User:Geo Swan/opinions/inspired by 'wikithreads are bad'

I just read User:Dcoetzee/Why wikithreads are bad and strongly agree with Dcoetzee's arguments.

There are some other features and practices I think should be deprecated.

{| class="wikitable"
 * categories ||
 * Categories as implemented today, are a powerful feature, with limiting flaws. I would prefer if they were never used by editors, and were only used, invisibly, by maintainers.
 * The limiting flaws include:
 * When looking at a category, one can't easily determine what elements it once contained, or when the current elements were added.
 * In the wikipedias we count on the good faith and good judgment of editors to only add articles to relevant categories, and to do so in a way that complies with WP:NPOV and other policies.
 * So, I'd like to see the exisiting category system used only for technical maintenance, and not used in an editorial context.


 * We don't want anyone, no matter how sincere, to add John Yoo, Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales to Category:War Criminals.


 * I'd like to see some kind of neo-category system introduced, to replace old-style categories in the editorial context. These neo-categories would keep a history of when articles were added, who added them.


 * Should we expect editors to offer a meaningful edit summary when they add an article or image to one of these neo categories? I think so.  Should we expect them to add a reference to substantiate their explanation?  Maybe.  I dunno.


 * wikilinks to subsection headings ||
 * I am afraid most wikipedia editors have
 * I am afraid most wikipedia editors have