Talk:List of female chess players

You removed the chess player category for Gresser. I thought the female chess player category was always used in parallel with the chess player category. That's the way for all others.--Sonjaaa 02:08, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)

First of all, categorization policy states that if an article is in a more specific subcategory, it doesn't need to also be in the parent. Every article in the female chess players category is considered a de facto member of the parent chess players category. (See Wikipedia:Categorization.)

Second, while we're on the subject, I'm not sure that a category specifically for female chess players should even exist. Wikipedia:Categorization of people states, "As a general recommendation for categories on people, prefer to have the category names as gender-neutral as possible (unless, of course, there is a distinct reason to otherwise: please mention that reason on the category page in that case)." There is some argument, for example, that it makes sense to separate Category:Deities by gender because gender is such an important descriptive quality for deities in most cultures. Category:Actors, on the other hand, was ultimately chosen as the catch-all for all actors, male or female (since an actor is not intrinsically different from an actress in terms of occupation). Chess players seem to follow the latter example more closely. Of course, that's not what you asked about. -Aranel ("Sarah") 03:49, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Interesting! Well thre are so few female chess players that I find it useful for them to have their own category where you can see them at a glance and explore them. I guess the same could be said for any sport or domain where women are still making progress, like female presidents or whatever. Do you have any other suggestions?--Sonjaaa 03:55, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)

A list would be great in this case. Since it seems to be a pretty small group, a list wouldn't be hard to compile. Also with a list, you could include female chess players who don't have articles yet. :) -Aranel ("Sarah") 03:57, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Let's keep the category as is. As has been mentioned above, there's few female chess players, so it will aid people searching for these people. There's no great need to remove this category. Dysprosia 04:07, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)