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Wiktionary:Votes/2011-07/Categories of names
5 Jul 2011, 7:27 pm
Categories of names: | ← Older revision | Revision as of 18:27, 5 July 2011 | | Line 19: | Line 19: | | | *# Deleting all old categories that would be redundant to the categories created through this voting: [[:Category:Continents]], [[:Category:fr:Continents]], [[:Category:Countries]], [[:Category:fr:Countries]], etc. | | *# Deleting all old categories that would be redundant to the categories created through this voting: [[:Category:Continents]], [[:Category:fr:Continents]], [[:Category:Countries]], [[:Category:fr:Countries]], etc. | | | * Rationale A: A category named "Category:English names of stars" can contain only proper nouns such as ''Sun'' and ''Aldebaran''. On the other hand, the purposes of categories named "Category:Stars" and "Category:en:Stars" are very understandable, but arguably inaccurate to some extent; the English version can possibly contain ''red giant'', ''supernova'', and even ''starlight'' as well. "Category:Planets", which is ''not'' formally listed in this voting, contains common and proper nouns: [[extrasolar planet]], [[ice giant]], [[Earth]], [[Jupiter]], etc. | | * Rationale A: A category named "Category:English names of stars" can contain only proper nouns such as ''Sun'' and ''Aldebaran''. On the other hand, the purposes of categories named "Category:Stars" and "Category:en:Stars" are very understandable, but arguably inaccurate to some extent; the English version can possibly contain ''red giant'', ''supernova'', and even ''starlight'' as well. "Category:Planets", which is ''not'' formally listed in this voting, contains common and proper nouns: [[extrasolar planet]], [[ice giant]], [[Earth]], [[Jupiter]], etc. | | - | * Rationale B: People are, by default, not expected to know language codes. The proposed names use plain English, that is easier and more intuitive to understand. | + | * Rationale B: People are, by default, not expected to know language codes. The proposed names use plain English. | | | * Rationale C: The proposed names are in line with the existence of [[:Category:English surnames]] and [[:Category:English male given names]] which are codeless, and contains proper nouns, as well. | | * Rationale C: The proposed names are in line with the existence of [[:Category:English surnames]] and [[:Category:English male given names]] which are codeless, and contains proper nouns, as well. | | | | | | |
