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*** examples of the strategy in action
 
*** examples of the strategy in action
 
*** further reading for those interested in learning more, including academic literature and case studies, with link to content or DOI/library page.  Each item linked in further reading should include at a minimum of two sentences that inform the reader's decision to follow or not follow the link.
 
*** further reading for those interested in learning more, including academic literature and case studies, with link to content or DOI/library page.  Each item linked in further reading should include at a minimum of two sentences that inform the reader's decision to follow or not follow the link.
# Sub-page - additional information linked to a specific strategy (page), but not an outcome
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# ''Sub-page'' - When some content provided on a ''strategy'' page would be too narrowly-focused or detailed for the typical reader, this additional information should be linked in a sub-page.  A ''sub-page'' differs from a ''strategy'' page in that it is not a strategy in-and-of itself (and therefore does not have a <nowiki>[[category:whatever]]</nowiki> tag, and it usually only linked by a parent page.
  
 
== Page titles ==
 
== Page titles ==

Revision as of 18:59, 14 February 2012

About categories & pages

Relationships

The relationships between categories and pages provide some structure for content in the Wiki, which will be useful as the Wiki matures with more content, or becomes a repository for additional research projects. The typical relationship between categories or categories and pages is a parent-child relationship, although in some instances a page or category will have multiple parents. A parent is a page or category with at least one child. A child is a page or category that includes the [[Category:something]] tag. Below is an explanation of the relationship between different levels of content.

  1. Group of categories (eg: Internal strategies, External strategies). These are top-level groupings, and for this project these categories have no parents. This level can be thought of as Parts of a report.
  2. Category - items at this second level have a parent (a level 1 group of categories) and at least two "children" outcome (eg: Operations planning)
  3. Outcome or result is a category that describes a desired outcome for which a transit agency would employ strategies. Content at this level has at least one parent and two children. While content at this level will usually take the form of a category, it can take the form of a page if the content for none of the children strategies is (or is anticipated to be) long enough to warrant its own strategy page.
  4. Strategy - a strategy usually takes the form of a page. This page includes:
      • an introduction to the concept covered in the page that gives the intelligent but unfamiliar reader context
      • an overview of the benefits and drawbacks involved with pursuing the strategy, including how the strategy can help an agency in pursuit of any desired parent outcome or result , but also any adverse effects the strategy may have on other strategies, aspects of transit service delivery, or stakeholders
      • examples of the strategy in action
      • further reading for those interested in learning more, including academic literature and case studies, with link to content or DOI/library page. Each item linked in further reading should include at a minimum of two sentences that inform the reader's decision to follow or not follow the link.
  1. Sub-page - When some content provided on a strategy page would be too narrowly-focused or detailed for the typical reader, this additional information should be linked in a sub-page. A sub-page differs from a strategy page in that it is not a strategy in-and-of itself (and therefore does not have a [[category:whatever]] tag, and it usually only linked by a parent page.

Page titles

Please

  • use active voice
  • use simple language
  • avoid prepositions
  • avoid redundancy when possible (eg: transit, bus, rail)