[wp-testers] "Categories"

[Les Bessant]

It might make more sense than having categories *and* tags, but personally
the "traditional"[1] directory/file structure is something I've spent so
much time with that changing to something more "flexible" or "free-form" or
whatever it is that tags are supposed to be would be a major effort. 

But if you're just talking about changing a label, I don't have a problem...


[1] Is it a sign of old age when you wince when something that's only a few
decades old is "traditional"?
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Les Bessant les at lcb.me.uk
Losing it[1] - http://lcb.me.uk/

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[mailto:wp-testers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Sean Hayford
O'Leary
Sent: 22 November 2005 05:15
To: WordPress
Subject: [wp-testers] "Categories"

I've been toying with this thought since 1.2, but it seems all the
more relevant with 1.6/2.0.

Categories aren't really categories anymore. Here's the thought: Each
item fits into ONE category, just as an HTML file might fit into ONE
folder (taxonomy).
But in WP (especially with on-the-fly category additions), it's really
more like tags (folksonomy).

Look at Flickr's tags and look at the traditional directory/file
taxonomy structure. In my opinion WP's categories far better resemble
tags than taxonomy.

Basic point: I feel that, especially with "tag" becoming a more widely
used term, WP's admin ui should refer to categories as tags.

What do you guys think?

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Sean Hayford O'Leary
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