Commons:Categories for discussion/2024/03/Category:Plantae
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Wouldn't it be good to merge this with Category:Plants? The latter is the more common term and seems far better maintained/populated with the two essentially being about the same thing (see Plant taxonomy and Plant).
Despite of this, the former is linked from the main page and contains e.g. Category:Plantae in art with barely anything in it while Category:Plants in art (not a subcat) is well-populated. Merging should be done in a good way if it indeed does make sense (if not things like the need for an additional cat, the difference to the other cat, and the missing media/subcats should be addressed). Prototyperspective (talk) 11:17, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Prototyperspective: I'm late by seven months. Anyway, I support downmerging Category:Plantae to Category:Plants, as they cover basically the same kingdom, with "plants" being a common name for end users. Same for Category:Animalia versus Category:Animals. Category:Equus caballus (scientific name) already redirects to Category:Horses (common name). However, Category:Cats is a dab page, with Category:Felis silvestris catus being the category for what we commonly call as "cats". Category:Tigers and Category:Lions are redirects to Category:Panthera tigris and Category:Panthera leo respectively, which should be reversed. Same for Category:Leopards, Category:Cheetahs, Category:Walrus, Category:Sharks and so on. COM:CAT says, "Category names should generally be in English. However, there are exceptions such as some proper names, biological taxa and names for which the non-English name is most commonly used in the English language." Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 17:03, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Prototyperspective: I've tagged Category:Plants, Category:Aves/Category:Birds, Category:Animalia/Category:Animals, and Category:Mammalia/Category:Mammals for this. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 12:25, 6 November 2024 (UTC)