AskMe Category Pony

December 18, 2008 9:47 AM

AskMe category tag for History?

You know what would be great? An AskMe category for History questions. I guess they can be filed under Education and Society&Culture, but sometimes History just fits better. Can has?

posted by liketitanic to Feature Requests at 9:47 AM (16 comments total)

Related: I actually have an art history question I might be asking pretty soon. I'd like to put it in both art and history. Category overlap would be nice for this. (I can't be the first to ask though...)
posted by DU at 9:54 AM on December 18, 2008

I like it.
posted by LarryC at 9:54 AM on December 18, 2008

I could tag my posts with 'History' before they get deleted.
posted by gman at 9:56 AM on December 18, 2008 [3 favorites]

That's a pretty good idea...
posted by Mister_A at 10:33 AM on December 18, 2008

I will endorse your idea publicly if you give me $50,000 and a box of Ho-Hos

/Blagojevich
posted by Mister_A at 10:34 AM on December 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

In the long view, all AskMe questions are about history.
posted by box at 10:52 AM on December 18, 2008

Those who do not ask history questions in AskMe are doomed to repeat it.
posted by blue_beetle at 11:03 AM on December 18, 2008

This idea, it vibrates?
posted by killdevil at 11:08 AM on December 18, 2008

A great idea liketitanic!
posted by boubelium at 11:29 AM on December 18, 2008

As much as I'd like more specific category options, previous similar pony requests have indicated that it aint happening.
posted by dawson at 11:33 AM on December 18, 2008

"prehistory" would be even better.
posted by Rumple at 11:57 AM on December 18, 2008

I love history, it's probably my #1 tag, but I'm for keeping things simple, and history fits fine into Society & Culture.
posted by Miko at 12:02 PM on December 18, 2008

Multiple categories in Askme has been suggested before.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:15 PM on December 18, 2008

Adding & splitting categories was brought up yesterday. Look into tags & MyAsk instead.
posted by Pronoiac at 12:36 PM on December 18, 2008

It does seem a bit redundant to have tags and categories. Just tag stuff with history, done. I think we could drop categories entirely without reducing the site's powers of categorization.
posted by mullingitover at 2:08 PM on December 18, 2008

Here you go.
posted by nitsuj at 2:48 PM on December 18, 2008