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Should we add some extra entry point articles to the main page? Please add your ideas below. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 15:47, 13 March 2007 (CDT) | Should we add some extra entry point articles to the main page? Please add your ideas below. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 15:47, 13 March 2007 (CDT) | ||
Probably we should stick to lists, overviews, and summary-type topics. Otherwise we end up making decisions about what individual topics within a field are most important--when the decision is almost always going to be completely arbitrary. That rules out the following suggestions (all of which are, obviously, extremely important topics for articles): | |||
: [[Evolution]] - [[Tectonics]] - [[Magnetic North]] - [[e]] and [[i]] and [[pi]] - [[Isaac Newton]] [[Albert Einstein]] - [[Adam Smith]] and [[Karl Marx]] - [[Montessori Teaching]] - [[Psychoanalysis]] - [[Football]] (soccer) and [[American Football]] :) | |||
:'''Natural Science''' | :'''Natural Science''' | ||
:[[Astronomy]] - [[the planets]] or [[list of planets]] | :[[Astronomy]] - [[the planets]] or [[list of planets]] | ||
:[[Biology]] - | :[[Biology]] - | ||
:[[Chemistry]] - [[the elements]] | :[[Chemistry]] - [[the elements]] | ||
:[[Computer]]s - [[most common programming languages]] | :[[Computer]]s - [[most common programming languages]] | ||
:[[Earth Sciences | :[[Earth Sciences]] | ||
:[[Engineering]] | :[[Engineering]] | ||
:[[Health Sciences]] [[Human Body]] [[How Drugs Work]] | :[[Health Sciences]] - [[Human Body]] [[How Drugs Work]] | ||
:[[Mathematics | :[[Mathematics]] | ||
:[[Physics]] [[Light]] [[Sound | :[[Physics]] - [[Light]] [[Sound]] | ||
:'''Social Sciences''' | :'''Social Sciences''' | ||
:[[Anthropology]] | :[[Anthropology]] | ||
:[[Archaeology]] | :[[Archaeology]] | ||
:[[Economics]] - | :[[Economics]] - | ||
:[[Education]] - | :[[Education]] - | ||
:[[Geography]] - [[Countries of the world]] (or?) [[World Gazetteer]] | :[[Geography]] - [[Countries of the world]] (or?) [[World Gazetteer]] | ||
:[[Law]] --[[Natural Law]] | :[[Law]] --[[Natural Law]] | ||
:[[Linguistics]] - [[How Languages Develop]] | :[[Linguistics]] - [[How Languages Develop]] | ||
:[[Politics]] - [[political ideologies]] or [[list of political ideologies]] | :[[Politics]] - [[political ideologies]] or [[list of political ideologies]] | ||
:[[Psychology]] - | :[[Psychology]] - | ||
:[[Sociology]] | :[[Sociology]] | ||
:'''Humanities''' | :'''Humanities''' | ||
:[[Classics]] - [[Rome]] | :[[Classics]] - [[ancient Rome]] - [[ancient Greece]] | ||
:[[History]] - [[outline of world history]] | :[[History]] - [[outline of world history]] | ||
:[[Literature]] | :[[Literature]] | ||
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:[[Games]] | :[[Games]] | ||
:[[Hobbies]] | :[[Hobbies]] | ||
:[[Sports]] - | :[[Sports]] - | ||
Revision as of 20:40, 13 March 2007
Should we add some extra entry point articles to the main page? Please add your ideas below. --Larry Sanger 15:47, 13 March 2007 (CDT)
Probably we should stick to lists, overviews, and summary-type topics. Otherwise we end up making decisions about what individual topics within a field are most important--when the decision is almost always going to be completely arbitrary. That rules out the following suggestions (all of which are, obviously, extremely important topics for articles):
- Evolution - Tectonics - Magnetic North - e and i and pi - Isaac Newton Albert Einstein - Adam Smith and Karl Marx - Montessori Teaching - Psychoanalysis - Football (soccer) and American Football :)
- Natural Science
- Astronomy - the planets or list of planets
- Biology -
- Chemistry - the elements
- Computers - most common programming languages
- Earth Sciences
- Engineering
- Health Sciences - Human Body How Drugs Work
- Mathematics
- Physics - Light Sound
- Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Economics -
- Education -
- Geography - Countries of the world (or?) World Gazetteer
- Law --Natural Law
- Linguistics - How Languages Develop
- Politics - political ideologies or list of political ideologies
- Psychology -
- Sociology
- Humanities
- Classics - ancient Rome - ancient Greece
- History - outline of world history
- Literature
- Philosophy - outline of the history of philosophy - Western philosophers
- Religion - world religions or list of religions or list of world religions
- Arts
- Architecture
- Music - list of musical genres (or whatever) - history of Western classical music - (or?) musical instruments
- Theater
- Visual Arts