Wikipedia talk:Contents/Overviews

message: The name "abstraction" for a category (and its choice of categories) is awful. Can't we find better categories or invent a new one with a different name to put these in?? Revolver 09:08, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  get rid of "abstraction" category, or rename 

message: WP:BROWSE is the overviews and Wikipedia:Browse is the Categories.  We need to make this less confusing. -- Fplay 23:13, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and repointed WP:Browse to Wikipedia:Browse .  There were no references to it on "What links here". -- Fplay 08:53, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shortcut name is unfortunate.... 

message: The things listed here should at least:
* Be the overview for their category
* Follow the style described in the Category FAQ (use , have redirect if names are different by singular/plural).  If cat has description, it should closely match that of the overview.
* Have portal links, if they exist
* Generally be a well-organized and balanced category (neither too few nor too many non-overview articles or sub-categories) and a well-written and accurate overview, because this browser increases the visibility of those pages.  That includes an opening paragraph that describes the nature and scope of the catagory.
 -- Fplay 08:59, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Basic standards for overviews in this list 

message: I'm fairly new to this project, so I'm not going to make big changes without consulting you guys, but what do you think of something like this version of the overview page? I'm not sure how to fill up the righthand side of the bottom of the page yet, but I'm working on it. Also, I'd like the images to be on the right, but alignment is more important. If we could, we should use  tags to correctly align the images to the right of their categories. - ElAmericano | talk 22:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi ElAmericano, Very belatedly, looks like a much better start than what we have on this mess of a convoluted page that has unclear categories, with artbitrarty subcategories and miscategorized items (for example, underneath communications, we have thing like internet, when that is not communications - that is communications technologies.  Communications addressess things like languages, linguistics, speech communications, written forms of communications (fiction, nonfiction, research reporting, etc. etc. Peacedance (talk) 05:38, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  A different approach 

message: I'd like to suggest adding publishing. Most other types of mass media are included. Maurreen 05:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Rfrisbietalk 17:26, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Publishing

message: The colored section headers help to break up the page visually.  --The Transhumanist 03:01, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section headers 

message: The icon that displays when an image can't be shrunk down to the size specified in an image link has been replaced by a TechSpot ad.  The artic map was triggering the display of the ad, but I increased the size slightly and the ad went away.  But the ad still needs to be tracked down, and the original error image restored.  --The Transhumanist 23:53, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phantom TechSpot ad 

message: List your favorite rename candidates here.
* "List of overview articles" because that's what should be here, short and sweet. Then the navbar links can be renamed to "Overviews," as a parallel construction. Rfrisbietalk 15:40, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: * But, having just reminded myself by visiting a few of the links, if a topic's so-called "main article" (as in ) serves as an overview, this list does seem to be a list of (links to) articles that are overviews. Perhaps, therefore, List of overview articles is a more accurate / less ambiguous name...?Also, since this list lists items within the encyclopedia, should it reside in the "Wikipedia:" namespace...?  Regards, David Kernow (talk) 13:40, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename to... 

message: Since my move was reverted I will make it clear why I believe that this ans all the other pages listed on the top of this one should be moved to Wikipedia space rather than Article space.
# This is more of a table of contents than an actual article. Usually, tables of contents aren't considered articles, and something like that should be put in to the Wikipedia space.
#This article does not meet anything in the Manual of Style at all. I know those are just guidelines, but ususally, lists in the main space actually have descriptions next to each of the items. This doesn't, so putting it in the article namespace, along with the other lists that this links to, Only exaggerates our article count.
THose were the main two reasons and I am willing to talk to others in order to Iron out the situation so that we can reach an agreement. The Placebo Effect 13:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: since this is obviously an index page to Wikipedia, keeping it in article namespace qualifies as Wikipedia:Self-reference. This sort of thing is why we have Wikipedia: namespace. --dab (𒁳) 10:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to [[Wikipedia:List of overviews]] 

message: Please see a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Contents#Contents pages, and lists of lists concerning the Wikipedia:Contents subpages, and specifically on the namespace they belong in. Thanks. --Quiddity 17:18, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: since this is obviously an index page to Wikipedia, keeping it in article namespace qualifies as Wikipedia:Self-reference. This sort of thing is why we have Wikipedia: namespace. --dab (𒁳) 10:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: RfC on Lists and Contents pages

message: It appears some company tried to turn this page into advertising; I didn't realize this at first, but I fixed it and I will be keeping an eye on this page. Eran of Arcadia 13:23, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Thushar Creations

message: I have removed the ambox at the top of the article. It appears that this is an attempt to force the issue identified at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of overviews.  I note that WP:POINT may apply: this page is potentially used by hundreds or thousands of readers every day, whose first impression will be that the page is (somehow) wrong.  It's not - there just are editors who want it to be located in a different place (at least that seems to be the sort-of-consensus).  An article messagebox on the top of the page isn't the right way to get editors to come to a consensus on where it goes, so I have removed it.  -- John Broughton   (♫♫) 23:30, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Self-referencing" template at the top of the page 

message: I'm using this page to test the process of transcluding contents page sections to multiple pages. You can see the related discussion at Portal talk:Contents#Topics-based contents pages project. You can see a working example of how a section here is transcluded to another page at Portal:Contents/Reference. RichardF 03:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Topical contents pages transclusion test 

message: A group of editors is working on coordinating Portal:Contents and all of its subpages. This activity has two basic parts.  The simplest part is to coordinate their presentation, such as page layouts. Most of the discussions about how to accomplish this are at Portal talk:Contents. The more involved part is to coordinate their substance, such as what gets linked from the pages and their classifications. Most of the discussions about how to accomplish this are at Wikipedia:WikiProject Contents and related projects such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics, Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of topics, Wikipedia:WikiProject Glossaries,  Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals and Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories. Please feel free to join in on these activities. RichardF (talk) 12:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinating Portal:Contents pages 

message: Abiogenesis should be added under natural sciences  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yosef1987 (talk • contribs) 11:17, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abiogenesis 

message: The name does not represent what it is. It IS a list of categorized articles.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenriolover789 (talk • contribs) 14:24, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since it is not meant to be complete, simply calling it a "list of" does not convey its specialized scope or purpose, which are that of an overview. The Transhumanist 03:33, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change name to 'Categorized Article List' 

message: There's a proposal to adjust one of the main section titles used in "Wikipedia's contents".  See Portal talk:Contents#Proposal for main section title adjustment. The Transhumanist 09:57, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to change a section title 

message: Include redirect WP:7 in a "Shortcuts" box. 71.146.20.62 (talk) 03:15, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit request

message: I suggest someone revert the vandalism of the entire section that seems to have been replaced by content having nothing to do with the subject as a new editor i am not competent yet and do not have autocomfirmed status --The Peaceful Punk (talk) 23:27, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for spotting this. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:02, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arts and culture 

message: Under the Ages of History section, I noticed that the Information Age is listed before the Space Age. Since these seem to be listed in chronological order, should these two be switched to where the Information Age is last?
--The Macabre Milkman (talk) 23:40, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed :) —Quiddity (talk) 08:06, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  History and Events in need of Edit? 

message: 122.61.193.28 (talk) 06:16, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:59, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 21 January 2014 

message: 41.90.217.164 (talk) 13:04, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format.  B E C K Y  S A Y L E S  13:32, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 9 July 2015 

message: "change India's Largest city from Mumbai to Delhi" Mr.ritesh.13 (talk) 11:09, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Waddie96 (talk) 11:29, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2018 

message: <spam redacted> — Trionixglobal (talk) 09:08, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Danski454 (talk) 10:04, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2018 

message: -
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!Language ARUNRAJ R S (talk) 09:11, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 13:52, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 January 2019 

message: In my opinion, the article 'Universe' should be added under the 'Astronomy' subsection in 'Natural and physical sciences'. Szymioza (talk) 22:07, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Universe 

message: below is a list of subpages, for this page. 
  Sm8900 (talk) 19:49, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:   list of subpages