On 12/13/06, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
Stan,
You're absolutely right (on most counts ;). The one I have trouble getting my mind around is, "this ain't ever going to happen". Crowds, noise and, yes, the occasional violence have always been crucial in bringing attention to the need for change. But, what always has ultimately brought about that change is a small group of dedicated, focused people coming together to plan the substance of that change.
Yes, but our "small group of dedicated, focused people" is busy implementing single signon. ;-)
Although the above statement is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, the kernel of truth in it is that making the category system sane will require major technical changes, which will require nearly the full attention of our core developers. Since they're already backlogged on at least two high-priority tech upgrades, there's little to be gained by asking them to devote time to the Category Question just now. Unlike other respondents, I think it can and will be fixed, but I agree that *it will not be fixed soon.*
Until then, I would otherwise recommend the CatScan tool on the Toolserver, but the Toolserver hasn't updated from en since June; a situation which certainly hasn't escaped the notice of the community of Toolserver users on en. So until a functioning toolserver is restored to our lives, I'm afraid there's no good way to solve this problem.