Commons:Categories for discussion/2017/02/Category:-

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Should be renamed to "minus signs" Andy Mabbett (talk) 13:37, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Safe to assume this applies equally to Category:+ ? - Themightyquill (talk) 14:14, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

I don't know. I agree that a rename would be good, but to me, minus and plus signs would include those used in math, and that doesn't seem to be the purpose of this category. Is there an official/technical term for when these signs are used as part of a symbol this way? How about "Minus signs used in symbols" or something similar? --Auntof6 (talk) 18:04, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Valid point, though most of the images don't exactly feature - either. They just include various Category:No entrance signs with a thick horizontal line in a circle. - Themightyquill (talk) 21:44, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

 Delete--47.151.26.64 02:19, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

 Delete category:- – U+002D is an inherently ambiguous character. Mixing stuff about arithmetic and orthography in one category isn’t a good idea. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 08:58, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

It's supposedly ambiguous, but so are straight horizontal lines. Where do you propose to put graphics of this symbol when it's not clear whether it's supposed to be a hyphen, minus, en-dash, or a symbol made by someone who doesn't care about the difference between any of those? --Closeapple (talk) 03:04, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

If an image is that ambiguous about symbols depicted, then the category should not suggest that it is something definite. I won’t object against Hyphen-minus for images intentionally depicting U+002D, such as the image at the left. Not so for images where «-» is ignorantly used as a substitute for «−» or anything else, and is subject to editing out in any time by typography nazis like myself. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 08:30, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

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Update: Misplaced "-" is now online. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 09:36, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Stale discussion. @Pigsonthewing, Themightyquill, Incnis Mrsi, and Closeapple: Although enwiki en:- is redirected to "hyphen-minus" (Commons equivalent Category:Hyphen-minuses), what about if we transform the nominated category into disambiguation page?--Estopedist1 (talk) 14:20, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

How about not, Category:Hyphen-minuses is obtuse as all get out and Commons categories don't need to follow enwiki exactly anyway. Nor should it in a lot of cases. This being one of the cases where it clearly shouldn't. --Adamant1 (talk) 16:55, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello, any consensus on this? Thank you so much for your time. Lotje (talk) 04:30, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

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This category discussion has been closed.
Consensus	?
Actions	Both categories for + and - have been redirected to "Plus signs" and "Minus signs" respectively.
Participants	Closeapple (talk · contribs) Incnis Mrsi (talk · contribs) Estopedist1 (talk · contribs) Lotje (talk · contribs) Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs)
Closed by	--Adamant1 (talk) 05:35, 29 June 2024 (UTC)