Category talk:Peninsulas of Australia

I do not qualify a park nor a point as a peninsula. And for Cape Grenville the text does not tell it is a peninsula. That's why I removed these articles from Category:Peninsulas of Australia. TopoChecker (talk) 08:27, 22 January 2011 (UTC) comment by banned user
 * I don't think many editors watchlist Category talk: pages, so we may end up as the only ones discussing this. You can look at categories in two ways, either as strict definitions or as aids to navigation ("what other things are like this?"). Categories are not part of the article body, so there are fewer restrictions on strict adherence to sources, except say in biographies where negative connotations become a concern. Any time you remove an article from a category, you need to examine both its usefulness as a definition and as a navigational aid.


 * On your first removal, I agree that the article on the park is not really a "peninsula" article, and it is included in other categories which will help readers to find the park article. OTOH, I'm not sure any particular harm was being done by the article staying in the category, but no big deal.
 * On the second, sure looks like a peninsula to me, or pretty close to it. We could likely search around for days for a source definitively saying "is a peninsula" or "definitely not a peninsula" but in this case I think the benefit as a navigational aid for a reader interested in finding similar landforms outweighs any potential harm through confusion of the reader. Removing the category took it out of any landform-type categories.
 * On the third, much the same as the second, just because the text doesn't definitely say that the Cape is a peninsula doesn't necessarily mean it has to be removed from the category. Again, what is the effect of the use of the category as a navigational aid? Is it more likely to confuse someone, or to help them find similar but not necessarily identical landforms? In this case, you moved it to the parent landform category, where it becomes sort of an orphan, i.e. not sub-categorized with all the other points / spits / capes / promontories / headlands that are not necessarily peninsulas but are "things that jut out into the water".
 * These are all matters of opinion, not things governed by some strict policy or other. I just think you need to consider how well category inclusion helps the reader to navigate through topic areas in addition to applying strict definitions of what "is" or "is not". Franamax (talk) 22:11, 22 January 2011 (UTC)