Stefan Sittler wrote:
I have been wondering about this, actually. (I'm
newish to WP). Could
somebody show me how exactly categories are helpful? A link would be
fine. It's hard for me to see the usefulness. A link or three would be
fine, maybe an old pertinent discussion. Thanks.
I've used them to basically find things in the same category. For
example, [[Category:Islands of Greece]], and its sub-categories for
different island chains.
I see them as fulfilling a lot of the functions that would otherwise
have to be fulfilled with lists, but in a more maintainable way, since
they're maintained incrementally on the article side, not centrally on
the list side (the "list" is then automatically generated). They don't
completely replace lists, but they automate a lot of the more tedious
sorts of lists that would otherwise have to be constructed and maintained.
-Mark