Category talk:Literary critics

Categories and sub-categories

I don't understand the way these categories work, particularly how the category "Literary crtics" relates to the sub-categories of literary critics by nationality.

Harold Bloom is not listed in the Literary critics category; he is listed on the American literary critics page. Similarly, according to these categories, Northrop Frye is a Canadian literary critic, but not a literary critic.

Samuel Johnson (the greatest critic of all time) is apparently not a literary critic, nor a British literary critic. He is an English literary critic.

Meanwhile, Hugh Kenner (a Canadian), is a literary critic but not a Canadian literary critic. Finally, Edmund Wilson, a giant among American critics, can be found in the main category but not on the list of Americans.

Can someone belong to multiple categories? If not, then is there a rule governing who gets shoved into one of the sub-categories and who doesn't? Or is it completely arbitrary? --The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 09:10, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

• Yeah, it beats me too. Where's Aristotle and Longinus. I think this category needs a thorough revamp. Too bad i donno how to do it. Learner10 (talk) 10:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I started a discussion on this topic here. The consensus seems to be to move everyone into a nationality cat and leave the main cat empty. I'll start doing that soon. Aristophanes68 (talk) 19:43, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

See WP:CATDIFFUSE.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  12:55, 28 January 2021 (UTC)