Commons:Categories for discussion/2024/06/Category:Headdresses
What purpose does this category serve as a subcategory to Category:Headgear?
Does Category:Headdresses, defined as "elaborate coverings for the head, worn for ceremonial or ornamental purposes", provide any meaningful structure under Category:Headgear, or is it too vague?
- It's two topics in one ("ceremonial or ornamental"),
- it's not clear what qualifies as a headdress specifically,
- several of its subcategories don't seem to fit the definition,
- there is considerable topical overlap with Category:Ceremonial headgear, Category:Religious headgear and others.
Interwikiwise, other projects aren't too concerned with the topic of headdresses specifically. Other than the Commons category, headdress (Q28972621) only has two site links; everything else is at the umbrella term, headgear (Q14952). Wikipedia makes no distinction between headgear and headdress. Likewise, it seems like many Commons users have thought that the category name "Headdresses" refers to headgear in general.
Category:Headgear needs some decluttering, but once that is done, would it make sense to sort all headdress categories and images by function, location etc. in the headgear category, and then delete Category:Headdresses? Or, if the headdresses category should be kept, how can we define its purpose more clearly and help users sort content correctly?
Sinigh (talk) 18:57, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- I don't hold any strong opinion for keeping or losing this particular category; it's been here for about 17 years, though, so I'd only want to see it removed if that is part of a better-organized reworking of things people wear on their heads (and/or place on the heads of animals). - Jmabel ! talk 23:51, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- I think a merger into the main category would itself create a more intuitive category tree, but I'm no headdressologist. Sinigh (talk) 22:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)