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:: Alex, both things might be handy for you to know, but as per arguments above, people (will) disagree with categorizing ourselves along our 'nationality'. -[[User:Robino|Robino]] 09:44, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
::: The essence of mine is just that there can be as many categories as people like - why fix ourselves to just one or two? --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 11:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
::::Yeah, but a category only makes sense, if it's consistent throughout the wiki. If I want to find hitchhikers in Germany, i don't want to check ''Hitchhikers in Germany'', ''Hitchhikers living in Germany'', ''German Hitchhikers'' and ''Hitchhhikers travelling in Germany''. So, many categories are not a problem, but many categories with a almost similar meaning are. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 13:11, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
: Good. I agree with going forward like this, but I would like to have a closer look at the draft text you propose to add in a talk page (meaning almost everyone will receive an e-mail) later this week [[User:Robino|Robino]] 09:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah, for me that sounds like a good idea. It might also remember old users, that hitchwiki still exists ;) But please proof-read the text, everyone --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 10:17, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
==consensus==
Hmm, looks like this topic is as easy as it seemed. So, let's try to find a consensus. I'll try to order all the stuff a little.
* Looks like we want to make it easier to find people geographically, but at the same time ignore everyones nationality.
* So, country of residence is obviously better than nationality. I think we all agree on that.
* A country of residence says nothing about the distance. But despite the fact, that is criteria is very usual for most people.
* Then again, people of the same country are likely to get together, because of more common cultural and language.
So, what are we going to use for categorization?
* nationality
* country of residence
* region
* language(s)
To me, country of residence and language sound best. Region could be used additionally, but I think there are too many small regions in the world. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 13:11, 11 November 2008 (UTC)