Template talk:Set index article

Template-protected edit request on 11 April 2018
I would like to add military vehicles to the #switch, which would link. w umbolo  ^^^  12:42, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Peter coxhead (talk) 14:20, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Set indices on newspapers
I tried and apparently failed to create Category:Set indices on newspapers‎. There are several 'disambiguation' pages that are more appropriately SIAs: for instance Star (newspaper), Evening Star (newspaper), List of newspapers named Bee, and some others at Category:Lists of newspapers. Ideally, the template  would categorize correctly. How do I avoid articles going into Category:Wikipedia disambig or set index box parameter needs fixing (e.g. Evening Star (newspaper), currently)? Thanks, --Animalparty! (talk) 22:15, 14 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Added "newspapers" to the list of acceptable SIAs in the template. —hike395 (talk) 23:36, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 12 June 2018
Please add "Ukraine" and "populated places in Ukraine" into allowed parameter list; see Category:Set indices on Ukraine, populated manually. Please ping me when done, I will edit the articles accordingly. Staszek Lem (talk) 19:53, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:31, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 4 October 2019
Add chemistry category. I made the necessary code change in the sandbox just now (diff). Tested and it seemed to work. Colin M (talk) 17:45, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Sceptre (talk) 18:19, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Short description
I suggest adding an automatic short description to this template as was done with Disambiguation. My proposed description is "Index of articles associated with the same name" or "Index of articles associated with the name " similar to "index of enzymes associated with the same name" used by Enzyme index. Like when a short description was added to disambiguation pages following this discussion all templates in Category:Set index article templates should get an automatic short description. This description can of course be overridden by adding another instance of Short description if a human have a better description.

I have notified WT:WPLIST, WT:SIA, Template talk:Disambiguation and WT:WPSHORTDESC of this proposal. ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 19:32, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * So to take the usual example, the set index article List of peaks named Signal is proposed to have one of the two following short descriptions:
 * "Index of articles associated with the same name"; or
 * "Index of articles associated with the name List of peaks named Signal"
 * I'm in favour of the first suggestion, but wouldn't entertain the second one. --RexxS (talk) 23:13, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * We could do some processing on the pagename to make sure it make sense grammatically, but yeah I doubt it will be worth it. ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 19:26, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I've added the short description "Index of articles associated with the same name". ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 10:23, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "Where there is no useful short description possible, leave it out." WP:SHORTDESC. Defining "set index article" isn't a description of any given set index article. -- JHunterJ (talk) 19:27, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * "Where there is no useful short description possible, leave it out." WP:SHORTDESC. Defining "set index article" isn't a description of any given set index article. -- JHunterJ (talk) 19:27, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

No set indices on people?
At Ahitub, I tried, and nothing happened. If I drop the argument, I do get the overall category. Is this a bug or an undocumented feature? Paradoctor (talk) 00:06, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Categories renamed
Categories were renamed from "set indices" or "set index pages" to "set index articles", see Categories_for_discussion/Log/2022_September_14. A few which used this template but were not listed there were moved summarily under WP:G6. The remainder are being speedily moved.

which pages or category names are still giving a problem? I have belatedly fixed those that were categorised as animalia. – Fayenatic  L ondon 18:48, 26 September 2022 (UTC)


 * @Fayenatic london: understood, thanks. I fixed the only one that was a problem.  Sorry my reflexive bad revert caused issues for you. UnitedStatesian (talk) 18:59, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, Special:WantedCategories shows no others now. Category:Set indices will empty itself again in due course. – Fayenatic  L ondon 19:00, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

RFC
Please see Wikipedia talk:Content assessment. older ≠ wiser 16:32, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Titles of nobility
There's a Category:Set index articles on titles of nobility that was populated by Charles Matthews, but all the instances are manually categorised, and the category is not supported by this template. Charles, I think adding support in the template for auto-categorisation of such pages would be in line with your original intention? --Paul_012 (talk) 13:29, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

(Also, why is there no mention in the template documentation of what accepted parameters there are?) --Paul_012 (talk) 13:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Sounds OK to me. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:44, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 12 January 2024
Add "titles of nobility" to the switch, per the preceding section. Paul_012 (talk) 17:16, 12 January 2024 (UTC)


 * .  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'er there 17:47, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 7 February 2024
Please add Belarus to the list of allowable parameters. Belarus suffers from the same nameplace homonymy as Russa, see eg Barawlyany.- Altenmann >talk 19:10, 7 February 2024 (UTC)


 * .  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'er there 20:02, 7 February 2024 (UTC)