> 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 >
The current situation is helpful to the searcher as they need not figure out, or guess, which Wikipedia has chosen to designate the category. Fred _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
