Continue categorization scheme. Identify categories which turn out to have significant overlap, and combine them (like Category:Essays identifying problems and Category:Essays proposing solutions).
Categorize every essay (over 1000).
Get Project Banner Active, then apply it to all essay talk pages. As of 2010, Done Now maintenance is key...
Decide on an essay quality scheme, or decide not to assess essay quality. Done[citation needed]
Decide on an essay importance scheme (one has been proposed on the project talk page), or decide not to assess essay importance. Done