== Cricket tour categories == 

 Your wholesale changes to numerous cricket articles need to be reviewed. I do not believe you have fully considered the results of your actions and you have certainly not consulted anyone in WP:CRIC about the category structure. I'll use a typical example which is Pakistani cricket team in England in 1974. According to you, the categories should be: 

 * Category:1974 in Pakistan 
 * Category:1974 in English cricket 
 * Category:Pakistani cricket tours of England 
 * Category:International cricket competitions from 1970–71 to 1975 

 According to the CRIC structure which has been in place for several years, the categories should be: 

 * Category:1974 in cricket   
 * Category:1974 in English cricket 
 * Category:English cricket seasons from 1969 to 2000 
 * Category:International cricket competitions from 1970–71 to 1975 
 * Category:Pakistani cricket tours of England 

 First question, how can Category:1974 in Pakistan possibly be right? The series took place in England. That category is for events taking place in 1974 in Pakistan. 

 You substituted Category:1974 in Pakistan for Category:1974 in cricket and it appears to me that you do not understand why we use "ccyy in cricket". It is because it is a subcat of "ccyy in sport" and so it links WP:CRIC with WP:SPORT. So it is not an extra category, it is there for a reason. No doubt you will say it is superseded by Category:1974 in English cricket but that is not so. We originally used Category:1974 in England until these categories were decomposed into subject areas and this is so that we link to the host nation structure for geopolitical purposes.  

 It seems you have no problem with either Category:International cricket competitions from 1970–71 to 1975 or Category:Pakistani cricket tours of England but do you understand why we use them? One is a cricket competitions category, the other is an international tours category and so are part of the five-strand structure we have adopted. The fifth strand is cricket seasons and this means the season in which the tour took place so we use Category:English cricket seasons from 1969 to 2000 unless/until we ever have a specific category for every single season. 

 Nearly all the tour article categories you made last week need to be reverted and reconsidered. I suggest you roll them all back and give me a list of the ones you think should be changed and I will do them. I simply do not understand why some admins, especially those who work on the "CfD process", have such apparent contempt for projects and just go ahead and change things without consulting the project to find out why things have been done a certain way. Even if you are right (and I suppose the admins can close ranks and decide you are right), what about all the other cricket tour articles with which these are now out of synch? 

 I am very concerned about your attitude to this matter and I am beginning to believe it amounts to an abuse of privilege. I'll leave it with you but think about Category:1974 in Pakistan and ask yourself from a reader's point of view how it can possibly be a correct category for that article?  |