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==Country categorization=====Why country categorization===
Maybe we should first ask ourselves '''why''' we want to put everyone in '''little boxes'''. You are black hitchhiker, I am white hitchhiker, you are a Jewish hitchhiker, I am an atheist hitchhiker, you are a vegan hitchhiker, I am a meat eating hitchhiker...
::: Good idea! The problem is that this idea needs first to be developed and then to be somehow integrated in such a way that every user notices it. And the easy way of uniting current users we can do now already, through a simple category that IS ALREADY THERE, and does no obvious harm whatsoever (as explained below, emphasis on nationality is not smth anyone here seeks). Why make things complicated when they are so simple? --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 14:17, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
:Hi, a wondered about the categorization by nationalities but I because of 'in' it's ok for me. I want to strongly encourage everybody to take this literally as a 'I hitch hike there' which enables us to handle it like a skill. So if you set yourself into all the categories of nations you travelled in like a skill indicator, you friendly offer to exchange your knowledge about this area. --[[User:Kardan|Kardan]] 20:28, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
:: Well, I personally see already introduced '''Hitchhikers in...''' categories exactly as an indicator of current user location, and that only. I think we can rather express our skills and knowledge on hitchwiki pages instead of having multiple categories on user pages. --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 20:58, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
==Country categorization: how=How===
Should we perhaps also create categories for hitch-hikers from different countries, e.g. '''Hitchhikers from Germany'''? Analogue to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Explorers_by_nationality en:wikipedia/Category:Explorers_by_nationality]. It is a good tool to unite hitch-hikers from the same country, under the same category.--[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 17:59, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah, for me that sounds like a good idea. It might also remember old users, that hitchwiki still exists ;) But please proof-read the text, everyone --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 10:17, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
==consensus=Consensus===
Hmm, looks like this topic is as easy as it seemed. So, let's try to find a consensus. I'll try to order all the stuff a little.
* Looks like we want to make it easier to find people geographically, but at the same time ignore everyones nationality.
::: Yeah, ''Hitchhikers in $country'' sounds good to me. Keeping the old categories makes sense to me either. It's a good overview about all active members. Nice, if you want to see who's around. Let's wait for one week (until 27th of November), to give others a chance to discuss this time ;) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 09:03, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
===conclusion=Conclusion====
* Change categories from ''Hitchhikers from xxx'' to ''Hitchhikers in xxx''.
* Keep the old Category:Hitchhikers
====Messages====
A message to a user when adding one category (i.e., user has not specified his/her country of residence):
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'''User category'''
Hi! Your user page has been added to a [[:Category:Hitchhikers]] since this is a standard categorization for hitchhikers on hitchwiki.org (see [[Category talk:Hitchhikers|this discussion here]] for the reasons of doing so). If you want to be categorized by country, too, chose the country of your current residence from the categories on [[:Category:Hitchhikers]] page (or create your own one if the country of your current location is not on the list). In case you need help with that please write about it [[Category talk:Hitchhikers|here]]).
Happy hitching,
The hitchwiki team
P.S. you can delete this message if you want.
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A message to a user when adding two categories (i.e., user has specified his/her country of residence):
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'''User categories'''
Hi! '''Category:Hitchhikers in ((country of residence))''' and '''Category:Hitchhikers''' have been added to your profile page since this is a standard categorization for hitchhikers on hitchwiki.org (see [[Category talk:Hitchhikers|this discussion here]] for the reasons of doing so). If for some reason you don't want to be categorized by country, feel free to delete country category on your page leaving only a standard Category:Hitchhikers. We hope you don't mind though.
Happy hitching,
The hitchwiki team
P.S. you can delete this message if you want.
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==More detailed categorization for media files==
I have a strong urge to categorize in a more detailed way all these hitchhikers' pictures [http://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Category:Hitchhikers&oldid=26676 currently] piling up under one general '''Category:Hitchhikers'''. I would love to see them rather categorized by '''Hitchhikers in {specific country}''' if it is possible to see it from a file description. It can come in hand when one needs a picture for the country/city page. At the same time, [[Special:UncategorizedImages|uncategorized images]] could be also put into these and other (countries, etc.) categories.
If no one against, will do that in a week or so. --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 23:26, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
: Usually, we try to put images in Category:Hitchhikers AND Category:Countryname. See [[:Category:Germany]] for an example. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 08:38, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
:: Yes. However, we haven't had categories '''Category:Hitchhikers in {specific country}''' before. So basically, we can chose now: A) to continue categorizing many images with hitchhikers under the same category '''Category:Hitchhikers''' (plus adding them to the specific country category); or B) instead of current two categories (of which one is VERY general) to apply one, more detailed one '''Category:Hitchhikers in {specific country}'''. I see the second choice rather more logical. --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 10:56, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
::: Yes. I like A, as we did it before. Otherwise it will be impossible to have a list of all hitchhikers pictures. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 12:19, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
