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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by CalJW (talk | contribs) at 19:17, 12 January 2006. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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I have categorised a vast number of articles and I feel strongly that the emphasis here is all wrong. There are thousands and thousands of articles which need to be in a category and one of its subcategories because the appropriate subcategories do not all exist. The current phrasing puts the pressure on people to ignore this or to feel guilty if they don't. It needs to be more softly worded from the start, eg "ideally they should not but...". I doubt that anyone has looked at more categories than I have and the problem being addressed here just isn't a very big problem imo. However the lack of precise categorisation is, because few users have a broad understanding of what categories are available. We should be putting the emphasis on categorising accurately, putting all articles in whichever appropriate categories exist. CalJW 19:17, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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