[p2p-research] P2P Foundation Wiki Categorization

[Michel Bauwens]

Thank you so much Alex for your contributions and explanation,

indeed, the use of categories is pretty central to our way of working, since
all the section in the three columns on the main page, are actually
categories,

it allows you to create a database automatically, viewable with that
category page, and then to add contextual information to it, to introduce
newcomers to the field,

the only important issue is: a category is NOT  a tag, it's a social
agreement, not just an individual thing, so new categories should only be
added when there is a determination to continue the effort,

Michel

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> In recent months I have been more editing on the wiki.  It's not much, but
> the little bit i am doing is an effort to connect "Commons Based Businesses"
> to each other, and to encourage new users to make regular updates to the
> wiki about their projects.
>
> In an effort to aid these individuals and groups in staying connected I
> have been looking at the details for the "Category" extension that allows us
> to categorize pages on the wiki.
>
> I have added some simplified documentation to the wiki's help page:
> http://p2pfoundation.net/Help:Editing_wiki_pages#Categories
>
> For those unfamiliar with this powerful feature here are a few details:
>
> Here is an example "Category Page" for the subject of the "Commons" on the
> wiki:
> http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Commons
>
> If you use this link you can also see, just below key resources, that there
> is also a section for subcategories.
>
> Again, the link to the docs:
> http://p2pfoundation.net/Help:Editing_wiki_pages#Categories
>
> Category tags look like this:
> [[Category:Commons]]
>
>  A subcategory turns a category into a subcategory.To make a subcategory:
>
>    1. Add a subcategory to your page. This uses the same syntax as above
>    2. Submit your new page, and then visit the link at the bottom for your
>    subcategory.
>    3. Edit the new subcategory page, adding this page to the master
>    category of your choice.
>    4. Submit the page.
>    5. if you are successful you will see a new section called
>    "Subcategories" on the page.
>
>
> As many are already doing I use my blog to quip on the personal and
> specific implementations of projects, and then attempt to place generalized,
> re-usable information on the wiki.
>
> Bests,
>
> Alex
>
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