Category talk:Knots

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There was no category for this yet, I started one that is far from complete. The List of knots has a lot of stuff that should probably be here. —siroχo 01:16, Jun 24, 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] add a reference to square knot

I could not figure out how to make the following change to the page:

Add "square knot" to the list, and refer people to "reef knot". Many people do not know a square knot is a reef knot.

Andrew

I did it. It turns out you can add a category to a redirect page. It made sense to me in this case because "square knot" is a much better known name. Dpv 02:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Knot sub-category organization

It looks like some knot sub-categorization is starting; this is a good thing. Here are some initial ideas about categorization schemes for more the complex sub-categories. Discussing these first might save some headaches down the line. Feel free to add other sub-categories for consideration. --Dfred 00:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Loop knots

Seems like there are three basic classes of loop knots: Fixed, Adjustable, and Running. (others I'm forgetting?) There are several options here, not limited to:

  1. Ignore these distinctions and simply add all loop knots to "Loop knots"
  2. The three sub-classes of loop knots each made a sub-category of Knots, with each loop knot is only added to one of these.
  3. All loop knots get added to "Loop knots" as well as their specific sub-class category, as in 2.
  4. Three sub-categories made under "Loop knots", itself a child of Knots, this would be seemingly reasonably compatible with 2 if I understand categories correctly. But perhaps adding category depth where not really needed...
  5. Need to read up on categories, but could the sub-categories of Loop knots also be sub-categories of Knots? (Sort of combining 2 & 4)

Other ideas? Better/more canonical names for sub-classes? Is one of these ideas more compatible with Wikipedia than the others? --Dfred 00:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I think that number 2 would clutter the category, and numbers 3&5 are (I believe) against wikipedia policy/usage. Number 4 seems to me to be the best solution as long as someone is willing to do the work. Dddstone 19:24, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Braid/Plait/Sinnet/Sennit

These terms are often conflated with one another. Different sources give different definitions of specifically what each means and which may or may not be equivalent to which. Possible regional or international differences may also exist. The structure of the disambiguation/definitions of the articles bearing these names should be mutually compatible with whatever is decided here for categorization purposes. --Dfred 00:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)