Category talk:Kapos (concentration camp)

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Where there kapos outside of the Holocaust? I think a better name could be if not just Category:Kapos than Category:Concentration camp kapos per the main article (kapo (concentration camp). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:09, 17 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Nay on concentration camp - as kapos existed elsewhere - e.g. in extermination camps. Plain kapos... I don't think Super Mario's Koopa Troopa would be confusing, and per wiktionary this is the sole use in English for kapo with a k. However, there is the issue with the Italian "capo" ([1]) which is used in English - e.g. for mob boss. Furthermore, Kapo does list a whole lot of other meanings, including current Estonian police and Swiss Kantonspolizei. So as long as we have Kapo as a disambig, I don't think we should have the category using one particular historic meaning. Icewhiz (talk) 08:51, 17 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

extermination camp redirects to concentration camps, so for us it seems the are the same. And again, this is the disambig chosen for kapo (concentration camp) (to which I am not opposed if you'd like to rename it). My point is we should be consistent. PS. The discussion is moot as it seems another editor renamed this category already.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:09, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

@DagosNavy: - at present Kapo (and Kapos) is a disambig - listing multiple others - including present day Estonian Internal Security Service (KaPo) and Cantonal police (abbreviation of Kantonspolizei). Icewhiz (talk) 07:31, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Perhaps a WP:CFD discussion would be in order regarding the best name. That said, I think kapo is the most common name for that, and perhaps kapo disamgib and kapo cc article should be switched around. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:11, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

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