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I'm adding a "discussion" section to solicit feedback on the proposals above (from everyone, whether they wrote the proposal or are here because they clicked on the wrong wikilink). Hopefully this can kickstart the development of a solid, workable proposal? House Blaster talk 01:21, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
Moved and pinged @ Nederlandse and HouseBlaster: Mason ( talk) 20:06, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
I have to say that "Purpose of categories: easy navigation between pages" is rather dubious at best. One could say that is a purpose, but the much more common purpose, on the reader side, is finding generally-related topics. It's not really navigation, but subject-area browsing. Meanwhile, the more common editor-facing purpose is as an organizational system for maintenance purposes. E.g., if I need to make sure all the pages within a wikiproject's scope have project banners on their talk page, the main way to do this is by way of the topic's overarching category. Even if we wanted to claim taht "easy navigation between pages" was a purpose, the other purposes should be explained (and there may be more that I'm nothing thinking of at dark:30). — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 13:10, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I think “for now” reads as a noncommittal idea. Can it be changed into something objective? SmokeyJoe ( talk) 06:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
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I'm adding a "discussion" section to solicit feedback on the proposals above (from everyone, whether they wrote the proposal or are here because they clicked on the wrong wikilink). Hopefully this can kickstart the development of a solid, workable proposal? House Blaster talk 01:21, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
Moved and pinged @ Nederlandse and HouseBlaster: Mason ( talk) 20:06, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
I have to say that "Purpose of categories: easy navigation between pages" is rather dubious at best. One could say that is a purpose, but the much more common purpose, on the reader side, is finding generally-related topics. It's not really navigation, but subject-area browsing. Meanwhile, the more common editor-facing purpose is as an organizational system for maintenance purposes. E.g., if I need to make sure all the pages within a wikiproject's scope have project banners on their talk page, the main way to do this is by way of the topic's overarching category. Even if we wanted to claim taht "easy navigation between pages" was a purpose, the other purposes should be explained (and there may be more that I'm nothing thinking of at dark:30). — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 13:10, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I think “for now” reads as a noncommittal idea. Can it be changed into something objective? SmokeyJoe ( talk) 06:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC)