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thought is needed on this. It was never intended to leave the full article leads in these outlines. We simply copied and pasted the leads from the articles to provide an easy starting point for editing. Some of the leads are monstrous - these pages are supposed to be outlines, not articles or article forks. Any topics in the lead that are essential to the country as a subject should be converted to outline entries and included in the body of the outline (if they are not already there).

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aren't part of the subject classification outline itself). The English Knowledge (XXG) has been developing its Outline of Knowledge since 2005, with the bulk of the development being done by a small team of contributors and so far it has grown to about 896 pages. Knowledge (XXG)'s outline goes into more depth on some subjects, but has many gaps Britannica's does not have.

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any other publication's (incomplete) coverage of it. They are subject outlines as opposed to document outlines. (Knowledge (XXG) outlines are a type of article, and like other articles, they describe the external world. As structured list articles, outline articles differ from standard articles primarily by their format.)

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Images are best saved for last, because once you've added all the links and maps to the outline, then you know how much room you need to fill with images. But it's OK to add them sooner or as you go - pictures are worth a thousand words and they liven up the page. Just keep in mind that as more links

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Note that "outline numbering" does not refer to numbered bullets. Numbered bullets can be used to number the items within a section. They are useful for when the number of items is identified in the section lead, like the number of counties in a state. The numbers help show that the list is complete.

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A title with "topic outline" is inappropriate because outline pages on Knowledge (XXG) can at any time take on aspects that detract from that model and render the title false. That is, a "topic outline" is an outline composed of topics only, so as soon as an editor comes along and adds an annotation

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The word "outline" in the title is never plural ("Outlines of" or "X-related outlines", or "List of x outlines" or "List of outlines of"), since all outlines are components of an integrated network of outlines. That is, when one or more outlines are branches of the same subject, links to them should

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Traditional outlines are usually created as a planning tool for a writing project, such as for writing an essay assigned to students by their teacher, or by an author writing a book. Such outlines are developed before the document is composed. This was the role in which the Encyclopedia Britannica

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Occasionally, an editor will notice that outlines overlap in scope and function with another type of page, and wonder why we have both. In general, it is because outlines are optimized for browsing and for showing a subject's structure. And because readers vary in their learning styles: some readers

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These outlines are not indexes, and they shouldn't include every article related to the country. We have alphabetical indexes and specialized lists for that. For example, in the outline of the United States, don't include the name of every municipality in the country, because there are thousands of

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These lead sections should be condensed down to a single paragraph including just enough for good solid country identification. Unfortunately, we haven't developed a standard for this yet (perhaps general location, main distinguishing characteristics, and something the country is famous for) - more

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List entries within an outline article's sections are usually prefixed by bullets or numbers, because these don't show up in an article's automatically generated Table of Contents. Standard outline alpha-numerics are not employed even at this level, because having not been used in the higher levels

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Conventional outlines use indents to indicate levels in the hierarchy. Knowledge (XXG) outlines use indents too, but also employ section headings to represent levels as well. In outline articles, the top few levels are usually represented by section headings, with levels further down consisting of

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An outline is not a mere copy of the lead section of the main subject article followed by an unstructured list of links. Even the lead section should be in outline format, to differentiate the outline at first sight from a regular article. There should be a lead sentence identifying the contents of

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These outlines were created using a template that had all the links most likely to be found for most of the countries of the world. But countries are highly individualized, and there are lots of non-standard topics on Knowledge (XXG) about them. We need to find them for each country. Here are some

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section that don't seem like they belong, we still keep for comparison purposes. These outlines serve as profiles, and the standard entries and the standard order they are in let you compare country profiles easily. So rather than remove "Glaciers" for countries that have none, instead add a colon

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The lead should differentiate the subject from similar subjects. For example, "Oklahoma is a state of the United States" doesn't help much, because there are 50 states. To help the reader distinguish it from the others, include a few key elements that define Oklahoma's character, setting it apart

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Please don't create outline stubs in article space. Outlines that are bare skeletons and sparsely populated outlines are likely to get AfD'd, even while you are working on them. It's better to create each new outline as a draft in the draft collection of the Outline of knowledge WikiProject, and

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While traditional outlines summarize other documents, the scope of each Knowledge (XXG) outline is an entire subject independent of any specific written work about it, Knowledge (XXG) and its articles not withstanding. The focus of each outline is its subject, not necessarily Knowledge (XXG)'s or

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The outlines are organized like trees with branches. The main topic is the trunk, and then it splits into smaller sub-topics which are the branches. You can follow the branches down to lower levels to find very specific details if you want. This is called "drilling down." Outlines support drilling

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In academic and writing fields, reverse outlines serve as a revision tool, for improving an existing work, and while they work well for this purpose on Knowledge (XXG), Knowledge (XXG) outlines are intended as published documents in their own right. This is because the terms presented in them are

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Instead of just using the search box to look for one specific thing, outlines let you explore entire topics from a bird's eye view. It's like looking at a map of a city instead of just finding one address. A subject on Knowledge (XXG) may have many articles about it. Its outline helps you see the

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Britannica's Outline of Knowledge is currently broader and more refined than the English Knowledge (XXG)'s, covering the spectrum of subjects more evenly. Britannica's original Outline of Knowledge took a large team 8 years to complete, and has 517 pages (including suggested reading lists, which

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Just as with any article on Knowledge (XXG), outlines can be created and edited by anyone, so the easiest way to get involved is find an outline, click "edit", and start typing away. Please keep in mind that outlines have standard formats (by type) to make it easy to compare subjects. This is

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In the results, you'll recognize a lot of the article names on there (guess how the standard article names were found for the region outlines in the first place!) Look over the results, keeping an eye out for article names that are not already included in the country outline you are working on.

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The branches of a subject may be prominent in their own right. Because of this, sections in outlines are often the destination for redirects and embedded links. Also, a great many outlines share the same format and therefore look very similar at a glance, especially country outlines (and state

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Knowledge (XXG) outlines are not limited to one or the other. In an open working environment like a wiki, where expansion is easily facilitated and innovation is encouraged, topic outlines provide excellent starting points for building sentence outlines. Sentences are useful for clarification,

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Basically, in Google you type in "of" "x" (including the quotes!). (Where "x" is a country name). Then click on Advanced search, and configure it to "title only" and add Knowledge (XXG)'s URL to the domain field. As you get up to speed with this technique, you'll probably start editing the url

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Many outlines present entries that include both a topic and a sentence (in the form of an annotation). In many cases the topic is linked, and a descriptive annotation has been included to aid in topic selection (to help the reader choose which topics he wishes to click on to learn more about).

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An outline of knowledge is an outline whose scope is everything known by humankind. Outlines of knowledge are typically large, though some are more in-depth than others. Knowledge (XXG)'s outline of knowledge has been under construction under various names since 2005, combining all outlines on

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Each category uses a web directory interface to show 2 levels of a subject at a time, which makes it easy to get lost if you are trying to look at the entirety of an extensive subject. Each outline shows all the levels for an entire subject on a single page, making it a lot harder to get lost.

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An outline is a list of topics arranged hierarchically that helps a reader learn about a subject quickly by showing what topics the subject includes, and how the topics relate to each other. Outlines combine the benefits of tables of contents, site maps, and glossaries. They can be stand-alone

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Outlines may grow to be comprehensive. When a branch begins to grow too large, it should be split off. Such a branch that is itself an outline is split off to become a new outline. But if the branch to be split off is an item list, make a new ("List of") item list out of it. For example,

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Because many subjects have similar structures, their outlines have similar formats and share elements. The development and maintenance of these can often be automated. There is a team of editors dedicated to the use of advanced wikitools to improve Knowledge (XXG)'s outlines. If you are

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Knowledge (XXG) outlines tend to include elements found in both of these types of outline and additional wiki-elements as well, such as descriptive lead sections. This mixture of elements, and the potential for them being added at any time by editors, makes the general term "Outline" more

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include the standard alpha-numeric prefixes because they would make headings look awkward in the Table of Contents generated by the wiki-software which automatically includes prefix paths. Manually adding prefixes to headings would cause the Table of Contents to have interfering prefixes.

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box feature of MediaWiki, is error prone, and makes outline pages exceedingly tedious to revise - every time an item were to be inserted into a branch, that level of that branch would have to be renumbered. Therefore, Knowledge (XXG) outlines are plain, without "outline numbering".

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Outlines present their content as subheadings and list entries: an outline article breaks its subject down into a taxonomy in which the levels are represented by list entry indentation, subheading levels, or both. A list with indented levels without subheadings is still an outline.

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In the search results, you'll recognize a lot of the article names on there. Search results helped standardize article names in the first place. Look over the results, keeping an eye out for article names that are not already included in the country outline you are working on.

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Knowledge (XXG) has two main types of articles: prose articles and lists, while outlines are a type of list that presents topics. Prose articles are like long stories with lots of sentences and paragraphs. Outlines are like lists of important words and ideas about a topic.

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For images, the standard size we've been using is 300px. If the image can't be seen at that size, make it bigger. Placement is usually to the right, but large images usually work best centered at the top or bottom of a section. Be creative, but make it look good.

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and type in "none". This also helps remove ambiguity. If the glacier item is missing, the reader may not know whether it means that there are no glaciers, or if the outline just isn't complete yet. We're trying to make these outlines as unambiguous as possible.

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Standardizing outlines to a single name helps to prevent the need to merge redundant outlines with similar titles ("topic outline of x", "subject outline of x", "outline of x topics", "sentence outline of x", etc.) - the simple form "Outline of x" will do.

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Knowledge (XXG) also has something called "categories" which groups similar articles together. Categories are good for seeing what other pages are related to the one you're reading. But outlines are better for getting an overview of an entire subject area.

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The hierarchy in Knowledge (XXG) outlines is represented by headings, and is further extended below those headings by embedded indented lists. The use of headings in this way, where the headings are part of the outline itself, takes advantage of the

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When an outline of a topic exists, link to that. If there isn't one, and there's a list, link to that. Failing that, link to an article. If none of the types exists, leave it as an article redlink (as those are most likely to turn blue first).

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which provide a collection of excerpts about the subjects without seeking to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject area. Outlines seek to be comprehensive overviews to give the reader the broadest understanding possible of the subject.

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directly in the url field at the top of your browser, but you could skip to an advanced method and make an url list of google searches on a user page and load them with Linky (this technique speeds up multi-Google searches immensely).

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find outlines more convenient for exploring and for review than other forms of knowledge access and presentation. For more information about redundancy between Knowledge (XXG)'s info navigation systems, and its benefits, see

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If you know exactly what you're looking for, searching is best. But if you're not sure and want to explore a topic, outlines are better. They let you browse through all the different parts of a subject without getting lost.

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Many outlines provide descriptive annotations in their entries, to assist readers in topic identification and selection, to help them at a glance to understand the terms and choose which one to click on to read more about.

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While portals give you little samples of information, outlines are more like maps that show you all the different areas of a subject. But, some outlines also explain what each topic means, so they're like glossaries too.

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was founded to coordinate outline activity. Its main objectives are to build the Outline of knowledge by creating new outlines for it, expand existing outlines, develop standards for outlines, and maintain them all.

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Unlike prose articles, outlines are formatted as a series of lists, and the list items may be in the form of a topic term, a sentence, or a topic term and an annotation. Outlines should not be in paragraph format.

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An outline is an outline regardless of its title. An article is an outline if it is a stand-alone list of hierarchically arranged topics. A section is an outline if it is a list of hierarchically arranged topics.

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hyperlinked to the rest of the encyclopedia (making outlines an excellent navigation aid), and because tree structures are a useful form of presentation (due to their graphical format and degree of organization).

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When encountered in article space, many editors tend to delete the awkward stuff instead of complete it. You need to be on the look out for this. One way to check for this is to compare the outline against the

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Topic outlines – outlines in which the entries are topics. Topic outlines are often used to summarize the itineraries of academic courses in college, breaking a course down into the topics planned for study.

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You know how books have a table of contents at the beginning? It lists all the chapters and sections so you can quickly see what the book is about. Knowledge (XXG) has something similar called "outlines."

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Outlines are faster to read than articles because they break down the information into smaller pieces. They show you all the main ideas about a subject in one place, organized like a tree with branches.

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contained within the section headings, they would make no sense and would be useless for representing entry paths (similar to the file paths on a home computer, using prefixes instead of filenames).

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is a list of shark species. Articles which simply list members of a particular class are not outlines, though outlines may contain lists of things as branches within their hierarchies. For example

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Any branch of an outline that has multiple sections, is itself an outline. Therefore, most embedded outlines are found in outlines, but embedded outlines can be found in non-outline articles too.

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Outlines are kind of like menus at a restaurant - they help you decide what to learn about next. Instead of full meals (articles), they give you a list of all the dishes (topics) to choose from.

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software, and the Knowledge (XXG) community have resulted in design features in Knowledge (XXG) outlines that differ from traditional outlines. The following sections describe the differences.

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software does not yet support automatic outline numbering. Manually numbering the items (including headings) in an outline is not practical or advisable, as it wreaks havoc with the article

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hatnotes also cannot be annotated, and therefore should not be used as the alternative to linking in outline headings. Instead, provide the link as a list entry, in the body of the section.

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topics" is ambiguous, and does not indicate the format of the page or section. Some pages or sections named that are alphabetical lists of topics (that is, indexes) and not outlines at all.

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Outlines use headings and indented bullet points to show which ideas are most important and how they're connected. The ideas that have their own article are linked so you can click on them.

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The purpose of the lead section in outlines is to present just enough description to uniquely identify and recognize the subject. A bloated lead detracts from the content of the outline.

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the page as an outline, optionally followed by the primary entry of the outline (a list item presenting the main subject). The name of the subject is the top of the outline's hierarchy.

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Because outlines on Knowledge (XXG) serve as tables of contents and site maps of Knowledge (XXG), external links should be presented in an outline page's External links section only.

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outlines too). Therefore, we use complete headings, even if they repeat the main subject in them. (Such as "History of X" instead of just "History"). Therefore, it is an exception to

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article links, bullets, pictures with captions, annotations, reference citations, categories, page footers, and specialized end sections (See also, References, and External links).

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contains a list of James Bond novels, but this list is part of a larger structure which organizes them by author and places them in the wider context of topics about James Bond.

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move the draft to article space after it has plenty of meat on it. Before creating an outline draft, be sure to check that no outline or draft already exists for that subject.

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Other search terms that may be useful include the country's name (without "of" or "in"), the country's adjectival(s) (e.g. "German", "Germanic"), the country's demonym(s), etc.

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Knowledge (XXG) outlines are a hybrid of topic outlines (outlines made of terms) and sentence outlines (outlines made of sentences), and many outlines include elements of each.

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and graphical elements such as indents to display relationships between concepts and subtopics. It should not be confused with other types of articles such as item lists like

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Outline generator templates provide article links, because these are more likely to exist. When outlines or lists become available, these should replace the article links).

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software's automatic TOC feature and makes long outlines easier to navigate because its headings are displayed in a contents box at the beginning of the article. See

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Outline entries include annotations. But headings can't be annotated. Therefore, place the link in the body of the section, even though it duplicates the heading.

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lists. Indexes and glossaries list articles alphabetically, while a timeline is a chronological list of events organized by date. Outlines are also different from

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After an outline has been created in article space, or after it has been moved there from draft space, there are a few tasks that need to be done to support it:

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Formatting of Knowledge (XXG)'s outlines differs somewhat from that employed in conventional alphanumeric outlining, due to the strengths and limitations of the

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An outline provides links to subtopics. When there's an article about a subtopic, the subtopic should be linked. This makes outlines useful navigation aids.

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Generally, either move a page to the name of the redlink, or click on the redlink and create a redirect to the article and section where the information is.

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Sentence outlines – outlines comprised of sentences. Sentence outlines are usually created in preparation for writing a document such as an essay or book.

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The administrative divisions sections for many countries are incorrect on the drafts, and the sections are empty. These need to be corrected and filled.

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Where an item is placed in an outline's tree structure conveys information about how subtopics are related to each other. Some outlines, such as

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Outlines reflect the structure of their subjects, and so as subjects branch out to subjects, outlines branch out to outlines whenever possible.

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Rather than a section lead in the form of a descriptive paragraph (prose), a section should be comprised of outline entries. For example, (from

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the section off. If the section is too large and there is a list with those items, merge the section with the list. In both cases, apply the

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with: Give an example of an outline where a section was split off showing how the summary style is applied in the section.. You can help by

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which has a link on Knowledge (XXG)'s sidebar in the navigation menu ("Contents" is the second link on the menu, right below "Main page").

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By this point the outline itself is already a powerful research tool. Click on its links to find more links for the outline. For example,

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on some aspect of Knowledge (XXG) norms and practices. It is intended to clarify the type of article known as an "outline". This is not a

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need immediate attention to their government branches sections. These need to be corrected and completed as soon as possible.

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For most country outlines, as a convenient starting point the lead section was copied from the corresponding country article.

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in general usually have alphanumeric indexing at the beginning of each entry, outlines on Knowledge (XXG) do not, because the

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with: Example of list merged into an outline and example of a summary style section where list not merged. You can help by

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These too start out in error for many countries. They must be corrected before the outline can be moved to article space.

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Unlike Knowledge (XXG) outlines, conventional outlines often include alpha-numeric prefixes on their entries, like this:

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Being a part of an overall outline which itself is one huge list, the various pages of this system link together. The

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is a great place to look for links for the history section. And don't forget to read the main article on the country!

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Try to find pictures that are not already in use in the main country-related articles. You can usually find some at

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or sentence or descriptive lead or section lead, it ceases to be a topic outline and then has an erroneous title.

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Vertical space can be conserved through using columns or in blocks to represent items on the same level. See

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articles or can be embedded within articles. Stand-alone outlines are linked together hierarchically, with

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The titles of outlines on Knowledge (XXG) usually start with "Outline of". But, this is not mandatory.

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General map (with roads, rivers, cities, etc.) - usually placed next to or below the table of contents

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If a section grows too large and Knowledge (XXG) doesn't yet have a list that includes those items,

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Map(s) showing administrative divisions - one for each administrative division section, if available

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for assistance in creating columns, additionally all available column templates should be listed in

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When an embedded outline gets too large for an article, it is time to split it off to its own page.

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But small countries might only have a handful of cities, towns, and villages. Sure, add them in.

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Sometimes the selection to choose from is pitiful. Do the best with what you have to work with.

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Population density map (or some other demographics-related map) - in the demographics section

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Most countries already have outlines created for them, but they need further development...

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Embedded lists in outlines are typically bulleted, and indented to show levels, like this:

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Subjects in the titles should be plural when it is grammatically correct. For example:

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Regardless of where they are located, Knowledge (XXG) outlines have two main purposes:

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Knowledge (XXG):Comparison of Knowledge (XXG)'s and Britannica's outlines of knowledge

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should not be embedded in the body of an outline in place of actual outline content.

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You can usually find blatantly missing topics in Knowledge (XXG)'s category system.

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Knowledge (XXG) outlines differ from conventional outlines in the following ways...

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A list without a hierarchical structure isn't an outline, it's just a plain list.

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While the title "Outline of" is preferred, there are many outlines named "List of

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Knowledge (XXG) outlines are a hybrid between topic outlines and sentence outlines

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box, or use an external search engine to do title searches of Knowledge (XXG).

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is the name of the subject). An embedded outline might just be named "Outline".

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Outline drafts are included in the planned and ongoing expansion presented at

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Satellite photo or topological map - usually placed in the Geography section

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Knowledge (XXG) outlines are list articles, and share list article features

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If there are way too many divisions to list, provide a link instead.

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shows how they relate to the other topics and to the overall subject.

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Outlines may be embedded in articles and other page types (See also:

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Provide a map if you can find one (for each admin div section).

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Here's a good basic order by which to complete an outline in:

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to introduce readers to relevant topics and their relations;

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on the section (using list content instead of paragraphs).

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to help readers navigate a subject across the encyclopedia.

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To accomplish this in wiki syntax, the topic <code: -->

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down faster than searches, articles, and even categories.

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Add a link to the corresponding sidebar navigation boxes

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Follow up stand-alone outline creation with link support

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There is some awkward stuff in the incomplete outlines:

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appropriate to describe Knowledge (XXG)'s outlines.

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