Category talk:Mathematicians of the Islamic Golden Age

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Category:Medieval Islamic civilization Physicians

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Is the civilization necessary? Wouldn't a logical combination of Category:Medieval Islamic medicine and Category:Medieval physicians be Category:Medieval Islamic physicians? Themightyquill (talk) 09:56, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Civilization" shouldn't be needed, unless we need to separate Medieval Islamic physicians who were from uncivilized places. ;) Also, "physicians" should be in lower case. --Auntof6 (talk) 10:12, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
If changed, it would be understood as Islamic physicians of middle ages. They were not Muslims all. A lot were Christians (from different groups), Jews, some were "Magus", or from Indians faiths as Mennkah of Bagdad, I am not sure may be Hindus. What brought them all together was the Islamic civilization not the Islamic faith. I think Auntof6 could not understand the difference. It does not mean civilized in front of uncivilized, it means Islamic civilization. --Ashashyou (talk) 15:20, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Ashashyou: Perhaps you didn't notice the "smilie" in Auntof6's comment. I'm not sure the confusion you worry about would happen, unless we use the term "Medieval Muslim physicians]] but Wikipedia uses en:Category:Physicians of medieval Islam. Perhaps we should do the same and make Category:Physicians of medieval Islam? - Themightyquill (talk) 07:09, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry i am not familier with smily's signs. I am not sure what choice is better. Why do not we leave it as it is?--Ashashyou (talk) 11:50, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Because it doesn't follow the category tree and it's mis-capitalized. - Themightyquill (talk) 15:41, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe it is needed. Islamic here doesn't just mean Muslim People = people who took Islam as a faith, but it also means who were Muslims by culture, and this includes all the Christian, Jewish, Buddist, Hindu..etc scholars who lived during the time of the Caliphate. Khalil Gibran and Mikha'il Na'ima, two of the best well known Arab Christains in their field (Poetry, Philosophy, and some History), explained this by saying: "Orient Nazaras (an Arabic term for christians) are Christians by faith, Muslims by Culture"--باسم (talk) 20:27, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but that's why we're using the word Islamic rather than Muslim. If we use the name Category:Physicians of medieval Islam there's little or no potential for confusion. - Themightyquill (talk) 08:30, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Let us hope to finish this discussion in the XXIst Century. We cannot live attached to Medieval Islam or less to Ancient Egypt. The caravan must move forwards... E4024 (talk) 14:35, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@E4024, Auntof6, باسم, and باسم: The base category is Category:Islamic Golden Age. Could we rename this (and possibly its peers) accordingly? Since the era (800-1500) fits within the Medieval Era (500-1500), they can still all be sub-categories. Category:Physicians of the Islamic Golden Age ? Category:Medicine of the Islamic Golden Age? - Themightyquill (talk) 07:37, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Themightyquill: yes I see no problem at all. In fact, the sugested new name fits much better. Best--باسم (talk) 13:09, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Themightyquill: you can execute your suggestions--Estopedist1 (talk) 22:35, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to "X of the Islamic Golden Age" -- Themightyquill (talk) 14:58, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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