Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/List of hobbies (2nd nomination)

This is a really hard entry to get right, and it doesn't surprise me that it's been deleted, re-created, marked for deletion, and that had the deletion reversed.

That being said, it's probably an infinitely long list. Pretty much any human activity can be a "hobby." For example, some people are furniture craftsmen by trade, others do it as a "hobby." Some people might consider grafitti a "hobby" while others see it as an art form (and, to some extent-- considering the culture around tagging-- a way of life).

Perhaps the best way for this entry to be useful would be to come up with a taxonomy of "hobbies" that can be used as a skeleton to build out the article (and as an area to place links to other articles).

Maybe something like this would work as a top-level taxonomy:

Building (examples: woodworking, robots, crafting, model railroading, etc.) Collecting (examples: stamps, coins, ephemera, etc.) Competing (examples: geocaching, automobile racing, board games, etc.) Science (examples: chemistry, physics, etc.) Engineering (examples: robotics, electronics, creating trebuchets, etc.) Language Arts (examples: writing, poetry (which is writing, of course), drama, reading, etc.) Historically-Related Pursuits (examples: historical reenactment, historical travel, genealogy, etc.) Animals/Pets/Livestock (examples: raising goats/sheep/alpacas/rabbits, dog obedience, breeding amphibians, etc.) Plants (examples: gardening, landscaping, grafting, hybridization, etc.) Fantasy (examples: LARPing, role playing games, etc.) Food/Cooking (examples: baking, butchering, gourmet cooking, molecular gastronomy, etc.) Health/Fitness (examples: running, jogging, distance walking, weightlifting, bodybuilding, dance, etc.) Music: (examples: dancing, singing, playing a musical instrument, etc.) Automotive (examples: restoration, modification, classic cars, etc.)

As you can see, there's lots of overlap and I'm sure a gazillion places you could add other categories (and plenty to argue about!). My point is that coming up with the taxonomy first and then filling in the blanks could yield a great directory for people searching for information about hobbies.

Maybe?