https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5346
Timeshifter <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|Low |High CC| |[email protected] Depends on|3311 | Summary|make category redirects |make category redirects |appear as different |appear as italics or |coloured links |different colored links Severity|enhancement |major --- Comment #7 from Timeshifter <[email protected]> --- This is a major problem on the Commons. For years. With millions of files the Commons needs all the help it can get in categorization, especially from the initial uploaders. Files are constantly being categorized in redirected categories. Because of this people often categorize poorly, and use the most general category instead of looking deeper for subcategories. Those people doing this have no easy way of knowing that they have done this. The redirected category link at the bottom of the file page looks blue, the same as regular category links. If people knew they were categorizing incorrectly they would search for a more apt category. This would help the Commons tremendously because most categorization is done at the initial upload. As the Commons gets bigger and bigger it necessarily uses more and more category redirects. We are not trying to get rid of redirects. On the contrary, we need a lot more. Redirects are essential. See "Don't delete redirects" on meta: *[[meta:Don't delete redirects]] *http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_delete_redirects Redirects make categorization easier. When people use search or HotCat they see redirects too, and thus are able to categorize even if their English comprehension is not at the level of a native speaker. But people need to know when they are done that they are using a redirect, and may want to look further for a better category, subcategory, etc.. As for HotCat it shows redirects along with the actual category names. This is a good thing. But HotCat automatically resolves the redirect to the correct category name upon saving the category addition. See [[commons:Help:Gadget-HotCat]]. But that does not help most people in the initial categorization since most people doing uploads do not use HotCat. There are bots that help with some automatic moving of files from redirected categories to the correct category. But that does not help get deeper, better initial categorization into better categories, subcategories, etc.. By the way, this request does not depend on bug 3311 for automatic category redirects. That is a separate issue. Automatic category redirects are not necessarily a good thing in this case. Searching for more apt categories and subcategories for files is what is important. Automatic category redirects do not necessarily go to the best category for a file on the Commons. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
