Jewlsd

The Jester's Ego

The Clown's Painted Smile/Mundanities Absurdism

Jewls' Structure

See also Pretentious Structure for some helpful tips and ideas.

I Find Myself Funny

The main page is generally the first page a new reader sees. It should give a quick overview of the scope, intended audience and layout of the book. Splash pages should be avoided. Often the layout is simply the full table of contents. Collections, printable versions and PDF files should be easily accessible from this page.

Links to the book from the card catalog office and external websites should point to a book's main page. The subject index on the card catalog office requires the {{shelves}} template to be placed on the main page of the book. The book's main page and category should be placed in any categories that the book belongs to. Indicate a book's completion status with {{status}} to provide readers with an idea of how far along the book is when browsing the shelf pages. If you still require help with categorizing a book, please request assistance in the reading room.

Interlingual links should be placed on the book's main page. Books across language projects may be dissimilar even when about the same subject. Be wary about placing interlingual links on any other pages.

Table of contents

In general, the table of contents should reside on the main page, giving readers an overview of the available material. In cases where this is impractical, a special page can be created for it. Common names for such pages are Contents, Table of contents or similar.

• Table of contents examples
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  Standard TOC
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  2 column TOC
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  2 column TOC

Introduction

An introduction page is the first page where learning begins. A book's introduction page commonly delves into purpose and goals of the book; what the book aims to teach, who the audience is, what the book's scope is, what topics the book covers, history of the subject, reasons to learn the subject, any conventions used in the book, or any other information that might make sense in an introductory chapter. Common names for such pages are Introduction or About. The latter is more commonly used when information about the book is split from the introduction of the subject matter.

The local manual of style—when it is not part of the Introduction page -- is often named literally "Local style manual", "Manual of style", "How to contribute", "How you can help", "About", etc. — appended to the book name, of course. Whatever it is called in the book you are editing, it would be nice if a link to it is on the same page as the table of contents. Having a local manual of style is further discussed in WB:LMOS.