#36304: Classes functions (etc) should have a header in the documentation
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Reporter: Sarah Boyce | Owner: (none)
Type: Cleanup/optimization | Status: new
Component: Documentation | Version: 5.2
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Natalia Bidart):
* stage: Unreviewed => Accepted
Old description:
> Currently, the docs are slightly inconsistent whether classes/functions
> have their own header or not.
> For example:
> - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/utils/ lacks headers for many
> functions e.g.
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/utils/#django.utils.cache.patch_cache_control
> - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/models/fields/ has generous
> headers
>
> Following a conversation on the forum, being generous with headers is
> preferable because:
> - it improves the table of contents to make it easier to navigate the
> page for all users
> - the page is more accessible to screen reader users as they can navigate
> via headers
> - (minor) the djangoproject.com docs search checks the table of contents
> when ranking search results (so adding headers improves the search
> results)
>
> The discussion is here: https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/set-toc-object-
> entries-true-to-auto-add-functions-classes-to-the-pages-table-of-
> contents/38902/7
>
> I propose that we add that we should have a "duplicate" header above the
> class/function definition to our writing documentation guide:
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/internals/contributing/writing-
> documentation/#guidelines-for-restructuredtext-files
New description:
Currently, the docs are slightly inconsistent whether classes/functions
have their own header or not.
For example:
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/utils/ lacks headers for many
functions e.g.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/utils/#django.utils.cache.patch_cache_control
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/models/fields/ has generous
headers
Following a conversation on the forum, being generous with headers is
preferable because:
- it improves the table of contents to make it easier to navigate the page
for all users
- the page is more accessible to screen reader users as they can navigate
via headers
- (minor) the djangoproject.com docs search checks the table of contents
when ranking search results (so adding headers improves the search
results)
The discussion is here: https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/set-toc-object-
entries-true-to-auto-add-functions-classes-to-the-pages-table-of-
contents/38902/7
I propose we update our documentation guide to include adding a
"duplicate" header above class or function definitions:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/internals/contributing/writing-
documentation/#guidelines-for-restructuredtext-files
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Comment:
I think this makes sense and it aligns with the conversation in the forum
post.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36304#comment:1>
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