Don’t know what lower level category to put him

Question

Stephen Mack (and I suppose 102 others in that category] is on my suggestions naughty list for being in a high level fur traders category. Non of the sub categories seem to fit and I couldn’t begin to guess what category to make for him

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I wouldn't worry about that "suggestion." In fact, I'd mark it as a false suggestion.

Although some fur traders were aligned with a particular trading company or "club," we can't assume that everyone in this occupational group had an affiliation of that sort that can be used to categorize them.

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I think it's ridiculous that the Fur Traders category is top-level. Other occupations are not top level.

Answer 1

I followed the "Be bold an experiment" principle and removed the {{Top Level}} template from the Fur Traders category. It did not seem to make any sense. (I notified the Categorization group of this change, by the way, and the rationale is this: fur trader is an occupation, like orthodontist or barrel maker, and occupations categories are not supposed to be top level).

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indeed, fur traders was an occupation of many who were ''independents'', ie not affiliated with any specific company.

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Thank you

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Like it!

Answer 2

Personally,  after reading his biography,  I would say he is more of a town founder than a fur trader.  Not sure if there is a category for that.

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Can’t he be both?

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Sure he can