Forum:Categories - use them more

Hello, folks! You're not making anything like the best use of the built-in category system. Special:Uncategorizedpages has 46 pages, which is a big proportion of the total (57).

Categories are an automatic way of linking articles that have something in common; no need to create lists (constantly updating and alphabetising) and add brackets etc. Just add to the page and it will appear on the category page in alphabetical order for ever after.

They also have value in checking for near-duplication of articles and in seeing where gaps in coverage may be.

I've not yet checked Special:Uncategorizedcategories. It may show an even greater proportion of absentees!

Robin Patterson 02:10, 26 April 2007 (UTC)