[wp-testers] "Categories"

[Nickolas Means]

Stuart-

I don't know that the core issue here is really if tags and  
categories can peacefully coexist - the definitely can.  If that's  
your preferred method of organizing your blog, then more power to you.

The argument here is on whether or not adding tagging to the core  
WordPress code would be a worthwhile and fruitful endeavor.  My  
argument is that this would add unnecessary cruft for the benefit of  
a small contingent of users who wish to both categorize and tag.  The  
best solution, in my opinion, is to allow people who wish to use this  
type of setup to install Ultimate Tag Warrior.  This prevents  
unnecessary clutter in the admin interface and also from needing to  
show two very similar controls on the Write interface without a ready  
explanation (why make the user run to the documentation if they don't  
have to?).

I'm not going to convince you that categorization and tagging  
together is a bad idea any more than you're going to convince me that  
tagging alone is a bad idea - we're different bloggers with very  
different opinions.  That's great - it's what makes WordPress great.   
I do think, though, that the majority of users fall into the  
categories-only or tags-only camps, and that this is the group that  
should be catered to by the default installation.

Nick