Category talk:Ferry houses in the Netherlands

About categories added by Kreuz und quer

@Kreuz und quer: You added two categories I do not agree with:

1. Category:Caretakers' houses in the Netherlands; but a ferry house in the Netherlands is not a caretakers' house. The owner or renter of the ferry house does not need to live in it and is not a caretaker.
2. Category:Ferry terminals in the Netherlands; but a ferry house in the Netherlands does not need to be on a ferry terminal; there are ferries that serve several places. Ferry houses can be at intermediate moorings as well.

JopkeB (talk) 02:38, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

First a note on point 2: A ferry terminal need not be at the 'end' of the ferry's route. Any structure at an intermediate mooring for a ferry can be considered a ferry terminal. In this sense, 'terminal' refers only to the end of a particular segment of travel, much like an airport terminal may serve as a point of departure or an intermediate stop, not ony a final destination.

This might be a matter of mistranslation. Can you describe to me what a ferry house is in the Netherlands? In English, a ferry house is a house/structure where a) a caretaker of a ferry lives, and/or b) an inn where passengers on a ferry can stay before or after a ferry trip; historically, a ferry house often served both purposes. Kreuz und quer (talk) 17:10, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Kreuz und quer, for your reply.

Ferry on the Meuse river

1. In the Netherlands "Veerhuizen" are indoors waiting areas, often cafes, where passengers could wait for the ferry; and indeed (according to the NL-WP), you are right, they could also have the function of the ferryman's residence. But then I think the parent category should not be "Caretakers' houses", because in my opinion a ferryman is not a caretaker (someone who takes care of a cemetery, park, estate, school, or other building complex), but who runs and drives a ferry, he may even own the boat. I think it would be better to have Category:Houses in the Netherlands by inhabitants as the parent instead.
2. In the Netherlands many ferries do not moor on for instance a jetty or in a real port/harbour, but just at the beginning/end of a road at the other side of a river, see photo. Would that still be called a "ferry terminal"? (I am not at all an expert on boating, harbors, and so on, and not in English terminology as well, so I should rely on other Commonners for this kind of matters).

--JopkeB (talk) 07:05, 1 October 2022 (UTC)