Category Decisions Ledger
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Category decisions

Document a category decision for the next editor

A practical guide for the directory categorisation editor, focused on one public listing decision.

Compare the category definition with the current principal activity and document the fit.

A directory categorisation editor working on “Document a category decision for the next editor” needs a clear boundary between a supported correction and an assumption. The useful result is a public detail that can be explained from current offering and available directory taxonomy, together with a note of anything that remains unresolved.

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What matters for category decisions

For this task, select the closest supported category for the main activity and record why a broader label was chosen if the exact speciality is unavailable. The immediate aim is to document a category decision for the next editor; expanding the review to unrelated fields makes it harder to see whether this correction was justified. Identify the exact public wording or stored value before deciding what to replace.

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Prepare the directory categorisation editor’s evidence

Gather current offering and available directory taxonomy and identify which part supports “Document a category decision for the next editor”. Keep the source value, the proposed public version and the person responsible for confirmation distinguishable. Secondary activities need their own evidence; category space is not an invitation to list every related trade. If the supplied material does not establish the affected detail, retain that question rather than filling it with a plausible guess.

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The mistake to look for

For “Document a category decision for the next editor”, consider this hypothetical review: a hypothetical repair workshop also sells a few accessories. That occasional activity does not by itself establish that a broad retail category describes its main business. The example illustrates a decision risk, not a verified business record. For the directory categorisation editor, the important comparison is between the intended meaning and the impression created by the current listing.

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Make a bounded correction

The correction for “Document a category decision for the next editor” should change only the unsupported or misleading part. Compare the category definition with the current principal activity and document the fit. Keep any operating limitation beside the detail it qualifies. If the platform cannot represent the distinction in its structured fields, use a concise explanatory note where supported instead of inventing a field value.

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Check the public result

After the edit, revisit the public record used for category decisions and read it from a first-time visitor’s perspective. Compare it with current offering and available directory taxonomy; also check that saving or exporting has not shortened, reformatted or displaced the important detail. Record what is visible now and what still requires a separate check. Completion of “Document a category decision for the next editor” means the specific correction can be demonstrated, rather than merely that an edit was submitted.

Before marking this task complete

  • Is the purpose of “Document a category decision for the next editor” clear in the published result?
  • Does the affected detail agree with current offering and available directory taxonomy?
  • Has the directory categorisation editor retained unresolved questions separately from approved wording?
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