h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Single-Line Kites: a basic glossary. - A3292913
Author: Kiteman - U1056601

I have submitted a number of kite-related articles for Peer Review. One is currently "Pending".

Hi kiteman, I used to have a stunt kite when I was young, had great fun with it, loop the loop and dive bombing, as well as the challenge of just controling it.

Nice to have a few Entries on kite flying.

Just a few very basic suggestions for all your kite Entries

Add the links to 'two-lined kits' etc. rather than 'this article' (need to change the sentence a little)

Where you have double quotes, they ought to be single quotes.

And where you have words all in Caps, either Bold or Italic are usually standard for Edited Entries.

In headers/subheaders suggest capitalise first letter of main words
You can find out more at EditedGuide-Style

I notice your using lowercase letters in GuideML ie although they work, Caps. is standard for Edited Entries. You can find out more at EditedGuide-GuideML

Emmily

Thanks, Emmily, all suggestions noted and I'm working through the set to sort them all.

Somebody suggested putting all these articles into one megachunk. Would that be a good idea, or would a smaller article with links to all the other be better?

Kiteman (Mark)

Yes, I think it would a good idea to put them all in one Entry.

It would save repeating same information, be easier to read than going from link to link (as multi Edited Entries) and easier in PR to reply to one Entry rather than several.

You could if you chose to, use a to seperate each section.

Emmily

Hey, Em, I've just noticed the times of your messages. Do you ever sleep??

yes, but have various sleep problems (including amonst other thing a snoring partner) and often stay up late/get up during night, though I was asleep between 2am and 9am last night, or should I say this morning

Emmily

I don't envy you.

I'm putting the articles together into one, as suggested, but it does feel very long. Is there some way of adding internal links that would let a reader jump from a list of contents to the section they want (like the 'back to top' buttons some web pages have)?

I don't know a good person to ask this, if no one else has answered it, is SEF, she's brilliant at anything 'technical'

Emmily

You've been hard at work, Kiteman.

I haven't looked at all the entries yet, but if they're as comprehensive readable as this one, they should sail (no pun intended) into the Edited Guide, no problem.

I would be inclined to take the opposite view to Emmily. As you say, putting them all together would make a very long entry and be quite time-consuming. Best to leave them as they are, I think, and if the decision is made higher up to combine them, that's then a job for the Subs or Editors. But then I've always been a fan of succinct entries.

B

Thanks, Master B.

I've had a quick html lesson, and fit something called a subanchor into my (growing) long version. I haven't finished it yet, but feel free to have a look at it as it stands in My Space (A3493703).

I wasn't sure how to answer so went to read replies in other Kite Entry converstation ~ F48874?thread=562037 a Scout had replied, and I thought what he said made sense, so followed his example.

It's been a very quiet weekend, I've sure they'll be some more opinions soon.

Emmily

I've just had a horrible thought Kiteman.

Re ~ Your question in Post #7

>"Is there some way of adding internal links that would let a reader jump from a list of contents to the section they want (like the 'back to top' buttons some web pages have)?"

If they are called 'anchor links'I don't think they are allowed in Edited Entries.

If you've already added them to long Kite Entry, I suggest you leave them for now, until you get confirmation one way or the other.

Emmily

I've been posting in PR for about 4 years now, and I am sure I have seen final Edited Entries with anchor links, but they are always added by the subby or the editor.

I think it's important to know about the kinds of string and kinds of materials that spars and sails can be made from. Are these not basic bits of information?

You mention different kinds of tails; how about flags, parachute men, and other line laundry?

Another thought Kiteman

A suggestion for a compromise between five small Entries and one mega.

Two Entries, maybe a something like 'Beginners Kite Flying' and 'Advanced Kite Flying'

I missed a bit of GuideML before, where you have numbered lists rather than using ~

Like this:


A kite.
Some flying line.
A handle or reel to wind it onto.


That automatically numbers them, so need need for numbers.

Emmily

Being the experience Sub that I am **cough, cough**, I think anchor links are fine. We don't usually use them internally in an entry, though - just when linking to a relevant section of another entry.

B

*experienced* Sub.

B

Oh bum. Never mind.

B

*Phew* glad to hear that Master B

You can stop coughing now, and let go of your lapels I'm trying to learn the 'ropes of a Scout' I'm gonna make a few errors along the way, so long as there only small errors though.

I thought I'd put Kiteman through finding out about 'internal entry' links, then not being able to use them, I would've felt a right plonker

I went back to the thread where I read about anchor links, can see how I thought they weren't allowed from this:

>"No links to executable files allowed in Edited Guide entries. Also, EG entries usually avoid anchor links as well -- if you look at the right hand side of the entry where all of the external links are shown, it should be obvious why."

At the time I read it as anchor links were not allowed, I scratched my head, and thought what's an anchor link? I didn't know until Kiteman said what he'd put in Entry.

So, just so I've got this right, anchor links are allowed, but not encouraged...ooopppsss if so I was still wrong

"No links to executable files" What are they?

Emmily

*flies in*

Okay here are a few small things to change

lauching>>launching

although there are many variations on the themes

although there are many variations to each theme

compund>> compound


Anchor links AREN'T allowed in Edited Entries. I asked once and was informed NOPE.

I don't think that you should put them into one large article, as you said...huuuge article then! What you COULD do is erm...this.

Kites | More Kites | These Kites | Those Kites | Kites for Me | I Hate Kites


If you put that at the top of each article you do for kites, then readers can quickly go between each article...plus it looks pretty neat

Kat