M. Creidieki Crouch wrote:
I've been running into the other side of this on CfD. Someone nominated a bunch of categories that people were using on their userpages, including some sandbox pages of mine. I've asked several times why the pages are harmful, but people seem less interested in discussion when they're already winning the vote, and simply say that userpage organization "isn't what categories are for".
I can understand their argument. Could it be solved by two category systems in separate namespaces. One would pretty well function like the present categories to provide a topical index for articles. The new one could be used for the administrative interests of people who do a lot of editing. Administrative categories (or whatever we choose to call them) could be deleted for lack of interest in much the same way that sysops can be removed from the list when they have been absent for an extended time.
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