Category talk:Volcanology by country
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Subcategories are a mix of "of" and "in"...we should settle on one or the other. To start, I lean to "in" as most science/country categories use "in". Josh (talk) 06:19, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
- I think the closest analogy is Category:Geology by country, which is entirely "of". "Of" seems correct to me.. "in" would imply that the volcanologist would live or work in the country and study volcanoes anywhere. — hike395 (talk) 12:00, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Hike395: That's where I started from, but my concern is that science in general is categorized by country using "in" because it depicts the science being done within the country's borders. Scientists being subs of their disciplines add a wrinkle because you are correct that a scientist from Bulgaria is not necessarily going to be working inside Bulgaria. Theoretically, we should have scientists both categorized by both 'from' and 'in' relations (e.g. Scientists from Bulgaria in Hungary or some such), but we aren't there yet. For now, almost all scientists (~90%) use a 'from' relation to their country of origin, while most sciences (~70%) use an 'in' relation. Geology and some others on the other hand use 'of'.
- If we are going to go with "of" here on the grounds that a "scientists 'from' country" category can live under a "science 'of' country" category without issue, we should apply that logic to all disciplines in general. Josh (talk) 02:01, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- I wasn't making the argument that photographs of "scientists 'from' country" can live under a "science 'of' country" category. In fact, I think that photographs of scientists 'from' country should be in a separate tree, joining only at the science (volcanology) root. Photographs of "Volcanology of country X" are typically photographs of volcanoes of country X that illustrate some scientific point. Photographs of "Volcanologists in country X" are photographs of people who live or work in country X. Very different, and IMO shouldn't be mixed together. — hike395 (talk) 02:32, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
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| Actions | Use of for basic volcanology by country categories, more specific relationships can be fleshed out as subs if required | |||
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| Closed by | Josh (talk) 03:43, 9 December 2023 (UTC) | |||