On 5/2/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
My needs are a bit different. Repeating (for the upteenth time :-)): Joe Smith died from Cancer; specifically, liver cancer. I want to be able to call up all of the persons who died from cancer, then call up all who died from liver cancer - two separate searches - two separate lists. As WP is constructed now, to do this, both the Categories "Cancer" and "Liver cancer" must be entered in Joe's Article. It's really not that complicated.
on 5/2/07 1:50 PM, Tracy Poff at tracy.poff@gmail.com wrote:
True, but if we did that, where would I look for articles about cancer in general? I'm thinking [[Paraneoplastic syndrome]], [[Radiation therapy]], [[Breast cancer]], [[Liver cancer]].
Tracy,
My error. I misspoke. What I meant to say was "both the Categories "Cancer deaths" and "Deaths from Liver cancer" must be entered in Joe's Article".
I think that the lesson is that 'as WP is constructed now' isn't sufficient to serve everyone.
It could be constructed to serve more persons than it does now. Persons who know a lot more than me about this have said so many times.
I think that this sort of issue has been mentioned to you several times. Did you have any suggestion as to how this difficulty would be overcome
If I had these suggestions, I would have offered them a long time ago. That's why I am reaching out to others who could.
or are you only promoting that categories ought to work in the way that is most convenient for you?
I am promoting a type of system that can be the most useful to the most people. I voiced what I'm dissatisfied with; someone else can do exactly the same. That's how it's supposed to work
Marc Riddell