[WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)

[Marc Riddell]

I am not suggesting that a "small committee" (your term) fix the problems of
Wikipedia - just one small part of it. And, if flexibility leads to chaos
then it does more harm than good - and is ultimately destructive.

Marc

> From: "The Cunctator" <cunctator at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:41:32 -0500
> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)
> 
> On 12/13/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Steve,
>> 
>> It is clear to me from all of the dialogue, that the issue of Categories and
>> their use in Wikipedia is not only controversial, but also pretty much
>> unresolved and unfocused. And, what could be a powerful tool within
>> Wikipedia has evolved into an unfocused mess. I believe it is going to take
>> a small group of focused, objective persons, taking an equally focused,
>> objective look at it, and formulate a set of firm guidelines for its use ­
>> starting with, of course, its very purpose.
> 
> It didn't evolve into an unfocused mess -- it started as an unfocused
> mess. As did Wikipedia. We don't necessarily need a small committee of
> experts to "fix" the "problems" of Wikipedia.
> 
> One of the things that makes Wikipedia great is its flexibility.
> 
> 
>> 
>> I would like to take the discussion back to my original question: May I
>> include both a main category and a subcategory in the same article? I would
>> like to accomplish this without creating an edit war with another editor who
>> thinks it¹s wrong.
> 
> Don't.
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