Commons:Categories for discussion/2021/12/Category:Ship christenings

Rename. These are namings, not christenings. "Christening" is used interchangeably but only inaccurately: this is not a Christian ceremony, or with the same religious implications. Particularly for supposed "ship christenings" in non-Christian countries. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:39, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just mention that enwiki en:ship christening is redirected to "Baptism#Boats and ships".--Estopedist1 (talk) 16:50, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects ceartainly aren't RS for anything. They're often how we deal deliberately with misnomers like this. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:36, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Move to Category:Ship naming ceremonies. Keep the redirect from Category:Ship christenings but delete the redirects from "Ship christenings in X". I'm not sure what to do with Category:Christening bottles. -- Themightyquill (talk) 10:13, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree to renaming, perhaps under new Category:Naming ceremonies, itself under Category:Ceremonies and new Category:Naming of objects [or things?], separate from human names. An identical procedure might be suitable for other objects eg aircraft, motor vehicles, etc. Let's get this done soon.PeterWD (talk) 10:44, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with renaming and also to expand the scope to include Category:Christening of things and its sub categories. Autom (talk) 20:41, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]