--- Erik Moeller <erik_moeller(a)gmx.de> wrote:
Ray-
Not checkboxes, which would indeed require so
many
that they would
become rigid and/or useless. I would propose
searchable write-in boxes
where words and/or codes could be entered.
This sounds a lot like my proposed [[Category:Foo]]
scheme, only that you
want codes instead of words for the categories. My
scheme has the
advantage that it can be built very easily on top of
the existing data
structures, with no extra input fields or changes to
RC required.
With this scheme, you would have
[[Category:Sex]] [[Category:Sexually explicit]]
or
[[Category:Religion]]
or
[[Category:Music]]
For *all* the very good reasons KQ has been
summarizing earlier today, I think this type of
categorizing is very bad. I understand the need some
feel to protect sensible eyes, but I believe this is
not the proper way. I think it will introduce POV in
an encyclopedia struggling to be NPOV.
As Ed (eh, Ed, where are you ?) would put it, when we
write an article, a good way is to write "xx said yyy
about zzzz".
With categories, it will be "wikipedianUser says yyy
about zzzz".
Plus, I think with filters, many many articles will be
more red than blue/grey. Very bad.
and meta-categories:
[[Category:Stub]]
or
[[Category:Delete]]
or
[[Category:NPOV dispute]]
each of these category pages would be editable, but
always automatically
include a sorted list of the pages that link to the
category ("what links
here"). It would also be nice if a text could be
configured for each
category that is displayed on pages that are part of
it, e.g.
[[Category:Stub]] -> This article is a stub article
This, I agree with.
I can figure a [[Category:Copyright]] -> This article
is suspected of copyright violation
Then, when the violation is asserted, and a sysop
delete it, it goes automatically in the right
temporary database of copyrighted material, to be
permanently emptied on the first of each month.
hum...:-)
PS : I "to" to the main list. Where this ever to be
implemented, it is likely to interest all wikipedias
as well
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