Forum:CT Archive/Subcategorization consistency

Ok, I'm sure you are all sick and tired of this topic, but I think we need to establish, once and for all, a consistent method for marking categories as subcategories. I see four possible solutions, but none of them are "perfect". So I'm asking the community to come to a consensus on which method we should use consistently. Here are the four options I see (vote for one down below):
 * 1) *Pros: Most obvious to average/casual wiki editors. Simple.  Uses default sorting (alphabetically, divided by first character) automatically in parent category.
 * 2) *Cons: When the parent category contains a large number of articles (200+), it divvies them and the subcategories over multiple pages (See Category:Food as an example. Where's the Category:Rations subcategory?).
 * 3) *Pros: Fixes the problem of the first option (sort of). All subcategories are now sorted with a 'space' character at the front, so they are all grouped together on the first parent page.
 * 4) *Cons: Even though all of the subcategories are grouped together now, they are not really alphabetically sorted anymore. Instead they appear randomly sorted.
 * 5) *Pros: Fixes the problem of the second option. All of the subcategoies are grouped and sorted alphabetically on the first parent page.
 * 6) *Cons: Not obvious to average/casual wiki editors. Longest to type (most characters).
 * 7) *Pros: Shorthand for the third option.
 * 8) *Cons: Not obvious to average/casual wiki editors. Can cause problems for 'bots/droids.
 * 1) *Cons: Not obvious to average/casual wiki editors. Longest to type (most characters).
 * 2) *Pros: Shorthand for the third option.
 * 3) *Cons: Not obvious to average/casual wiki editors. Can cause problems for 'bots/droids.
 * 1) *Cons: Not obvious to average/casual wiki editors. Can cause problems for 'bots/droids.

Have another option? Disagree with my pros and cons? There is a "discussion" section down below. - Esjs (Talk) 03:48, 24 July 2009 (UTC)


 * 1) - Esjs (Talk) 03:48, 24 July 2009 (UTC)