Category talk:Periodicals by subject
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Origanization in category hierarchy
[edit]The current (as of Feb 2014) category hierachy (excerpt shown below) is rather confusing:
- Category:Periodicals
- Category:Periodicals by topic <--- dispatches on topic/field
- Category:Periodicals about archaeology <--- see below
- Category:Periodicals about architecture
- Category:Periodicals about history <--- see below
- Category:Periodicals about religious studies <--- see below
- Category:Periodicals about science and technology
- Category:Scientific journals
- Category:Scientific journals by field <--- dispatches again on topic/field
- Category:Geological journals <--- geology considered more scientific than archaeology?
- Category:History journals <--- distinction from Category:Periodicals about history unclear
- Category:Periodicals about religious studies <--- appeared also in supercategory, probably due to confusing double dispatch
- Category:Scientific journals by field <--- dispatches again on topic/field
- Category:Scientific journals
- Category:Periodicals by topic <--- dispatches on topic/field
To avoid the confusion, I suggest to move the subcategories of Category:Scientific journals by field up into Category:Periodicals by topic:
- Category:Periodicals
- Category:Periodicals by topic <--- dispatches on topic/field
- Category:Periodicals about archaeology
- Category:Periodicals about architecture
- Category:Periodicals about history
- Category:History journals <--- to be merged with Category:Periodicals about history
- Category:Periodicals about science and technology
- Category:Geological journals
- Category:Periodicals about religious studies <--- now appears only once
- Category:Scientific journals <--- to be dissolved (e.g. join Category:Scientific journals by country into Category:Periodicals by country; however, reallocation of other subcategories may cause problems)
- Category:Scientific journals by field <--- to be deleted/redirected
- Category:Scientific journals <--- to be dissolved (e.g. join Category:Scientific journals by country into Category:Periodicals by country; however, reallocation of other subcategories may cause problems)
- Category:Periodicals by topic <--- dispatches on topic/field
The above suggestion is not yet mature. - Jochen Burghardt (talk) 22:41, 17 January 2015 (UTC)