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Editing pages at this site is restricted everywhere except the discussion pages. This page should explain the editing conventions that keep the site functional and the look-and-feel uniform. ==Indexes== A major objective is creating indexes by using DPL to display links to and descriptions of pages that are in some category. This is done with [[Template:List]]. It creates a definition list with the page title as the term to be defined, and the definition information is fetched with the metadata template [[Template:DES]]. The defined term is linked to the wiki page or (if the page has a metadata template [[Template:URL]]) to an external page. This indexing system deliberately does no transclusion with DPL: all the information extracted comes from the page title and the metadata templates. Pages indexing categories that resemble Category pages are easily constructed using [[Template:List]] like this: <code> <nowiki> {{List | Some Category Name}} <!-- if the argument is omitted, PAGENAME is used. </nowiki> </code> Here is an example wiki page that could be listed by the above: <pre> <nowiki> <noinclude>[[Category:Some Category Name]][[Category:Another]]{{DES | des = Short description to be transcluded.}}</noinclude> {{URL | url = the URL of the resource}} {{Other URL | url = another URL of the resource}} <!-- never a reason to throw away such information --> {{Old URL | url = a formerly working URL of the resource}} <!-- never a reason to throw away such information --> Text on the page. </nowiki> </pre> The above example is in the two categories explicitly listed, and [[Category:Description]] from the transcluded [[Template:DES]]. The presence of the [[Template:URL]] makes this [[Template:List]] display this title with an external link and a [more...] link to the wiki page. If the [[Template:URL]] is not there, the title is linked to the wiki page only. The <nowiki><noinclude></nowiki> is not necessary unless this page is going to be transcluded elsewhere (since [[Template:List]] does not transclude.) The title linked to the URL can also be displayed for an individual page with [[Template:Link]]. <code> <nowiki> You really might want to read: {{Link | Some Page Name}}. </nowiki> </code> ==Quotations== A major objective is to make lists of quotations from authors, books and other sources and index them by author, subject, and book. Quotations should be available in lists or singly (and also in a footnoted format.) Each quotation should be hidden as a subpage of an author, book or other source. The subpage would not normally be viewed by readers. One category, [[:Category:Quotations]], is automatically inserted from the parent page, and the others should be manually inserted. If there is a choice between the subpage of a source versus the subpage of a person, choose the former. As many subject categories as wanted can be added. Quotations have a text and a citation which are set with a metadata template. DPL will be used to extract this information. To add a quote, Use [[Template:Quote]] to add a quote: <code> <nowiki> {{Quote | text = somebody said something | cite = whoever said it}}. </nowiki> </code> Use [[Template:Quotes]] to display quotes in a category: <code> <nowiki> {{Quotes | some category}}. <!-- argument is optional, if omitted, PAGENAME is used --> </nowiki> </code> ==Books== Another major objective is to list books in a form that (a) permits transclusion as a citation (b) provides descriptions of the content (c) provides links to online sources such as libraries, bookstores, online copies, etc. (d) has lists of useful quotes from the book (e) allows the books to be indexed with [[Template:List Category]]. It's easiest to create a new page by copying from another, similar one.
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