On 12/12/06, Eugene van der Pijll eugene@vanderpijll.nl wrote:
Unfortunately, it would not. At least, not completely. Categorization is not transitive: if article A is a member of category C, and C is a subcat of D, A need not be a member of D. For example: [[Seine]] is in [[Category:Paris]], which is in [[Category:Cities in France]], which is in [[Category:France]], which is in [[Category:Republics]], which ultimately is a subcat of [[Category:Thought]].
But the Seine is not a thought, a republic, or a city in France.
Categories as implemented now have mixed meanings: they can describe "is-a", "has-a" or "is-related-to" connections. See earlier discussions on this list in September 2004 and June 2006 (http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/htdig/wikien-l/2006-June/048183.html).
Hmm. I hadn't thought of those points. Fair enough.