Category talk:Mirror effect
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Reviewed some stuff in relation to this topic and ended in confusion, myself, in respect to this category.
Generally, Commons makes a clear distinction between photos of genuine optical reflection and images (of any nature) which underwent geometric reflection after their creation (for whatever cause). This category appears to contain a mix of photos of reflections with photoshopping. The same for supercategories: both physical reflection (indirectly) and Photographic effects. Although physical reflection can, arguably, be one of ways to perform Image manipulation, the category at least needs some definition of scope. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 09:15, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- Agreed. The scope of Category:Mirror effect is not specificed, but could easily be. I'm not sure about defining the potential scope of Category:Mirroring. When does reflection become mirroring? Could the contents of Category:Mirroring simply be upmerged to Category:Reflection? - Themightyquill (talk) 10:50, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- Not really. Mirroring logos and Mirroring letters are Benzoyl’s produce about geometric reflection and are, in essence, both about the same thing (see also my recent creation Flipped or flopped inscriptions for the case where the properly oriented original is not visible). This has very little to do with physics. On the other hand, many stuff from Mirrors ought to be moved to Reflections in mirrors, the latter must be (and is) a subcategory for Reflections on objects. The situation in Mirror glasses is similar except there is no subcategory for such reflections. Considering the question “when does reflection become mirroring” – IMHO where it has fidelity high enough to be useful as an image of the original object(s). Simply “mirrors” are just a kind of objects and their relation to Category:Reflections in oblique, but they are tools (like many other tools) to produce high-fidelity reflections. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 13:40, 30 January 2018 (UTC)