[WikiEN-l] Re: The proliferation of article series boxes

[Ray Saintonge]

Alex Regh wrote:

>Hi!
>
>On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:14:01 -0400, David Friedland wrote:
>
>>Perhaps we should implement a way to display all the articles 
>>in a category inline on a page, similarly to series boxes, but 
>>automatically, consistently, and _optionally_.
>>
>That might be a bit of a problem, too. To stick with [[Heteronormativity]], if
>all links from the [[List of transgender-related topics]] and all the links
>that relate to [[LGBT]] and all the links from Project Critical Theory were
>displayed on that page, there would not be much article left to see.
>
>And this is certeinly not the only candidate for more than one category with
>many links. 
>
>And if it were optionally, we would face the very same edit wars we are now
>fighting about whether the box goes in or not over whether all the links are
>shown or not. 
>
Maybe I'm just understanding categories differently from others.  I see 
categories primarily as a convenient sorting tool.  A Belgian 
mathematician wout be categoriized under both Belgians and 
matematicians, and he would be found by searching under either term.  

All the articles in a category would only need to be displayed 
(preferably in point form the way a recent changes or watch list page is 
displayed.  The categories to which an article belongs could show up at 
the bottom of the page along with the links to other languages..  Why do 
edit wars have anything to to with it?

Ec