more thoughts on categories

[Michael Shiloh]

Minh Ha Duong wrote:
> Sorry, rules like that sound soo bureaucratic. Think positive !
> 
> Proposed wiki policy on Index pages:
> 
> Pages that are list of links on topic X should be named "Index of pages on X"
> Before creating an Index page, please read:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates
> and consider the comparative advantage of using a Category instead. 
> An index page is only justified if it gives value added to the reader by
> -- Making a thematic selection of quality links within and/or outside the Wiki
> -- Providing a well thought out logical organization that makes it easy to 
> find information
> -- Offering a good formatting consistent with the above goal
> Indexes should be not be painful to maintain. Comprehensive lists of pages 
> cannot be kept up to date and are better made automatically using categories.


Works for me, and I see it's implemented already. Great!

M