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|The problem is, where do you draw the line? We don't want to put [[elm]] trees in categories "Items from X" where X is every road, village, forest, city, metropolis, mountain range, region, and continent that might have elm trees. Unless the plant in question has a unique source, like it grows only on the beard of the [[Wailing Dwarf]], then I think we might want to limit it to major region (''i.e.'', [[:Category:Items from North Faerûn]] and the other compass points, Interior Faerûn and the Underdark) and then add other continents as needed. |
|The problem is, where do you draw the line? We don't want to put [[elm]] trees in categories "Items from X" where X is every road, village, forest, city, metropolis, mountain range, region, and continent that might have elm trees. Unless the plant in question has a unique source, like it grows only on the beard of the [[Wailing Dwarf]], then I think we might want to limit it to major region (''i.e.'', [[:Category:Items from North Faerûn]] and the other compass points, Interior Faerûn and the Underdark) and then add other continents as needed. |
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| + | {{Forum post|Hmm. Categorising plants as items is just weird. I see Items as made things, whether crafted, or processed, or gathered by other creatures. Some plants are gathered and processed, so would be items, but some wild plants just aren't. So I'd say that plants that are processed, sold as trade-goods, and used, like [[ginyak weed]] would be items, while [[willow]]s apparently are not. |
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| + | I think I'd prefer to see plants treated similarly to creatures, animals, plant creatures, and so on. Individual articles (whether on geography or a specific plant) can tell you where they're found. Categorising them by location would be a step too far, and by terrain and climate outside the scope of the wiki.|[[User:BadCatMan|— BadCatMan]] ([[User talk:BadCatMan|talk]]) 07:11, April 16, 2015 (UTC)}} |
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For categorization purposes, are plants a subcategory of items? I ask because it doesn't seem to me like the categorization system currently helps me find all the plant species in a given region. Say I want to know all the plants growing in Calimshan, such as the ginyak weed. How do I find that readily?
(And by "plants", I mean flora/vegetation, not plant creatures.)
Hmmm, I think I have asked this question before... somewhere... "Vegetation from Calimshan"... "Vegetation from the Lands of Intrigue"... just ideas... might be cool actually :)
- Darkwynters (talk) 22:16, April 15, 2015 (UTC)
If they were just items, we could use the category intersections to do that automatically as for roads and settlements. That's partly why I asked the question.
The problem is, where do you draw the line? We don't want to put elm trees in categories "Items from X" where X is every road, village, forest, city, metropolis, mountain range, region, and continent that might have elm trees. Unless the plant in question has a unique source, like it grows only on the beard of the Wailing Dwarf, then I think we might want to limit it to major region (i.e., Category:Items from North Faerûn and the other compass points, Interior Faerûn and the Underdark) and then add other continents as needed.
Hmm. Categorising plants as items is just weird. I see Items as made things, whether crafted, or processed, or gathered by other creatures. Some plants are gathered and processed, so would be items, but some wild plants just aren't. So I'd say that plants that are processed, sold as trade-goods, and used, like ginyak weed would be items, while willows apparently are not.
I think I'd prefer to see plants treated similarly to creatures, animals, plant creatures, and so on. Individual articles (whether on geography or a specific plant) can tell you where they're found. Categorising them by location would be a step too far, and by terrain and climate outside the scope of the wiki.
— BadCatMan (talk) 07:11, April 16, 2015 (UTC)