(trying to lay out some of the issues.) |
(as described on Category:Topics).) |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Appropedia currently uses "topic | Appropedia currently uses "topic category" pages, much of the time (as described on [[:Category:Topics]]). Topic information (as opposed to how-tos, projects...) is placed on the category page. | ||
==Advantages== | ==Advantages== | ||
Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
[[wikia:sca21:Category:LS_Ideas_Bank|< Ideas Bank]], [[wikia:sca21:Category:Social_wellbeing|< Social wellbeing]], [[wikia:sca21:Community involvement UK|> Community involvement UK]] | [[wikia:sca21:Category:LS_Ideas_Bank|< Ideas Bank]], [[wikia:sca21:Category:Social_wellbeing|< Social wellbeing]], [[wikia:sca21:Community involvement UK|> Community involvement UK]] | ||
[[Category:Appropedia site development]] | [[Category:Appropedia site development]] |
Revision as of 15:17, 18 December 2007
Appropedia currently uses "topic category" pages, much of the time (as described on Category:Topics). Topic information (as opposed to how-tos, projects...) is placed on the category page.
Advantages
- Due to the different content types on Appropedia, a category page is a natural place for topic info, higher in the hierarchy, with pages in the category listed below it.
Disadvantages
- In web searches (Google etc), a hit with the title "Category:..." doesn't seem so appealing - doesn't look like it will be an interesting page to read.
- Can't move category pages, so can't preserve history. (Unless there's a workaround, e.g. using Special:Export and Special:Import?)
Alternatives
- Use a standard template, including a category tree, at the end of every topic page (which will generally have the same name as the category - but the cat name should perhaps be an argument as well, just in case the page gets moved without the category being move. If there a way of "move-protecting" that might be an alternative, but more restrictive i.e. not preferable).
- Note that this does not show all articles in the category. However, as categories grow and have hundreds of pages, this may not be a bad thing.
- There could be an issue with editors adding to a "See also" section - it could get subjective as to what deserves to be listed there.
- I'm not sure if this is relevant, but thought it was worth exploring. --Chriswaterguy · talk 06:25, 18 December 2007 (PST)
Just looking at the SCA wiki, I noticed they use a template to put links at the top of pages, to link ideas in a hierarchy: e.g. for a Social wellbeing page like this one they use a template at the top which creates these links:
< Ideas Bank, < Social wellbeing
Immediately after that they might list a page or pages which are subordinate in the hierarchy - in this case:
< Ideas Bank, < Social wellbeing, > Community involvement UK