Category talk:Optical communications

Latest comment: 11 years ago by Srleffler in topic Proposed move to 'Optical telecommunications'

Proposed move to 'Optical telecommunications' edit

Communications is essentially devoted to the social sciences and this category is incorrectly named. If the move is uncontroversial, I will have the category renamed as 'Optical telecommunications'. This has already occurred with the topics main article, Optical telecommunications. HarryZilber (talk) 13:34, 6 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

I'm not sure I agree with this change. Not all optical communications is long-distance. Optical fiber is also used for short connections within buildings, for example. I disagree with the assertion that "communications" can only refer to the social sciences. The term has multiple meanings. If anything, the technological meaning is primary for "communications", used as a plural.--Srleffler (talk) 06:33, 8 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
As discussed at Talk:Optical telecommunication, the topic of optical communication is broader than that of optical telecommuncation. They are not the same thing.--Srleffler (talk) 03:04, 9 February 2013 (UTC)Reply