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Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#1: Jun 21st 2014 at 9:58:51 AM

I need to index a page, but the page about indexing isn't particularly easy to understand or apply to certain situation.

So I've created a page and I need to index it. What do I do first and how do I go from there?

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#2: Jun 21st 2014 at 10:17:29 AM

Just add it to the list on the index page, for whatever index it is you want to add it to.

Also, if you want help finding appropriate indexes, head over here.

edited 21st Jun '14 10:20:50 AM by AnotherDuck

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#3: Jun 21st 2014 at 10:22:14 AM

Seems like you read too far down the help page, ~Maxiboy136. Only the top two points matter.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#4: Jun 21st 2014 at 1:08:06 PM

But I don't understand the two top points. sad

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#5: Jun 21st 2014 at 1:09:31 PM

Just add a working link to the page you want to index after a bullet in the bulleted list on the index.

See for example, the various links on Young Adult Literature.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#6: Jun 21st 2014 at 2:45:04 PM

What if it's a YMMV page, such as Awesome?

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#7: Jun 21st 2014 at 11:15:04 PM

Well, if you want to index an Awesome page on, say, a Fan Fic, you use Awesome.Fan Fic. Ditto for Awesome.Literature when indexing the Awesome page of a book.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#8: Jun 22nd 2014 at 2:54:03 AM

Is there an Awseome Music.Music index?

edited 22nd Jun '14 3:12:45 AM by Maxiboy136

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
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#9: Jun 22nd 2014 at 7:21:16 AM

Awesome.Literature is indexed on page SugarWiki.Moment Of Awesome, which shows us that yes, there is a Awesome.Music page.

edited 22nd Jun '14 7:21:45 AM by crazysamaritan

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Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#10: Jun 22nd 2014 at 2:17:29 PM

Ok, so what's the first thing I do?

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#11: Jun 22nd 2014 at 2:36:24 PM

What I said in post #5 - add a bullet point with the page you want to index.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#12: Jun 22nd 2014 at 3:26:10 PM

Add the bullet point to what?

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#13: Jun 22nd 2014 at 5:08:01 PM

To the index page. If it's for example a trope you want on the Fanfic Tropes index, you go to that page, edit it, and place a link to your trope on Fanfic Tropes, just like all other tropes listed there. Same goes for a work on an index related to that. Just add it to the index page.

edited 22nd Jun '14 5:08:41 PM by AnotherDuck

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Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#14: Jun 23rd 2014 at 8:47:15 AM

Well I've made an AwesomeMusic page for a band. What is the index page to add it to?

edited 23rd Jun '14 8:48:27 AM by Maxiboy136

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#15: Jun 23rd 2014 at 8:53:17 AM

AwesomeMusic.Music. Wonder if there is some way to make the first bullet point of How Indexing Works clearer, though.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#16: Jun 23rd 2014 at 10:29:26 AM

But I've already got a bullet point on that page. What's happened?

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#17: Jun 23rd 2014 at 10:31:07 AM

See the "by the way" note on the indexing page.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#18: Jun 23rd 2014 at 10:34:17 AM

Edit: Null-edited the wrong page.

(Also, time stamps seem wonky for me, for some reason.)

edited 23rd Jun '14 10:39:08 AM by AnotherDuck

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Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#19: Jun 23rd 2014 at 3:35:51 PM

Thanks for your help! wink

So what exactly happened there?

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#20: Jun 23rd 2014 at 4:44:02 PM

If the page you want on the index doesn't exist by the time you add the page on the index, it doesn't register on the page as indexed. So if you do any edit on the index page note , it recognises that the page is there when it updates, and registers it properly. Or something close to it; I don't know what the actual code says.

I missed the time on the edits, so I thought the order was correct, but otherwise I tend to let tropers do the fixes themselves so they can learn from it better.

edited 23rd Jun '14 4:45:23 PM by AnotherDuck

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Maxiboy136 from Elgin, Scotland Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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