Category talk:Elections by country by year
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Category:Elections by country by year[edit]
content in wrong cat. special:permalink/714025761#Category:Elections_by_country_by_year mistake to be corrected until the user understands the purpose. RZuo (talk) 22:05, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
- Hi, RZuo here pinged me towards this discussion, and in one thing they are correct: I have really NO idea what this supposed mistake is about. Please elucidate me: Which mistake and how is it to be corrected? --Enyavar (talk) 22:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Enyavar: I think it should be named Category:Elections by year by country. The part that is different among the subcategories goes last. I think we have other categories with the same wrong naming. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:09, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
- Hm. The subcategories are "Elections in <country> by year", so having the same order in the parent category seemed only logical to me. Is there a rule about such a naming principle? --Enyavar (talk) 19:36, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Enyavar: That is understandable (I've made the same mistake). The principle is that an index category (by 'x') is a category for content about a topic ordered by a sort criteria, and the name should be in the format "'topic' by 'sort criteria'". In the case of double indices such as this one, the contents are categories of "Elections in country by year", which makes "country" the sort criteria and "elections by year" the topic that is sub-categorized. Thus "Elections by year by country" is the appropriate name as "by sort criteria" should always be the final phrase in the name. I hope I didn't just muddy it up worse with that explanation, so happy to clarify if needed. Josh (talk) 22:44, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
- Hm. The subcategories are "Elections in <country> by year", so having the same order in the parent category seemed only logical to me. Is there a rule about such a naming principle? --Enyavar (talk) 19:36, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Enyavar: I think it should be named Category:Elections by year by country. The part that is different among the subcategories goes last. I think we have other categories with the same wrong naming. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:09, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
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Rename Category:Elections by country by year to Category:Elections by year by country per "topic by sort criteria" standard. Josh (talk) 22:44, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
- Additionally, once current contents are moved to Category:Elections by year by country,
Keep Category:Elections by country by year for correct content: "Year elections by country" categories (e.g. Category:2019 elections by country). Josh (talk) 22:48, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@RZuo: @Enyavar: @Joshbaumgartner: I solved the issue, now category has listed years (as it should be), while countries are listed in new category Elections by year by country. Josh, you can close discussion. :) --Orijentolog (talk) 00:14, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
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