Category talk:Women's underpants
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Propose renaming to Category:Women's panties. I believe "panties" is the more common English word. Wikipedia uses "panties" ("knickers" redirects there). Other categories on Commons use "panties", like the subcategories of this one "Topless women wearing panties", "Women wearing crop tops and panties", and "Women with white panties". I moved the category but my change was reverted. World's Lamest Critic (talk) 04:08, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- Support standardizing names, with redirects from alternate names. You make a good case for "panties", so I'd be fine with that. Further, if the other user undid your change via straight edits, as opposed to doing an actual move, that should be undone so that the history isn't lost. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:55, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- Knickers is definitely regional, and I'm not opposed to a rename to Category:Women's panties, but I note that we have Category:Underpants and Category:Men's underpants. Wouldn't a move to Category:Women's underpants make sense? It seems like it might be the most generic/international term. - Themightyquill (talk) 15:12, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- I would support either (but panties is already used in other categories). World's Lamest Critic (talk) 18:01, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- Knickers is definitely regional, and I'm not opposed to a rename to Category:Women's panties, but I note that we have Category:Underpants and Category:Men's underpants. Wouldn't a move to Category:Women's underpants make sense? It seems like it might be the most generic/international term. - Themightyquill (talk) 15:12, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- Fair enough, those will need to be renamed as well. - Themightyquill (talk) 08:38, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
- Looking at the English Wikipedia's clothing infobox, we see that panties are distinct from other types of underwear, such as thongs and underpants(!), which according to that site, are only for males. Brianjd (talk) 12:31, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Brianjd: Has the wikipedia page changed since you wrote that, because I don't see anything like that. Quite the opposite - it lists thongs as a type of panties, and it says "In the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore and occasionally in other Commonwealth countries such as Australia and New Zealand, panties may be referred to as 'undies' or 'knickers'; 'knickers' can also refer to male underwear, while 'panties' generally refers only to female underwear. In Australia, men's underpants are often referred to as 'undies', although the word can also refer to women's underpants." So "panties" and "knickers" are regional, and "women's panties" is also largely redundant. "Women's underpants" again seems like the way to go. - Themightyquill (talk) 09:22, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Themightyquill: I was referring to the clothing navbox (not infobox) and the w:underpants article. But now I see the article says underpants are for males in British English and both genders in American English. Brianjd (talk) 11:23, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Brianjd: Has the wikipedia page changed since you wrote that, because I don't see anything like that. Quite the opposite - it lists thongs as a type of panties, and it says "In the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore and occasionally in other Commonwealth countries such as Australia and New Zealand, panties may be referred to as 'undies' or 'knickers'; 'knickers' can also refer to male underwear, while 'panties' generally refers only to female underwear. In Australia, men's underpants are often referred to as 'undies', although the word can also refer to women's underpants." So "panties" and "knickers" are regional, and "women's panties" is also largely redundant. "Women's underpants" again seems like the way to go. - Themightyquill (talk) 09:22, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
Support It sounds like "underpants" is the best term here. It is afterall the name of the parent category, and while it may or may not be strictly normal terminology in all regions, it does seem like it would still be intelligible, and people form any region would be able to understand what was being referred to, moreso than the other, more regional terms.
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| Consensus |  Resolved by consensus | |||
| Actions |  Rename Category:Women's knickers to Category:Women's underpants | |||
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| Closed by | Josh (talk) 22:22, 8 April 2023 (UTC) | |||