[WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)

[Marc Riddell]

"For what do you hunger, Lord?" Moneo ventured.
        "For a humankind which can make truly long-term decisions.  Do you
know the key to that ability, Moneo?"
        "You have said it many times, Lord.   It is the ability to change
your mind."
            Frank Herbert - "God Emperor of Dune" (p.55)

I have read everything that has been written here, as well as the links
detailing Wikipedia's history on the subject. A lot of thought - some
excellent ideas. But change can happen only if enough people believe it
needs to. I believe the Wiki Category system needs some serious study &
re-evaluation. Does anyone else believe it's worth a try?

Marc

> From: Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:44:38 -0500
> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)
> 
> David,
> 
> I read it. A crowd can never come to a decision about anything; they can
> only make enough noise to call attention to the fact that a decision needs
> to be made. At some point, very early in its history, there was no Wikipedia
> crowd. How, and by whom, were the decisions made that evolved into what
> Wikipedia is now?
> 
> Marc
> 
>> From: "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
>> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:56:09 +0000
>> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
>> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)
>> 
>> On 13/12/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> The trouble is that this trick never works. See [[WP:PRO]] for an
>> explanation.
>> 
>> 
>> - d.
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