[WikiEN-l] - category clutter on biographical articles

[Steve Bennett]

On 2/9/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> I quite agree.  Pride is a fine thing, but I remain unconvinced that
> many people want a navigational aid to all the notable people who are
> or might have been gay / Jewish / Methylated Wesletarian / whatever;
> much more likely that they will go along thinking "I am gay / Jewish /
> Methylated Wesletarian / whatever, show me that lots of famous people

Obviously they're not useful as navigational aids. They're intended as
*tags*. But since MediaWiki doesn't do tags, categories are the best
we have. I would suggest keeping them on until we have a better
solution - whether useful for navigating or not.

Steve