"Articles" as they exist on Commons are used almost exclusively for gallery
purposes. It is a preferred method of image display for a large number of
commons users who often prefer the ability to customize image display and
provide image discription that galleries offer.
Cary Bass
Bastique
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Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Radical proposal
I concur. I only use categories, not sure why anyone uses articles.
On 12/07/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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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