Talk:Abstract Algebra/Group Theory

Linking to other pages
--Fishpi (talk) 09:26, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Are people happy with the fact that this page is just a page of links to other pages?
 * It doesn't seem very book-like to me.
 * It seems that the amount of content we have here would easily fit on one page at the moment, and
 * if it doesn't perhaps it could be broken down into larger conceptual topics rather than individual theorems. If other people agree with this, I don't mind doing the work to restructure it myself.


 * Hi, Fishpi. Seeing others working on the same book is always nice.


 * Issue 1: Should the index for theorems for groups be entirely on this page
 * I seem to agree with you that some of the links should be moved to the page "Abstract Algebra".
 * The theorems seems too small to be moved to "Abstract Algebra"
 * I feel moving links to whole sections like ["Group" and its theorem (cancellations...)], ["Subgroup" and its theorems] to "Abstract Algebra" might be a good idea.


 * Issue 2: one theorem, one page?
 * For me, I think this book need not to be like a book in print and hope that smaller sections can encourage readers to read the whole book
 * Using more pages online would not waste real paper. Unlike real paper books, we can use more pages.
 * I feel learning step by step on many pages is less terrifying than to learn everything on a single page
 * Beginners like me might ~ scream in terror ~ If they see a Big page (like the Older Version).
 * New contents will all cram into a single page when this page grows, if no one try to subdivide it at the beginning. In a moment, people will again see a Big page (I have confidence that many people will work on this book).


 * Is that good for our readers?

--Arydye001 (talk) 15:12, 18 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I'd say the most important thing is that we have good content, so I don't mean to be dictatorial about how it is laid out. I'm new to the Wikibooks project myself, and I've been trying to get used to how things are done round here. My main interest in Wikibooks is in producing books that can be read on an e-book reader or similar, so I tend to favour a structure with fewer links.


 * I see your point about people being scared by a page with lots of theorems on it, but there is one advantage to laying things out on one page, which is that the reader can easily skip backwards and forwards as they read down the page (if results of earlier theorems are used in proving later theorems).


 * I say we focus on producing good quality content at the moment and don't worry about changing the structure, but I'd be interested to hear what other people have to say. Fishpi (talk) 17:36, 18 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree that many pages means a lot of distracting flipping or clicking even if the pages are cross-linked.
 * Too few pages means a lot of scrolling and less selectivity in reading.
 * the book should find a balance on amount of content on a page.Arydye001 (talk) 17:51, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

=Lengthy Proofs=
 * Can lengthy proofs show the idea behind them? Arydye001 (talk) 14:54, 25 July 2010 (UTC)