User:Hemlock Martinis/Great Leap Forward

Stage 1
All new articles will start out uncategorized and will be automatically shuffled into a single, unified dump category similar to Category:Uncategorized.

Stage 2
Editors will comb the designated dump category and move articles to the broad root categories relevant to the topic.

Stage 3
Editors will monitor root categories (which will be attached to specific WikiProjects) and diffuse articles in them into the relevant subcategories.

Stage 1

 * Categorization task force formed to evaluate categorization of all mainspace articles.
 * Creation of bot to tag all articles with edits before a certain date to file them into one massive category. The pre-existing categories will not be removed when filed into the new category.
 * Categorization structure re-evaluated per input from relevant WikiProjects. Categories will be assigned to closest relevant WikiProject if none directly match.

Stage 2
The task force will go through the dump category as described in Stage 1 and review current categorization on each article individually. If the article needs its categorization overhauled, it will be sent to the New Articles dump category.

Stage 3
After all designated articles are evaluated, the task force will dismantle the machinery of the Existing Articles aspect of the Great Leap Forward.

Technical Changes
The following is a list of changes that would require changes to the Wiki software.


 * The ability to mass-move articles between categories (like a page move, except tags are automatically updated on each page}.
 * A "Recently Created Categories" page under Special Pages.

Procedural Changes
The following is a list of changes that would require overhauls of existing Wikibureaucracy.

Reform of CFD

 * Make the nominations into separate subpages, like an AfD or RfA.
 * Allow for consensus to become more universally applicable and fix all categories with similar problems.
 * Establish stare decisis and follow precedents set by naming conventions.