Category talk:Periodicals by subject

Origanization in category hierarchy

The current (as of Feb 2014) category hierachy (excerpt shown below) is rather confusing:

• Category:Periodicals
  • Category:Periodicals by topic           <--- dispatches on topic/field
    • Category:Periodicals about archaeology           <--- see below
    • Category:Periodicals about architecture
    • Category:Periodicals about history           <--- see below
    • Category:Periodicals about religious studies           <--- see below
    • Category:Periodicals about science and technology
      • Category:Scientific journals
        • Category:Scientific journals by field           <--- dispatches again on topic/field
          • Category:Geological journals           <--- geology considered more scientific than archaeology‎?
          • Category:History journals           <--- distinction from Category:Periodicals about history unclear
          • Category:Periodicals about religious studies           <--- appeared also in supercategory, probably due to confusing double dispatch

To avoid the confusion, I suggest to move the subcategories of Category:Scientific journals by field up into Category:Periodicals by topic:

• Category:Periodicals
  • Category:Periodicals by topic           <--- dispatches on topic/field
    • Category:Periodicals about archaeology
    • Category:Periodicals about architecture
    • Category:Periodicals about history
    • Category:History journals           <--- to be merged with Category:Periodicals about history
    • Category:Periodicals about science and technology
    • Category:Geological journals
    • Category:Periodicals about religious studies           <--- now appears only once
      • Category:Scientific journals           <--- to be dissolved (e.g. join Category:Scientific journals by country into Category:Periodicals by country; however, reallocation of other subcategories may cause problems)
        • Category:Scientific journals by field           <--- to be deleted/redirected

The above suggestion is not yet mature. - Jochen Burghardt (talk) 22:41, 17 January 2015 (UTC)