[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60000: alot of tags is too many (was: Deprioritize categories)

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#60000: alot of tags is too many
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 Reporter:  jorbin                       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion needs-moar-alot  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by jorbin):

 * keywords:  2nd-opinion => 2nd-opinion needs-moar-alot
 * component:  Editor => General
 * reporter:  joostdevalk => jorbin


Old description:

> In the old days of blogging, we used categories. Nice, hierarchical
> structures which we all understood how they worked. However, as I was
> recently discussing the many issues around tags and categories with
> @matt, he made a strong point: people coming into blogging these days
> might understand tags a whole lot better than categories.
>
> We also agreed that the fact that by default, WordPress ships with two
> taxonomies, (categories ''and'' tags), is less than ideal from a new user
> UX perspective.
>
> So I'm proposing a change (for which @matt should actually get credit as
> he said it first in our conversation): we should (slowly) deprioritize
> categories. To start, on the pre-publish checks, we should not suggest
> people add a category to their post if they've never done so, or if they
> only have posts in the "Uncategorized" category.
>
> I'd also suggest removing the Categories panel if that's the case. Would
> love to hear other opinions, or see implementations :)

New description:

 [[Image(https://core.trac.wordpress.org/raw-attachment/ticket/13237/alot-
 of-bugs.gif)]]

 Previously:
 - #50000
 - #40000
 - #30000
 - #20000
 - #13536
 - #13237

 Changed with thanks to @joostdevalk. See #60001

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