Category talk:Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Needed Categories:

Found nearly 2000 images in this category. The number of sub-categories barely covers the variety of topics. I thought I could pull the [[:Category:Aircraft at Joint Base Lewis-McChord‎]], images from this main category with little problem. Not the case. First, are Helicopters -> Aircraft? probably. Second, many of images aren't 'at' JBLM. They fall into the categories of 'from JBLM', but elsewhere; 'heading to JBLM' from another base for training; and those 'flying around JBLM' but not technically on base.

Next, there are probably half to two-thirds of the images being people. They're: family events, military ceremonies (awards, VIPs), outreach project (on and off base) , plus many trainings exercise and missions.

*Findings

** Category:Aircraft at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam has three sub-categories - 'Aircraft at . . . by Type', Aircraft on Final Approach', and 'Aircraft Take Offs'. Helicopters are included and images of aircraft on mission or flying around are in the general 'Aircraft at JBPH-H. Two other JB's had no aircraft images and this one didn't have aircraft from other stations noted.

** Category:People at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam has several categories - 'People at Battleship Missouri Memorial', 'Civilians at '; 'Families at '; 'Government Officials '; 'Military Personnel at '. Joint Base San Antonio did not have a people category, but only had 477 uncategorized images. Meanwhile Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst did not have a people category, but it had over 1800 uncategorized images. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson does not have a people category and it has over 2900 uncategorized images.

*Suggestions

**Add Helicopters to the 'Aircraft at' category. Leave all images of aircraft/helicopters in this one category regardless of where stationed and where the images physical location. I wouldn't add a sub-category: 'Helicopters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord' at this time.

**Create sub-categories in the Category:People at Joint Base Lewis-McChord as in the JBPH-H -> 'Families at'; 'Government Officials;' and 'Military Personnel at'. The last (Military Personnel) will be huge and could have a sub-category: 'Military Training Exercise at JBLM' and 'Military Ceremonies at JBLM'. But those could be a later date.

*Note: I'll clean up the Aircraft category, based on the recommendations. Chris Light (talk) 06:04, 17 August 2023 (UTC)