Category talk:Wikipedian amateur radio operators

Sub-category of Amateur radio

I'm not sure what is meant by mix-up, please explain why this is not a sub-category of amateur radio. --Dual Freq 12:10, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not the one who called it a mix-up, but I believe they meant that the categorizing of Wikipedians is not usually placed in the same category trees as main articles. CG janitor 13:09, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I am the one responsible for putting in the category. I am leaving it there as a marketing tool to get other hams to know about it. The category system is nice, but you have to know which categories are out there. There is a discussion at Talk:Amateur radio about how to approach the problem. Eventually the category will be removed from Amateur radio. Kd4ttc 18:06, 23 January 2006 (UTC) BTW, thanks for doing the subcategory edit. I was wondering how to do that! Kd4ttc

Context of this category

Something probably needs to be cleared up regarding the context of this category. If it is a category for bio's of people who are or were licensed hams then the name is fine. If this is a category for editors who are also ham operators then the title probably needs to be something like Wikipedian Amateur Radio Operators. This will fit in better with the user categorization project. --StuffOfInterest 18:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I initially wanted to get a category you could go to for the purpose of meeting individuals on Wikipedia who are Hams. I found later there was a Amateur Radio People category, but that was a little lame of a name. I coined Amateur Radio Operator, but that had a connotation of active and licensed which is a bit exclusionary. I did not envision SK's like Goldwater or Husseir in the list. They ought to be in a Famous Amateur Category. I am comfortable with whatever consensus develops. I think whatever is done should take advantage of the database functions on the Wiki so users just add a category or template and the list generation should then be automated. By the way, where does this discussion belong to get it all in one place? Steve Kd4ttc 22:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

This is as good of place as any to talk about it. My idea would be to rework this category to become the repository for article/bio entries. We can create a new category called Wikipedian Amateur Radio Operators, which fits the format for collection of Wikipedia editors. After that it will only take a few edits to the templates and maybe a couple of quick user page edits to get people in the right places. Oh, and I threw in Hussein and Goldwater as examples. Was trying to figure out a way to get their old call signs to list with their names but didn't have any luck there.

If nobody raises any serious objection in the next day or so I say we go ahead. As long as we have agreement on the naming the rest is just grunt work. Still, easier to do now before too many people get listed into the categories.

One more thing, I found the name Amateur Radio People a bit lame as well, sorry to the person who created it. It doesn't fit the usual form of category naming in any way or shape. Once we get the other categories stabilized I'll probably put in a categories for deletion entry to request that one be merged into the correct place. Last I checked there was only one user listed. --StuffOfInterest 22:28, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Just had another idea. We could rename Amateur Radio People over to Wikipedian Amateur Radio Operators. This will preserve any memberships in that old category and save from having to do cleanup work later. I'll drop a note to the person in that category and see if he would object. --StuffOfInterest 22:36, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

And yet another idea. We could just move this category to Wikipedian amateur radio operators (note the lower case to stick with WikiConvention), and leave the other category as is but move the article references here over to that one. Even not liking the name myself, it will work for now and if someone comes up with a better name it can be changed later. This would create the fewest redirect. *sigh* This is such a Monday. --StuffOfInterest 22:51, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

That one sounds fine, sorry for the subcat mix up. Maybe next time I'll read the instructions. I should probably change the Template:user amateur radio as well, let me know what to change it, otherwise this is going to get out of hand and a bunch of people are going to be in the wrong cat. --Dual Freq 23:22, 23 January 2006 (UTC)