[Wikipedia-l] Categories: An implementation

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Tue Jun 17 06:12:37 UTC 2003


Daniel Mayer wrote:

>Category redirects would help here but before that we would have to establish 
>naming conventions to minimize duplicates in the first place and maybe a flag 
>on RC to indicate that somebody just categorized an article. Then there needs 
>to be a centralized place for all categories to reside so they can be 
>mangaged there. 
>
A simple "C" flag on RC could do that

>How such a system would work needs to be made clear and we need people who are 
>familiar with how the system works so that they can effectively manage such a 
>system. A phased approach is needed - that is all. 
>
It will naturally require a few people who can think in terms of an 
overall structure, rather than just ones who are thinking of a 
specialized area within the system.

Ec




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