Community Wishlist/Wishes/Sortering av kategorier på en side/en
Description
In many cases, especially in articles on Wikipedia projects, it is desirable to have similar categories next to each other. If they are, it appears to be intentional and tidy. I assume this could be especially useful in biographies and releases (such as games, movies, etc.).
As an example, in an article about a video game, one may find categories that relate to its genres, platforms, release year, place of development, awards, and gameplay, as well as a category for the game series and/or developer.
If a reader sees these categories:
- Video games with a battle royale mode, Xbox 360 games, Free-to-play video games, Windows games, Video games developed by Valve, Counter-Strike, Video games from 2012, The Game Awards winners, PlayStation 3 games, MacOS games, Video games developed in the United States, Linux games
... they may appear somewhat cluttered and thoughtless, but if these are grouped by the categories' main focus:
- Counter-Strike, Video games developed by Valve, Free-to-play video games, Windows games, Linux games, MacOS games, PlayStation 3 games, Xbox 360 games, Video games from 2012, Video games developed in the United States, Video games with a battle royale mode, The Game Awards winners
... they may appear intentional and might make it easier to understand the goal of the categories. In this case, the main mess-causing culprit are the platforms (PlayStation 3, Windows, etc.), while in larger category clusters, there may be more award categories, more developers, more release years (for different editions), different development countries – and in other articles, such as biographies, there may be different name categories, years of birth and death, work titles, and other topics that gladly could be grouped up.
If there was a way to make these categories appear in consistent groupings, it would make catgories in (primarily) Wikipedia articles easier to understand for readers and contributors.
Assigned focus area
Unassigned.
Type of wish
Feature request
Related projects
Wikipedia
Affected users
Readers, eventually contributors that have to discuss usage of this system