[WikiEN-l] Hello

[Sam Korn]

On 12/12/06, Eugene van der Pijll <eugene at vanderpijll.nl> wrote:
> Unfortunately, it would not. At least, not completely. Categorization is
> not transitive: if article A is a member of category C, and C is a
> subcat of D, A need not be a member of D. For example: [[Seine]] is in
> [[Category:Paris]], which is in [[Category:Cities in France]], which is
> in [[Category:France]], which is in [[Category:Republics]], which
> ultimately is a subcat of [[Category:Thought]].
>
> But the Seine is not a thought, a republic, or a city in France.
>
> Categories as implemented now have mixed meanings: they can describe
> "is-a", "has-a" or "is-related-to" connections. See earlier
> discussions on this list in September 2004 and June 2006
> (http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/htdig/wikien-l/2006-June/048183.html).

Hmm.  I hadn't thought of those points.  Fair enough.

-- 
Sam