Board Thread:Wiki Improvement/@comment-5842470-20131217023629

I propose that the whole categories part of the standards be deleted. I have already heard that some other people want this part of the pages standards be deleted, and it's come to a point where I think it would be helpful to remove it.

One of the reasons I've found is that if you have an article where all the content is clearly within standards, it can still be marked for not having any categories. Categories, which have no affect on the overall quality of the page. I have nothing against categories, in fact I'll admit, they are very useful, when wanting to find something. But are not required for the article to be considered good. The categories are a tool that requires previous knowledge to figure out how to use, or just experimenting.

So, a new person might come along and make a nice, well-made article, but not know how to add categories. A month later that article may get deleted because of the lack of categories, and the person might not know why it happened. Or in the case of myselfand others, sometimes forget the categories when making an article and get it marked later.

This is why I would like to suggest dropping the category requirement for the pages. If you agree, please reply below. I want to see how many people bother to read this and reply. 