I am not suggesting that a "small committee" (your term) fix the problems of
Wikipedia - just one small part of it. And, if flexibility leads to chaos
then it does more harm than good - and is ultimately destructive.
Marc
From: "The Cunctator"
<cunctator(a)gmail.com>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:41:32 -0500
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)
On 12/13/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Steve,
It is clear to me from all of the dialogue, that the issue of Categories and
their use in Wikipedia is not only controversial, but also pretty much
unresolved and unfocused. And, what could be a powerful tool within
Wikipedia has evolved into an unfocused mess. I believe it is going to take
a small group of focused, objective persons, taking an equally focused,
objective look at it, and formulate a set of firm guidelines for its use
starting with, of course, its very purpose.
It didn't evolve into an unfocused mess -- it started as an unfocused
mess. As did Wikipedia. We don't necessarily need a small committee of
experts to "fix" the "problems" of Wikipedia.
One of the things that makes Wikipedia great is its flexibility.
I would like to take the discussion back to my original question: May I
include both a main category and a subcategory in the same article? I would
like to accomplish this without creating an edit war with another editor who
thinks it¹s wrong.
Don't.
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