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What do you dudes think? [[User:FloraC|FloraC]] ([[User talk:FloraC|talk]]) 15:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
What do you dudes think? [[User:FloraC|FloraC]] ([[User talk:FloraC|talk]]) 15:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
: I agree with everything on that topic so far. I also suggest that we follow parts of Wikipedia's style guides for categories, more specifically [[Wikipedia: WP:TOPICCAT]], [[Wikipedia: WP:SUBCAT]] and [[Wikipedia: WP:DIFFUSE]].
: '''Plurals''': Use singular for topic categories and plural for set categories.
: Examples:
:* [[:Category:Scale]] (correct: topic category, to include pages like [[Periodic scale]] and [[Hexany]])
:* [[:Category:Scales]] (correct: set category, to be diffused in subcategories ­— see below)
:* <s>Category:Musician</s> (unless we have pages that would fit in a "Musician" topic category rather than pages about specific musicians)
:* [[:Category:Musicians]] (correct)
: '''Subcategorization''': If logical membership of one category implies logical membership of a second (an is-a relationship), then the first category should be made a subcategory (directly or indirectly) of the second.
: Example:
:* [[:Category:Small comma]] in [[:Category:Comma]] in [[:Category:Theory]] (correct)
: '''Diffusion''': Do not include a page both in a category and its parent category unless the category is a non-diffusing category.
: Examples:
:* [[Meantone7]] in [[:Category:7-tone scales]], but not in [[:Category:Scales]] (correct)
:* <s>5L 2s in Category:7-tone scales and in Category:Scales</s>
:* [[5L 2s]] in [[:Category:7-tone scales]] and in [[:Category:MOS scales]] (correct, because the second category would be non-diffusing)
: '''Metacategories''': schemes of subcategories can be organized with metacategories.
: Example:
:* [[:Category:Scales by number of tones]] (correct, to contain categories such as [[:Category:7-tone scales]])
: Aside the fact that there are multiple redundant categories for various topics (which is already noted with [[:Category:Todo:merge categories]]), it is often the case that pages about a topic and pages in a set are mixed together in one or many of those categories. [[:Category:Scale]] is a good example of that phenomenon.
: I think there is a way to move and reorganize existing pages and categories efficiently using Cat-a-lot, but I'm not very familiar with it, and I don't know if I even have the user right to use it for that matter. --[[User:Fredg999|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999|talk]]) 22:38, 1 August 2021 (UTC)


== 13-Limit, 17-Limit and 19-Limit Comma Pages ==
== 13-Limit, 17-Limit and 19-Limit Comma Pages ==
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