User talk:UndercoverClassicist

--Jan Kameníček (talk) 17:30, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Organisation of Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Hi,

I see that you are changing a bit the organisation of Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. I don't mind but first let's talk, see what is the problem with the current model and then let's apply a solution consistently, shall we? (we may want indeed to delete and merge but let's do it for all dozen of pages, not just the letter R ;) ).

Cheers, VIGNERON (talk) 12:12, 9 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi - I've been trying not to change the current system, though I might not have understood it properly. It looks to me like most of the letter groups are simply sections of the Volume 2 page; "R" is an outlier in that it's got its own subpage. As I could see it, there are two different systems in use: the problem was that the "R" entries weren't listed in the "Volume II" page, whereas all the other were. I tried to effect a compromise by making a transclusion of the "R" page. What's the system "supposed" to be? UndercoverClassicist (talk) 12:35, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Hmm, true, there is two differents systems.
 * But R is not alone, there is other subpages:
 * Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Volume IB
 * Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Volume IC
 * Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Volume IH
 * Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Volume IIR
 * Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Volume IIT
 * To be honest, I'm also not sure what to do... I fear that listing all the entries on a single page would be too much (see how Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Volume I only with a small part of the letter A). What do you think ?
 * Cheers, VIGNERON (talk) 11:19, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah, I hadn't seen the pages for Volume 1. I suppose that landing page that you linked fulfils the same function as a book's index: yes, it's long, but readers will generally be looking for a specific term rather than browsing casually, and be able to find that thing in even a very long alphabetical list fairly easily. Certainly for Volume 2, where we've only proofread a comparatively small part, I can't see any concern in the length of that landing page, and so would suggest that forcing readers to navigate to a subpage imposes an extra level of friction for no real benefit. Perhaps transcluding gives us the best of both: readers then have the option to navigate straight to a small page for a single letter, or else to scroll down or browse the "index"? UndercoverClassicist (talk) 19:08, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll trust you. Tell me if you want any help. Cheers, VIGNERON (talk) 08:56, 11 September 2023 (UTC)