Category talk:Hitchhikers
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Should we perhaps also create categories for hitch-hikers from different countries, e.g. Hitchhikers from Germany? Analogue to en:wikipedia/Category:Explorers_by_nationality. It is a good tool to unite hitch-hikers from the same country, under the same category.--Sigurdas 17:59, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, sounds good. But do we want Hitchhikers from Germany or Hitchhikers living in Germany? The second one might be more accurate if someone moves to another country. --MrTweek 19:08, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
- Following the Wikipedia's patterns it is more convenient to have e.g. Hitchhikers from Germany - even if a person does not live there anymore, he/she is still considered to be from Germany. In such a case it wouldn't be wrong to apply two Hitchhikers from... categories to one user: the first one reflecting where the user comes from, and another - of his/her current location.
- If we all agree on these new categories, I can create them and edit users' pages accordingly.--Sigurdas 19:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
- Hmm, then again, if someone lives in a country for a long time, he can also say he is from there. Alright, so feel free to start :) --MrTweek 20:04, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
- Definitely agree with this proposition. Hitchhikers from a certain region in terms of hitchhikers who are based in a certain region. It is not about what your passport says but where you're at/ based. Besides, I know hitchhikers with four nationalities. And where are you from anyway? Robino 23:20, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, it might be confusing, but whatever, just start it, that's how the wiki work ;) Somehow, someday it will sort itself with all those categories ;) --Platschi 20:08, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, I will do that. And I do not think we should emphasize the user's nationality but rather focus on the location he/she is from or where he/she resides at the moment - there is quite a significant difference between categories like Hitchhikers from Germany and German hitchhikers. And so I guess most of users will end up having 1 or 2 categories Hitchhiker from.... For example, I am half Russian half Lithuanian Polish born in Lithuania and living in Sweden - this means that I would get two categories Hitchhikers from Lithuania and Hitchhikers from Sweden but not the categories Hitchhikers from Poland and Hitchhikers from Russia since I am neither from there nor living there. If we were to depict the users' national identity it would be correct to apply categories Russian hitchhikers and Polish hitchhikers (+Lithuanian hitchhikers) though (in my case) but since nationality is of little importance for HitchWiki + it can be more puzzling to depict everyone's national identities fully and correctly we should rather abandon such a practice. --Sigurdas 05:56, 7 November 2008 (UTC)