On 12/12/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
I have been in constant conflict with some who state
that it is not
only redundant to enter a single Article into both Categories; it
is actually against Wikipedia policy. At present, if I enter John
Doe into the ŒSuicides by firearm¹ Category only, he does not
appear in the ŒDeaths by firearm¹ Category list. Consequently, if I
want to call up all persons in the encyclopedia who have died by
firearm, I must call up all the subcategory lists and collate them
myself.
This has been knocked about a few times, and the latest proposal put
forward that I recall was
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Category_intersection which the
tech opinion felt might strain the servers, looking at the talk page it
appears the tables might take at least several seconds to display. Or
something. I don't pretend to understand it, to be honest. I only know
it would be a useful feature but it is difficult to practically implement.
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