Category talk:Toys
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Toys, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles on Toys on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. |
[edit] Grouping/subcategories of toys
What a hodge-podge! Is there a Toys or Games project somewhere that might discuss issues like this? I started trying to put toys into appropriate subcategories, and discovered that there are at least 3 sets of groupings--
- Category:Toys subcategories
- Toys groups
- List of toy brands groups
There's some agreement and some different terminology and some different styles of groupings that aren't mutually compatible (might or might not be OK). So I thought maybe "we" should put some thought into subcategories for Category:Toys, at least, and work backwards from there? Anyone? Elf | Talk 16:08, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Good point. I think the "toys groups" can be deprecated in favor of categories. I don't see an advantage of that list that would outweigh the cost of its maintenance. (The bulleted list is awkward to rearrange. I tried it!) Nor do I see a point in keeping an unmaintained exemplary list there. (If someone really needs an example for what a toy is they can browse the categories.)
The List of toy brands is probably OK; it suits its purpose as it is. Its grouping serves a different purpose. E.g. "action figures" is an important group for brands, but as a toy category it is subsumed by dolls, if it is a category at all. Common Man 03:20, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am a newbie, and don't understand how to add a category to this page - I'd like to add 'Paper Toys' under 'P', but see this page uses a template, which is new to me, so how does one 'edit' this page??? I want to add this new category because I'm starting a page on Toy Theatre, a paper toy (paper dolls would be another example...) Anyone that knows how to edit such a page as this with a template, please email me...Thanks! Trishymouse
