Category talk:Limbs

RFM discussion: May 2017–September 2023

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Category:Limbs

Apparently this is not a set category, despite its name seeming like one. User:Smuconlaw apparently intended it to be about things related to limbs. I think it should be renamed to more clearly reflect that. —CodeCat 17:35, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

What is a "set category"? — SMUconlaw (talk) 17:36, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

A category that contains items belonging to a particular set. See Category:List of sets. A characteristic of set categories is that they have plural names. —CodeCat 17:37, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Hmmm, I'm not sure what it's supposed to be. I was just following the example of other categories under "Category:Body" such as "Category:Buttocks", "Category:Face", "Category:Muscles", "Category:Organ systems", "Category:Skeleton", "Category:Skin", and "Category:Teeth". — SMUconlaw (talk) 17:44, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

I'm currently working with User:-sche on a more permanent solution to issues like this. —CodeCat 19:00, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

OK, thanks. — SMUconlaw (talk) 22:10, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Has this been resolved? - excarnateSojourner (talk | contrib) 23:17, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

@Rua (CodeCat), @-sche Do you have any idea if this was ever resolved? — excarnateSojourner (talk · contrib) 04:03, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't think the issue of how to distinguish set and topic categories has been resolved yet (the basic idea was that they need some more distinct naming convention than just "set categories are plural": something like "Category:en:Set:Foobar" vs "Category:en:Topic:Foobar" or something). However, looking at the contents of this category and the "Muscles" category, it looks like the issue of what should be in a category named "Limbs" (or "Muscles") was resolved by changing its contents to being a "set" category...? - -sche (discuss) 18:04, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

I'm going to archive this as being either stale or resolved (the category currently seems to contain entries of the sort other categories named in this way do). - -sche (discuss) 05:31, 7 September 2023 (UTC)