Commons:Categories for discussion/2018/04/Category:Hamlet
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DAB to Category:Hamlet (play) or Category:The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, there are images that are not for this, there are individual places and other things called "hamlet" and there is the small settlements, even though that cat is at Category:Hamlets it appears to be collecting things for that or at least could. Crouch, Swale (talk) 10:05, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
- Since there are other places called Hamlet, I'd support converting it into a dab page, and move play related content to Category:Hamlet (play). - Themightyquill (talk) 10:03, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose move. Everyone in the world calls the play Hamlet. The fact that a relatively few other things have the word "Hamlet" in them doesn't warrant moving: Should we also rename Category:Africa and all of its subcategories because an unincorporated community in Ohio and a boat share the name, and a tiny fraction of illiterate people might get confused? Hamlet singular should stay for the play, "Hamlets" plural should remain at Category:Hamlets. Dabification should not be the default response to any two concepts with a shared name: primary usage should also be considered. --Animalparty (talk) 19:27, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- Disambiguation is not always the case when there are 2 or more ambiguous topics but its often the case, see Category:Perth, Category:Bedford and Category:Ford for example. As noted there were incorrect images in the category. Crouch, Swale (talk) 06:37, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Crouch, Swale: Incorrect categorization requires mere moving to correct category (Commons will always need curation, in spite of our most valiant efforts). Please then propose moving Category:Earth, because from the name alone I can't tell whether it refers to the famous American band or the well-known 1930 Soviet propaganda film or my favorite city in Texas or another word for soil or one of eight planets in an arbitrary solar system in the Milky Way. --Animalparty (talk) 02:30, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Animalparty: given the soil, the planet should probably be moved to (feel free to propose that) but its not like Category:Paris or Category:London because like Category:Mercury, Category:Orange and Category:Perth there are 2 prominent topics called "Hamlet" and while the play may be better known today the settlement type has more long-term significance. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:51, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Crouch, Swale: Incorrect categorization requires mere moving to correct category (Commons will always need curation, in spite of our most valiant efforts). Please then propose moving Category:Earth, because from the name alone I can't tell whether it refers to the famous American band or the well-known 1930 Soviet propaganda film or my favorite city in Texas or another word for soil or one of eight planets in an arbitrary solar system in the Milky Way. --Animalparty (talk) 02:30, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose move per Animalparty, and per the arguments presented when the nominator made the same proposal at enwp. --Xover (talk) 18:48, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
- Weak oppose DAB. Since category names for things are plural here on Commons, I find "Hamlets" to be sufficiently distinct. Additionally, there shouldn't be many images getting directly categorized into Category:Hamlets that might accidentally end up here. – BMacZero (🗩) 04:12, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
Obvious consensus to keep this category as it is. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 06:51, 18 June 2024 (UTC)