Hi
I fully agree and would like all to see the link below where a lot was
discussed.

http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categories

Looking forward to making this more meaningful
Gita Mathur

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Anil Prasad <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Alison,
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> When used in a well planned manner, category can facilitate systematic (and
> micro level) branching out of a curriculum – which should be one of the
> priorities of WE. Go ahead!
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> Warm regards
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> Anil
> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad
> http://www.apletters.blogspot.com
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> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Alison Snieckus <alison.sniec...@gmail.com>
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>> A few years ago, a few wikieducators started the Categories Workgroup. The
>> purpose of the group is "... to achieve a category structure which
>> facilitates browsing related content, as well as finding specific content,
>> inasmuch as categories are capable." The group has languished over the past
>> 2+ years, but the early thinking is still available.
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>> In my opinion, the current state of categories on WikiEducator is chaotic
>> and, although it's not a top priority, it would be nice if we could bring
>> some structure to our offerings.
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>> As a first step in this effort, I propose that we create Category:
>> Contents as the top (root) level of the WE category system. My reasoning for
>> this suggestion is that the term "Contents" is easily understood by
>> educators, generally, and also, Wikipedia uses "Contents" as its top
>> category, offering good precedent for the choice (although most of the other
>> Wikimedia projects use "Category:Categories" as their top level).  If you
>> are interested, you can access a short discussion from 2009 on alternatives.
>>
>> Please reply post with any thoughts on this suggestion.
>>
>> Thanks, Alison
>> User:ASnieckus
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