[Commons-l] Radical proposal

Wed Jul 12 08:07:54 UTC 2006

stevertigo wrote:
> Crossposted to 
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Radical_proposal
> 
> Since sorting images seems to be a categorical affair, and that articles here do not
> require much in the way of articles or descriptions, is it possible to make article
> pages function as if they were a category?  
> It would save some typing, and reduce use of static linkage (ie. articles) in favor of
> dynamic likage (ie. categories). 
> 
> "Articles" in turn would require fitting into a namespace, though I agree that would
> seem to defy convention. 
> Again, this idea is based on the notion that everything could fit into category pages,
> or commons: pages, and little else. A migration/integration campaign would be required.
> 

"Articles" as they exist on other Wikimedia projects have no place on
Commons.

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