Category talk:Fantasy novel series

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Category is misnamed

The merger was a good idea, but the wrong title was retained. "Fantasy novels by series" is, obviously, a good name for a category containing novels. "Series of fantasy novels" is, obviously, a good name for a category containing series. This category is misnamed. Wareh 21:00, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Two points:

The use of the word "by" is standard in Wikipedia categories. See e.g. Category:People by occupation and nationality.
There used to be separate categories for articles on the series, and for sub-categories containing articles on the novels for each series. There was a consensus at WP:CFD to merge them here.

- Fayenatic (talk) 09:09, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know a proper procedure was followed, but the result is still questionable. Your example, Category:People by occupation and nationality, contains categories containing articles about people. But this category contains articles on series, not novels. So it actually supports my claim. The important point is that the entire book-series category structure is a mess. Before people can bring all the genre-series under some kind of uniform system, their categories have to be rationally named. I'd just like to create a record of the issue here, for when the disorder is finally tackled. Wareh 17:07, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this category is improperly named. Fayenatic, I realize what you're saying, but categories containing "by" are used to contain other categories—i.e., Category:Novels by genre is, as named, used to categorize novels by their genres, and contains sub-categories. (It's a bit confusing to fully explain.) This category should be named Category:Series of fantasy novels or, perhaps, Category:Fantasy novel series (to go with Category:Novel series). I would rename this category myself, but I'm unsure of the proper process. Mr. Absurd (talk) 23:54, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, go for it. The process is explained step by step at WP:CFD. It comes with practice - can you be bothered? if it's not something you expect you'd ever do again, let me know and I'll do it for you. - Fayenatic (talk) 07:46, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's been done. I wasn't sure if it should be a speedy rename or not, but I saw no reason why it shouldn't be — we already have a precedent with Category:Crime novel series. Mr. Absurd (talk) 19:48, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]