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--- a/doc/todo/toplevel_index.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/toplevel_index.mdwn
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@ Some inconsistences around the toplevel [[index]] page:
 
 * [[ikiwiki]] is a separate page; links to [[ikiwiki]] should better go to
   the [[index]] though.
+
+  > At least for this wiki, I turned out to have a use for [[ikiwiki]]
+  > pointing to a different page, though the general point might still
+  > stand.
+
 * The toplevel [[ikiwiki/Discussion]] page has some weird parentlinks
   behavior. This could be special cased around with the following patch.
   However, I'm unsure if I like the idea of more special cases around this.
   It would be better to find a way to make the toplevel index page not be a
   special case at all.
 
+Here is a patch:
+
        --- IkiWiki/Render.pm   (revision 1187)
        +++ IkiWiki/Render.pm   (working copy)
        @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
@@ -19,3 +26,12 @@ Some inconsistences around the toplevel [[index]] page:
                        if (! $skip) {
                                $path.="../";
 
+   > Came up with a better patch for this, [[done]] --[[Joey]]
+
+---
+
+> I would like to suggest another tack, namely a bigger, better special case. 
+> The basic idea is that all indices of the form foo/bar/index get the wiki path foo/bar.
+> You could do this today using [[todo/index.html_allowed]], except that the toplevel 
+> page "index" becomes "", which causes all sorts of chaos. The discussion page would 
+> become /discussion, and the weird parentlinks behavior would go away. --Ethan