[Wikipedia-l] Forget dmoz, viva "Wikirectory"!

The Cunctator cunctator at kband.com
Mon Dec 8 23:27:59 UTC 2003


> From: Mark Krueger Monday, December 08, 2003 6:18 PM
> 
> OK. What I have learnt about an editor-type responsibility model was
that
> dmoz and WP both stand on war feet. Fine. I can understand the
reasons.
> But
> then, why do not create a kind of "Wikirectory". The advantage: We get
rid
> of dmoz, and, we can link WP entries to directory (sub)categories
which
> will
> complete the contemporary understanding of the world how it is
represented
> in the WWW. (This is what I originally had in mind). Pls. think about
it.
> 
I wholeheartedly agree with this vision. This is the exact right
approach to handling the categorization issue by hand.

The only problem is that there's some serious coding required.






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