Category talk:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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Category:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird[edit]
This aircraft is named inconsistently in different categories, sometimes "Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird", "Lockheed SR-71", or "SR-71 Blackbird". We should standardize on one of these for all Commons categories. Josh (talk) 21:03, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
| Proposal A | ||||
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 | Category:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird | Move to/Rename as | Category:SR-71 Blackbird | |
 | This will rename the parent category to match the majority of sub-categories. "SR-71 Blackbird" is plenty sufficient to uniquely identify this aircraft so no further disambiguation is required. However, either way we should standardize on one format for this aircraft's name. | |||
 | Josh (talk) 08:04, 9 October 2019 (UTC) | |||
| Proposal B | ||||
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| Category:SR-71 Blackbird by location | Move to/Rename as | Category:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird by location | |
| This proposal would change all of the sub-categories of Category:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird to match the name of the parent category.
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| Josh (talk) 05:26, 9 November 2019 (UTC) | |||
- Oppose dropping the manufacturer name from the category. Military aircraft parent categories are almost universally named using the format "<Company> <Identifier Number> <Name>". They also frequently seem to drop the company name for subcategories. Perhaps that inconsistency isn't ideal, but you should be aware that it's a very widely used scheme. – BMacZero (🗩) 18:52, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- @BMacZero: I think that is fine for aircraft with only one manufacturer to include them in the name. I understand that the dropping of manufacturer names for subcats is frequently though not universally done, but that is no reason to keep doing things wrong. I'm all for a short and concise name for categories, hence my initial proposal, but more important is to name things consistently. If a subject main cat is "Category:Abc Xyz", other cats referring to the subject should call it "Abc Xyz", not arbitrarily shorten it to "Abc" or "Xyz" or even make it "Abc Lmn Xyz". Using a different name should be reserved for indicating a different set, not just laziness or shorthand. Josh (talk) 05:26, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
- Strong
Oppose no reason to remove the manufacturer from the category. Align the subcategories with the given parent naming scheme.--AVIA BavARia (talk) 15:51, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
@BMacZero and AVIA BavARia: Closed (consensus for Proposal B: In cases where there is clearly a single manufacturer that is appropriate to apply to an aircraft name, that manufacturer name should be included as part of the category name. Sub-categories should reflect this as well for vertical consistency in the schema.) Josh (talk) 00:57, 4 January 2020 (UTC)