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Msg# 6302

Categorization: Idea for fixing the current system Posted by Kathy November 16, 2005 - 12:49:24 Topic ID# 6302

It seems clear that considerable thought and effort went into
developing the current categories system, so perhaps we should first
look at whether it can be fixed/simplified before moving on to
looking at new systems.

The overlapping category/subcategory combinations seem to bother a
lot of people, and I used to be one of one them. I ended up adopting
a kind of Zen approach: that it ultimately didn't much matter if they
were logical or not, or if I understood them or not. They were
there, there were stories in them, and perhaps the overlap allowed
more stories to win awards�

But for those who are really irked by Romance: Rohan and Rohan:
Romance, what if we make it a rule that any main category cannot be
used as a subcategory in another main category? So, for example,
under Romance, you couldn't have a Rohan subcat�although you could
have Romance: Eowyn, etc.

And under Rohan, same thing�no Romance category, but maybe, uhhh�
*goes to see what's in that subcat* OK, here's what we have under
Rohan: Romance:
Hama/Eowyn short story
Gimli/Eomer vignette
Boromir/Theodred triple drabble
Eowyn/Faramir vignette
OC short story

And here are all of the Rohan subcats:
Rohan
Drabble
Original characters
Romance
Vignette

So, to eliminate the Rohan: Romance subcat, you could move the OC
romance to OCs, the triple drabble to Drabbles, the two vignettes to
Vignettes. The Hama/Eowyn story could move to the catch-all Rohan
subcat, or perhaps to the Romance division.

This example is just off the top of my head, so may not be perfect.
But, this is the general idea. What do you all think?

Kathy (Inkling)

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