Commons:Categories for discussion/2018/10/Category:Outdoor stages
Is Category:Outdoor stages redundant with Category:Open air theaters? Themightyquill (talk) 07:34, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
- theaters include "stages for concerts"? --Benzoyl (talk) 07:45, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
- I was wondering about that. Certainly, concerts can happen in theatres. If we're talking about theatres as facilities, there's no obvious difference. If we're talking about theatres as performances, that's obviously something else. - Themightyquill (talk) 08:07, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
- Usage of Open air stages (=Open air theaters?), I think there are concerts, theatrical performance, dance performance, circus act, speeching etc. Most of them are "performance". --Benzoyl (talk) 11:05, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
- Because, Theater is broad sense word. I'm not against. I agree Category:Outdoor stages merge to Category:Open air theaters. --Benzoyl (talk) 11:11, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
@Themightyquill and Benzoyl: IMHO a stage is just a part of the theatre, even though the core part. The other parts can be the open-air auditorium with benches etc., entrances, fences, ticket counters or booths, snack booths, toilets and other attached equipment and facilities. I.e. outdoor stages should be a subcategory of open air theatres (even though the name "stage" is often metonymically used for the whole theatre). Ideally, the category "outdoor stages" should be used specifically for detailed views of the stages, not for whole open air theatres. The category of bandshells can be categorized under outdoor stages, open air cinemas can be categorized under open air theaters (as "cinema theatres") and their screen stands under "outdoor stages". Many stages are universal, used for all, theatre, dance, concert or cinema performances. --ŠJů (talk) 14:37, 6 July 2021 (UTC)