Hi I know I am in the wrong place for this. Normally this kind of thing would/ should go on the "discuss" pages, but category discuss pages don't attract much attention.
If you consult Categories: Sailors/ Navigators/ Explorers, you will see that quite a number of people are listed in these arguably (or not) overlapping categories for the same activity/ feat/ achievement. To put it into perspective, it makes sense to list a person in the categories of [[poet]], [[playwright]], etc, but in each of these categories such people would be different 'personae', with different works that make them merit being classified a poet or a playwright. On the other hand, to list - for example - Henry the Navigator/ Captain Cook as [[sailor]], [[navigator]], [[explorer]] looks odd as the activity undertaken to merit being given that title is only one. This is like calling a farmer a tiller/ sower/ weeder/ harvester/ etc. Generally, there is a problem with Categories, as many were created without any regard to hierarchy - we have examples of names that appear under "British explorers" or "15th century explorers", but then they are not listed under "explorers". Any ideas? Best regards, Rui -- _________________________ Mobile Number in Namibia +264 81 445 1308 Número de Telemóvel na Namíbia +264 81 445 1308 I am away from Johannesburg - you cannot contact me on my South African numbers Estou fora de Joanesburgo - não poderá entrar em contacto comigo através dos meus números sul-africanos Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Consultant Angola Liaison Consultant _______________ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
