Last modified: 2013-08-15 05:10:19 UTC
Wikis often have groups of articles that lend themselves to "Previous article" / "Next article" navigation. We could use the existing Category system to implement this, with the addition of a couple of functions: * A request for the current order-position of a specified named article within a specified Category (return "0" if it is not found) * A request for the name of the article that currently occupies a specified position "n" within a specified Category (return an empty string if not found?). So given that our original article (name="PAGENAME") was reported as occupying position "n", we could then easily have links that jump to articles with names reported by (n-1) and (n+1), and displaying the article names if desired (or just "Prev"/"Next", "<" ">" if space was tight), and the links would update whenever the contents of the specified Category list changed. This would give a very easy way of creating Category-specific navigation chains that could be used within infoboxes. /ErkDemon/
... Oh, and BTW, a "prev/next" function linked to a category would also be a useful way of generating URLs that could be registered with a browser for each wiki page for navigation, to be activated by "< >" buttons or a left or right swipe for tablet users (or voice control, gesture control, etc). If nothing is specified, swiping could move the user through the main article list if they're on an article page, or though the main category list if they're on a category page. The ability to swipe forward and backward to navigate though Wikipedia would be fun! :)
