Quote - I understand it's a pain in the nether regions if staff have to clean things up but what's the point in having categories if they aren't being used properly?  And how about some way of enforcing them? ** IMO, they should form part of the Marketplace submission criteria. **

Exactly what I was thinking. But if that's already being done then you're kind of at the discretion of those who review submissions. If they do look at that as part of the process which more than likely they are I'm certainly sure and they find no fault in the product category placements then as some would say SOOL.

Although with there being soooo many vendors and sooooo many products it would be in someones best interest to actually stay on top of that to some extent as somewhat of a priority. Because as most know the only way you can stay on top of things is to visit here on a near daily to weekly basis (in conjunction with using wishlist) or the stuff will more than likely just get buried and lost in the nether regions for sure.

A really good example of how things can eventually get really bad would be deviantArt. I remember spending quite a number of hours years ago taking it upon myself to be a good samaritan and click one of the buttons to submit an image as being in the wrong category, of course when they still had those buttons. They eventually reduced the number of categories. People grumbled but it actually helped quite a bit especially for the volunteers who'd have to sift through an endless sea of convolutedness. Problem fixed. Or so one might hope. The reduction of categories forces the submitter to THINK a great deal more about where they're placing something which is a good thing definitely.

When you have a sea of endlessness, picking and choosing categories is part of the process of maximum exposure for people in many ways. Even IF the product doesn't really belong there it still fits the concept of the category naming scheme.

But what do I know.