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Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#1: Mar 2nd 2014 at 1:31:41 AM

So, every single day I come across a Funny, Heartwarming, Awesome, Headscratchers, WMG, or other subpage that isn't indexed. Steven Universe had a WMG page that was five screens long, but somehow no one noticed that it was not indexed.

Is there something we can implement to stop this madness? Maybe a bigger, more up-front warning at new-page creation that says "DON'T FORGET TO INDEX"? Auto-indexing of certain namespaces like Trivia does? Anything? I'm sick and tired of having to index literally every SINGLE subpage I come across.

Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#2: Mar 2nd 2014 at 2:33:41 AM

...Do people actually use those indices, though? If you're looking at one of those subpages it's probably because you're interested in the work, not that sort of page in general

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#3: Mar 2nd 2014 at 12:43:13 PM

[up]They're clearly meant to be used. I absolutely hate seeing "this page has not been indexed" at the bottom of a page.

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#4: Mar 5th 2014 at 11:30:35 PM

Okay, this is really getting annoying. Awake had Funny, Heartwarming, WMG, and Headscratchers, and not a single one was indexed. Apparently people can't bother to look down a mere two lines on a three-line Funny page and see the "this page has not been indexed" warning.

How hard is this to do properly, anyway?

edited 5th Mar '14 11:35:06 PM by Twentington

Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#5: Mar 5th 2014 at 11:40:34 PM

Again, you're one of the very few people who care

Actually, if it's the little message at the bottom that's the problem, why don't we make those pages unindexed like the YMMV pages?

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#6: Mar 5th 2014 at 11:55:10 PM

[up]That would be a good fix, too. If "nobody cares", then why even have the "this page has not been indexed" message to begin with? No reason to have a message that nobody is paying attention to except for me.

bud0011 Since: Jan, 2001
#7: May 12th 2014 at 4:20:27 PM

I am part of the group that cares about indexing, and would appricate it if site showed consistency on it.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#8: May 12th 2014 at 10:05:07 PM

Well, I've been messaging people and asking them to index their pages.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#9: Mar 15th 2016 at 12:47:57 PM

Is there still interest in this?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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