Re: Collection Extension Usability

Heiko Hees wrote:
> Maybe one could use ordinary wiki pages ("featured collections") to
> list good and maintained collections. Collections could also be linked
> from topic main pages (books, portals, ...). Do you think this will be
> sufficient or is a more formal and technically supported solution
> necessary?
> 
> Please comment and post your thoughts on how to improve the usability?
> 

IMO, Wikibooks should continue using Featured Books.  Each book 
(featured or not) should provide a link to an associated collection.  I 
see the collections feature as completely replacing the "Print version" 
stuff we had before and which I thought never worked very well in the 
first place.

To this end, I created a template called [[Collection]], and WK 
subsequently improved it.  It can be placed on the front page of a book 
and it announces the existence of an associated collection - the thought 
being that a reader first finds a book that catches his interest using 
the traditional routes - then discovers that it has an associated 
collection.

I think it would be great of the "Printable version" link would somehow 
link to a collection - or at a minimum, create a collection with only 
that page in it.

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