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@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@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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