Kilian,
Of course each state may have its own naming convention, and I know
the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz probably struggles with the same
problem, but we can't wait for them to come up with a guideline on this, so
I would just make a "Kulturdenkmale with known IDs" category and put each
list in there at a top-Germany-level "Cultural heritage objects of Germany
with known IDs" (note this wording intentionally also allows for similar
categories in future such as moveable objects such as boats or artworks).
Even if it means you end up with 4 or more lists for just Hesse, who cares?
Here in the Netherlands we have been looking at adding the Archis
(archeological information) and though many are rijksmonuments, some are
not, so this would probably mean a new category (somewhat like your
difference between kulturdenkmale and baudenkmale).
My point is not that everything has to go into one category per country. My
point is that the name of the category should have the native name of the
protected object in it.
I can recall a discussion on the English wikipedia a few years ago where it
was decided to merge the article for "Dike (construction)" to "Levee"
(this
was after hurricane Katrina). You always have people who feel the need to
"clean up articles and organize things better" on Wikipedia. Calling the
dikes in Holland "levees" just seemed silly to me then, and I notice now
that there still isn't much support to that idea, considering the category
name is "Dikes", and how much the word "dike" is still used on the
English
wikipedia in new articles. The nice thing about Wikipedia is that in the
end, it's the usage (or not) of categories that proves the validity of this
type of decision in the long run.
To sum up, I personally feel we need BOTH categories: Kulturdenkmale in
Hesse and Baudenkmale in Hesse.
Jane
2011/8/2 Kilian Kluge <kilian(a)k-kluge.de>
Hi Jane,
in Germany the trouble is that in every state there are different names for
essentially the same thing. Some just have "Kulturdenkmale" (cultural
heritage monuments), some have "Baudenkmale" ("building heritage
monuments"), some have both, some differentiate between three or four
categories... It's already a bit confusing on de-wp, where as a result the
lists for each state have different naming schemes, and I doubt that it'd be
helpful to carry this to Commons.
Kilian
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I am sending out a new message, since I feel this issue is pretty
important and impacts a lot of Wikipedia projects. The other issues that Bas
addressed also need follow up, but let's tackle these categories first.
This is the list of categories as they stand today on Commons in the top
level category (see the email from Bas):
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Andorra with known IDs
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Austria with known IDs
Category:Onroerend erfgoed with known IDs
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Brussels with known IDs
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Estonia (with known IDs)
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Hesse with known ID
Category:Rijksmonumenten with known IDs
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Portugal with known IDs
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Romania with known IDs
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Spain with known IDs
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Wallonia with known IDs
I think only the Belgians and the Dutch have chosen their names well,
because they are using the terms that are covered by law in their country.
The other categories should be renamed to reflect the legal term in those
countries. My reasons are as follows:
1) The term "Cultural heritage monument" is not defined anywhere, in any
country's wikipedia.
2) We are using a formal designation that has been assigned by a
government agency and is covered by the European Council's international law
on cultural property. In order to refer to the proper designation, we need
the formal name of the designation.
3) The sub categories are going to have native names anyway, so why have a
strangely named top-level category that no one understands (including
English-speakers)?
4) When we make interwiki links to these things we should be consistent
across all countries.
I noticed a confusing situation has already occurred in the German
Wikipedia, where the top level category for the Austrian monuments is
"Kategorie:Liste (Kulturdenkmale in Österreich)", when I fully expected it
to be "Kategorie:Denkmalgeschütztes Objekte". On Commons I would expect
"Category:Denkmalgeschütztes Objekte with known IDs", and in the English
Wikipedia, I named it "Category:Denkmalgeschütztes Objekte".
Jane
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