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--[[User:Mbauwens|MIchel Bauwens]] ([[User talk:Mbauwens|talk]]) 18:00, 14 February 2017 (UTC) | --[[User:Mbauwens|MIchel Bauwens]] ([[User talk:Mbauwens|talk]]) 18:00, 14 February 2017 (UTC) | ||
I'm not particularly worried by this, but I do see one useful purpose to me, at least. | |||
That is, to designate which categories are "primitive", or at the top of their respective trees. | |||
If a category has ((Category:Top Category)) it would mean that we recognised its importance | |||
at the top of its branch of the Category tree. | |||
If you take a look at [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]] | |||
you see all the categories that are not placed in the category tree. | |||
Having Top Category allows all other top categories not to appear in this list. | |||
I suppose it's a kind of housekeeping facility. | |||
Now, we can separately think about whether we prefer all categories to be on the tree. | |||
Perhaps this is not necessary, but I do think that categories on the tree and | |||
those off the tree have rather a different status. | |||
I would hope that we can arrange all the key categories in the tree... | |||
[[User:Asimong|Simon Grant]] ([[User talk:Asimong|talk]]) 20:17, 14 February 2017 (UTC) | |||
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Serves no clear purpose to me ?
--MIchel Bauwens (talk) 18:00, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
I'm not particularly worried by this, but I do see one useful purpose to me, at least. That is, to designate which categories are "primitive", or at the top of their respective trees. If a category has ((Category:Top Category)) it would mean that we recognised its importance at the top of its branch of the Category tree.
If you take a look at Special:UncategorizedCategories you see all the categories that are not placed in the category tree. Having Top Category allows all other top categories not to appear in this list. I suppose it's a kind of housekeeping facility.
Now, we can separately think about whether we prefer all categories to be on the tree. Perhaps this is not necessary, but I do think that categories on the tree and those off the tree have rather a different status. I would hope that we can arrange all the key categories in the tree...
Simon Grant (talk) 20:17, 14 February 2017 (UTC)