Category talk:Hiking and footpath signs

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Category:Trail Markers, Category:Trail blazes and Category:Hiking and footpath signs[edit]

These 3 categories have too similar determination. It should be resolved, whether all three have rest and what have be their relations. --ŠJů (talk) 12:20, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Merge Trail blazes and trail markers; they're the same, pretty much. But they're both distinct from "hiking and footpath signs" as they merely indicate the presence and direction of the trail, whereas signage gives the name of the trail, distances to key points, and other information. Daniel Case (talk) 16:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    The hiking routes are signed only by painted signs (without the name and distances) in some areas, only by wooden or sheetmetal direction board in any others, and by both of them together in many areas – and by rod signs or by stone piles in mountains. Beside permanent „official“ signed routes are signs for single, temporary or ocassional use – in sand, by sticks dart etc. How have it be taken into account in the categorisation? --ŠJů (talk) 17:44, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge Agree with Daniel: merge markers and blazes into one cat (keeping second word of cat name in lower case), leave Hiking and footpath signs distinct. I'm not super knowledgeable about how wiki categories in general are organized and conceived--they often strike me as redundant, chaotic, or not well considered. At first glance, I think it would be a good idea to define each category on the category's page. I can't imagine I'm the first one to come up with the idea--maybe there's something I've missed that already covers that? --Eric my en.wp talk page 16:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge I created Category:Trail Markers a while back, and I have no problem with it being merged with Category:Trail blazes. It makes perfect sense to me. I do believe that the Hiking and footpath signs should remain a separate category though. --Jomegat (talk) 01:12, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge --Ardo Beltz (talk) 15:34, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. The redirected Category:Trail Markers have been moved now to Category:Trail markers (correct capitalisation). --Foroa (talk) 16:47, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Why this category and not category:tourist signs?--Juan de Vojníkov (talk) 07:42, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Juan- I think it's better to categorize the function of the sign rather than try to define the reader of the sign. For example, not all users of footpaths are tourists. The tourist signs category is much too general and vague anyway. If I were going to refine the "Hiking and footpath signs" category, I'd probably try to change it to something like "Hiking trail and footpath orientation signs". --Eric my en.wp talk page 14:48, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thx for explanation!--Juan de Vojníkov (talk) 21:16, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]