User:SirNuke/WikiOutline

My WikiOutline idea is to require articles to use outlines for organization. The primary goal is to separate the layout and fact checking tasks of editing. The layout editing would remain nearly identical to regular article editing. The outline portion (or fact checking task) would be an additional page. Below is an example outline.

Blue Jacaranda (Current) Outline


 * Taxonomy
 * Plantae Kingdom
 * Magnoliophyta Division
 * Magnoliopsida Class
 * Lamiales Order
 * Bignoniaceae Family
 * Jacaranda Genus
 * Species: J. mimosifolia
 * Binomial name is Jacaranda mimosifolia
 * Discoverer is David Don


 * Introduction
 * Sub-tropical tree
 * Native to South America
 * Spread throughout the world because of flowers
 * Flowers are considered beautiful and last a long time.
 * Other names include "Jacaranda", "Black Poui", and "fern tree"
 * In the past had the name Jacaranda acutifolia but is now classified as Jacaranda mimosifolia.


 * Locations
 * Common to places with minimal risk of frost.
 * Grown in southern states of the US.
 * Naturalised in Miama-Dade County of Florida and the state of Hawaii.
 * Considered invasive in South Africa and Queensland, Australia.


 * Growth and Physical Description
 * Typical height is 5 to 15 meters.
 * Bark is thin and grey-brown. The bark is smoother on young trees.
 * Twigs are slender and slightly zigzag and light reddish-brown.
 * Flowers are up to 5 cm long and grouped in 30cm panicles.
 * The tree blooms in spring and early summer, which last up to two months.
 * The post-bloom seed pods are 5cm in diameter and contain winged seeds.
 * Compound leaves of up to 45cm long and leaflets around 1cm long.


 * Unsettled Taxonomic Status
 * ITIS states the old name of Jacaranda acutifolia is a synonym for J. mimosifolia.
 * Some modern taxonomists state a geographic distinction between the two species.
 * J. acutifolia native to Peru
 * J. mimisifolia native to Bolivia and Argentina.
 * If their are two species, most offspring are believed to derive from the Argentina stock.
 * Other synonyms include Jacaranda chelonia, J. ovalifolia.


 * Popular culture references
 * Australians have a Christmas song about Jacaranda trees, with the lyrics "When the bloom of the Jacaranda tree is here, Christmas time is near."
 * Argentine writer Alejandro Dolina book "Crónicas del Ángel Gris" refers to a legend of a massive Jacaranda tree planted in Plaza Flores of Buenos Aires. The tree is able to whistle Tango songs on demand.
 * In English, Crónicas del Ángel Gris means Chronicles of the Grey Angel and Plaza Flores means Flores Square.

Fact editing would be done first on the outline and then integrated into the public version. The outline page would be edited by performing specific actions on each line. These could include: rearranging the order of entries, 'challenging' whether an entry is correct, suggesting an entry change, adding an entry, or adding a source for an entry.