# Improve Discourse categories organization

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/improve-discourse-categories-organization/19701>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/improve-discourse-categories-organization/19701 "2017-09-29T10:15:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mte90](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/mte90/32/37835_2.png) [@Mte90](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/Mte90)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/improve-discourse-categories-organization/19701/1 "2017-09-29T10:15:39Z")

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I was looking on the home page and I saw that few categories can have a better organizations.  
Discourse usage is growing so organize better can be important to improve the use.

We have [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/communities](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/communities) but there are outside:

- [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/slovenia](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/slovenia)
- [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/peru](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/peru)
- [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mozillanativo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mozillanativo)
- [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/india](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/india)
- [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mexico](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mexico)
- [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mozilla-brasil](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mozilla-brasil)

I think that [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mozweekend](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mozweekend) can be removed because are years that we are not doing them and the section is empty.

Also [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participation-leaders](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participation-leaders) I think that can be inside [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participation](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participation).

Also [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mcws](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mcws) can be inside [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participationsystems](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participationsystems)

Also inside [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/campus-clubs](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/campus-clubs) :

- [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/firefox-student-ambassadors](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/firefox-student-ambassadors) this one that can be closed for new post
- [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/take-back-the-web-campaign](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/take-back-the-web-campaign) with also this one closed

Probably also this [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/connected-devices](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/connected-devices) can closed or removed.

In that way the homepage is more organized and we can remove stuff (maybe create a section Graveyard and put the dead section like on bugzilla can be another step).

Also in that way is better to configure notifications, because I have too many section silenced for local community that are not english.

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**Author:** ![leo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/leo/32/35237_2.png) [@leo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/leo)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/improve-discourse-categories-organization/19701/2 "2017-09-29T12:29:24Z")

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Reorganising some of our categories is certainly [in our backlog](https://github.com/mozilla/discourse/issues/6), and has been worked on in the past. It’s one of those things which requires constant revisiting, however, so thanks for the reminder! 😄

We were a little constrained by not having tagging enabled, which will now allow us to reorganise a few more categories into a better hierarchy.

We are still slightly constrained by [tagging not being supported through email](https://github.com/mozilla/discourse/issues/72), and not having [a level of categorisation above categories](https://github.com/mozilla/discourse/issues/35).

> [@Mte90](#):
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> We have [Communities - Mozilla Discourse](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/communities) but there are outside:

At the moment this is necessary for communities wanting their own subcategories. In future my plan is to give all local community categories their own top level category, and remove #Communities as a category altogether, as it doesn’t need to exist as a category in its own right.

> [@Mte90](#):
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> I think that [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mozweekend](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mozweekend) can be removed because are years that we are not doing them and the section is empty.

It was [flagged for deletion the last time we did this](https://github.com/mozilla/parsys/issues/51#issuecomment-286132197) so I’m not sure why it hasn’t been. I’ll add it to the next round of reorganisation.

> [@Mte90](#):
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> Also [Reps - Mozilla Discourse](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participation-leaders) I think that can be inside [Topics tagged participation](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participation).

I asked @nukeador about this last time. Is this category still necessary? Can it be archived, should it be merged into #participation?

> [@Mte90](#):
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> Also [Mozilla Communities Web Services - Mozilla Discourse](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/mcws) can be inside [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participationsystems](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/participationsystems)

I think it’s sufficiently different to not live in there. Also I know @majken and @tad wanted to experiment with using Discourse for project management, which they’d probably need a subcategory for.

> [@Mte90](#):
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> Also inside [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/campus-clubs](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/campus-clubs) :
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> [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/firefox-student-ambassadors](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/firefox-student-ambassadors) this one that can be closed for new post
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> [Take Back The Web Campaign - Mozilla Discourse](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/take-back-the-web-campaign) with also this one closed

@Christos with the launch of OSSN, which student/clubs categories can we archive and which should be kept?

> [@Mte90](#):
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> Probably also this [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/connected-devices](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/connected-devices) can closed or removed.

I identified this in the previous round, but never found an owner I could ask about what was active/what should be archived.

> [@Mte90](#):
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> In that way the homepage is more organized and we can remove stuff (maybe create a section Graveyard and put the dead section like on bugzilla can be another step).

We already have an archive: #Archives

> [@Mte90](#):
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> Also in that way is better to configure notifications, because I have too many section silenced for local community that are not english.

I’ve been working on the [scope of an opt-in style of category subscription upstream](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-tabs-for-user-customizeable-saved-filters/40953/20?u=leomca), and it’s on its way!

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**Author:** ![r\_TlfPuogHW2i9hdoQY1tGww](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/r_tlfpuoghw2i9hdoqy1tgww/32/16425_2.png) [@r\_TlfPuogHW2i9hdoQY1tGww](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/r_TlfPuogHW2i9hdoQY1tGww)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/improve-discourse-categories-organization/19701/4 "2018-02-26T17:51:50Z")

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@Mte90 I strongly agree that all the communities should go under  
[https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/communities](https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/communities)

this helps in easy segregation of topics in the more organised way.

@leo Homepage has a purpose and giving all communities a top level category will just spam the homepage. Accessing them under communities looks more clean and organised.

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**Author:** ![leo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/leo/32/35237_2.png) [@leo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/leo)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/improve-discourse-categories-organization/19701/5 "2018-02-26T21:50:49Z")

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It would certainly be a mess with the current homepage, but even if all the communities were under /c/communities, the homepage would still be a mess.

I think the problem here isn’t the organisation of categories, but the organisation and design of the homepage.