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An "index page" (or "index file") is an page within the Index [[Help:Namespace|namespace]]. The Index namespace is the focus of the "workspace" in which proofreading and transcription take place. Each index page represent one work to be transcribed. Index pages have page lists, giving a numbered link for each page in the work. These links link to pages in the Page namespace (the other part of the workspace). The page titles of the Index and Page namespace pages will be the same.

In addition to the page list, index pages also hold metadata for the work, such as title, author, year of publication etc. This information is useful for reference and it can be used by the final work in the main namespace.

 

[[File:Wikisource Index Page editing.png|thumb|right|Index page with text fields.]]

 

The index page can be saved at this point. Any and all fields can be filled before saving and at any time in the future.

 

 

Index pages have specific, preset parameters as part of the index template. The following instructions explain how to use each parameter.

:* ''Dictionary'' is used for books that will be transcluded in very small sections.

 

: The title of this work. If there is a subtitle it should be included here as well. The title should be [[Help:Editing#Links|wikilinked]] to the main [[Help:Namespaces|namespace]]. The subtitle should not be part of the link. If there is more than one work with the same name then you will need to [[Help:Disambiguation|disambiguate]].

 

: The primary language of the work using the standard codes with two or three letters. Here on the English Wikisource, this will be en.

 

: If this Index file is a part of a multi-volume work, enter the volume number into this field. If different volumes use different subpages it may help to wikilink this parameter to the volume's subpage in the Main namespace. For example, <nowiki><code>[[My book/Volume 01|vol. 1]]</code></nowiki>, if it is the first volume of the work "My book".

 

: The name of the author should go here. It is common practice to wikilink this name to the author's page in the Author namespace.

 

: If the work was originally published in another language, enter the name of the translator(s). This should be wikilinked to the Author: namespace.

 

: If this is a multi-author work, such as an encyclopedia or a journal, enter the name of the editor(s). This should be wikilinked to the Author: namespace.

 

: Enter the name(s) of any illustrators that are credited in the work. This should be wikilinked to the Author: namespace.

 

: This applies mainly to Theses and Reports. The institution under whose auspices the work was produced is entered here. This should be linked to the Portal: namespace. An alternate use would be if the work was a collaborative production from among a group of unnamed followers of a particular author. This would mostly apply to artworks and hence rarely used here.

 

: The name of the publisher should go here. If a portal exists for this author, the publisher's name may optionally be wikilinked to the appropriate page in the Portal namespace.

 

: The location of the publisher should go here.

 

: The year the work was published should go here.

 

: If the name of the Index page begins with an article (''the'', ''a'', ''an'') or a similar word, this parameter can be used to sort it correctly in Category pages. It acts as the <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT}}</nowiki> for the Index page. See [[w:wp:Categorization#Sort keys]] for details.

 

: A unique identifier for the work assigned by one of these organisations. Only one of these is needed and for some early works there will be no identifier available.

 

: This will be added automatically, depending on the file format of the scan on which the Index page is based<!-- presumably based on the file suffix of the scan-->. It will create a wikilink to the scan's page in the File namespace. Based on currently supported file types this will be djvu or pdf. This can be overridden if, for example, an index page is being created manually from individual page images (see below).

 

: The title page of the work. The number in the text field represents the page of the scan to be shown, the default is the first page. This can be overridden.

 

: This controls the Index page's categorization. It will normally appear as a drop-down menu, but text can be entered instead. In most cases the initial status of a newly added work will be "To be proofread". The template behind the index page records the setting with a short alphabetic code.

 

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:''See [[Help:Page numbers#Page numbers in the Index namespace|Page numbers in the Index namespace]]''

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: If this is a multi-volume work, put links to the Index pages for the other volumes here. See [[Index:History of England (Froude) Vol 2.djvu]] for a simple example of this and [[Index:Popular Science Monthly Volume 5.djvu]] for a more complex example.

 

: A table of contents for the text. Usually this will provide links to the chapters in the Main: namespace.

: The table of contents can be typed in here directly. However, if the text includes its own table of contents, this can be shown instead by "transcluding" the pages from the text (use the name of each page, wrapped in two curly brackets—or braces—at either side). See [[Index:Air Service Boys over the Rhine.djvu]] for an example of this. Hint: don't leave spaces or returns between the separate pages when using this. This will ensure vertical alignment between the separate pages.

: Sometimes the table of contents in the text is complex or contains a lot of detail resulting in a very long Index page. In these cases a simplified table of contents with links to the chapters may be created. Compare [[Index:History of england froude.djvu]] with [[Index:History of England (Froude) Vol 2.djvu]].

 

: This overrides the default calculated resolution for the thumbnail image displayed in edit mode for any Page: namespace page. For example a value of 1000 in this field will produce a thumbnail based at 1000 pixels.

: Currently, some browsers will experience a phenomenon called 'black-nail'—short for an all black thumbnail being displayed in edit mode in error. Experimenting with this value should provide a solution for this by forcing a lower resolution than the automatically calculated default—a value anywhere in the range of 300 to 1600 typically works here.

 

: If this field has content it will automatically add css styling to each page in the Page namespace as they are created. On the English Wikisource we don't recommend this and prefer to do css styling in the main namespace.

 

: This parameter controls the header on each page in the Page namespace associated with the Index page. The header of each new page in the Page namespace will be pre-filled with whatever text has been entered in this parameter of the index page.

: The header is mostly used for titles (of the book, chapter, article etc.) and page numbers—anything at the top of the page that should not be transcluded to the main namespace. If a common format is repeated throughout the work, it saves time to include all or part of the formatting and text in this parameter.

: The drawback of using this field is that it doesn't take into account left and right headers and formats them all the same way. One way to cope with this is to put the page number at both sides of the running header template and delete the appropriate one when proofreading the page. An example of this technique can be found at [[Index:The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes.djvu]]: <code><nowiki>{{rh|{{{pagenum}}}|ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES.|{{{pagenum}}}}}</nowiki></code>

 

: Like the header, this parameter controls the default text in the footer of each page in the Page namespace associated with the Index page.

: It is common for page numbers to be shown in the footers of pages. The <code>{{{pagenum}}}</code> magic word<!-- is magic word the correct term? --> can be used to simplify this process, along with the {{tl|RunningHeader}} template. Moreover, the <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> tag—optionally the <code>{{tl|reflist}}</code> or <code>{{tl|smallrefs}}</code> template—is used to display [[Help:Footnotes and endnotes|footnotes]]. If the book contains [[Help:Sidenotes|sidenotes]], you can include the <code>{{tl|sidenotes end}}</code> template in this field.

: The footer can be edited on individual pages in the Page namespace. Doing so will not affect the footer parameter in the Index page nor any other page in the Page namespace. The footer will never affect the work in the main namespace.

 

 

Index can be made out of JPEGs, PNGs and other image files as well as container formats of scans like PDF and DjVu. This would cover, for example, individual photographs of pages or non-print works such as inscriptions or plaques. Due to the extra complexity and other drawbacks of this process, this is '''not recommended''' for anything other than very short works: such as single pages or works of just 2-3 pages in length.

Please note that image files do not contain OCR text layers like PDF and DjVu files. It will be necessary to transcribe the entire text from the image rather than just correcting the existing text layer.

 

 

When creating an index page in this way, it can help to have other examples for reference. Therefore, the following may be useful.

 

* [[Index:Memorial written by Josephine Griffing asking that women be commissioned to assist with the care and education of the freedmen.jpg]]

* [[Index:Yul-brynner-immigration-xl.jpg]]

* [[Index:EmancipationProclamation.jpg]]

 

* [[Index:Supplemental Act of July 12, 1862.jpg]]

* [[Index:The Complete Collection of Pictures & Songs by Randolph Caldecott.jpg]]

* [[Index:Haycopy-1.jpg]]

 

Index pages are the focus of proofreading. Each page in the pagelist should be proofread and the progress parameter amended accordingly.