# WIsh List Categorization

**URL:** <https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/wish-list-categorization/564>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/wish-list-categorization/564 "2020-01-03T17:11:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![burrrata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/burrrata/32/135_2.png) [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/wish-list-categorization/564/1 "2020-01-03T17:11:04Z")

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> Context: this was originally part of the [Proposal: add GitHub PR labels](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/proposal-add-github-pr-labels/555) thread where @Beanow categorized the thread as #Uncategorized and then @burrrata moved it to the #Initiatives Wish List category. This brought up a discussion as to how to categorize generic proposals for improvement which may or may not end up becoming [Initiatives](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/about-the-initiatives-category/242).

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**Author:** ![Beanow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/beanow/32/98_2.png) [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/wish-list-categorization/564/2 "2020-01-03T15:11:44Z")

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@burrrata I see you moved the topic to Initiatives Wish List. But I don’t think this is an initiative. I’d say it’s a public discussion before making workflow changes. I feel like there isn’t a category for that and we don’t currently need one.

Which matches this category to the letter 😄

> **[Uncategorized](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/c/uncategorized/1)**
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> Topics that don’t need a category, or don’t fit into any other existing category.

Could you move it back to where I had intended it to be? If you think I’m mistaken about the categories, happy to discuss that in it’s own topic too :]

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**Author:** ![burrrata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/burrrata/32/135_2.png) [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/wish-list-categorization/564/3 "2020-01-03T17:06:40Z")

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The topic seemed like a proposal to brainstorm a change that would require work to implement. As such I moved it to the [Initiatives wish list](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/about-the-initiatives-wish-list-category/311) category. Moved it back to #uncategorized, but having uncategorized threads is not optimal. If you had to pick (or create) a category for this, where would you put it?

Also, what if we changed the [Initiatives wish list](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/about-the-initiatives-wish-list-category/311) category to just a generic wish list for feature requests, future initiatives, or whatever else? This way it could become a catch-all where we brainstorm ways to improve SourceCred.

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**Author:** ![decentralion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/decentralion/32/7_2.png) [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/wish-list-categorization/564/4 "2020-01-03T18:25:21Z")

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> [@burrrata](#):
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> Moved it back to #Uncategorized, but having uncategorized threads is not optimal. If you had to pick (or create) a category for this, where would you put it?

Having uncategorized threads is fine. I’ve actually quite dis-agreed with the attempt to move every thread out of uncategorized and into some category.

Attempting to impose structure for its own sake is not only non-optimal, it is actively disruptive. I recommend reading [Seeing like a State](https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/16/book-review-seeing-like-a-state/).

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**Author:** ![Beanow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/beanow/32/98_2.png) [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/wish-list-categorization/564/5 "2020-01-03T20:31:43Z")

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My personal experience is that too many categories leads to choice paralysis. And empty-looking categories are a large deterrent for people to use them. Less is more, I think. So a vibrant #uncategorized seems great to me 😄

Anyway, if I need to come up with a category, I would say it’s one example of [Spontanious Community Call](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/spontanious-community-call/543) 's review culture. So the forum equivalent of a PR? A RFC?

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**Author:** ![decentralion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/decentralion/32/7_2.png) [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/wish-list-categorization/564/6 "2020-01-03T22:19:25Z")

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> [@Beanow](#):
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> Anyway, if I need to come up with a category, I would say it’s one example of [Spontanious Community Call](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/spontanious-community-call/543) 's review culture. So the forum equivalent of a PR? A RFC?

👍I really want to shift to using a review-based approach for configuring the call. I think that the [GitHub label proposal](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/proposal-add-github-pr-labels/555) is a good example of this.

I agree we should come up with a process for doing this. Maybe on the “Site Feedback” category we can have a process for RFCs to change the way the forum is organized?

To try this out, I posted a [RFC for changing the top bar links](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/rfc-renaming-the-top-bar-links/568)