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Category:American schoolteachers convicted of sex offenses against students

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:American sex offenders and Category:American schoolteachers. The category name is not false; these are indeed american schoolteachers that were convicted of sex offenses against students. Just because the "media lost interest" in any other teachers doesn't make it false either. In fact, from what I hear and read, the media has not lost interest; we may just need to find the sources, and write and categorize the articles. Until that is done, however, merging may be a good solution. Recreation permissible if it's determined that we have enough articles to support this category. Kbdank71 14:51, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American schoolteachers convicted of sex offenses against students (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: *Delete. Implication of title is false. There were four women convicted of sex offenses in a slow news period. Once the media realized that there were dozens of female teachers among the thousands of cases reported each year in America, the media lost interest. While these four have articles, they are NOT the only American schoolteachers convicted of sex offenses. There are thousands more, but Wikipedia is not a police blotter so they can't be shown. These few female teacher-articles need to be re-categorized into general felonies or something. The category name is glaringly false because of its implied grand scope but its actual minuscule scope. Student7 (talk) 23:11, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Forts

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Though there may be some things that are forts and not fortresses, it's much harder to make the case the other direction. Since the categories are a mish-mash of forts and fortresses, it'd be best to make sure all big stone buildings are in an appropriate castles category. As for the Swedish Realm, countries' borders change, but the fact that something was in those countries does not.--Mike Selinker (talk) 21:08, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Fortresses to Category:Forts
Rename Category:Fortresses in Armenia to Category:Forts in Armenia
Rename Category:Fortresses in Finland to Category:Forts in Finland
Rename Category:Fortresses in Bhutan to Category:Forts in Bhutan
Merge Category:Fortresses in the Swedish Realm to Category:Forts in Sweden
Nominator's rationale: Merge. No significant difference between fort and fortress both redirect to fortification (seems to be size based but no details). Country subcats should be renamed to fit into Category:Forts by country. Tim! (talk) 22:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Soccer clubs by city

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The result of the discussion was: rename all. Courcelles 06:04, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Soccer clubs by city
Propose renaming Category:Atlanta, Georgia soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Atlanta, Georgia
Propose renaming Category:Baltimore soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Baltimore, Maryland
Propose renaming Category:Birmingham, Alabama soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Birmingham, Alabama
Propose renaming Category:Boston soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Boston, Massachusetts
Propose renaming Category:Chicago soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Chicago, Illinois
Propose renaming Category:Cincinnati, Ohio soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Cincinnati, Ohio
Propose renaming Category:Cleveland, Ohio soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Cleveland, Ohio
Propose renaming Category:Columbus, Ohio soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Columbus, Ohio
Propose renaming Category:Dallas soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Dallas, Texas
Propose renaming Category:Denver, Colorado soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Denver, Colorado
Propose renaming Category:Detroit soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Detroit, Michigan
Propose renaming Category:Fall River, Massachusetts soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Fall River, Massachusetts
Propose renaming Category:Houston soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Houston, Texas
Propose renaming Category:Kansas City soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Kansas City, Missouri
Propose renaming Category:Miami soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Miami, Florida
Propose renaming Category:Minneapolis – Saint Paul soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Minneapolis – Saint Paul
Propose renaming Category:Oklahoma City soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma
Propose renaming Category:Orlando, Florida soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Orlando, Florida
Propose renaming Category:Philadelphia soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Propose renaming Category:Sacramento, California soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Sacramento, California
Propose renaming Category:Salt Lake City soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Salt Lake City, Utah
Propose renaming Category:San Diego, California soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in San Diego, California
Propose renaming Category:San Francisco soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in San Francisco, California
Propose renaming Category:San Jose, California soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in San Jose, California
Propose renaming Category:Seattle, Washington soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Seattle, Washington
Propose renaming Category:Soccer teams in the Greater Los Angeles Area to Category:Soccer clubs in Greater Los Angeles, California
Propose renaming Category:St. Louis, Missouri soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in St. Louis, Missouri
Propose renaming Category:Tampa, Florida soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Tampa, Florida
Propose renaming Category:Washington, D.C. soccer clubs to Category:Soccer clubs in Washington, D.C.
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The standard format for these is Category:Baseball teams in Los Angeles, California, for example. Rename to match all other sport teams-city categories.TM 22:18, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Categories also nominated are: Category:Baltimore soccer clubs -> Category:Soccer clubs in Baltimore, Maryland; Category:Birmingham, Alabama soccer clubs -> Category:Soccer clubs in Birmingham, Alabama and every other similar category in Category:Soccer clubs in the United States by city.

Note all are tagged. Is listing each one individually here really important? They were all created on the same day by the same editor.--TM 04:49, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
For an umbrella nomination like this that has had opposition in the past? It would be a good idea. --Kbdank71 14:59, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've added them above.--Mike Selinker (talk) 21:02, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Jackson Generals players

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The result of the discussion was: rename.--Mike Selinker (talk) 21:05, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Jackson Generals players to Category:Jackson Generals (Texas League) players
Nominator's rationale: Rename This is a team that played in the Texas League, since there's gonna be another team in Jackson, Tennessee, it would be best to move this category because we don't want to get confused with which Jackson team this guy played for or that guy. – Michael (talk) 22:07, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Boston baseball teams

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The result of the discussion was: rename as there are no objections. Kbdank71 15:00, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Boston baseball teams to Category:Baseball teams in Boston, Massachusetts
Nominator's rationale: Rename to match other categories in Category:Baseball teams in the United States by city. TM 21:56, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:GLAM Wiki UK 2010

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The result of the discussion was: procedural close; category has already been deleted. Kbdank71 15:01, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:GLAM Wiki UK 2010 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Category contains nothing but unused, unidentified pictures... and itself. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 21:16, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There is perhaps a case that these images would belong better on uk.wikimedia.org; the only place I can see them being used on en.wikipedia is on Wikipdia:GLAM/BM. Seems unnecessary to delete the category while the content remains though. The Land (talk) 21:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as creator I thought I was on Commons at the time. I think all the pics have been reloaded there too. Finally, a TPH nom I can endorse! (ok, just kidding, well, kidding a bit) Johnbod (talk) 22:35, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted - this can be closed now. Johnbod (talk) 04:14, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:American anti-communist propaganda films

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Kbdank71 15:18, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:American anti-communist propaganda films to Category:American Cold War propaganda films
Nominator's rationale: Rename. This renaming would be consistent with categories such as Category:American World War II propaganda films, and would also facilitate the creation of a supercategory Category:Cold War propaganda films, which could include (for example) examples of Soviet Cold War propaganda. GCarty (talk) 20:44, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Products manufactured in the 1970s and 1980s

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Kbdank71 15:06, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Products manufactured in the 1970s and 1980s (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Lone category seemingly created to hold just a single article. There is a Category:Product introductions by year category tree but this product has no introduction date. It could be renamed Products introduced in the 1970s but even that is not clearly true from the information in the article. It just says it was used in the 70s and 80s. Tassedethe (talk) 19:39, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Galician Jews

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The result of the discussion was: rename per Alansohn to Category:Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe), Category:Rabbis from Galicia (Eastern Europe) and Category:Orthodox rabbis from Galicia (Eastern Europe), which matches the parent article and the "People from" category. Kbdank71 15:11, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming:
Nominator's rationale: Rename these three categories to fit in with main Category:People from Galicia (Eastern Europe) and Category:Jews and Judaism in Galicia (Eastern Europe), see also main article Jews in Galicia (Eastern Europe). See Galicia disambiguation page, there exists Galicia (Spain) and Galicia (Eastern Europe). These three categories need to specify that they are about Jews/Rabbis/Orthodox rabbis from Galicia (Eastern Europe), while the other main Category:Galicia refers to Galicia (Spain) on WP. IZAK (talk) 17:05, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Principals and Vice-Chancellors by university in Scotland

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 15:13, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Principals and Vice-Chancellors by university in Scotland to Category:Principals by university in Scotland
Nominator's rationale: Rename. It is unnecessary to have 'Vice-Chancellor' in the category title. In Scotland, the Principal is the head of a university and, although he is invariably also a Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor is just an honorary title used to allow him to preside at graduations. The sub-categories are all named simply "Principals of". Johnhousefriday (talk) 15:27, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As the cat creator I have no objection, as this seems to be true of both the ancient universities (all 4 of which have cats) and the9 modern universities (none of which have cats, yet). Eg, see:

--Mais oui! (talk) 15:38, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See also: Office of the Vice-Chancellor - The Universities (Scotland) Act of 1858 explicitly empowers the University Chancellor to appoint a Vice-Chancellor to discharge his office in his absence. By a convention uniformly observed since 1859 the Principal of the University is also appointed Vice-Chancellor. --Mais oui! (talk) 15:42, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Muslim apologists

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Kbdank71 15:15, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - :Category:Muslim apologists serves no purpose, not clear what it means, and loosely applied without explanation. Delete,--Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ (talk) 11:16, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Heritage railway stations in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: delete/rename per nom. Kbdank71 15:27, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Heritage railway stations in the United States (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Heritage railway stations (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Heritage railway stations in Canada (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Rename Category:Heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom to Category:Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Heritage railways are operating yet the contents are for stations that have been been declared as historic structures. There is no indication that these are in fact operating as stations. It might be possible that some of these are, but even then it is questionable if this would be defining for these structures. They are included in this category for something in the past and not their current status. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:48, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Therefore I would also propose all of the following for deletion:
Category:Heritage railway stations (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Heritage railway stations in Canada (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
and I would suggest that people take a look at Category:Heritage railway stations in Wales and Category:Heritage railway stations in England and their subcats with an eye towards deletion or renaming. Mangoe (talk) 14:16, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Didnt' we just have this exact conversation about "Historic railway stations"?
Some of these (or potential subjects at least) are not on railways, but are isolated stations. They are "railway museums" in a broad sense, although some have the odd engine, which may or may not operate, and some are just buildings. Tintern, Conwy Valley Railway Museum and Griffithstown Railway Museum are examples. Liverpool Road railway station (Manchester) is an important example, as the world's oldest railway station. Andy Dingley (talk) 03:04, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
But are they operating to actually be called heritage. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:36, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
When did "heritage" change to mean "still operating"? Andy Dingley (talk) 16:56, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As noted in the nomination read heritage railway. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:27, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Then it's particularly important that we don't confuse these sometimes individual stations that are functioning as "heritage" sites, as if they were part of a heritage railway, operating as a railway. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:20, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Do we have any equivalent "all countries" category for designated historic structures of some other ilk (say, bridges)? Mangoe (talk) 03:54, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Lakota

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus.--Mike Selinker (talk) 22:14, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Lakota to Category:Lakota culture
Nominator's rationale: Or possibly something else. Lakota is a dab page and the real main article on this topic is Lakota people. Of course, Wikipedia has a problem whereby categories about persons are named "X people"--e.g. Category:Lakota people is about Lakota persons and not the people group/nation. Anyway, I'm open to better alternatives. —Justin (koavf)TCM05:02, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
One very important consideration is to have a name at the top-level cat that unambiguously cannot just contain biographies, but can contain biographies, which is what a "topics" formula does, and nearly all the ones you list above don't. Johnbod (talk) 03:11, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep as is. No better name has been offerred for this category inclusive of articles and subcats for this particular tribe. Hmains (talk) 19:09, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep per hmains. Especially if there is no other Lakota category that might reasonably be confused for this. I would imagine any other Lakota would be named after the ethnicity, so they would have primacy, no? "Lakota culture" and "Lakota topics" seem to me to be particularly poor alternatives. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 18:54, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Religious identity

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. As the category creator says, there's no category that groups these concepts together, so it seems valid to me.--Mike Selinker (talk) 22:11, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Religious identity (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Duplicates existing categories, vague description. Editor2020 (talk) 04:27, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I started the category for articles like Who is a Jew?, Mormon, Catholic, Hindu and others that talk about how religion is used to identify people, or how people identify themselves as being part of a religious community. I checked around first and didn't see any other categories that seemed to be about that. If there is already one please let me know.Borock (talk) 04:56, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wouldn't "members of religion X" categories be covered by Category:People by religion? Editor2020 (talk) 16:38, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, because "people by" categories contain biographies, not terms. Mangoe (talk) 16:54, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Uhhh, maybe you should look at it. It contains Agnostics, Animists, Atheists, Bahá'ís, Buddhists, Candomblés, Christians, Confucianists, Deists, Discordians, Druze people, Falun Gong practitioners, Hindus, Jains, Jews, Muslims, Neopagans, Occultists, Pagans, Panentheists, Pantheists, Rastafarians, Raëlians, Religious skeptics, Santeríans, Satanists, Scientologists, Shintoists, Sikhs, SubGenii, Subud members, Taoists, Thelemites, Theosophists, Unificationists, Unitarians, Universalists. Editor2020 (talk) 15:05, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The category up for deletion here, however, contains articles on the words Mormon, Hindu, Muslim etc., not on people who are Mormon or Muslim or Hindu. Mangoe (talk) 15:47, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The words "Mormon, Hindu, Muslim, etc." are the proper subjects for a dictionary, not an encyclopedia. As you previously wrote "It is useful to have a category for all the "member of religion X" articles (e.g. Mormon, Hindu, Muslim), and contrary to the nomination there is no other category which encompasses them." Category:People by religion does exist, and is the category for "members of religion X". Editor2020 (talk) 16:20, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry you don't understand the distinction, but if you wish to have the articles in the category deleted, you'll have a hard time of it. Muslim is the shortest of the articles, at 13K chars, which is rather long for a dictionary definition. Mangoe (talk) 16:57, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Watersheds to drainage basins

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The result of the discussion was: rename (to first option listed for those with two options). Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:41, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean to Category:Drainage basins of the Atlantic Ocean or Category:Drainage basins feeding the Atlantic Ocean
Propose renaming Category:Watersheds of North America to Category:Drainage basins of North America
Propose renaming Category:Watersheds of the Arctic Ocean to Category:Drainage basins of the Arctic Ocean or Category:Drainage basins feeding the Arctic Ocean
Propose renaming Category:Categories named after watersheds to Category:Categories named after drainage basins
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match the main parent category, Category:Drainage basins. While these are called watersheds in the US, that may be the only exception. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:40, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think "feeding" is unnecessary, it's already implied, that's what drainage basins do. Kmusser (talk) 00:48, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Watersheds of the United States by state

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:45, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Watersheds of the United States by state to Category:Watersheds of the United States
Nominator's rationale: Merge. I'm not convinced that we need this extra level of navigation since the parent is not over populated and contains most of the by state categories. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:35, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • As you point out, inclusion criteria is problematic. Do towns belong in the watershed category if they are within the watersheds boundary? Can we restrict membership to geographic features like rivers? Vegaswikian (talk) 06:20, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I would if I could, but I don't know how. Sorry. Hmains (talk) 01:34, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Eponymous island categories clean-up

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The result of the discussion was: Category:Naxos has been  Relisted at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 December 23#Category:Naxos, Category:Kornati Islands had been withdrawn, the rest will be Renamed. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Tromelin
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Propose renaming Category:Tromelin to Category:Tromelin Island
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Tromelin Island. Tromelin redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:57, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Seram
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Propose renaming Category:Seram to Category:Seram Island
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Seram Island. "Seram" is ambiguous due to the existence of Seram, Nepal. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:49, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Quemoy
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Propose renaming Category:Quemoy to Category:Kinmen
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Kinmen. Quemoy redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:42, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Pedra Branca
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Propose renaming Category:Pedra Branca to Category:Pedra Branca, Singapore
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Pedra Branca, Singapore. Pedra Branca is ambiguous. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Ogasawara Islands
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Propose renaming Category:Ogasawara Islands to Category:Bonin Islands
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Bonin Islands. Ogasawara Islands redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:25, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Naxos
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Propose renaming Category:Naxos to Category:Naxos (island)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Naxos (island). Naxos is ambiguous. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:21, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There are articles on the island and the main city. The category can and should cover the lot. If you set up an island category you might want a city one in addition. Johnbod (talk) 03:58, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The central problem is that there is bound to be confusion with Naxos (Sicily) or Naxos (Crete). If the city Naxos (city) is on the island, doesn't an island category encompass articles about the city that is on the island? That's how other island categories seem to be set up. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:26, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No there absolutely isn't! The Sicilian one was abandoned for a better site in 358 BC, and hasn't even left any proper ruins, and it is unclear is the Cretan one ever actually existed. Both are as obscure as can be, whereas the island is a major tourist destination. Johnbod (talk) 04:20, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps I'm too insignificant to avoid a finding of "absolutely" no chance of confusion, but I'm a reasonably well-read person, and I had heard of the Sicilian one in my line of work but was unaware of the island of the same name (except in the mythic sense), so I at least have anecdotal evidence that it's possible. (Admittedly, I have little interest in reading about or visiting Aegean islands and would not choose to pursue material about that topic.) In any case, that seems to be a debate more suitable to fixing the name of the article, not the category.
But with categories, don't we tend to default to disambiguation if there is a possible problem, especially if the category name is different from and more ambiguous than the article name, which this one is? These questions aren't being addressed directly. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:40, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Kunashir
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Propose renaming Category:Kunashir to Category:Kunashir Island
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Kunashir Island. Kunashir redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Kornati Islands
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The result of the discussion was: withdraw. Advice well given; let's try to move the article first. Good Ol’factory (talk) 20:46, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Kornati Islands to Category:Kornati
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Kornati. Kornati Islands redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:50, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think that instead of moving the category to match the article the article should be moved to some more appropriate title. Kornati is the short native name for the whole archipelago (it uses the Croatian plural suffix and could be literally translated as "(the) Kornats") although the short form is often left unchanged in English. The full native name for the archipelago is Kornatsko otočje (usually translated as "Kornati Islands"). The article used to be titled Kornati Islands before it was moved to Kornati in June 2010 by user Joy who opined that "the word islands is redundant" in his edit summary. I do not share his view and think that the word "islands" should be in the title, to avoid confusion with Kornat (island) which is the biggest island in the archipelago and which gave the name to the whole group. Timbouctou 11:04, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    To be exact, it was at Kornati on 9 June 2010, User:Timbouctou moved it and user Joy undid the move, all on 9 June. So there is a dispute. Why not try a requested move to Kornati archipelago (the first 2 words of the article)? (It seems to me, per User:Timbouctou, that Kornati is not ideal, given Kornat (island).) Occuli (talk) 13:04, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait for the dispute to settle. The article seems to say "Kornati archipelago". --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Kodiak Islands
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Propose renaming Category:Kodiak Islands to Category:Kodiak Archipelago
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Kodiak Archipelago. Kodiak Islands redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:48, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Hydra, Saronic Islands
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Propose renaming Category:Hydra, Saronic Islands to Category:Hydra (island)
Propose renaming Category:People from Hydra to Category:People from Hydra (island)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Hydra (island). Hydra, Saronic Islands redirects there. With respect to the second category listed, Hydra is ambiguous, even as a place name. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:40, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Chirpoy
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Propose renaming Category:Chirpoy to Category:Chyornie Bratya
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Chyornie Bratya. Chirpoy redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:23, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Chiloé
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Propose renaming Category:Chiloé to Category:Chiloé Archipelago
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Chiloé Archipelago. Chiloé redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:21, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Calamian Group of Islands
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Propose renaming Category:Calamian Group of Islands to Category:Calamian Islands
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest dropping the word "Group of" since the main article is at Calamian Islands and Calamian Group of Islands redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:13, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Bioko Island
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Propose renaming Category:Bioko Island to Category:Bioko
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest dropping the word "Island" since the main article is at Bioko and Bioko Island redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:11, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Batam Island
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Propose renaming Category:Batam Island to Category:Batam
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest dropping the word "Island" since the main article is at Batam and Batam Island redirects there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:07, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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