Category talk:Diagrams of footpath signs in Dresdner Heide

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Category:Diagrams of footpath signs in Dresdner Heide

Tuvalkin (talk · contribs) has indicated that this category should be categorized under Category:Symbols directly, but it is already in Category:Footpath signs in Dresdner Heide, which is a sub-category of Category:Symbols so it creates a COM:OVERCAT violation. I propose that it should remain under Category:Footpath signs in Dresdner Heide and not be duplicated directly in Category:Symbols. Josh (talk) 22:19, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

@Joshbaumgartner: As I can see, Category:Footpath signs in Dresdner Heide is not a direct subcategory of Category:Symbols. Generally, not all hiking and footpath signs are "symbols", but these signs are. --ŠJů (talk) 23:50, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

@ŠJů: You are correct that it is a long line of descent from Category:Symbols to Category:Footpath signs in Dresdner Heide but none-the-less, Category:Signs is a subclass of Category:Symbols, so yes, 'signs' are indeed a kind of 'symbol'. Josh (talk) 23:58, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Generally, two levels of symbolism can be reflected by two categorization lines to the root category of symbols. The first meaning is the directional instruction, the second one can be what the symbols represents (letters, digits, pictograms etc.). --ŠJů (talk) 00:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

• I  agree with the original post. I didn’t check carefully the parent cats when reverting. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 11:49, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

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@Tuvalkin and ŠJů: Closed (resolved; no further action) Josh (talk) 23:53, 17 December 2019 (UTC)