Category talk:Men

Is there a category for individual men

Look at what the German wikipedia is doing:

• German Wikipedia's Category "Mann"

Is there currently a scheme in the English wikipedia to do this sort of thing? It seemed silly that they had a category for something as broad as "men" but when I read the rationale behind it, it actually seemed like a good idea. Being able to do searches based on categories is a very powerful thing. Cazort 19:47, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I did look at what German wikipedia was doing, and I was amazed. I then wondered why we do not something similar on the English wikipedia. I then posted this rather cryptic question on Wikipedia talk:Categorization#LargeCategoryTOC as in German wikipedia? The answer persuades me the reason we do not is social and not technical and I am pessimistic that the English wikipedia will have such a scheme. -84user (talk) 04:35, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Let's do this. Where do I need to go to put in my voice?

I read the discussion (now in Archive 10) and I am starting to be convinced that I like the German scheme better, and I would advocate for it in a discussion if need be. I agree that the super-specialized categories like "Polish Aviators" are overkill. Cazort (talk) 15:39, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Why on earth would we possibly ever want an undifferentiated category of aviators that offered no way for anybody to sort out the Polish ones? Bearcat (talk) 04:36, 2 July 2009 (UTC)