Commons:Categories for discussion/2018/04/Category:Sexy nurse outfits

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Category:Sexy nurse outfits

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This category is redundant to Category:Nurse costumes. Whether the costumes are sexy or not sexy is subjective. World's Lamest Critic (talk) 21:23, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It don't think it's redundant -- "sexy nurse outfits" are not nurse uniforms that happen to be sexy, but a particular type of highly-specialized Halloween costume or costume-party outfit, which actual qualified working nurses generally wouldn't be seen dead in. (Note that very few actual qualified nurses have worn skirts or dresses on the job in the last 40 years.) "Sexy nurse outfits" bear the same relationship to professional nurse attire that Category:French maid outfits bear to uniforms worn by actual cleaning personnel... AnonMoos (talk) 21:49, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I think we agree that there is a difference between people wearing costumes to pretend that they are nurses and nurses wearing their uniforms. What we have now is a category of costumes and a subcategory also of costumes. We didn't actually have a category for actual nurse uniforms, so I have created Category:Nurse's uniforms for the uniforms only. Can we get rid of the "sexy" one now, or should we discuss which ones are sexy and which ones aren't? World's Lamest Critic (talk) 03:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I highly approve of the creation of Category:Nurse's uniforms (thanks), but that doesn't change the fact that "sexy" in "sexy nurse outfits" is not a subjective evaluation, but rather a descriptor of the nature and purpose of such outfits. Do a Google search on the words nurse halloween and see how often the word "sexy" is included in the results... AnonMoos (talk) 03:53, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Look through the ones left in Category:Nurse costumes. Are they different from the "sexy nurse" category? Are the costumes in File:21.7.16 Eurogym 2 038 (28195829260).jpg sexy or non-sexy nurse costumes? Given that people are not typically wearing accurate nurses uniforms for costumes, whether or not they are "sexy" is subjective. World's Lamest Critic (talk) 14:05, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
File:Nurse16thcentury.jpg isn't wearing any special outfit or costume at all, but normal women's clothing for the period. I have very little idea what's going on with the "Eurogym" nonsense, but the skirts are much much shorter than real nurses ever wore (back when they wore skirts), which moves it pretty firmly into the "sexy" column (ditto File:Zombie Nurse (5134635912).jpg). -- AnonMoos (talk) 19:58, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No one expects cheap Halloween or dress-up costumes to be historically accurate. A nurse costume is a nurse costume. Once distinguished from nurse's uniforms, there is no useful reason to divide them into "sexy" or not "sexy" based on subjective ideas of what is sexy. World's Lamest Critic (talk) 21:29, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It derives from the nature and purpose of the outfit, not subjective evaluation. The person or company who made the dress in File:Dragon Con 2006, The Twilight Zone, The Eye of the Beholder (244341293).jpg clearly did not intend to sex it up. With many of the others, the opposite intention is clear. There are a few where it's hard to tell due to a limited view, or the "costume" consisting exclusively of a headpiece, but those are marginal cases... AnonMoos (talk) 14:05, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
A nurse costume is a nurse costume. Differentiating by what you think is the "intention" of that costume is subjective. World's Lamest Critic (talk) 14:31, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No it's not -- it's a commercial category. AnonMoos (talk) 06:20, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I note that the phrase "sexy nurse costume" gets 952,000 hits per google. It seems a cultural archetype rather than a personal judgement. (I tried searches for other professions in place of "nurse". "Sexy maid costume" comes in a distant second with a bit over 200,000 hits, only a handful over 100k, most under 1k if not significantly less.)-- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 01:55, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Google says there are about 1,750,000 hits for "sexy cop costume". We don't have a category for that. World's Lamest Critic (talk) 03:30, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
OK. I'd googled "police" rather than "cop". Looks like you found the new winner. --Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 07:28, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
And zero hits for "sexy Wikimedian costume". -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 07:31, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Closed as kept, no consensus to delete nor merge; no active discussion for months. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:17, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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