On 2/12/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
on 2/12/07 10:29 AM, geni at geniice@gmail.com wrote:
An alternative approach might be to dig out that old idea of giving wikiprojects more power and giving them the power of cat deletion in their respective areas.
Whatever it takes. At any rate, I think the entire Categorization System in WP needs reevaluated. It appears to have turned into whatever any individual thinks it should be.
To be most effective, this undertaking would require a formal proposal with agreed upon goals, and a specific group of persons to take it on.
Marc
The problem is that risks going the Citizendium rout and getting major fallings out over which cat things should be in rather than say both. See:
http://www.kalital.com/archives/2006/11/racism_and_sexism_at_citizendi.html
For the problem they ran into. Our current system appears to be fairly good at avoiding that trap at least.