Re: [SG2] SG2 Index - Update Coming!!!

On Thu, 14 December 2000, Andy Cowell wrote:

> Sez who?  I'd much prefer a thorough index over a concise one.

I have an excellent book on technical writing. In the section on indexes
it giv
es some suggestions. A short index is about 2% of the text's size. An
encyclope
dia type book may hit 10% to 20%. Average is 2% to 5%.

I've completed the index and about to update it on my website. It came
out to a
bout 6 pages, or about 8.5% of the text's size. It's not a small index
by any m
eans, but I think you'll find it thorough.

It was WAY over indexed, and not easy to use, before. 

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>Hm. Looks a bit overpowered to me

Easily fixed by adjusting the MASS to 3 or 4

>If an automatic beam die counts as an "automatic hit", then all the
>normal beams, pulsers and stingers get automatic hits as well with
>every die they roll... yet most people don't object against them :-/

Good point. And as I like the 30-36 range addition, I think I will do
that!

Schoon
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Subject: Re: [SG2] SG2 Index - Update Coming!!!
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I hit the delete button without thinking. Could you
re-post the address to the index and the main site?

Thanks,
Kevin

--- agoodall@canada.com wrote:
> On Thu, 14 December 2000, Andy Cowell wrote:
> 
> > Sez who?  I'd much prefer a thorough index over a
> concise one.
> 
> I have an excellent book on technical writing. In
> the section on indexes it gives some suggestions. A
> short index is about 2% of the text's size. An
> encyclopedia type book may hit 10% to 20%. Average
> is 2% to 5%.
> 
> I've completed the index and about to update it on
> my website. It came out to about 6 pages, or about
> 8.5% of the text's size. It's not a small index by
> any means, but I think you'll find it thorough.
> 
> It was WAY over indexed, and not easy to use,
> before. 
> 
> 
>
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In message <20001214214001.18642.cpmta@c008.sfo.cp.net>,
agoodall@canada.com wr
ites:
> On Thu, 14 December 2000, Andy Cowell wrote:
> 
> > Sez who?  I'd much prefer a thorough index over a concise one.
> 
> I have an excellent book on technical writing. In the section on
indexes it g
> ives some suggestions. A short index is about 2% of the text's size.
An encyc
> lopedia type book may hit 10% to 20%. Average is 2% to 5%.

Interesting numbers, although I have to say, through my years of
lots of reading, I've encountered many insufficienct indexes, and
can think of no time that I ever actually felt an index was too
large to use.

> I've completed the index and about to update it on my website. It came
out to
>  about 6 pages, or about 8.5% of the text's size. It's not a small
index by a
> ny means, but I think you'll find it thorough.
> 
> It was WAY over indexed, and not easy to use, before. 

Heh.  I didn't get a chance to play a game in the last 18 hours, I'll
take your word for it. ;)
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Andy Cowell wrote:

> In message <20001214214001.18642.cpmta@c008.sfo.cp.net>,
agoodall@canada.com 
wr
> ites:
> > On Thu, 14 December 2000, Andy Cowell wrote:
> > 
> > > Sez who?	I'd much prefer a thorough index over a concise one.
> > 
> > I have an excellent book on technical writing. In the section on
indexes it
 g
> > ives some suggestions. A short index is about 2% of the text's size.
An enc
yc
> > lopedia type book may hit 10% to 20%. Average is 2% to 5%.
> 
> Interesting numbers, although I have to say, through my years of
> lots of reading, I've encountered many insufficienct indexes, and
> can think of no time that I ever actually felt an index was too
> large to use.

The larger the index [to a point] the better your chances of finding
the keyword you were thinking of to find a specific entry than what
the author was thinking you would think of to find the same.

Indy