Category talk:Non-fiction

--JLaTondre 23:12, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

and its sub-cats
This proposal is twofold.
 * 1) Some of the sub-cats of use non-fictional [country] literature and some use non-fictional [country] books. (And then there's Canada.) Literature would be more inclusive (i.e. encompassing short fiction, essays, etc.), while to me books means, well, books only. I propose the cats be re-named reorganized accordingly, i.e.  would be renamed to a sub-cat of.


 * 1) There's been some discussion over the use of "non-fiction" vs "non-fictional". Can we get a consensus on a decent naming convention? Maybe: →

See also:
 * "Fiction" vs "Fictional" discussion
 * WP naming conventions for books

Respectfully submitted, &hearts; Her Pegship &hearts; 22:21, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Secondly, "fictional xxxx" should in my view never be used it is far too ambiguous. Similarly "non-fictional xxxx" should never be used as it is just cumbersome and an almost unused English construction. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  09:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC) So my vote below is:
 * Comment - see what you mean by "whole new can of worms". There are number of different issues here. (I do dislike combined discussions! difficult to unravel!). Firstly the natural, logical heirarchy would be xxxx literature with sub cats of xxxx books, xxxx magazines, xxxx comics, xxxx pamphlets, xxxx newspapers, xxxx booklets, xxxx manuals, etc. (although you might argue some of those). The next has more to do with content than form. So also below, xxxx literature we can have xxxx novels, xxxx novellas, xxxx plays, xxxx poetry, xxxx short stories, xxxx essay, etc.
 * Oppose - rename of to, Logically  should be a subcategory of  . ::  Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  09:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - almost anything that gets us away from the current use of "Fictional". Current suggestions I would support are the terms "Imaginary" or "Fictitious". Neither of which should be seen anywhere near the clause "Non-". :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  09:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You're absolutely right. I have revised the proposal accordingly. &hearts; Her Pegship &hearts; 14:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Opposed speedy move request

 * Category:Non-fiction to Category:Nonfiction – C2D. Οἶδα (talk) 05:51, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose speedy as not uncontroversial. Even though the article move was back in 2019, it was done boldly without discussion. As there was consensus for the current name at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_April_3, a full discussion would be needed. – Fayenatic  L ondon 07:01, 10 May 2021 (UTC)