This should be on wikien-l instead of foundation-l I guess, 2011/6/21, Rui Correia <[email protected]>: > 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 >
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