What is needed to add an index to the Magazine then? On 10 May 2016 at 09:24, Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 12:09:44AM +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > > The Magazine is in fact a > > > blog format, not a periodical. Therefore indexing would be somewhat > > > counter-intuitive. > > Definition of "magazine" in the OED (Oxford English Dictionary): > > "A periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, > > often on a particular subject or aimed at a particular readership" > > Yes; "Magazine" is somewhat a misnomer. It was named before it really > took off, and once it took off, it grew in a direction different from > the name. But it doesn't really seem worthwhile to rename it, and I > don't think it really makes sense to force something that's working to > change to fit the name, either. > > > I don't find anything "counter-intuitive" in an index, > > particularly in a digital document. > > I was looking for an article I recalled seeing in the Fedora Magazine, > > and found the absence of an index, or indeed any link of any kind, > > bizarre (as I said) and inconvenient. > > I don't see any particular reason to be _opposed_ to an index if you'd > like to work on one. > > -- > Matthew Miller > <mat...@fedoraproject.org> > Fedora Project Leader > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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