[WikiEN-l] Linkage bloat

[Tim Starling]

On 09/11/11 22:29, Peter Jacobi wrote:
> Perhaps the usefulness of portals and categories can be combined.
> For example, but unrealistic in the short term, clicking to a
> standard category link should open the portal page of the same name
> if it exists.

You could just put {{Portal:{{PAGENAME}} }} at the top of the category
page, although I appreciate how difficult it is to change the relevant
policy.

I came to the conclusion many years ago that the easiest way to make a
policy change on Wikipedia is to spend 6 months writing and deploying
software that requires or implements the change. It's a lot easier to
get a majority in a software deployment vote than it is to build
consensus behind an editorial policy.

-- Tim Starling