Category talk:Lifts

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Category:Lifts

Why does this category exist? What is the difference between "lifts" and "elevators"? The wiki.en entry says they are the same thing, in that case this should be a redirect to Elevators. Darwin ^Ahoy! 03:22, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

I don't think everything in the category would be called an elevator -- for example, ski lifts and cableways. I know that what's called an elevator in the US is called a lift in the UK, but I wonder if there's sometimes more of a distinction. FWIW, the "elevator" category is under a couple of categories that specify "vertical": maybe lifts can also have a horizontal aspect, as with ski lifts and cableways. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:10, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

@Auntof6: the contents of the "lifts" category seem to be very mixed and confused, at its current state, can you help sorting them out, so that the difference between both concepts is made more evident?-- Darwin ^Ahoy! 15:01, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

@DarwIn and Auntof6: I would propose we move all the content to Category:Vertical transport devices, and either redirect this there, or disambiguate. Category:Ski lifts and Category:Cableways are indeed not elevators, so they shouldn't be a (grand)child category of Category:Elevators. - Themightyquill (talk) 09:49, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Sounds fine to me. --Auntof6 (talk) 09:58, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Agreed, and would add that Category:Lifts itself can be a dab to help folks navigate these, since it has apparently become a dumping ground for all manner of lift. Josh (talk) 22:41, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

@Joshbaumgartner, Auntof6, and Themightyquill: Nothing against, please go ahead.-- Darwin ^Ahoy! 20:34, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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Convered to disambiguation page. - Themightyquill (talk) 10:17, 11 February 2020 (UTC)