Forum:Surname categories

Category:Surnames contains several subcategories named in the same way as on Familypedia. Example: Category:Putnam (surname). See others at http://quinnbradleesancestors.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=&to=&namespace=14.

However, there are some "wanted categories" - Special:WantedCategories - that have just the surname without " (surname)" added. Example: Category:Bradlee. The wiki founder should tell contributors whether those plain ones are meant to be in the " (surname)" ones or the other way around, or maybe changed so that their articles go into the " (surname)" categories instead. My suggestion is that you don't use categories that are just the plain name, because of possible confusion. Confusion with placenames and confusion with "family" categories, which are a little different again.

-- Robin Patterson (Talk) 00:22, November 3, 2015 (UTC)