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Categorisation dispute[edit]

There is an ongoing dispute as to the purpose of this category. Since the category was created in 2006, it has had the guidance

"Many major British ports cannot be sorted by county, due to their being in multiple counties or
 change of boundaries. Such ports are sorted here."

on the category page. From what I can see of the history it seems to have been created as part of a rationalisation and restructure of the port related categories, particularly around the UK coasts. The guidance indicates to me that this category was intended to hold a rump of port articles which did not fit into the Category:Ports_and_harbours_of_England_by_county category tree because they were outside the county structure by being in metropolitan areas which bordered on multiple counties.

I'm not sure the naming convention used cannot be improved, but it is what it is. The purpose is to contain that particular rump. Prof.Haddock (talk · contribs) seems to disagree. He seems to feel that every port within a city should be included. But we already have a separate category tree Category:Port cities and towns in England to apply to those cities. What do YOU think? Atlas-maker (talk) 14:05, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion has been relocated to Wikipedia:Categorization/Noticeboard#Problem_with_editor_Special:Contributions.2FAtlas-maker Atlas-maker (talk) 12:29, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]