Template talk:time

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Old talk about deleting a template with this name

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I removed the visible tag (time) from the template (these tags are intended to indicate subject specific usage; this case resembles the one where somebody decided to tag definitions of river names with (river)), which leaves it doing no more that categorising into Category:Time which should be done directly. Ncik 14:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

The template was created by me, and in many cases I did use the "Category:Time" direct listing. However, a number of time-related words have multiple meanings, only some of which pertain to a sense of time. The other meanings do not. For this reason, I created the tag, so that it would be clear which sense belonged in the time category. I admit that there may be a few cases where I used the tag unnecessarily, but was trying to quickly brainstorm which words belonged in the hideously underpopulated Time category. --EncycloPetey 14:47, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Again, these tags are not to be used to discriminate between different meanings (which is already done by the definition itself). Instead, they indicate subject specific usage. Ncik 14:56, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

That's where I become uncertain on this issue. Does time-specific qualify as subject specific? At last some of these terms have very specific technical definitions rooted in physics and/or astronomy. I suppose the question comes down to how beneficial and widespread the use of the template could be. WhenI began categorizing the Time terms, I had no sense of how many terms I'd find, so the Template was done blind. I'm not emotionally attached to the Template, but I do want to ensure that the Time Category remains populated with terms. I began the process of categorization when I noted that the Category had only a single term in it. --EncycloPetey 20:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

There is absolutely nothing wrong with categorising terms into the category, and I encourage you to continue with that. Just change the way of doing it. "Time" is not a subject area. I've heard of people being professionals in architecture, medicine, geophysics, tennis, carpentry, etc., but not in "time". Ncik 19:09, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Which sense it pertains to, that's a problem in general with categories. I'd have to agree, time is not a subject area. Davilla 13:02, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Category inclusions can be added at the beginning of a sense. That's what I do when appropriate. Ncik 01:34, 7 April 2006 (UTC)