Talk:Gibson (guitar company)/Archives/2019

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@John Prattley: Shouldn't the categories:

be removed from the article because they are on Category:Gibson Guitar Corporation, which is on the article. Also, shouldn't the other categories:

be moved to Category:Gibson Guitar Corporation as well? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 19:29, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

@AlanM1: I'm new to the use of categories but if we do what you propose that users will only become aware of these categories if they click on the Category:Gibson Guitar Corporation. I think it is better to leave them where they are. I have no real interest in Gibson and only added to the article as I came across a lot of information on them in a book called Acoustic Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York: Chartwell Books. 2011. ISBN 978-0-7858-3571-4. the information in which I have been using to amend selected guitar company articles. As the Gibson article had plenty of information I didn't add it to the article. Therefore I only added the Category:Guitar manufacturing companies of the United States as I found it missing from it.

@John Prattley: That is, though, what I believe WP:SUBCAT and WP:DIFFUSE to say. Since the relevant categories are not marked as an exception, the article should not be in both a sub-category (Category:Gibson Guitar Corporation) and its parents (Category:Guitar manufacturing companies of the United States etc.). The alternative would be to remove Category:Gibson Guitar Corporation from all those parents, but that doesn't seem right. I recognize that you added just the one category – that was the edit I am questioning – but I noticed the others at the same time, so I mentioned them. Pinging @MarnetteD, who may be more familiar with the relevant concepts.

I have just found that Gibson is also missing from Category:Guitar manufacturing companies which seems to be to me a very important worldwide category. I will add it next. — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Prattley (talk • contribs) 21:09, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Both the article and Category:Gibson Guitar Corporation are already in Category:Guitar manufacturing companies of the United States, which is a sub-category of Category:Guitar manufacturing companies, so it they should not also be in that category per WP:SUBCAT. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 00:44, 7 March 2019 (UTC)