The main problem for categories is the fact of they are mainly in English... Many people who don't speak English don't put any categories because they don't know which categories are needed...
Florian Farge aka Otourly Sur lesprojets wikimédiens et l'Association française,sur OxyRadio, OSM, et sur MOVIM Socio di Wikimedia Italia ________________________________ De : Gnangarra <[email protected]> À : Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <[email protected]> Envoyé le : Mer 23 février 2011, 4h 36min 17s Objet : Re: [Commons-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Friendliness ... we already see is that what is currently in place doesnt work and that the notifications are putting people off further contributions. If it starts to create categories, then thats useful because it shows that what we use isnt what others are looking for.... we need to recognise that then address it ... On 23 February 2011 11:07, Kevin Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: If the category field is a text field then that will likely lead to >categories being created that do not link to the index. Instead a drop >down menu or search feature should be used. Also an option to attempt >to apply the categories used in a Wikipedia page would be very useful. > >-- >Kevin Morgan >Cell:(614) 481-0865 >PGP Public Key ID 0xB6028066 >Key fingerprint = 09FB 59EB D9FE 7C9C 12DF 9530 A877 FAB7 B602 8066 > > >_______________________________________________ >Commons-l mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > -- GN. Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com Gn. Blogg: http://gnangarra.wordpress.com
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