Category talk:Japanese companies

Time for a break-up?

There are lots of Japanese companies, and there promise to be plenty more, now that Rebollo fr and I are merrily creating stubs for Japanese distributors, etc. (Incidentally I don't think this is mere completism-fetishism; instead, it's a way to work out what the hell was going on in Japan -- what was related to what, who was related to whom -- in the thirties, forties and fifties.)

I think that Category:Japanese companies should be subcategorized as:

• Category:Japanese camera makers
• Category:Japanese lens makers
• Category:Japanese distributors (better, I think, than Category:Japanese camera distributors; but note the respective colors of Category:Camera distributors and Category:Distributors)
• Category: Japanese shutter makers

Though I think not:

• Category: Japanese film makers

What do others think?

As always, (a) it's less work to break up a growing category earlier rather than later; however, (b) recategorizing and then changing one's mind is a major waste of time (or worse). -- Hoary 04:19, 7 August 2006 (EDT)

That's a good idea. Maybe moving Category:Camera distributors to Category:Distributors is a good idea too. --Rebollo fr 04:57, 7 August 2006 (EDT)

Right then. I hope to make a start within the next 24 hours. -- Hoary 09:53, 7 August 2006 (EDT)