Talk:Categories: Difference between revisions
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
(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. | |||