On 12/14/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
There is absolutely nothing at all in MediaWiki that makes a page in a subcategory behave like it's also in the parent category. Nothing. It's completely and utterly a construct in the mind of the user.
But it's by far the most logical construct to make, and there is very little reason to keep the software free from any support of that construct (even if it is to the detriment of other, more exotic constructs).
I wasn't implying that MediaWiki *shouldn't* support the notion of "supercategory". The opposite, in fact. It would be extremely to be able to treat all members of all subcategories as also belonging to that category - for certain categories.
Steve