Talk:Categories: Difference between revisions
(removing old stuff (old as in 1 hour or so), some replies. a point taken.) |
(noting link to this page issue, which is better for portability than categories, and the exceptions (trollist and mediawiki terms) to the "stick to the dictionary" rule) |
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:::even, better, I deleted it as an unused redirect. Why you always gotta be so anti-[[MediaWiki]]? | :::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. | ::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 | :::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. | :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. | |||