Talk:Portal:Main Page/Categories

Organization rules?

Looking at the current organization of the lists it is not clear what is the rational for the order of the items. It appears they are alphabetic, is this the best method? Shouldn't they be in order of either occurrence or some sort of priority? Are the choices for inclusion based on number of times the page has been read or some other metric?

A couple of examples:

• in Retirement Planning, shouldn't Tax deferred and tax free savings plans come near the front as it is likely one of the first considerations of Retirement Planning
• in Retirement Living, is Exporting a car an important issue? There hasn't been much discussion on Financial Wisdom Forum AFAIK

--Peculiar Investor 22:33, 4 February 2012 (MST)

Order on short lists that can be seen in their entirety at once is immaterial - say, four items or less. Perhaps longer than four should be alphabetical - the autogenerated Category List itself is alphabetical. --Shakespeare 07:04, 5 February 2012 (MST)

Everything should be in alphabetical order, both horizontal and vertical. The Permanent Living content is out of place and is stressful to view. Use the Wikipedia:Manual of Style for guidance. Consistency is key. --LadyGeek 10:56, 5 February 2012 (MST)

If you mean Retirement Living then I take the blame, I moved it based on the rational that Retirement Planning had to occur before Retirement Living, see http://www.finiki.org/index.php?title=Portal:Main_Page/Categories&diff=prev&oldid=3480 --Peculiar Investor 11:21, 5 February 2012 (MST)

Actually, I meant the row content is not alphabetized: Permanent Snowbirding ∙ Exporting a Car ∙ Health Coverage ∙ Traveling with Animals ∙ Issues Associated with Permanent Relocation to Paradise
--LadyGeek 11:42, 5 February 2012 (MST)

I renamed the too-long page and alphabetized that row. --Shakespeare 15:03, 5 February 2012 (MST)