[WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)

Wed Dec 13 16:00:24 UTC 2006

Chaos?

On 12/13/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I am not suggesting that a "small committee" (your term) fix the problems
> of
> Wikipedia - just one small part of it. And, if flexibility leads to chaos
> then it does more harm than good - and is ultimately destructive.
>
> Marc
>
> > From: "The Cunctator" <cunctator at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:41:32 -0500
> > To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
> > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Categories (was: Hello)
> >
> > On 12/13/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> Steve,
> >>
> >> It is clear to me from all of the dialogue, that the issue of
> Categories and
> >> their use in Wikipedia is not only controversial, but also pretty much
> >> unresolved and unfocused. And, what could be a powerful tool within
> >> Wikipedia has evolved into an unfocused mess. I believe it is going to
> take
> >> a small group of focused, objective persons, taking an equally focused,
> >> objective look at it, and formulate a set of firm guidelines for its
> use 
> >> starting with, of course, its very purpose.
> >
> > It didn't evolve into an unfocused mess -- it started as an unfocused
> > mess. As did Wikipedia. We don't necessarily need a small committee of
> > experts to "fix" the "problems" of Wikipedia.
> >
> > One of the things that makes Wikipedia great is its flexibility.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> I would like to take the discussion back to my original question: May I
> >> include both a main category and a subcategory in the same article? I
> would
> >> like to accomplish this without creating an edit war with another
> editor who
> >> thinks it¹s wrong.
> >
> > Don't.
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