I think most people would agree that the category system is
cumbersome, but it replaced to earlier systems of classification that
were even worse. I'm a librarian, and Im going to answer on the page
mentioned. In my opinion, summarizing, no commonly used existing
universal classification scheme is suitable for WP, and developing a
new one is an inordinate amount of work. Rewriting the database to
adapt to one will be even harder. Perhaps the best approach is simply
a better search engine. ~~~~
On 4/30/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Perhaps the only solution here is to go back to
the drawing board - blank
the entire Policy Page, and start all over
again.
Marc
on 4/30/07 5:34 PM, MacGyverMagic/Mgm at macgyvermagic(a)gmail.com
wrote:
Why do people always suggest the most drastic
solutions first?
C'mon, I've been flailing about this for months now (It's already driven me
into rehab once :-). The history of these threads should show that the above
drastic measure is the last not the first.
If the problem is the policy being too complex
than altering it should be a
start.
OK.
Write an alternative and campaign to have the
existing one replaced.
I'm asking some people who know more about this kind of thing than I do - to
do just that.
Policies are going to be complex, English
Wikipedia is just too large to be
simple.
I don't agree that something large cannot have the beauty of simplicity.
I want to know what specifically is wrong with the
current policies.
So do I, that's why I'm asking for some help
Marc
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