Category talk:Women scientists

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[edit] Grammar

The term "women scientists" is grammatically atrocious. Can't we make this "female scientists"? I suppose the incorrect use of "women" as an adjective is so firmly entrenched in Wikipedia's categories that this would require a major overhaul, though.


[edit] Keep or Delete?

After reading the relevant discussion and determining that my comments should be posted here, I believe that

  1. The contributions of women to science (and other fields) have long been neglected and even deliberately discounted, and this is something that Wikipedia can and should rectify.
  2. Over-categorization can make for a messy structure which doesn't add to the utility of the encyclopedia.
  3. It is important not to ghetto-ize minority groups or individuals through classification.

So the questions are begged:

  1. Where, in terms of encyclopedia structure, does a list of minority achievers belong with relation to any field of endeavour?
  2. What guiding principles are most relevant for determining such a structure? (I'll do my own research on this, being a relative newbie here.)
  3. What new guiding principle(s), if any, is (are) required to address this general issue?

-- Robert Turner 21:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CFD

Categories for discussion This category was nominated for deletion, renaming, or merging with another category on 2006 July 18. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

Note: The deletion of this category has been discussed, and no consensus was reached. Please see the relevant discussion.

Categories for discussion This category was nominated for deletion, renaming, or merging with another category on 2007 December 4. The result of the discussion was keep.