Talk:Richard Yuill

Etenne, I was wondering why, at Newgon.wiki, this article was include in the following categories:

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category: Queer Theory]][[Category:Censorship]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Sociological Theory]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Youth]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research on "Child Molesters"]][[Category:Research into effects on Children]][[Category:Research: Broader Perspectives]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: British]][[Category:People: Academics]][[Category:People: Critical Analysts]][[Category:History & Events: Personal Scandals]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: 2000s]]

... while here at BW, this is the only category?

[[Category:People|Yuill Richard]]

Do you think they made some kind of a big mistake with their use of categories, or do you think that Newgon may have had some very good reasons for placing the article in the categories that they did? Can you think of any reasons that they may have had for doing so? What do you think? User4 (talk) 01:19, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Neither really, BoyWiki just has different categories then Newgon.wiki. It can go in multiple categories such as encyclopedia, research, people etc... whatever is appropriate. It just needs to correspond to this wiki. --Etenne (talk) 01:20, 19 February 2015

Also Newgon.wiki had a slightly different focus then BoyWiki.... even though there is a lot of crossover. It was primarily a child love wiki. BoyWik's mission is to record and preserve our own history, culture, and heritage as boylovers.

My idea of "appropriate" regarding categories is that information should be made visible and easily accessible. Having a larger number of relevant categories makes it easier for people to find information. Different people think differently (so they say...), therefore allowances should be made for that. If an article is only in one or two categories, it is very likely to be overlooked by people who "didn't think [what they were interested in] would be in such-and-such category."

Also, having articles listed in a larger number of categories provides a "buffet" of sorts - it introduces information to people who may not have realized the information would be interesting to them. It broadens people's understandings and perspective, wouldn't you agree?

User4 (talk) 18:53, 20 February 2015 (UTC)