Talk:Categories: Difference between revisions - Consumerium development wiki

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:::even, better, I deleted it as an unused redirect. Why you always gotta be so anti-[[MediaWiki]]?

:::It's easier to tolerate mediawiki when it does not invent stupid names that are not in the dictionary. IT is also easier to tolerate [[Lowest Troll]]s who do not do that much.

::The [[main namespace]] must parallel the [[Special:namespace]] for such words, else you get into horrors almost immediately. You can't fight your underlying softwaere.

:::That's a valid point; I'll take notice

::::It is an exception to the rule about not using words that aren't in the dictionary; So also is [[trollist]] terminology that has evolved to describe struggles for power in [[large public wiki]]s, and for which there is as yet no clear terminology except maybe Marxist rhetoric... which we should avoid.

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:A critical category.

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''According to [[talk:link to this page]]'',

It is possible to use [[categories]] like:

*defines or challenges the mission of [[Consumerium:itself]]

*helps [[Consumerium itself]] [[develop:itself]]

*helps [[Consumerium itself]] [[research:itself]]

*helps [[Consumerium itself]] [[publish:itself]]

But adding such categories is actually messy, and it means paages will be very often in multiple categories. Tags work better than categories for a great many things includingt this I think.

Also if you shift off [[mediawiki]] your [[categories]] won't necessarily stick, while the links will. For instance to use [[tiddlywiki]] for [[Publish:namespace]] is fine if you did it with links, but not if you did it with categories.

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 :::even, better, I deleted it as an unused redirect. Why you always gotta be so anti-[[MediaWiki]]?
+:::It's easier to tolerate mediawiki when it does not invent stupid names that are not in the dictionary.  IT is also easier to tolerate [[Lowest Troll]]s who do not do that much.
 ::The [[main namespace]] must parallel the [[Special:namespace]] for such words, else you get into horrors almost immediately.  You can't fight your underlying softwaere.
 :::That's a valid point; I'll take notice
+::::It is an exception to the rule about not using words that aren't in the dictionary;  So also is [[trollist]] terminology that has evolved to describe struggles for power in [[large public wiki]]s, and for which there is as yet no clear terminology except maybe Marxist rhetoric... which we should avoid.
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 :A critical category.
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+''According to [[talk:link to this page]]'',
+It is possible to use [[categories]] like:
+*defines or challenges the mission of [[Consumerium:itself]]
+*helps [[Consumerium itself]] [[develop:itself]]
+*helps [[Consumerium itself]] [[research:itself]]
+*helps [[Consumerium itself]] [[publish:itself]]
+But adding such categories is actually messy, and it means paages will be very often in multiple categories.  Tags work better than categories for a great many things includingt this I think.
+Also if you shift off [[mediawiki]] your [[categories]] won't necessarily stick, while the links will.  For instance to use [[tiddlywiki]] for [[Publish:namespace]] is fine if you did it with links, but not if you did it with categories.