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Oppose. Merging into Category:Deaths by stoning will make Wikipedia less user-friendly. As is shown by the existence of the articles in this category, this type of malicious violence is a type of manslaughter in which the general public is interested. The category enables users to find instances of this type of violent mischief. Death by stoning is a form of ritual execution. These are 2 very different categories of things. Separating the 2 categories is dysfunctional. For me, usefulness to readers is the purpose of categories.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:38, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- Stoning is intentionally targeted at a specific person. Throwing objects at vehicles is a variety of random hooliganism. Totally different. No objection to broadening to include other objects thrown. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:27, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete. The category system does not exist as a way to create lists of every conceivable topic you might think of as a list — we categorize on WP:DEFINING characteristics. And for the purposes of determining whether a category is appropriate or not, a defining characteristic is one that external sources routinely describe the subject as possessing. The very fact that a name has to be invented for this category, because it doesn't actually have a standard name in the real world, is in and of itself a reason why this is not a defining or categorizable characteristic. Bearcat (talk) 05:15, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge back rather than delete. WE certainly cannot retain the present name, which has slanderous connotations. Possibly move back to guttural singers and provide a definition in a headnote. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:30, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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