Awesome, Funny, Heartwarming subpages - auto index?

Is there a way that the Awesome, Funny and Heartwarming subpages can be auto-indexed, but still sorted by medium?

I say this because literally EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. I find dozens of Awesome, Funny and/or Heartwarming pages screaming at me to index them. It seems so many editors think these pages auto-index like Laconic Wiki or something.

I would really, REALLY like this fixed somehow because it's frustrating as crap.

How would a subpage be sorted by medium? Support making Awesome, Funny and Heartwarming auto index.

I meant keeping the current "sorted by medium" format (e.g. Awesome.Western Animation) but making them auto-index into those.

edited 26th Apr '12 9:34:50 AM by Twentington

Why do we not not have this already? I support it, as it would make things a lot easier.

I think Deboss is asking how the auto-indexer would know the category or categories in which to sort such a page, not what things would look like if it did do that.

Right, the indexing system isn't that bright. It doesn't know that the main work page is somewhere else, it just knows what namespace the subpage is in. The only way to get it to work would be to make it query for a work page with the associated name and then attach itself to the specific index such as Awesome Western Animation. This would also hinge on the work being in the proper namespace. We also wouldn't be able to use the auto indexer on anything with multiple works on different namespaces.

An auto indexer would essentially have to put it on a fixed index, like Awesome Index or something. The Laconic index works because there's nothing fancy it's attached to.

Look, can we just do SOMETHING to index it? Even making an Awesome Index would be helpful. I'm tired of seeing this. EVERY. FREAKING. DAY.

edited 28th Apr '12 4:36:10 PM by Twentington

With all the effort going into namespacing work pages, I don't think it would be very difficult to sort by medium. The real issue would be for stuff like Fullmetal Alchemist with multiple work pages namespaced differently.

Like I said, the auto indexer isn't going to be smart. That's why it's automagical.

Talking won't get anything done though. This is rapidly turning into 'We should do something.' 'Should we do something?' 'We should do something.'

edited 2nd May '12 12:06:29 AM by Twentington

Do you have access to the server coding? I don't. If and when Eddie shows up and says it's a good idea and he's working on it, something will be done.

In the meantime... if the lack of indexing bothers you — keep a list, and when you have time, go add all the pages you find to the appropriate index.

If it bothered me as much as it seems to bother you, I'd be doing the same. I have other windmills that I tilt at, though... :)

edited 2nd May '12 2:05:04 PM by robster2001

For the love of God, people.

INDEX. YOUR. DAMN. FUNNY. AWESOME. AND. HEARTWARMING. PAGES.

It's not that hard. DO IT.

Actually it is kind of hard since the index to list them on isn't listed anywhere.

How about some sort of message that appears when creating pages in those namespaces? Or replacing the "please pick an index" message with "please add to this page"?

Sorry about the necro, but I've recently had the same sort of experience... has anyone looked back on this now that we're largely getting all of the items properly namespaced?

A prompt wouldn't be a bad idea either, although it doesn't address the tons of items that are not already indexed.

Ah. And I see that, at least for the items I've tried, correctly using the Add button at the top also adds the items to the index. That's handy.

Locking this as stale and not actionable; only non-medium split indexes can be auto-indexed, and these here are all medium split.