Commons:Categories for discussion/2024/08/Category:Historic sites
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What comes under this category can be subjective. This category is similar to the now-deprecated Category:Historical images (see Commons:Categories for discussion/2019/09/Category:Historical images). Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 07:10, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- You mean the images people add can be subjective or that actual subcategories? I don't think there is a link to "Historical images". Enhancing999 (talk) 09:55, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Enhancing999 People will categorize whatever they consider a "historic site" under this category, which can be files or subcats. This category should be replaced with Category:Archaeological sites, Category:Cultural heritage monuments or similar, which are indeed officially designated as "historical". Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 11:42, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- So you are saying the images can be problematic, not the subcategories of this category as such. Thanks for the clarification. Yes. it happens that people have subjective interpretations of categories. Enhancing999 (talk) 11:45, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Enhancing999 People will categorize whatever they consider a "historic site" under this category, which can be files or subcats. This category should be replaced with Category:Archaeological sites, Category:Cultural heritage monuments or similar, which are indeed officially designated as "historical". Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 11:42, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- What is the intended use of this category? At the very least some sort of definition as a hatnote seems needed. At least it should be restricted to things declared "historic" by some government or official agency. Examples include Category:World Heritage Sites and the USA's Category:National Register of Historic Places. I note that while the second is in a subcategory here, the first is not. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:11, 9 August 2024 (UTC)