Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category:List of stars
The following discussion comes from Wikipedia:Categories for deletion. The result was to delete the category, placing articles in more specific sub-categories of Category:Stars.
Same reasons as Category:List of galaxies below. -Sean Curtin 00:35, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
- Seems that the {{cfd}} template was left off the page. Does the clock start from now, as I just added it? 132.205.15.43 05:16, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I hope you can subcategorize stars, because there are not enough at the moment, and it really does clutter the main stars page alot. Try Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomical objects#Category:Stars. 132.205.15.43 00:48, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- How about a rename to Category:Stars by designation (or Category:Stars by name) ? 132.205.15.43 00:50, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Not sure. See the discussion at Category:Weapons by name, below. JYolkowski 21:42, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Category talk:Stars#Category: List of stars
- Delete and move contents to sub-categories of Category:Stars. - SimonP 02:35, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
- aside from there being no subcategories to subcategorize with...
- I just created some subcats, but not enough. Do note, that stars would go under multiple subcategories: spectral type, constellation, location on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, and several others (ie. Neutron star). Not as neat as galactic classification. You'll have to come up with a categorization policy, if my newly created subcats aren't up to snuff. 132.205.15.43 04:34, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I think that would be a wise move. IRude 09:01, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I just created some subcats, but not enough. Do note, that stars would go under multiple subcategories: spectral type, constellation, location on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, and several others (ie. Neutron star). Not as neat as galactic classification. You'll have to come up with a categorization policy, if my newly created subcats aren't up to snuff. 132.205.15.43 04:34, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- aside from there being no subcategories to subcategorize with...
- Delete and subcategorize contents under Category:Stars. --David Iberri | Talk 06:18, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
- Delete, categories are not lists. As well, we should probably consider cleaning up Category:Stars, as most of the things in there are not stars. JYolkowski 21:42, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- They seem to be stars, agglomerations of stars or information about stars 132.205.15.43 02:56, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Seems that the {{cfd}} template was left off the page. Does the clock start from now, as I just added it? 132.205.15.43 05:16, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Sure, but delete it anyway. We don't do generally do categories "by name" (it's redundant—categories are inherently "by name") or as lists. Lists should be presented as lists. If the articles in this category were lists, it should be renamed "Lists of stars". But they're not, so they should fit into appropriate sub-categories of Category:Stars. If this results in too much clutter, then that means the sub-categories need work, not that they should go in this category instead. -Aranel ("Sarah") 05:26, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Move the articles and categories that are about specific stars to the Category:Star and put the ones that are about stars in general in the Category:Stars or something. At least some subcategory somewhere should have ALL stars and ONLY stars in it, right? Pedant 00:45, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)
- That was part of my reasoning, but apparently not according to most people voting. 132.205.15.43 04:22, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- So, voters, can you guys also help with Star Categorization policy at the WikiProject page? 132.205.15.43 04:22, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)