On 5/1/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
Andrew,
Do you, personally, use the current WP categorization system?
on 5/2/07 11:09 AM, cohesion at cohesion@sleepyhead.org wrote:
To answer a question not addressed to me, I use it constantly, but they are all template driven date-based work queues or image license categories.
Judson,
OK, that's fine. If you are getting what you need - that's what matters.
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.
Sidebar: (You wrote, above "To answer a question not addressed to me") I like to address the person I am responding to by name because I feel it adds a touch of personal acknowledgment of that person. Your jumping in to add your view is terrific. Imagine we were in a room with a group of people and someone asked you a question. You are very probably going to turn to look at them and answer. I'm also in the room. When you are finished answering the person's question, if I wanted to add something, or give my own perspective to the question, I would jump right in and speak. I would be speaking to you directly, and you would most likely turn to look at me. Or, I may just speak to the group in general. That's how I see the group interaction on this List. I see the List as a continuous Community Meeting, with people coming and going, and each entering and exiting the various conversations in progress, or starting a new one; each being a part of what's being said, and each having some small stake in what's being discussed. That's Community to me.
Marc