[WikiEN-l] Categories vs lists vs navboxes (was Re: Deletions, lists, etc?)

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"Steve Bennett" wrote

> On 12/4/06, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
> <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Another way to put it: they are tendentious and can even be considered a type of advertising.
> 
> Advertising as in "Come and see the great article I wrote"? I don't
> see any harm in this, and indeed, it would serve as encouragement to
> our readers. I shamelessly add links to articles I write. You could
> also call this [[WP:BTW|building the web]]. As long as it's not too
> obnoxious, relevant links to groups of articles that Wikipedia has are
> valuable.

It's obnoxious to put your own spin on what are the 'major topics' in an area. I've had trouble in the past on this.

> This may say something about mathematicians :) Now, I just had a look
> at [[Trigonometry]], and I really wouldn't have guessed, until I
> clicked on the category link that there somewhere between 44 and 53
> articles about trigonometry. Wikipedia has such an incredible depth of
> material that it seems a shame not to make that more visible. Why not
> a navigational box that effectively carves out that part of Wikipedia
> as a specialist encyclopaedia on trigonemetry?

Well, for example, there is a [[rational trigonometry]] article which is a report (I hope NPOV) on a mildly cranky variant way to approach and teach trig. We really do not need squabbles over fringe pedagogic theories. Another such thing would be the Henstock integral. 

Charles

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