categories so confusing

[msilverstar]

I came back and tried to use categories and I can't remember how they should go. This Categories page covers too much ground, theory, some examples, and then meta (adding categories).

In the Wiki spirit, I'd like to write a simple, friendly "How to Add Categories" page, simplified and with tons of examples. But I'm going to need people to double-check me, as I'm not the least bit sure I am getting them right.

Also the stern bit at the bottom of every edit box is undoubtedly disconcerting people, I'd like to reword it and link to the friendly page.

And it occured to me, maybe just offer reassurance that they don't have to do categories, the gardeners will take care of those? Because we want their fandom info by far, more than cataloging expertise.

Comments

[lian]

just wanted to add that from my persepctive (occasional gardener) I believe it's perfectly fine -- esp. for noobs -- to just leave out categories entirely. One the one hand, it may not be behaviour that we should encourage, but on the other hand, I seriously don't think there's any harm done: It's a lot easier to work with an uncategorized article than one which has been haphazardly shoved into an ill-fitting one (and I'm not blaming people one bit, either -- that category stuff *is* confusing!), because those will show up on the 'uncategorized pages' list, which I know gardeners go through once in a while. (Which...is your point :>)

But anyway, looking forward to learn about the restructure!