I use wiktionary, wikipedia and free dictionary primarily, but I was lazy today. DDG integrates with Wordnik 
No, different subcategories per activity type is not the best way. Thereās several options to organize. Here are some that come to mind:
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āGovernanceā (sub?)category, with pinned Governance Log at the top, containing a wiki post with a table of entries and links to the relevant forum topic (can be anywhere on the forum).
- Topics under āGovernanceā can still be only Decisions, like they are now.
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āGovernanceā (sub?)category and topics below that relate a particular governance typeā¦ Decision, Proposal, Call to Action (whatever we decide on), indicated with a tag on the topic, so they are distinguishable and can be easily filtered.
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Governance topics can have a predefined topic template (add via category Settings), where the type is filled in, plus priority, etc. Instructions can be html comments (e.g. āstart topic title with Governance Type, and add corresponding tagā.
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If someone posts with Priority == High, then a mod or admin pins the topic to the top of the category for extra attention.
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