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Categories edit
Hi there Omni Scientia (I like your user name, even if it's not perfect Latin). I noticed that you're deleting categories from several people while you're adding the Category:Giftedness category. Is there any reason why you're doing this? Thanks! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 19:51, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
- 'What is wrong with it?'
- 'Yes. I created or edited several biographies of gifted people but I didn't include the categories. I was warned about that and am now fixing it. I also deleted some categories that seemed a bit useless to me.' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omni Scientia (talk • contribs) 20:07, 24 December 2007
- The adjective should agree with the noun, in this case Omnia Scientia, if I'm not mistaken (it's been twenty years since I took Latin!). Anyways, those "useless" categories are usually there for a good reason and shouldn't be deleted without discussion. By the way, you shouldn't edit into other's comments, it makes it difficult to keep track of a conversation- this isn't email- in those occasions where a quote is needed, just copy it into your own note. Cheers! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 20:33, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the Latin class. I don't see a good reason to put someone under a category like "American People". Who would look for American People in wikipedia? It seems too wide and vague. Anyway, if make an unwise change someone else is likely to repair it. I will avoid writing into other's quote. I had never wrote to someone in Wikipedia before.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Omni Scientia (talk • contribs) 20:41, 24 December 2007
- Sorry if I sounded didactic about the Latin, I was just trying to be friendly- but I sometimes put my foot in my mouth when doing so... You are right about Category:American people typically being too wide for someone to be filed under. The category is needed for the category tree, but most people should be listed in a sub-category of that category, such as Category:American feminists for one example. In fact, if you check out the category it has a note basically saying this same thing! Instead of just removing an article from such a category, you should attempt to properly sub-categorize it instead. Also you should use the edit summary line under the edit box to explain what you're doing to us other editors. By the way, to add your signature to your notes on talk pages, just type four tildes (
~~~~) after your message and the software will automatically add a signature to your note. Happy editing! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 20:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
A few other notes and suggestions:
- Under no circumstances remove the categories for birth/death years, or Category:Living people (when applicable). All biography entries should have those.
- Do not add Category:Biography to articles that are not actually about the literary genre of biography, but just happen to be biographies of people.
- Use Category:Giftedness sparingly: it can be safely assumed that virtually all notable researchers/scientists/chess grandmasters/etc. are significantly gifted, so there's no need to tag them all individually. Also, since giftedness is much more a matter of opinion than someone's birth date or profession, it is very important that the article include reliable sources documenting that the person is indeed unusually gifted even within their category.
In general, for categorization, try to emulate the style of other prominent biography articles as closely as possible, to help ensure consistency across all Wikipedia articles. Thanks, Hqb (talk) 21:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Elipongo, you don't have to apologize for that. I wasn't being sarcastic.
Hqb, I didn't know these rules. I will try to follow them. Now I noticed the category Biography is different of what I supposed. I included the category Giftedness only for some people whose IQ has been reported to be over 175. Even Nobel Prize winners and Chess National Champions have IQs around 160 in average.
Omni Scientia (talk) 21:24, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
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AfD nomination of Petri Widsten edit
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