Week12: Category - Lee Joowon

 The Wikipedia category is a system that helps users navigate information easily by grouping documents on similar topics together. When you put a markup of the [[Category:Category name]] type at the bottom of a document, it will automatically be registered as a category. Categories themselves can also belong to higher categories, forming a flexible tree structure that moves between lower and higher categories.

 I previously thought of categories as a natural classification system while using Wikipedia. However, as I actually edited Wikipedia and read the Help document, I realized that this category system was the result of Wikipedia editors' hard work. It was interesting to note that categories are beings that can be changed or disappeared by discussion rather than objective truths, as Wikipedia also has a space to discuss category deletion, merging, and name change.

 Then, I questioned how objective categories can be. Since categories are ultimately categorized by people, there is a possibility that political, social, and cultural perspectives will be involved. For example, the question of which case to categorize as 'terrorism', 'war crimes', or 'conflict' is not just a technical problem, but also a question of interpretation.