Talk:Outline of Iraq

Major rename proposal of certain "lists" to "outlines"

See Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Major rename proposal of certain "lists" to "outlines".

The Transhumanist    00:40, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Rename proposal for this page and all the pages of the set this page belongs to

See the proposal at the Village pump

The Transhumanist    09:05, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Tips for developing country outlines

Instructions for developing country outlines is located at Wikipedia:Outlines (while that section is complete, the page is a draft, and will be moved to the Wikipedia namespace when completed). The Transhumanist    21:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

A note concerning redlinks...

Many of the entries (and their links) are standard across all of the country outlines, to aid readers, especially young readers, in comparing countries to each other.

So if this country doesn't have any of a particular entry, like navies, please don't delete the entry. Instead, complete it with "none" (and a brief explanation as to why, for example, "- x is a landlocked country with no ports"). If the explanation exists in an article on Wikipedia, then click on the redlink and create a redirect to that location. See Wikipedia:Redirect, WP:Section linking, and Help:Section#Section_linking.

Standard redlinks (article names) were also chosen based on how country coverage tipically expands. This makes the standard names for these subtopics widely available and easily accessible. So please do not remove those redlinks, for they will turn blue eventually. In the meantime, they can be redirected to the section of whatever article has the relevant information, if any. See Wikipedia:Redirect, WP:Section linking, and Help:Section#Section_linking.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    21:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: To discuss the standard design of the country outlines, or of outlines in general, do so on the Outline of knowledge WikiProject talk page.

Guidelines for outlines

Guidelines for the development of outlines are being drafted at Wikipedia:Outlines.

Your input and feedback is welcomed and encouraged.

The Transhumanist    21:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Please check and fix the government section

The government section needs to be checked for accuracy. The initial data placed in the government branches sections was generated by template, and the data didn't fit all countries.

So those sections need to be looked over, and fixed if needed.

Please help.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    21:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: If you'd like to help out with other tasks concerning Wikipedia's Outline of knowledge, please drop me a note on my talk page.

Merge into Iraq

Tell me: how is this not redundant to Iraq (from which it strips the lead section of) and any Iraq-related navigation templates you could create? Because right now it's not conveying any unique information that should be covered by the main article, or could be covered by nav templates. WesleyDodds (talk) 09:13, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Oppose merger. Outline of Iraq, like all other outlines, differs from the main article on Iraq in that it provides an overview (ideally) linking to all articles on the subject. This outline still needs to be developed further to be of even better use. Designed to be an organized list or table of contents for those who do not want to wade through a bunch of prose, but instead want to find an article dealing with specific issues, I think if you take some time to think about the potential benefits a well developed outline can provide, you will see that a merger proposal is not really all beneficial to the project. Tiamut^talk 09:42, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

That hasn't asnwered my question; in fact it just reinforces why I feel these pages need to be merged. The purpose of an article on a subject is to give a comprehensive overview of the topic (with a table of contents), spinning off subarticles as needed. Navigational templates allow easy access to all related articles. So yeah, it's redundant. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:02, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I think I did answer your question. The key point being your use of "right now". "Right now" the article is still underdeveloped and so it may only include information already linked in the main Iraq article. Once it is further developed however it will be a much more comprehensive guide. (For an example of how the outline might differ once its been worked, take a look at Outline of Palestine which I developed this last week.) Underdevelopment is not a valid reason for deletion or merger. It's a call to action. Tiamut^talk 10:37, 1 August 2009 (UTC)