Template talk:Index

Getting lengthy

The GN list is getting pretty lengthy. I say we define all GN issues by TV season. So all September 2006 - August 2007 issues would be "Season One GN issues", etc. This could be an easy way to make the nav-bars smaller too. ---- 01:51, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

• That or the first 50, and so on.--Bob 01:56, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

Check out User:Ohmyn0/sandbox for one idea. ---- 01:58, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

• I like this idea a lot, actually. Even though cutting the GNs off by season is a bit arbitrary, we're eventually going to have to do it, and it makes for a nice parallel. The only other logical cut-off would be at the point where the printed compilation ends, wherever that is.--Hardvice (talk) 02:02, 26 September 2007 (EDT)
  • Which one do you like of the two I have in my sandbox. One or Two? (I've just labeled them) ---- 02:05, 26 September 2007 (EDT)
    • Personally, I like number one. Unless we go more than four or five seasons, I don't think the line breaks will be a problem (and we can always put completed seasons on one line and the current season on another, even then). It just looks cleaner and clearer to me.--Hardvice (talk) 02:13, 26 September 2007 (EDT)
    • Another thing we can do, once we figure out who the main and supporting season two characters are, is do the same thing for characters: add a link to the season one portals, and then just list the current season characters.--Hardvice (talk) 02:14, 26 September 2007 (EDT)
      • I like the first option better, too. I'm fine with making the break at the first season (cutting it off where the Graphic Novel Collection ends leaves the summer GNs out in the cold), but I'm not sure I like doing it for the beginning of September. Since it's already somewhat arbitrary, I'd rather anything released before Four Months Later (#1-51) in one set, and anything released after (#52-??) in the next set. Either that, or cut it off at a nice number like 50 and call it "Issues #1-50" instead of "Season One". -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 06:26, 26 September 2007 (EDT)
        • Actually, cutting it off at 50 seems a lot safer to me, because then we're not assigning a season to something that has no season. Yeah, I would personally rather see "Issues #1-50", or whatever number we agree upon. I just don't want to make an arbitrary break and call it a season. If we're breaking it up for the purposes of the site, that's fine, but we should at least respect that the creators have not designated seasons for the graphic novels. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 06:30, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

I've made some changes. Better? ---- 20:02, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

• I personally like it, though I would either put both the "archived" episodes and graphic novels on the same line as the current one, or put them both on separate lines. Right now, the links to archived episodes are on new lines, and the links to archived GNs are on the bulleted line. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 20:49, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

Graphic novel links

There is a link for issues #1-50, but the page that links to is just a list of all of them, not specific to #1-50. Currently, there are pages for #1-12, 13-24, 25-36, 37-48, 49-58, and 59-present. Should the index have a similar breakdown? --Psiphiorg 03:16, 14 November 2007 (EST)

Add more categories

I think that we should add more categories/sections to this. I fixed it up a little in my User:Ohmyn0/sandbox. Since abilities are a major part of the show, I believe they deserve to be on the Main Page. If this idea doesn't fly, we could always change it up and make the index something like Nathan Petrelli (flight). ---- 22:34, 19 February 2008 (EST)

Example Two

• I'm only concerned this template getting too big. I'd actually rather see abilities than the supporting characters. Even then, there are a ton of abilities, and it seems like the list keeps growing. Perhaps we can just put a select few (maybe 15) with a "more..." link. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:49, 19 February 2008 (EST)
  • I agree with Ryan. Adding abilities would make it rather large. I'd actually prefer for the Main Page to slim down, but I'm not going to actively campaign for it. Regardless, I think a link to the ability portal is plenty acceptable. -- Lulu (talk) 22:58, 19 February 2008 (EST)
  • I wouldn't worry too much about the size of the template. It's intended to just sit at the bottom of the main page and act almost like a sitemap that provides a raw link to some of the most relevant pages. I think it's ok to have a long main page as long as the sections are essentially ordered from the most used to the lesser used. That way if someone finds the info they need they won't even necessarily have to go through the rest of the page, but if they don't (or if they're a search engine) then the main page continues to have even more information that's relevent. The extra links might be beneficial in terms of search rankings since the template sits on our main page. That being said whatever we add to the template we should make sure it's the most relevent. Perhaps, for instance, if we list abilities we could limit them to the abilities of the characters that are also listed in the template or limit it to just powers that appeared in actual episodes or something. (Admin 23:34, 19 February 2008 (EST))
    • That all sounds reasonable to me. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 00:23, 20 February 2008 (EST)