Commons:Categories for discussion/2018/11/Category:Timing

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Category:Timing

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See also: Commons:Categories for discussion/2018/11/Category:Time diagrams.

Is Category:Timing redundant with Category:Timekeeping ? Themightyquill (talk) 09:56, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think they're the same. Timekeeping means keeping track of the normal advance of time. Timing can mean measuring how long something takes, such as a race. It can also refer to other things; in fact en:Timing is a disambiguation page.
On a related note, I think the clock-related subcats under Category:Electronic timing probably belong elsewhere. --Auntof6 (talk) 12:06, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Are you saying "timekeeping" means tracking at what time (of day) things happened, while "timing" means how long (duration) things take? I'd say the difference is pretty slim in practice. But then Category:Stopwatches should be in Category:Timing not Category:Timekeeping? - Themightyquill (talk) 13:30, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not exactly. Timekeeping is keeping track of what time it is. The Wiktionary definition is "the measurement of time, or determining what the local time is". It doesn't have anything to do with events. I agree about stopwatches, because they don't know the time of day. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:34, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6: I see that would be a clear way to divide things, but it doesn't match with the text at en:Timekeeper, which seems to include both definitions (e.g. "time remaining during events such as sports matches" and en:Time clock.) Maybe moving Category:Timing to Category:Duration or something similar would make sense? - Themightyquill (talk) 22:54, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I'd agree Time is more general (about for example how long something is or the time between 2 dates etc) while Timekeeping is something we do, for example, by saying that its 10 O'clock or not being lake for something. Timing is generally when something happens or keeping track of how long something takes etc. So yes Timekeeping and Timing should be a sub category of Time. Crouch, Swale (talk) 13:14, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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