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== Hierarchical category structure? -- [[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 21:37, October 21, 2019 (EDT) == Since this category, [[:Category:Interface explanation]], is already a subcategory of [[:Category:MEpedia documentation]], pages in this category probably do not need to also be in [[:Category:MEpedia documentation]] as well. Therefore, I have removed pages in this category from the higher category of [[:Category:MEpedia documentation]], so that pages are only in [[:Category:Interface explanation]], not in both categories. But I realize that this raises a question about our use of categories: '''Question''': We have generally had a "free-form" approach to categories, where pages can be placed in any applicable category, without regard for the hierarchical structure of our category tree. Should we implement a practice of not putting a page in a category if it already exists in a subcategory? This practice would recognize the hierarchical structure of our category tree, and would make it easier to browse the category tree. '''Example 1''': For a concrete example, consider pages in the category [[:Category:MEpedia help]], which is a subcategory of [[:Category:MEpedia documentation]]. Since the higher category is very large and hard to browse, should we remove help pages from the higher category of [[:Category:MEpedia documentation]], since people can easily navigate from [[:Category:MEpedia documentation]] to [[:Category:MEpedia help]]? (This would NOT affect any other categories that these pages may belong to.) '''Example 2''': For a different example, consider pages in the category [[:Category:American clinicians]], which is a subcategory of [[:Category:Clinicians by country]], which is itself a subcategory of [[:Category:Clinicians]]. The category [[:Category:American clinicians]] contains pages about American clinicians, but American clinician pages are also in the higher category of [[:Category:Clinicians]]. Since the higher category is very large and hard to browse, should we remove American clinician pages from the higher category of [[:Category:Clinicians]], since people can easily navigate from [[:Category:Clinicians]] to [[:Category:American clinicians]]? Or would it be helpful to keep pages in both categories, since some people may want to browse by country, but other people may want to browse by all clinicians? I am mainly thinking of how we might make it easier for users to browse the category hierarchy. This is especially important when someone is creating a new page and trying to figure out which categories the new page should be put in. Thoughts? [[User:Kmdenmark]] [[User:Notjusttired]] <br>[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 21:37, October 21, 2019 (EDT)
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