Page number

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Dictionary of National Biography… (1886)

“ Where articles are transcluded, you can get to the page from the article (either directly by clicking in the margin, or by editing the article, depending on transclusion method. With page numbers to 'bracket', bisecting the range gets you there quite quickly. We are though moving to ability to look up. Author subpage listings should have the page number in the original volume added, and knowing the "offset" you can go to the exact page directly. (I have been lent a handbook, but unfortunately it is based on the 22-volume edition so I can go directly, but at the cost of some mental arithmetic.) ”
Source: Wikisource

Cygnis insignis/Archive 2

“ 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. ”
Source: Wikisource

Scriptorium/Help/Archives/2015

“ This would also be for the inputting of page number, say at the beginning of a chapter, into the footer. I have looked throughout the help documentation, and user and wikisource talk pages, yet am unable to see the reasoning behind this exercise. I'm sure there is something. Humbug26 (talk) 16:07, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
Once transcluded, the original pages are still accessible by link to each page. We want users to be able to examine the original alongside our version for comparison. Page numbers are not the only item that changes upon transclusion.
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Source: Wikisource

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