Talk:Outline of cell biology
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Major rename proposal of certain "lists" to "outlines"
editSee Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Major rename proposal of certain "lists" to "outlines".
Rename proposal for this page and all the pages of the set this page belongs to
editSee the proposal at the Village pump
Guidelines for outlines
editGuidelines for the development of outlines are being drafted at Wikipedia:Outlines.
Your input and feedback is welcomed and encouraged.
The "History of" section needs links!
editPlease add some relevant links to the history section.
Links can be found in the "History of" article for this subject, in the "History of" category for this subject, or in the corresponding navigation templates. Or you could search for topics on Google - most topics turn blue when added to Wikipedia as internal links.
Purpose of lead section
editThe primary need for a lead description is for topic identification, so the reader knows what the page is about.
A short description is fine with me, as long as it accomplishes this goal.
The Transhumanist 19:59, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
- Yes. It defines cell biology and has a link to the main article which outlines the whole topic. Perfect. What's your point? Verbal chat 20:02, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
- Different type of "outline". "Outline of" is short for "Hierarchical outline of", a type of tree structure, with benefits not provided by prose articles, such as relationship display, faster readability, and ease of navigation. Topic names and their links are provided in a more coherent (hierarchical) arrangement, which makes them easier and faster to browse. The Transhumanist 22:44, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
Quick explanation of Wikipedia outlines
edit"Outline" is short for "hierarchical outline". There are two types of outlines: sentence outlines (like those you made in school to plan a paper), and topic outlines (like the topical synopses that professors hand out at the beginning of a college course). Outlines on Wikipedia are primarily topic outlines that serve 2 main purposes: they provide taxonomical classification of subjects showing what topics belong to a subject and how they are related to each other (via their placement in the tree structure), and as subject-based tables of contents linked to topics in the encyclopedia. The hierarchy is maintained through the use of heading levels and indented bullets. See Wikipedia:Outlines for a more in-depth explanation. The Transhumanist 00:04, 9 August 2015 (UTC)