Community Suggestion: Linking the same article under multiple folders

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Linking the same article under multiple folders

Feature Upgrade · Articles & templates · Created by MasterMagnus
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

    Multiple times I have run across situations where I would like to have the same article in two or more different locations. For instance if I have one folder where I keep tabs on different factions in my world, i may want the single article available in that folder, but if a faction is also relevant to a specific area I would like to have the article available in that countries folder as well.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

  By having the ability to post a single article in multiple areas and folders I could better organize my world and make it easy to find specific information in multiple places.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

  This could also easily be used for many purposes, from detailed lore, to spells, abilities, weapons, armor and items of all variety that may have multiple listings on qualities or uses

The Team's Response

Thanks for the suggestion! Categories can't work like this—they are meant to be one-to-many relationships, not many-to-many. But I appreciate the need of having this type of organization, which is why we have tags: https://www.worldanvil.com/learn/tags/tags.
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Current score

11/300 Votes · +1000 points

Votes Cast

  • +300

    by Daedalus_Arts
    on 2024-10-15 10:25

  • +300

    by KyleLemanski
    on 2024-10-11 19:00

  • +1

    by Silenc3e3e
    on 2024-10-07 03:58

  • -1

    by Dragolithic
    on 2024-10-07 03:20
    I agree with Michael Chandra "Use tags and display a taglist?"

  • -300

    by Those2Nerds
    on 2024-09-28 03:51
    See Amancham's response. There are already several ways to create additional navigation structures. Linear navigation, related articles, tagged lists, indices, and more. Come chat in the worldanvil-design channel on Discord for ideas, suggestions, and examples.

  • +1

    by A Wild Velociraptor
    on 2024-09-28 01:39
    I agree, this would be a fantastic addition.

  • +1

    by DesNordlund
    on 2024-09-27 14:44
    Will not happen, but it would still be a good feature.

  • +100

    by Maz_Cat
    on 2024-09-26 16:56

  • -1

    by Amancham
    on 2024-09-26 08:58
    Adding articles to multiple categories (or folders) has been suggested several times in the past, and it was always declined. You can use tags and tagged lists to arrange articles in various overviews. The folders or categories, on the other hand, function more like folders on your computer. See previously declined suggestions:
    https://www.worldanvil.com/community/voting/suggestion/563c2664-a4a6-4796-952d-c61174bee866/view
    https://www.worldanvil.com/community/voting/suggestion/a159939e-537d-4bea-b177-6f34356b9b43/view
    https://www.worldanvil.com/community/voting/suggestion/571669c3-91f6-4f91-b2f3-fa653e041e10/view
    https://www.worldanvil.com/community/voting/suggestion/4516b669-bdc1-40d5-922b-13c2cce5d21c/view

  • +300

    by PhntmDrgn
    on 2024-09-26 01:19

  • -1

    by Michael Chandra
    on 2024-09-25 21:44
    Use tags and display a taglist?

  • +300

    by MasterMagnus
    on 2024-09-25 21:26
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