Editing Dewey Decimal Classification (section)

=== Treatment of religion ===
The top-level class for religion heavily favors [[Christianity]], dedicating nearly all of the 200 division to it: the world's thousands of other religions were listed under the 290s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bpeck.com/references/ddc/ddc_mine200.htm|title=DDC – 200 – Religion|website=bpeck.com|access-date=2018-03-20|archive-date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316152154/http://bpeck.com/references/DDC/ddc_mine200.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> For example, Islam is under just DDC 297. The entire 200 section has remained largely unchanged since DDC 1, since restructuring would pose a significant amount of work for existing libraries. The motivation for this change is ideological rather than technical, as appending significant figures can add space as needed.{{sfnp|Olson|2002|p=22}}