Portal talk:Contents/Lists of basic topics
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[edit] Scope of portal
Concerning the recent undiscussed name change from "Portal:Lists of basic topics" to "Portal:Basic topics"...
This isn't a portal about basic topics. It is a list of lists of basic topics on their respective subjects. Most subjects could have a list of basic topics. Nuclear technology for instance isn't a basic topic itself, but for newbies to the field, there's the List of basic nuclear technology topics - it has topics that are basic with respect to the subject of nuclear technology.
If the portal was to be renamed "Portal:Basic topics", the context would be changed, and many of the entries would no longer fit under the title. Also, articles that aren't lists would fit the title. But this is specifically a list of lists. It presents lists of basic topics.
I hope this description helps.
The Transhumanist (talk) 05:22, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Topical contents pages transclusion test
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/Arts and culture. RichardF 03:52, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Coordinating Portal:Contents pages
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) 12:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Collaboration!
Come help on List of basic space exploration topics.
The Transhumanist 08:37, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] General category
I propose having a general category, including e.g. world, world development, life, meaning of life, universe, humanity. Mikael Häggström (talk) 18:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- First, thank you for your observation. Thinking through these issues is very important. Of the examples you provided, "World" falls under geography, "world development" falls under science, "life" goes in biology, "meaning of life" belongs to philosophy, "universe" is an astronomy subject, and "humanity" falls under social science. I don't see need for a "general" subject category as the subject areas provided cover everything - and the list is open to expansion for the addition of new subheadings in each section (e.g., "countries" is a new subsection of the Geography section). Also, if any of the examples you've provided fall under more than one subject area, there is no reason that they can't be listed twice. Psychology is listed twice, for example. The Transhumanist 00:30, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Countries needed!
We only have a handful of countries included.
If there's a country or two that you are fond of, please make lists for them! Rudimentary lists made from a heading skeleton can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics#Basic topics lists for countries. The Transhumanist 00:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Please take a look at these new lists
Countries: Australia • Canada • Egypt • Mexico • Russia • United States
They're all incomplete, and could use your discerning contributions. You could probably easily spot missing items which I missed! The Transhumanist 00:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
