I think it's a bit too far to argue that essays should be rated and have "featured essays." That might be a good idea in the future, but there's so much work that needs to be done, as it is, that we should just focus on categorizing them right now, into sub-categories, because they're a pain to dig through and there appears to be a fair amount of duplicates. ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 00:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
In any case, does anyone have any suggestions for categorization schemes, or should we just make them up as we go along?
It seemed to me that there's:
There are some grey areas, though, where it seems like some essays fall into more than one category.
Also, I think that WP:LF is great to apply to essays, talkpages, and userspace, but NOT to the mainspace. ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 05:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
About the essay categorization schemes? Let's focus discussion on it. How should it be done? ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 21:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I completed a prototype Template for this Project from Template:WPBannerMeta, for your consideration (see User:B.C.Schmerker/Templates/WPEssay (alpha)): {{Essaysort|category=no}} As of this post, the Class, Importance and Attention functions are activated; what other functions, if any, will be needed? B. C. Schmerker ( talk) 08:06, 3 July 2008 (UTC) Amendment by B. C. Schmerker ( talk) 08:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
I think it's a bit too far to argue that essays should be rated and have "featured essays." That might be a good idea in the future, but there's so much work that needs to be done, as it is, that we should just focus on categorizing them right now, into sub-categories, because they're a pain to dig through and there appears to be a fair amount of duplicates. ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 00:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
In any case, does anyone have any suggestions for categorization schemes, or should we just make them up as we go along?
It seemed to me that there's:
There are some grey areas, though, where it seems like some essays fall into more than one category.
Also, I think that WP:LF is great to apply to essays, talkpages, and userspace, but NOT to the mainspace. ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 05:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
About the essay categorization schemes? Let's focus discussion on it. How should it be done? ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 21:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I completed a prototype Template for this Project from Template:WPBannerMeta, for your consideration (see User:B.C.Schmerker/Templates/WPEssay (alpha)): {{Essaysort|category=no}} As of this post, the Class, Importance and Attention functions are activated; what other functions, if any, will be needed? B. C. Schmerker ( talk) 08:06, 3 July 2008 (UTC) Amendment by B. C. Schmerker ( talk) 08:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)