on "the base page". So for sure, including the index is the way to make the book function on ereaders. We make {{AuxTOC}} when there is no toc included in the printed book. Those pages. I don't mind them on my ereader, an announcement and a page flip for me. They look (my opinion) stupid in the web browser, atop the scrolling chapter ”

“ Enwiki has a Wikisource, a Wikisourcecat and a Wikisource index template. My question is, with regard to the Wikisource page The Odyssey, is it a category or an index (or just a normal page) ? Thanks. It Is Me Here t / c 13:40, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Normal page. Wikisource will link to it. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 15:24, 4 September 2011 (UTC) In which case, what would an index be? It Is Me Here t / c 17:34, 4 September 2011 (UTC) An index is anything in the Portal namespace, i.e. anything whose title begins with "Portal:". We should probably rename that Wikipedia template. ”

“ In indexes set with leaders, if the page numbers will not fit in the leader line, the first number only is set in that line and the other numbers are overrun. If the entry makes three or more lines and the last line of figures is not full, do not use a period at the end.
(For examples of item indentions in a reading column of indexes set with leaders, see index in this Manual.)
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Overrun page numbers are indented 31⁄2 ems in measures not over 20 picas and 7 ems in wider measures, more than one line being used if necessary. ”

“ Getting the title from the index would solve the problem of creating the link in the page.ns, for example, templates like cite DNB at wp (or any site) could complete themselves with one identifier. I think it is worthwhile if someone (else) makes some noise in the right places, though perhaps I'm missing the joke: that the mindless and repetitive tasks that digital technology can do in the blink of an eye are also pointlessly inflicted on the user. cygnis insignis 19:50, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Not seen those site forms in action. ”

“ Does anyone have examples of this style of index done semi-naturally, without resorting to more formatting instruction text than text? Shenme (talk) 20:32, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
@Shenme: There is {{hii}} which you can use in the header and footer through the index, and just ensure you use it in the lede of the body section of the first page though it isn't perfect either. I have done over a hundred and I still don't have a standard process, so sometimes best to have a look at what has been done by others that suits your work. Intitle "Index" search main ns. ”

“ It is impossible to speak too highly of Dr. Hill's indexes to Boswell's Life of Johnson and Boswell's Letters and Johnson Miscellanies. Not only are they good indexes in themselves, but an indescribable literary air breathes over every page, and gives distinction to the whole. The index volume of the Life is by no means the least interesting of the set, and one instinctively thinks of the once [pg 109] celebrated Spaniard quoted by the great bibliographer Antonio—that the index of a book should be made by the author, even if the book itself were written by some one else. ”

“ Miss Hetherington adds, respecting this particular magazine: "But the whole index might be quoted. The indexer seems to have had three lists of contents for his purpose, but he has not always dared to use more than two, and so "The Irish Evicted Tenants" do not figure under the class "Knaves." The contributors are on another page, with figures only against their names, the cause of reference not being specified."
Equally absurd, and contrived on a similar system, are the following entries from another magazine:
"Eastern Desert on Foot, Through an." ”