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April 14[edit]

Category:Category:Overseas Chinese Presidents[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:46, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I think this means 'Politicians of Chinese descent who became President of a country', which seems like too narrow a category. GiantSnowman 15:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge this category into Category:Politicians of Chinese descent instead. AHI-3000 (talk) 21:31, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: merge or delete?
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  • Rename Heads of state of Chinese descent (or Heads of state and heads of government of Chinese descent). 58.152.55.172 (talk) 09:57, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:12th-century French novelists[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:46, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. The 12th-century novelists category is too small for diffusion by nationality (a.k.a. there's 2 people in the entire tree). Mason (talk) 23:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Independant Native American countries[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:45, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Or plausibly, just a rename to correct the spelling error. Redundant at best with other categories, the notion of a "country" as we understand it seems dangerously nebulous and unattested in several member articles here. Remsense诉 22:34, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Visual artists in late 20th-century Australia[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge both to Category:20th-century Australian artists. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 13:22, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Can we make these categories more defining? I really don't know what to do with them. Perhaps split by art movement? Mason (talk) 19:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Food gods[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 23#Category:Food gods

Category:Canadian mIlitary personnel by city[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: speedy renamed as a straightforward spelling error that didn't require debate. Bearcat (talk) 15:49, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: There is a typo in the category name, there should not be a capital I inside "military". ☆ Bri (talk) 15:54, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename per WP:C2A, this could have been listed at speedy. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:33, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy rename per WP:C2A. NLeeuw (talk) 04:41, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's not necessary to take a straightforward spelling error like this to CFD for seven full days of discussion, and this could have been handled as a speedy. Dirty deed already done, dirt cheap. Bearcat (talk) 15:49, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Film controversies in Spain[edit]

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Category:Dutch cookies[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 23#Category:Dutch cookies

Category:Rajputana Agency[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 21#Category:Rajputana Agency

Category:Mohave tribe[edit]

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Category:Languages with Linglist code[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 21#Category:Languages with Linglist code

Category:Beauty goddesses[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Toadette (Let's talk together!) 21:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Vague categorization based on "associated with". PepperBeast (talk) 13:58, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep Goddesses like Lakshmi are linked with Beauty.--Redtigerxyz Talk 05:41, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This is a rare instance in which association may be WP:DEFINING, as deities are defined by what humans believe about them. As examining what or how deities really are, or if they even exist, is beyond human capacity, human beliefs about what they are, and associations about what they do, need to be central in how we categorise them, as long as associations are not WP:UNDUE. NLeeuw (talk) 14:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Tigers in Meitei culture[edit]

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April 13[edit]

Category:NFL marching bands[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: C2C. Trivialist (talk) 23:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sovietism[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:41, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: As category statute itself states, "Articles relating to Sovietisms, the neologisms and cliches in the Russian language of the epoch of the Soviet Union." But this is perfectly covered by Category:Soviet phraseology, for the first. For the second, someone included into it the categories Neo-Sovietism‎ (3 C, 32 P) Stalinism‎ (16 C, 112 P)
whicxh have nothing to do with " neologisms and cliches in the Russian language". - Altenmann >talk 22:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom, or possibly convert to a soft redirect. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:39, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Intersex lesbians[edit]

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Category:Indian Paintbrush (company) films[edit]

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Category:Rocky (film series)[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:43, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: C2D per Rocky (franchise). Charles Essie (talk) 21:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in New Caledonia[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus with no prejudice against speedy renomination for a merge. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:07, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Broaden this category to include 19th-century churches of all denominations. There are only two pages in here, and 4 total in the entire Roman Catholic churches in New Caledonia Mason (talk) 23:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Both the rename and the merge proposal are keeping the content in the tree of the the dependent territory, so this is not a reason to oppose. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:22, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • In that case either keep as it is, or, less preferably, keep a big tent category for Roman Catholic churches of all collectivités d'outre-mer along with the sole pays d'outre-mer and the collectivité sui generis. 61.244.93.97 (talk) 09:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I countered your argument in my previous reply. Then it does not make sense to repeat your "keep" without any new argument. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:57, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    FYI to the closer this IP is probably WP:LTA/HKGW Mason (talk) 02:07, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Marcocapelle you didn't have a single word on the big-tent proposal on a category for all collectivités d'outre-mer, the pays d'outre-mer and the collectivité sui generis. What's your take? (...are keeping the content in the tree of the the dependent territory... And no I don't mean generally the tree under Category:Dependent territories but Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings by dependent territory specifically.) 61.244.93.97 (talk) 08:11, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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@Marcocapelle, @Mason, any compromise here? — Qwerfjkltalk 17:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Films set in the Rajput Empire[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:40, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename, the category contains films set in various Rajput kingdoms, e.g. the kingdom of Mewar. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Scholars of Greek language[edit]

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Category:Arab gangs[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:39, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename, these are Lebanese mafia gangs. Arab is inaccurate, since many Lebanese people do not identify as Arab. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:14, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, because I think this category should be kept so that Category:Arab gangs can be merged into it. AHI-3000 (talk) 21:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait, what? You want Category:Arab gangs to merged into itself? NLeeuw (talk) 07:32, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • support that the name is bad, but caveat: it should not only be renamed, but recategorized as well, because "Gangs" and "mafia" are different category trees. - Altenmann >talk 22:44, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy rename per WP:C2D. Main article is Lebanese mafia. NLeeuw (talk) 19:48, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Companies that operate fighter jets[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Fighter aircraft operators. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:41, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Not sure whether this is an appropriate category, but if so it should align with Category:Fighter aircraft. – Fayenatic London 11:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think it's okay to standardize this on "aircraft" instead of "jets". I'm unaware of any companies that currently operate fighters with propellers at a similar scale. Edward Sandstig (talk) 12:14, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Studies of right-wing politics[edit]

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Category:Paleontology portal[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: keep Category:Paleontology portal. Merge Category:Paleontology portals to Category:Biology portals and Category:History portals. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:48, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: These seem to effectively be a duplicate category. I'm bringing the category here in case I'm missing something obvious Mason (talk) 01:39, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: Merge target for the plural category?
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Category:Rajput era[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:45, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, not a defining characteristic of the articles in the category. In fact the category is quite a hodgepodge of unrelated articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Volvo Open Cup[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: upmerge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:49, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful category, as it contains only one article. Bgsu98 (Talk) 18:41, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. It contains two pages now. If not kept, it should be merged to the relevant parent categories, rather than deleted. Mason (talk) 21:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Women's firsts[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: keep. If OP wishes to pursue this nomination further, they are welcome to renominate while tagging all of the categories (User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massCFD can help with that) and presenting a substantive reason for deletion. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:47, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Created by a user who was indefinitely blocked for disruptive behavior. Векочел (talk) 16:58, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Procedural close. The nominator makes no valid argument for deletion. The editor in question was not evading a ban at the time their account was created; the fact that they were deemed disruptive seven months after they created the category is wholly irrelevant. ——Serial Number 54129 17:16, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep/Comment. most of these nominations are not tagged. Further, I don't think this is a good reason to nominate a category. These categories seem defining to me as many first female FOO are described as such in the lead. If not kept, the categories should be merged to the relevant women/female occupation categories. Mason (talk) 21:08, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:First Nations drawing artists[edit]

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Category:1950s in Ajmer[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, Ajmer State only existed for six years, so there is no need for diffusion by century or decade. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:11, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Mason (talk) 21:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Districts of India by name[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Wikipedia categories named after districts of India and make hidden. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:48, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, "by name" is not diffusing anything. In theory the category should be merged to Category:Districts of India but the content is already in that target's subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:52, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok, it is not clear to me what purpose this has, but let's then just apply this existing convention. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:22, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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17th and 18th century in the Mughal Empire[edit]

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Category:German pies[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: There is no concept of "pie" in Germany other than as something imported from Britain or the US, compare de:Pie. Calling these particular German Kuchen "pies" is WP:SYNTH original research. See discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Germany#Zwetschgenkuchen. —Kusma (talk) 13:24, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a corresponding template, compare Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_April_13#Template:German_pies. —Kusma (talk) 13:25, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, the three articles are already in Category:German cakes which is a better place for them. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete; agree with Kusma that the concept of pie (as a separate category of food from cake) seems to have no meaning in German cuisine. Valereee (talk) 14:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom, Marco and Valereee. NLeeuw (talk) 03:17, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Agreed, there is no such thing as pies in German cuisine, and all three of the entries listed here are cakes, not pies. Ejgreen77 (talk) 20:19, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Battles involving the Pratihara Empire[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge to Category:Wars involving the Pratihara Empire and Category:Battles involving the Indian kingdoms. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:05, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge for now, currently just one article in the category, without objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:31, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dual upmerge for now without prejudice per nom. NLeeuw (talk) 03:18, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:1940s jazz album stubs[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: Merge the categories but Keep the templates. * Pppery * it has begun... 00:05, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The templates, {{1940s-jazz-album-stub}} and {{2020s-jazz-album-stub}}, were created a year ago without being proposed at WP:WSS/P. With very few articles to populate the categories, I notified the creator and upmerged the templates, negating the need for these two categories. The categories were recently recreated (without any proposal) but still only contain 2 and 5 articles. The templates should either be upmerged again or outright deleted due to the low number of candidates, but there is no need yet for the categories. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 07:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Battles involving Bengal[edit]

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Category:Warsaw Veterinary Institute alumni[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Do we really need such a deep category tree for a single alumnus? Neither of the institutions have wikipedia pages Don State Agrarian University, Warsaw Veterinary Institute. Mason (talk) 04:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:United States Sports Academy[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: These categories only have the eponymous article in it and the logo of the college. In theory, upmerge for now, but in reality, delete because the page is already categorized. Mason (talk) 04:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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April 12[edit]

Native American artists by gender[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 21#Native American artists by gender

Category:United Center[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:41, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OCEPON. Tagged by Namiba on February 4 but not listed. * Pppery * it has begun... 21:21, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Serer presidents[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:46, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I don't think we should be diffusing at the intersection of ethnicity and specific political office. Also as a follow up to Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_November_30#Category:Serer_jurists Mason (talk) 21:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Senegal has had 5 presidents since independence. 3 of those 5 were Serers as the cat clearly shows. The 4th had a Serer mother and a Serer wife. And we have not even accounted for Gambia and Mauritania where the Serer people are also found. I think this cat is pretty useful to the general reader and has great potential. There is no policy that I know of that states we can't do that. If that's the case, then there is no point in having cats for ethnicities and nationalities e.g. English actors, Scottish actors, etc.... Tamsier (talk) 02:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But how does it meet the criteria for defining intersection, under WP:EGRS/IThat's the policy that this category doesn't meet the keep criteria for. Your arguments don't address the lack of defining intersection. Comparing this category to English actors is not comparable. We don't have English presidents, but we do have English politicians. Mason (talk) 21:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per WP:OCEGRS. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:42, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Cat:Serer presidents is implemented in order to split cat:Serer people - which is permitted by OCEGRS. It helps us split notable Serers into their profession rather than lumping them all into the Cat:Serer people. To do that, would overload Cat:Serer people and would not help the reader at all. In fact, most notable Serers have not been added to this Cat for exactly that reason. The cat:Serer people should only contain Serer people, Saafi people, Niominka people, Serer-Laalaa, Ndut people, Palor people, etc., in the main Cat, and then sub cats for Serer people based on their profession. In my view, this would be more useful and helpful to the reader. Tamsier (talk) 14:03, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    But it isn't helping diffuse Serer people. It's a subcategory of Serer politicians. Mason (talk) 21:22, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Categories needing manual work before deletion[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:47, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: not all categories here will be deleted; some are just being purged. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:35, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Serer cardinals[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:47, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one cardinal that meets this criteria, which is unhelpful for navigation. If not merged, I think we should broaden the category to clergy or religious workers. Mason (talk) 19:27, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: In Senegal and Gambia, but especially Senegal were the Serer are the third largest ethnic group, this community constitute the majority of the Christian community. I get your argument, but I truly believe this category is extremely helpful, and would provide even greater help to the reader in the future. There are more people that could potentially be added to this cat. I therefore urge the community to give it time and keep it as is.Tamsier (talk) 20:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What other cardinals can be added? It's been 10 years since the category was created. I feel like that's more than enough time. And if sufficiently more people exist, those categories can be created again. Relevant: CFD that ended with deletion. Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 November 30#Category:Serer jurists Mason (talk) 21:08, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Egyptian Football League clubs[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:40, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: To match parent article and category, Egyptian Premier League. Ben5218 (talk) 18:25, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Original programming[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Television shows. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:37, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redundant category. Although we do use the "original programming" wording in for "television programs by network" categories, that's only because we want television programs to be categorized only for the service they were actually original to, and not for services that picked up rebroadcast rights -- for instance, a show that is original to NBC in the United States would be catted as NBC original programming, but would not get categorized for its rebroadcast by CTV in Canada, ITV in the UK or Seven in Australia.
But literally by definition, every television program is "original" to some television service or other -- a television program can't exist at all without being "original" to some television channel, network or streaming platform -- which just makes this functionally indistinguishable from Category:Television programming. Bearcat (talk) 18:01, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:2023 farm sims[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:50, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorization by intersection of unrelated characteristics. Category:Farming video games does not have any scheme of subcategorizing its contents by individual year of release, and the Category:Video games by year tree doesn't have any established scheme of subcategorizing games for the intersection of genre with year of release either -- so this is the only category of this type that exists at all, but special treatment isn't necessary for just four games.
All four games have been left in the 2023 video games parent alongside this, so no upmerging is necessary in that direction. Bearcat (talk) 16:36, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedia community campaigns[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Wikimedia community projects. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 13:16, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I recently made this category and it does not have broad use. The better name is "Wikimedia community project" because Wikimedia community project (Q56248902) already has some use in Wikidata, and it is the same concept. Bluerasberry (talk) 13:09, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Marcocapelle and HouseBlaster: The plural is correct and singular is an error. Yes I support. Bluerasberry (talk) 07:49, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Politicians of the Second Polish Republic[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 21#Category:Politicians of the Second Polish Republic

Politicians of the Korean Empire[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 21#Politicians of the Korean Empire

Category:Politicians of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: manual merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:52, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Manual merge to parents as appropriate. E.g. although the lede for Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina says he was a politician, he seems rather to have been a journalist. If not merged, then rename to Category:Politicians from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies using "from" as above. – Fayenatic London 15:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Politicians of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 21#Category:Politicians of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Category:Hosts of the CCTV New Year's Gala[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:PERFCAT --woodensuperman 11:10, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sesame Street crew[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Cast and crew fail WP:PERFCAT. --woodensuperman 09:59, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Muppet performers[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 21#Category:Muppet performers

Category:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic developers[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Categorising by specific production follows the same logic as WP:PERFCAT. Category:Video game developers is sufficient. --woodensuperman 09:42, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fallout (series) developers[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Categorising by specific production follows the same logic as WP:PERFCAT. Category:Video game developers is sufficient. --woodensuperman 09:41, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Children of Humayun Ahmed[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:NOTINHERITED. Nearly all the other entries in Category:Children by person are historical/dynastic. --woodensuperman 07:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge, while I am not sure how WP:NOTINHERITED would apply here, it is not worth keeping this category with only two entries, this is not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:13, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    My understanding is that if notability is not inherited, then categorisation in this manner is not defining. --woodensuperman 17:09, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Lighthouses[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: Merge * Pppery * it has begun... 00:04, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, isolated year categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:15, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • This nomination would surreptitiously empty "transport infrastructure" year categories (see Category:Transport infrastructure by year of completion). If a nomination would empty a differently-named layer, then it would be good practice to tag and list those categories. In this case, however, since Lighthouses are part of the Transport infrastructure hierarchy, merge but use "transport infrastructure" year categories as the second target in each case, rather than "infrastructure". – Fayenatic London 09:32, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Mayor and cabinet executives[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename per actual content, the category does not contain articles about mayors but instead articles about local authorities. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:03, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, the new name would certainly help reflect the existing content. -- Zanimum (talk) 23:05, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians who reject a sexual preference label[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 21#Category:Wikipedians who reject a sexual preference label

Category:Fraggle Rock albums[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:39, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only contains one article, this is the only category that it makes sense to merge to. (Oinkers42) (talk) 02:57, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Children of princesses regnant[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Princesses regnant. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:39, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Aside from sons and daughters, I think no other subcategories are expected any time soon. That makes this a redundant layer to be dual-upmerged for now without prejudice. NLeeuw (talk) 01:13, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American politicians who are the sole member of their party in statewide office[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Before I get to the analysis of how I reached a "delete" outcome, I want to say that this is one of the nastiest discussions I have seen in a while. Comments about editors (to arbitrarily pick one example, Editors insisting that this category is completely arbitrary is eyeroll-worthy) can easily be rephrased without attacking other editors (such as The idea that this category is completely arbitrary is eyeroll-worthy; this is not to say that is a particularly strong argument, but it is certainly stronger than attacking good-faith contributors).

Numerically this is a wash, with five editors supporting deletion to three editors wishing to keep the category. While discussions on Wikipedia are not votes, the head count is not completely irrelevant either. However, as was pointed out, some very blatant canvassing has taken place (1, 2, 3, 4). Discarding BottleOfChocolateMilk's !vote, which was directly canvased at their talk page, we have five editors who support deletion to two editors who support keeping the category.

To overcome such numbers, the arguments in favor of keeping the category must be fairly strong. Supporters of keeping the category pointed to reliable sources which used "only statewide elected elected official of a given party" as descriptor of given politicians. People supporting deletion countered by saying they are trivial, arbitrary characteristics. Neither argument is particularly stronger than the other, so as closer it would be supervoting to close as keep in the face of more than 2:1 opposition.

As always, I welcome questions/comments/concerns about this close (or anything I have done in general!) at my talk page. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:38, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Wikipedia:Overcategorization as non-defining, trivial, narrow, possibly others. This category is also temporary. If a Republican wins in Maine's 2nd congressional district this fall, then Susan Collins no longer qualifies. If Mary Peltola or Jon Tester lose reelection, they no longer qualify. Joe Manchin isn't running for reelection, so he comes out when his term expires. Also, as noted in the category, this can be incomplete or inaccurate as state supreme court justices are not always partisan, but they may be members of parties. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:56, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. One might just as well create a Category:American politicians who like eating chips, live on the 3rd floor and are named Kyle. NLeeuw (talk) 01:16, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Pretty much every complaint listed here is arbitrary, subjective and baseless. This is a key measure of partisanship and political party strength. It is relevant to understanding the electoral geography of the United States. Yes, circumstances will change with the occurrence of elections and require the page to be updated. That can be done easily and promptly. You have apparently invented your own rule requiring categories to be permanently included on pages. There are plenty of categories which require people to be "current" in holding a position. (Although your Maine example is obviously mistaken, considering the fact that the congressional district is not a statewide office, the Alaska and WV examples are true, but not a valid reason for deletion). The potato chip analogy is intellectually insulting - you are arguing that this key measure of partisanship in states is as relevant as someone's snack food preferences? With all due respect, that is ridiculous. The supreme court justice caveat is merely an acknowledgement that the affiliation of some offices cannot be reliably or consistently sourced. Warning editors against making baseless assumptions does not mean that the category is invalid. 1Matt20 (talk) 18:00, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Just wanted to add Category:Current elections as one of many examples proving that there is no prohibition whatsoever on so-called "temporary" categories. Also, look at the tables on each of the pages included in Category:Political party strength in the United States by state. How is that strength measured? By color coding, letting the reader know when members of political parties last held statewide office or legislative control. This category isolates that information, leading the reader from a page about an individual politician to broader knowledge of ideological trends and electoral geography. 1Matt20 (talk) 18:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Category:Current elections is a maintenance category populated by {{Current election}}. Category:Political party strength in the United States by state is a category of pages on political party strength, and while that strength changes, the pages in the category won't. Legit point on my error on Susan Collins. A Republican governor or senator elected in Maine would remove her from this category, though. That makes this non-defining for the politicians in the category for sure, as well as possibly other forms of overcategorization as listed on that page. So there's nothing "arbitrary, subjective, or baseless" about my nom. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:31, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      You have restated your personal belief that having to eventually remove a page from a category makes it non-defining. You are unable to actually point me to a categorization rule which requires every category to be binding forever. Wikipedia is edited responsively to reflect current events, and I can assure you I will keep this category updated to the occurrence of elections. You are unable to respond to my rebuttal that the supreme court justice caveat merely asks editors to not make unsourced assumptions based on the party of governors who appointed justices. Finally, before I created this category, other editors had already noted the politicians included as the sole remaining officeholders of their parties (quite prominently, on the intros of bio pages). Because that will change one day, must it be considered utterly irrelevant information on Wikipedia? 1Matt20 (talk) 18:46, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Delete per nom. I think it is an arbcat and it isn't a defining characteristic for the people in the category. This seems arbitrary. Why not two office holders? Why not zero? Mason (talk) 21:14, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      I am having a very difficult time wrapping my head around this mentality. If there is only one statewide officeholder from a political party, it is an clear sign of ideological domination and resource disparity. How on earth is that a meaningless consideration? Saying "Why not zero?" is pure sophistry. 1Matt20 (talk) 21:19, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      I'd like to delve specifically into what WP:ARBITRARYCAT uses as examples: Top 7% test scores, 100th episodes. These are indeed random markers - they don't tell you anything. If there is only one member of a political party left in statewide office, that is plainly informative about the state's partisan lean. It is notable because it is the most glaring signal possible of an officeholder's resistance to trends - they are unusually popular, their views don't reflect their party's typical base, etc. Hence why a person's status as final statewide officeholder is frequently cited in Wikipedia biographies as well as in the media. 1Matt20 (talk) 22:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Do you have examples of person's status as final statewide officeholder being used as defining characteristic of the person? Because I really don't see how this is defining for the person. I think it's defining for the office or the party, but not the person. Mason (talk) 21:21, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      You are conjuring mutual exclusivity out of thin air. It is defining for the party, the office, and especially for the person - the individual whose name is actually on the ballot, whose unique public identity allows them to be the only statewide official from their party, resisting headwinds of power balance in their state.
      I could go on and on with examples: Joe Manchin criticizes his party's incumbent president at an unusual rate and openly flirted with third-party registration. Mary Peltola votes against her party 12% of the time, the fourth highest of her colleagues, compared with just 6% defection rate by the average House Democrat. Susan Collins was the only Republican senator to vote against confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Although he is a Democrat, Brian Gaines was appointed Comptroller of South Carolina by a Republican in order to move the office on from a corruption scandal. Are you noticing a pattern yet? If you're the only statewide representative of your party left, you are incentivized to be a "maverick."
      I expect you or the others on this thread to somehow contort each example into "not applying to the person." You are all making distinctions without differences, just arbitrarily splitting hairs at the cost of a category which streamlines comprehension of US political strategy and electoral geography. This perspective is baffling to me: "A holdout who defies the odds to be rewarded by the electorate for their unique image? Oh, that doesn't possibly mean anything." 1Matt20 (talk) 00:03, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as a less temporal version of Category:American politicians who are the most recent member of their party to hold statewide office. This category is widely discussed in mainstream reliable sources (though not by this specific name), as "maverick" politicians usually have outsize impact on American politics. --Habst (talk) 17:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Alternative to deletion: split into two separate categories, Category:Sole Democrats in Republican-majority U.S. states and Category:Sole Republicans in Democratic-majority U.S. states, with further explanation in the category pages. --Habst (talk) 17:13, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But why? BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 17:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Editors insisting that this category is completely arbitrary is eyeroll-worthy. If someone is the one and only member of their party holding statewide office in their state, that is very plainly noteworthy. News coverage of such officeholders frequently mention their status as the only Democrat/Republican holding statewide office in their state; see news coverage of Nicole Galloway, Nikki Fried, Rob Sand, Kim Wyman, etc. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 17:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Trivia is not defining. To use one example, the fact that Susan Collins is temporarily the only Republican elected to a statewide office does not define her. At various times during her career in the Senate, fellow Republicans Paul LePage and Olympia Snowe were also elected to statewide office. Her temporary status as the only statewide elected Republican is non-defining.--User:Namiba 17:37, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as arbitrary and temporary. Susan Collins is far from being the only Republican to have served in statewide office in Maine. This category is a classic example of WP:PRESENTISM.--User:Namiba 19:00, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You are completely mistaken about what the category means. It is for politicians who are CURRENTLY the only statewide officeholder. 1Matt20 (talk) 19:02, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia:Don't bludgeon the process. WP:BADGERING editors doesn't enhance your cause. I believe that this category should be deleted.--User:Namiba 19:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am simply responding to you. You'd be right if the category was named "American politicians who are the only member of their party to ever serve in statewide office." That is not the name, and therefore not the meaning. You are entitled to your belief and vote, even if it is based on a misinterpretation. I am entitled to respectfully engage until the discussion is closed. 1Matt20 (talk) 19:17, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Canvassed by 1Matt20 at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics[1] and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography[2] (and also User talk:Tom.Reding and User talk:BottleOfChocolateMilk) with appeal for Keep votes, some description of arguments for deletion, and The Delete voters have been largely unresponsive, and even when they do respond, have been argumentatively selective and engage in sophistry. NebY (talk) 19:13, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American Football (band)[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: withdrawn. (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 06:10, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: User:JDBauby just added all the albums into this category and that is not helpful for navigation. This should be deleted, the albums kept in their appropriate album-related categories and band members put into Category:American Football (band) members, leaving this main category too small to exist. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
if everything was organised (albums -> discography, members -> band members, etc.), would it not be good to have a master category that held all of these subcategories? JDBauby (talk) 08:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cleaned it up a bit. Three subcats (albums, songs, members) plus a discography page have been enough to keep such eponymous parent cats in the past. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 22:38, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Withdrawn Per above: three legit categories and three legit articles in the main category is the bare minimum. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:03, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:American insect pathologists[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: triple merge to all of the targets suggested. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:54, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge. There are only two people in this category, which isn't helpful for navigation. Especially, when these are the only two pages in the Insect pathologists tree Mason (talk) 00:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Either of the Merge targets that Marcocapelle has proposed are fine with me Mason (talk) 21:21, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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April 11[edit]

Category:Canadian people of Arab descent[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge as unopposed. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 03:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, the content of this category is not only about ethnic Arabs but also about all sorts of other ethnic groups in the Middle East (Coptic, Assyrian etc.), to such an extent that it almost resembles the Middle East category. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:19, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians whose articles for creation was denied[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:45, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Fails WP:USERCAT for lacking any discernible collaborative function. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:15, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians who never listen to country music[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:45, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OC/U#not-based * Pppery * it has begun... 20:15, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians who have been abducted by Thebiguglyalien[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: speedy delete per WP:G7. (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 23:58, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OC/U#jokes WP:OC/U#Personal userspace categories. I hope you enjoyed April Fools Day 2024 everyone (I didn't, because it keeps leaving messes I have to clean up), but there's no reason for this category's continued existence. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:51, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom, but don't take this as G7, as I created to fix a redlink. Courtesy ping: Sawyer-mcdonell, who was the first to add this to his userpage. QueenofHearts 20:06, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    fine with me ... sawyer * he/they * talk 20:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Tagged for G7. QueenofHearts 22:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:21, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment creator of the category has G7'ed it. —usernamekiran (talk) 22:42, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians supporting social democracy[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:46, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OC/U#Advocacy * Pppery * it has begun... 19:51, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians loving software updates[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:46, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OC/U#Irrelevant likes * Pppery * it has begun... 19:51, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians with blue-linked categories on their user page[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. From WP:USERCATNO (linked by the nom):

Categories that are jokes/nonsense
This includes any grouping of users that is patently false (e.g. Wikipedians who are zombies, Wikipedians in their 780s), nonsensical (e.g. Userpages That Are Full Of LOL), undecipherable (e.g. Wikipedians who Watch animals from their POV), or created primarily for humourous or satirical purposes (e.g. Wikipedians who are one of an infinite number of monkeys). (my emphasis). Category clearly meets this. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:14, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: WP:OC/U#All-inclusive WP:OC/U#jokes * Pppery * it has begun... 19:51, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Pppery: See WP:JUSTAPOLICY. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 09:22, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Someone who's wrong on the internet: you are linking to an essay and it is unclear per part of the essay how many users agree with it. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't believe they were saying it is policy, nor do I think they were saying that it is something that needs to be agreed with. The essay points out a number of weak arguments that seem stronger than they actually are, or that are logical fallacies, etc. In this case, "per nom" is a very weak argument. Strong would be to retype the nom's argument exactly. Stronger still would be to restate the nom's argument in your own words. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:35, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Copying nom's argument or restating the argument in different words does not add any new argument either, and that is what matters. The point is that nom's argument as such is strong enough to convince other editors. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:40, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Jewish communities in Palestine temporarily abandoned during the mandate period[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete Category:Jewish communities in Palestine temporarily abandoned during the mandate period. The other category has been split from my original closure. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:18, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I don't know what to name these categories, but I think they needs more clear names. Mason (talk) 03:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To editor Qwerfjkl:, I request that you reopen this case. No rationale at all was provided for "Jewish villages depopulated in Mandatory Palestine", and it seems like nobody actually checked what the category represents. What this rename means is that almost all the articles in the category will have to be removed from it because these places were only abandoned for a short time before the inhabitants returned. They were not "depopulated". The category will end up with only one or two entries. Zerotalk 23:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Qwerfjkl: by all means reopen/relist the discussion. For the record, the objection only applies to the first nominated category. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:30, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Reopened per request.
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  • I notice now that I had omitted the word "temporarily" merely by accident. However if these villages were abandoned for only a short period then it is not a defining characteristic and Category:Jewish communities in Palestine temporarily abandoned during the mandate period should be deleted rather than renamed. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:39, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Only referring to the first category in this comment.) My first preference is for the category to be deleted, and my second preference is for the current name (with "temporarily") to be kept. There are only a tiny number of places in the list that can reasonably be said to have been "depopulated" and some are not really "communities" (such as a cluster of houses inside a city). Zerotalk 02:53, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Natural history[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, Natural history used to be what we call Natural sciences today, the umbrella term of biology, physics, chemistry etc. The current meaning of natural history is very fuzzy. The content of these categories largely overlaps with Category:Environment of Afghanistan, Category:Environment of Albania etc. If consensus about this is likely I will also add the other countries. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Words and phrases by language[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:35, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Many subcategories in it have the 'statute', like, ""This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves. Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase". However I checked a couple and see that people dont care and put there items that are just about subjects that have title in foreingn language, such as e.g. Goralenvolk, Gokenin, Gradonachalnik.
  • Shall we undertake a really massive cleanup (and put these cats on watchlist to prevent from "contamination", since it will most surely happen )
  • or change the 'statutes' to reflect the status quo? I do feet that catigories, like, category:Russian terms to describe Russian culture are of value.- Altenmann >talk 19:33, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • P.S. While we are at that, it will make sense to double-check the ledes for proper "XXX is a term for YYY" vs. "XXX is YYY". For example two articles about basically same concept but in different cultures introduced dirfferently:
    • Mazhory (from majors; roughly translates as "the superior ones"[1]) is a slang term used in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet countries for children of privileged people,
  • vs:
    • Princelings (Chinese: 太子党), also translated as the Party's Crown Princes, are the descendants of prominent and influential senior communist officials in the People's Republic of China.
- Altenmann >talk 20:04, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • If we drop the requirement that the categories only contain articles about words themselves, then they just wouldn't be useful. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. A category containing every article that is a word in a specific language would be far too inclusive.  dummelaksen  (talk • contribs) 20:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I dont think WP:NOTDICTIONARY is applicable here. Besides, We have articles such as Yiddish words used in English. Shouldn't the list items with articles be in a matching category?- Altenmann >talk 20:09, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Not necessarily, I don't think so. The article you mention already fulfills that exact purpose. Essentially my point is that if we drop the requirement in question then articles would be categorised purely based on their titles and not their scope, which I think is overcategorisation. It's not a very strong example of it, so I understand your concern, but I still think it's better if these categories of words and phrases only contain articles about words and phrases.  dummelaksen  (talk • contribs) 20:35, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      ETA: I think list articles, like Yiddish words used in English, are a much better idea actually. I would be completely fine with list articles like those instead of putting non-word articles in the words categories.  dummelaksen  (talk • contribs) 20:39, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The instruction on these category pages isn't clear at all. We should either remove the requirement or delete the categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Marcocapelle: out of interest, what about it do you think is unclear?  dummelaksen  (talk • contribs) 20:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Words exist for the very purpose of referring to a concept or thing. It is not very well imaginable that we have articles about words that do not also discuss the meaning of the words. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      That's fair. Almost every article should have a definition of its title but most articles are much more than just the meaning and usage of the word. In that case, the header should read "articles about the usage of the word in language" or something else to that effect.  dummelaksen  (talk • contribs) 23:11, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Dummelaksen: let me rephrase this slightly: "articles mainly about the usage of the word in language". The question is how much % of the article should be about the usage of the word in language in order to qualify for the category. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:09, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        A good article should be about one thing and one thing only, i.e. an article should be about the word itself, or not about the word itself. So ideally, 100%. In reality a lot of articles in these categories aren't written well so are about the concept, but are inappropriately written like dictionary definitions.
        I've been very conservative thus far, and only removed articles that are clearly about concepts, but many of these articles should be rewritten to avoid WP:NOTDICT and WP:REFERSTO.  dummelaksen  (talk • contribs) 05:38, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Should this category continue to exist? If so, how should it be organized? Specific proposals on the latter point would be appreciated!
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 14:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Basically there are only two options: do nothing or delete. In the first option we may remove the requirement but even when the requirement is kept it will be ignored so the result is the same. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:10, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    A rule (for lack of a better word) being ignored isn't reason to just give up and delete the categories though.  dummelaksen  (talk • contribs) 16:07, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:Habitats Directive Species[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 18#Category:Habitats Directive Species

Category:Vaisala Prize Laureates[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 19:52, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The name of the prize is Väisälä Prize with umlauts. See the official webpage: https://acadsci.fi/en/grants-and-prizes/vaisala-prize/ Jähmefyysikko (talk) 08:36, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:South Dakota state representatives[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 19:52, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: this category is relatively small and redundant to the much larger Category:Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives.--TommyBoy (talk) 04:19, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Czech saints[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:40, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:CROSSCAT. Not sure if this phenomenon has been discussed before, but I couldn't find it in the CFD archives. I'm nominating this to initiate a preliminary discussion on the wider Category:Christian saints by nationality tree, as I see several issues with the selection criteria in many parts of this tree, and this particular category exemplifies them well.
A. Objectivity and verifiability: Whoever is considered a "saint" or not is inherently subjective and WP:POV. If this is even the 'job' of Wikipedia to start with, the only way to objectively categorise saints is by the authority of a relevant religious organisation (in this case a church or denomination), which has officially canonised a person as a saint in verifiable publications (WP:V + WP:RS). Perhaps one person is canonised by multiple organisations, and perhaps lots of individuals in a community or society unofficially believe in a person's sainthood, but we may assume that the rest of the world, by default, does not accept anyone's sainthood, especially not of anyone in a religious denomination other than their own (if any). Certain denominations such as Calvinist churches even vehemently oppose the very idea of sainthood as blasphemous, and don't recognise the saints of any other church either. It's always a saint according to church X. I think we can all agree on that.
B. Relevance of nationality: "Nationality" seems irrelevant. Generally speaking, secular authorities like states and governments are not in the business of canonising saints. It might be that the feasts of certain saints are established as public holidays (say, Saint Patrick's Day in Ireland and some other jurisdictions), and that there is some official symbolism devoted to a saint, but it's not the Republic of Ireland's business to say who is a saint and who isn't. (Proclaiming "national heroes" maybe, but that's a separate issue). Similarly, it's not the Czech Republic's business to accord sainthood to, say, Jan Hus. There seems to be no particular connection between sainthood (a religious legal status) and nationality (a secular legal status). This is why I'm leaning towards regarding the whole saints by nationality tree an inappropriate WP:CROSSCAT.
C. Original research: Finally, even if nationality somehow were an appropriate attribute of a saint, a great number of these saints lived at a time when the present-day states did not exist yet. The Czech Republic wasn't founded until 1993, the Republic of Ireland not until 1922/1937/1949 (depending on one's view), the Netherlands not until 1581/1648/1813/1815 etc., so how could there be such a thing as medieval "Czech", "Dutch", "Irish" etc. saints? This seems obvious WP:OR, driven by modern nationalism to arbitrarily claim various elements of the past for a modern political entity. The catdesc of Category:Christian saints by nationality seems to confirm this: This category is for articles about saints by the country they were from or are associated with. That's a textbook example of WP:ASSOCIATEDWITH. Given that the relevance of "nationality" is already shaky, this seems even more reason to get rid of this kind of WP:ARBITRARYCAT.
I don't rule out the possibility that this category tree may be legitimate and useful after all. But I think we should at least discuss why we should have it or not. I'm also not picking on Czech saints in particular, it's just a very good example to illustrate the issues I'm seeing across the tree. (E.g. with "French saints" I wouldn't be able to raise point C. very well, as France's statehood arguably goes much further back and could arguably capture most medieval saints.) I would love to hear your thoughts. This is a large tree, we shouldn't be making rash decisions. NLeeuw (talk) 19:14, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Nederlandse Leeuw I don't have time for a full response now, but WP:CROSSCAT is about articles and refers to Wikipedia:Overcategorization for categories, so I suggest that arguments should be based on WP:OVERCAT, rather than WP:CROSSCAT. TSventon (talk) 01:29, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enough, but you'll notice I've invoked many more specific guidelines in my rationale: WP:POV, WP:V, WP:RS (these 3 issues can be overcome within the Category:Saints by religion tree, but not, I think, in the Category:Saints by nationality tree), relevance (I think nationality is WP:NONDEFINING for saints, because sainthood is not established through secular law, but ecclesiastical law, and denominations such as the Catholic Church and Constantinople Patriarchate operate internationally), WP:OR, WP:ASSOCIATEDWITH, and WP:ARBITRARYCAT. NLeeuw (talk) 03:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia categories exist to help readers navigate the encyclopedia and I think Category:Christian saints by nationality is justified on that basis.
    A. Objectivity and verifiability: I agree that you can argue there is a legitimate POV concern about Category:Christian saints.
    B. Relevance of nationality: Category:Christian saints is a large category, so it is useful for navigation to WP:DIFFUSE it. Nationality is an accepted basis for diffusing large categories, so I would suggest keeping national categories unless a better method can be found. Nationality is relevant as churches such as the Catholic Church and Constantinople Patriarchate are divided into national units, such as the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic and the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. It is therefore not a WP:ARBITRARYCAT. Until the French Revolution, churches and secular governments in Europe were closely integrated and monarchs had an interest in who was canonised in their realms. Sometimes a saint would be canonised after being killed on behalf of a monarch. However sainthood should be a defining characterstic members of Category:Christian saints. If this is not the case for Jan Hus, he should not be in the category.
    C. Original research: This is an issue for Category:Czech people, rather than just Category:Czech saints. I would argue that both categories are useful for navigation and that nationality is just as WP:DEFINING for saints as for other human beings. Category:Czech people by century, for example goes back to Category:9th-century people from Bohemia. If the catdesc of Category:Christian saints by nationality says This category is for articles about saints by the country they were from or are associated with. then the words "associated with" could be removed. TSventon (talk) 15:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Medieval Roman Catholic dioceses in the Low Countries, Germany and France, with modern borders in red
    I agree with you that diffusing large categories is important for smooth navigation, but I agree with Marcocapelle below that Christian saints [should] only be diffused by century and no longer by nationality.
    I'm afraid the ecclesiastical organisation argument shoots itself in the foot. Church provinces coinciding with national borders is a very modern phenomenon, and not even the Catholic Church has enough adherents in every country to have a province for each of them. Take the example of the map on the right there, showing that in the Middle Ages the borders of archdioceses in the Low Countries almost completely ignored the country borders that exist today (because those country borders didn't exist at the time either).
    Evidently, Jan Hus was executed by the Catholic Church, which up until today regards him as a heretic and an enemy, whereas some but not all Orthodox and Lutheran denominations have canonised Hus as a saint. The sources provided - 64 and 65; two copies of the same 2011 interview with Christopher of Prague - state that Jan Hus has been canonised as a saint by the (Orthodox) Church of Greece, Church of Cyprus, and the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. Only the last one is relevant if we are to decide whether Hus is a "Czech" saint or not, and according to the 2021 Czech Republic census, only 0.4% of the population is a member of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. The Czechoslovak Hussite Church bears his name and acknowledges him as their predecessor, but There is no veneration of saints as practiced in the Apostolic Churches, and they constituted only 0.2% of the Czech population in 2021. In fact, we might look at Religion in the Czech Republic as a whole and see that almost half of Czechs have no religion at all, fewer than 10% are Catholics (who officially regard Hus as a heretic), and the few who hold Hus in high regard don't even show up in the piechart. Besides, the two categories declaring Jan Hus a "Lutheran saint" are not backed up by sources at all. So, all religious denominations in Czechia today who recognise Hus as a saint combined barely represent the Czech population. Who are we Wikipedians to say that Hus is their "saint"? The Orthodox Greeks and Cypriots who nominally believe in his sainthood probably outnumber the Czechs who do. Nationality is just completely irrelevant here.
    If anything, we should have a Category:Saints in the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia as a child of Category:Eastern Orthodox saints. If we can't find enough to populate that category, then maybe we should listify them and make them a separate section in the main article Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia or something. Or, add Jan Hus to List of Eastern Orthodox saints with a source stating in which 3 orthodox churches he is currently recognised as a saint. Whatever we do, categorising as "Czech saints" is one of the worst options we could take here. NLeeuw (talk) 08:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    NLeeuw I am arguing that we usually categorise people by nationality, so it helps navigation to categorise saints by nationality as well.
    Church provinces coinciding with national borders is not a modern phenomenon: the original dioceses were based on Roman dioceses. I will agree that the borders church provinces did not always and immediately change to follow state boundaries. However, as I argued earlier churches and secular governments in western Europe Europe were closely integrated, this can be seen in the History of Christianity in the Czech lands. Differing boundaries are an issue for subcategories of Category:Czech people and Category:Dutch people in general, not particularly for the saints categories.
    As to Jan Hus, the sourced text of the article should show that being a saint is a defining characteristic, which it apparently doesn't, so he could be removed from the category. Most of the contents of the Czech saints category is in Category:Czech Roman Catholic saints. Should that be nominated for deletion as well? Most of the members of that category are clearly connected to Bohemia and Moravia. TSventon (talk) 23:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Czech Roman Catholic saints is more specific, because that has a denomination or religious organisation behind it. I'm still not sure about the "Czech" part, but on the whole it is indeed less problematic.
    I think you may be right that Jan Hus should be removed from all or some saints categories, especially the Lutheran ones as long as the article doesn't say anything about it.
    For nationalities categories, we've been having a lot of constructive dialogue and agreements in recent years, including Category:People from the Kingdom of Bohemia, where Hus probably belongs. NLeeuw (talk) 06:03, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • A is not so much a problem because Christian churches have set procedures for sainthood attribution. For more clarity the category may be renamed from "saints" to "Christian saints" though. B is a problem not in itself but because of C. For that reason I would suggest Christian saints only to be diffused by century and no longer by nationality. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:58, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I think your last suggestion is a rather useful one. (Although the earliest people later canonised as saints often have unclear lifespans; I'm thinking about Alban of Mainz, for example). Even if C weren't a problem, saints and nationality are still a contestable intersection as long as nationality is WP:NONDEFINING with regards to sainthood. The very nature of Christianity as a missionary religion with universal aspirations (that is, it seeks to convert all humanity, not just all members of the tribe / ethnicity / country / polity etc. it originated in) makes it arguably "internationalist", and nationality an irrelevant, modern invention. For navigational purposes we might have been pragmatic if "national" borders had been stable for the past 2000+ years (B), but they haven't (C), so... NLeeuw (talk) 06:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Part of Category:Christian saints by nationality, a large category tree. May not always be strictly accurate, but modern nationalities are commonly used for saints (i.e. they are especially venerated in the current countries from whose territory they originated). Categorisation of saints is clearly useful and it would not be advantageous to Wikipedia if we decided for NPOV reasons that saints weren't saints, as that is generally why they are notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:35, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • The size of a category tree is irrelevant if the tree itself is inappropriate to Wikipedia standards. It just means we need to be careful when dismantling or reorganising it.
    • As explained above, less than 1% of Czechs seems to venerate Jan Hus as a saint. (Nominally, there are probably more Greeks and Cypriots who do than Czechs). His main notability stems from the fact that the Hussite Wars are named after him (as his religious teachings ideologically influenced the conflict), not that a fringe church in the 20th or 21st century canonised him as a saint.
    • Categorisation of saints may be useful, but categorisation by what? E.g. we could categorise them by their favourite colour or their astrological sign, but those wouldn't be useful. Categories need to be WP:DEFINING.
    • As explained above, sainthood is always a POV. Some points of view are worth noting, but others are WP:UNDUE. Wikipedia is not in the business of extensively documenting the beliefs of very small religious, political or other groups with near-zero cultural impact. NLeeuw (talk) 12:27, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      PS: The last point is related to WP:COATRACK#Some Famous Dude Did It so It Must Be Good. NLeeuw (talk) 12:30, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete primordialism is not a point of view that is widely accepted in the nationality studies field. Wikipedia should certainly not take it for granted with ill advised categories that project the current state of the Czech Republic beyond the 19th century nationalist movement into the medieval past, when modern nationality just didn't exist. "Saints from Bohemia" would be OK but non-defining, for the reasons explained above. (t · c) buidhe 01:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Consistent with other "from Bohemia" categories, and also e.g. with "from Georgia (country)" categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:14, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment I have taken a closer look at the interview with the archbishop of Prague about Jan Hus, and it seems that even the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia has not yet canonised Jan Hus and his follower Jerome of Prague as "saints" or "martyrs". There is only lobbying going on for them to be canonised at some point in the future, which the archbishop supports. The interviewer asks: Jan Hus and Jerome of Prague died a martyr's death for Christ's truth. Their memory lives on not only in Czechia. Your Beatitude, why have they not been canonized as saints? The archbishop gives various reasons why they haven't yet been, and then gives various reasons why they should be: ...Jan Hus and Jerome of Prague, died for the undistorted faith, for the pure faith of Christ—that is, for Orthodoxy. Therefore we are completely justified in canonizing them as saints. This has already been confirmed by the Church of Cyprus and the Greek Church. Other Orthodox Churches also support us. The penultimate sentence there is ambiguous: it could be read as that the Church of Cyprus and Greek Church have already canonised Hus and Prague as saints, or it could merely be a formal expression of support for the idea to canonise them as saints. This seems to be the core of the misunderstanding that Hus and Prague are already saints in those Orthodox Churches (which until now I also thought), but the interviewer's question indicates otherwise. (Incidentally, the archbishop saying that Hus and Prague died for "Orthodoxy" is his personal interpretation; some Protestant theologians may say they died for "proto-Protestantism", see below).
Second, I did find that there is some historical evidence that the Utraquists in the 16th century believed, described and praised them as saints, but they existed when there was no Czech Republic yet, and now that there is the Utraquists no longer exist. They were also a completely different denomination that is usually considered Protestant or "Proto-Protestant". Category:Hussite martyrs is a child of Category:15th-century proto-Protestant martyrs, which I find to be quite WP:SUBJECTIVECAT as well. I think this a good demonstration of how arbitrary and messy thus sainthood stuff can get, especially when we mix it up with nationality rather than by denomination (which is already messy enough). NLeeuw (talk) 13:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Crafts deities[edit]

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Category:Meitei Brahmins[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: procedural keep. The nominator is welcome to start a broader discussion on the matter (and I'm happy to help with mass noms if need be). (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:42, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Categories are identical PepperBeast (talk) 04:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No particular reason- it's just the one I spotted. PepperBeast (talk) 11:07, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd prefer to have this discussed in broader context. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:10, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Shumang Kumhei[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: upmerge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:43, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Tiny category of just two articles (that are mutually linked). PepperBeast (talk) 04:24, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Meitei script[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: purge. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 19:48, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Grab-bag of stuff defined by some use of a particular writing system... WP:TRIVIALCAT PepperBeast (talk) 04:30, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: Purge or delete?
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Category:Non-binary people by sexual orientation[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename. No consensus on deletion. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 19:48, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: To be similar with Category:Non-binary lesbians and Category:Transgender bisexual people, for example, among others. --MikutoH talk! 02:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:40, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Possibly delete as a trivial intersection. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:17, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Support rename, and neutral on delete. But if we do delete we ought to manually merge the pages to the respective parents. Mason (talk) 13:39, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete non-defining intersection. (t · c) buidhe 01:30, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Shabbat observant businesses[edit]

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April 10[edit]

Category:Religious extremism by country[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 15:11, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: No need to have a category with a single country in it. This is unhelpful for navigation. Mason (talk) 21:29, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Religious police[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 15:11, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping categories Mason (talk) 21:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge/delete per nom, and because it is a redundant category layer with only one subcategory. The subcategory is already in the target so merge and delete have the same effect. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge and redirect for traceability, as the subcat uses the name "religious police". – Fayenatic London 10:18, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Russian Military leaders of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 20:36, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Does not match the main article, Russian invasion of Ukraine and is populated solely by politicians. AusLondonder (talk) 20:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Shouldn't it be merged instead of deleted then? Mason (talk) 01:43, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete (or merge when there is a suitable target), these aren't military leaders. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:05, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per WP:ARBITRARYCAT. Even if we were to rename "Military" to "political", it's arbitrarily put together. These are the presidents of the RF, DNR and LNR, but one might just as well include Lukashenka, the Ayatollah of Iran and Kim Jong-un, or all heads of all federal subjects of the Russian Federation including Kadyrov. NLeeuw (talk) 00:55, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Universities Canada[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 20:36, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping with Category:Universities in Canada. User:Namiba 20:09, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom, and just membership of an organization is hardly ever a defining characteristic. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:07, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Military leaders of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 20:37, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This category does not match the article, namely Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is also populated solely by one political leader, not a military leader. AusLondonder (talk) 20:09, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Mashriqi Jews[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: partial merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 15:12, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mashriqi Jews, the term is rarely used. Another possibility: to upmerge into Category:Mizrahi Jews pr their subcats - Category:North African Jews and Category:West Asian Jews‎. Альдий (talk) 19:30, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If not kept, I think we should merge, not delete. Mason (talk) 21:33, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Musta'arabi Jews[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 20:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Small subcategory. Another possibility: to upmerge directly into Category:Mizrahi Jews. Альдий (talk) 19:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
FYI: Wikipedia:Overcategorization/Small with no potential for growth is no longer a reason to delete a category. Mason (talk) 21:34, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims[edit]

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Category:18th-century American slave owners[edit]

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Category:Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims 1941-49[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 15:19, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Merge as arbcat. Why 1941 to 1949? This distinction seems arbitrary. (If not merged, it should be renamed to Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims in the 1940s) Mason (talk) 03:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Decades are common practice when there are multiple sibling decade categories, but that is not going to happen in this case. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmmm I wouldn't be sure about that, but now that I think about it, perhaps a subdivision by century is a viable alternative? NLeeuw (talk) 20:56, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Reply to User:Namiba: as Category:Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims exists and has not been nominated for merger, that is the right target for now. Of course you may nominate Category:Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims for merger as well but that would be a different sort of discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:48, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I have nominated it above.--User:Namiba 18:42, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I think Namiba has made a good case for upmerging that category as well. Procedurally, I think it's best if we reach agreement to upmerge this one first, otherwise we'd be trying to upmerge into a category that doesn't exist anymore. NLeeuw (talk) 18:42, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Whatever is done, get rid of this name. "By Muslims" is simply unacceptable in a category name. Even when the majority of the perpetrators were Muslims, the name implies that their religion was a key factor in the process (rather than politics, economics, etc.). Usually this is either false or unknown. Would we name a cat about things done by Israel with "by Jews"? Zerotalk 04:06, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Réunion[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: Merge per HouseBlaster. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:22, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only 4 churches total in Category:Roman Catholic churches in Réunion, so diffusion by century isn't helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 20:22, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Languages used in Doordarshan[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 20:40, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:NONDEF. PepperBeast (talk) 19:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete per nom. They are simply Indian languages, at most to be diffused by Indian state. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Estonian numismatists[edit]

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Category:Burial sites of the House of Yurievichi[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 20:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: 1 P, 0 C. Upmerge for now. NLeeuw (talk) 11:34, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge for now, without objection to recreate any of these categories when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Uterus transplant recipients[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 06:19, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: small category with only one person in it, which isn't helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 02:19, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge, the article Uterus transplant discusses a number of known cases and the recipients were apparently not notable by themselves (with one exception). Marcocapelle (talk) 03:20, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the future, there may be enough notable uterus transplant recipients to make it worthwhile to have a category. When that day comes, I hope someone recreates this category. But right now, with only one person in the category? Merge per nom. -sche (talk) 02:51, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Anti-feminism[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge as proposed, then rename to Category:Antifeminism. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 06:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping categories. (If Anti-feminism is the preferred name, then we should still merge and then rename to preserve the edit history) Mason (talk) 02:17, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reverse merge to Category:Anti-feminism. AHI-3000 (talk) 17:54, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Given that, I think we should regard 'antifeminism' and 'opposition to feminism' as synonyms, and a subset of the broader phenomenon of 'criticism of feminism', which is currently (correctly) a parent of Category:Opposition to feminism. The default way to go would be to have Category:Antifeminism as a category per WP:C2D, and merge the other category into it. Pragmatically speaking, I agree with nom that we should preserve the edit history as much as possible, and pick the oldest category as the one to rename, and merge the younger 2 into it. Category:Opposition to feminism was created on 3 November 2019‎, and Category:Anti-feminism on 20 January 2024‎. Therefore, Category:Opposition to feminism should be the merge target.
Therefore, I suggest merging per nom, and afterways a speedy rename to Category:Antifeminism per WP:C2D. (Maybe the second step can be taken in one go during this CfM already?). NLeeuw (talk) 12:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Pin-up models[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 06:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping categories by a new (to categories) user. Mason (talk) 02:02, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Were they really adult models? The first article I am reading, Betty Bryant, does not mention anything about it. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:40, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Good question. Do you think that just targeted to regular models would be better? I don't think that this is really defining, as it's more of a layout/design/style rather than a type. Mason (talk) 03:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, not merge, as WP:SUBJECTIVECAT. Many film stars were pinups but not adult models, e.g. Deanna Durbin for a wholesome case in point. – Fayenatic London 12:45, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:20th-century Australian women activists[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 06:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge. Several CFDs have decided that activists are not diffused by century Mason (talk) 01:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:20th-century Australian women tennis players[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 06:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge. The norm is to not diffuse by century for specific sports. I already have a speedy rename in for the current parent category (20th-century Australian women athletes) Mason (talk) 01:49, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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April 9[edit]

Category:Works about North Asia[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 15:23, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is a needless category tunnel from Category:Works about Asia > Category:Works about North Asia > Category:Films set in North Asia > that ends up just containing Category:Films set in Russia, which is already in Category:Films set in Asia by country (also already in the Category:Works about Asia tree). Let's eliminate these redundant 2 layers. For the same reason, Category:North Asia in fiction is a useless redundant layer. NLeeuw (talk) 23:49, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. There is nothing else is in North Asia beside Russia. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:47, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment historically, that is not true. If the work is about North Asia prior to the Russian conquest, or to an alternative world without Russian control, then, these would make sense. There's quite a lot of fiction about non-Russian North Asias. For instance, in The Years of Rice and Salt, Japan controls North Asia, after China cedes rights to control of it in return for assistance in war against the Caliphate. There's quote a number of Korean, Japanese, Chinese works where Russia is not in control of North Asia -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 05:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • That is a fair point. On the other hand there is Category:Works set in Siberia which supposedly covers non-Russian history as well. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:02, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        Pretty much all of the territory in Siberia was conquered by the Russian Empire before the invention of motion pictures in the 1880s. So all films produced in Siberia will have been produced in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, or the Russian Federation. As Marcocapelle says, if you were to have a film set in the Khanate of Sibir, that would fit in Category:Films set in Siberia, although I do think it then also needs to have Category:Films set in Asia as a parent, which it currently doesn't. Because 65.92.247.66 is right that fictional stories may not be set in Russia if part or all of Siberia is not under Russian control in these stories. NLeeuw (talk) 09:38, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If "Category: Xyz Siberia" is the category to use, the "Category: Xyz North Asia" should exist as category redirects. However, Category:Siberia is a subcategory of Category:North Asia; likely because Beringia isn't Siberia, and fiction is set there as well. The missing equivalent category Category:Siberia in Fiction would need to be created, to go along with Category:Films set in Siberia and Category:Works set in Siberia / Category:Works about Siberia -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 21:44, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Delete per convo above.Mason (talk) 23:15, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:21st-century Algerian men[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation to only have one category in each of these categories. No need to merge because the lone child category in each is already properly parented. Mason (talk) 22:45, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:21st-century Catalan men[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining under EGRS. Also it needs to be merged because the category creator has been treating it as a diffusing category. Mason (talk) 22:37, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Anti-Zionist Christians[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 16#Category:Anti-Zionist Christians

Category:Christian anti-Zionism[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 16#Category:Christian anti-Zionism

Category:Inactive anime conventions[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Anime and manga conventions. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining. The convention isn't yet defunct. Mason (talk) 03:02, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Keep. Having an "inactive" category puts the spotlight on conventions that have lapsed. I have seen conventions before which give no official "defunct" message. The only way of telling in these cases is through a stale website. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:41, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure, that's a useful piece of information, but I don't think that counts as WP:DEFINING. Mason (talk) 14:47, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I see it as a way to make life easier for editors monitoring the convention articles. There really is no net gain by getting rid of it. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 15:30, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Merge per nom. With few exceptions, categories do not distinguish between current and former members of any given group. Dimadick (talk) 14:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge, there is no need for an intermediate category; just wait and then move to Category:Defunct anime conventions when that status is clear. – Fayenatic London 13:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Dutch encyclopedias[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 18#Category:Dutch encyclopedias

Category:Bulgarian encyclopedias[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 18#Category:Bulgarian encyclopedias

Category:I Can See Your Voice Malaysia (Chinese version)[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename as unopposed. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 23:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Included from the mass renamings for the I Can See Your Voice franchise, as per Talk:I Can See Your Voice (Belgian TV series) season 1#Requested move 31 March 2024 (kindly proceed to this discussion first before deliberating). Saisønisse (talk) 07:12, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Swedish politicians by ethnic or national origin[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 23:40, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: A. rename per usage of "descent" both in the parent and in the subcategory names. B. purge Category:Jewish Swedish politicians because the latter isn't about their ancestors but about what they are themselves (i.e. it is about ethnicity rather than about descent). Marcocapelle (talk) 06:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is part of a larger stale speedy nomination in which User:1234qwer1234qwer4, User:Anomalous+0 and User:Smasongarrison participated. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom Mason (talk) 18:31, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Poets associated with Dundee[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: manual merge. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 23:40, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping categories Mason (talk) 04:28, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Manually merge, as it is not applicable to everyone. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:24, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment, as the creator I am happy to go with consensus, but thought it best to explain the background as to why there are two categories and how they are different and why a merge could be problematic. It all stems from the fact that there are two categories for people connected to to Dundee Category:People from Dundee and Category:People associated with Dundee. The former states "This category is only for people actually born in Dundee. For people who are strongly associated with the city, but not born there, see: Category:People associated with Dundee". As the poets was going to be under the former this presented a problem as some of Dundee's most noted Poets like Mary Brooksbank and William McGonagall were not originally from the city, so under the terms would not fit in the "from Dundee" model. Hence it seemed logical to create a second category that could go under Category:People associated with Dundee. I know there was discussion about merging the people from/associated with categories, but I don't think there was a consensus. If a merger is decided upon then the Poets from Category would need to have its statement changed as none of the people in the poets associated with category would currently be eligible for inclusion. There should probably also then be a decision taken about the future of Category:People from Dundee/Category:People associated with Dundee. Dunarc (talk) 12:48, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment "People from" categories do not always cover the place of birth. We often do cover people who were long-time residents in a populated place. Dimadick (talk) 14:23, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • Agree, the statement about birth on these category pages should be removed. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:07, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        Merge per WP:ASSOCIATEDWITH. NLeeuw (talk) 18:52, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        Happy to support consensus, but I wonder if there might be one or two whose association with Dundee is not strong enough for a "from" category and therefore should be kept out after a merger. Eg Thomas Hood spent a relatively brief, albeit important, part of his early career in Dundee. Dunarc (talk) 22:56, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Animation people[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:37, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: There is a mismatch in structure between Category:People in animation by company and its direct parent Category:Animation people. I propose choosing the "People in ___" structure for all of them to match their common parent Category:People in technology, and specifying animation/anime industry to make it obviously different from Category:Animated characters, as well as matching the form of cousin Category:People in the computer industry and other parents Category:Animation industry and Category:Anime industry.

Annoyedhumanoid (talk) 04:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Nazis in Argentina[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: containerize. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 23:43, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Should be containerized like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_March_27#Category:Nazis_in_the_United_States Mason (talk) 02:41, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Irish people of Antigua and Barbuda descent[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 23:46, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:NARROWCAT tailor-made for one member. Categories are not "interesting fact tags". But, mentioning facts, consider also: no mention of Antigua and Barbuda in the only member article and the cited source only says: “Mam” is Canadian-Irish and his father is from the Caribbean. —Alalch E. 11:22, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge, this is not helpful for navigation between articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, I generally oppose merging these, added a ref that specifically points out Antigua.--Ortizesp (talk) 11:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Oppose. Part of a longstanding category tree. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:24, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Klingon-language operas[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 23:46, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now without prejudice. Unlikely that this category will be filled with lots of articles any time soon, but we'll see. (Already in Category:Operas). NLeeuw (talk) 13:08, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Cheese and Pasta[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Pasta dishes and eat. (non-admin closure) Queen of ♡ | speak 23:48, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Can this be renamed to "Cheese and pasta" with a lowercase "p" in the word "pasta" per naming convention policy Tinton5 (talk) 21:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I vote we Eat both! :D[Joke] NLeeuw (talk) 00:13, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Gaza Strip in the Israel–Hamas war. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:38, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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April 8[edit]

Category:Opposition to Ferenc Gyurcsány[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Category:Opposition to Viktor Orbán can be discussed separately, if one wishes to pursue that. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:59, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Not sure why we even have this, it seems to be an extension of the POV issues plaguing Mr. Gyurcsány here and it also seems to curiously exclude Fizdez, his primary opposition. Allan Nonymous (talk) 22:11, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, we do not have an opposition category for every separate government. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Some of the political parties listed here have nearly 40 years of history. Some of the members were probably not even alive during Gyurcsány's term in office. Not a useful categorization for parties. Dimadick (talk) 14:28, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support in principle, but... should we then also delete Category:Opposition to Viktor Orbán? Both categories were created last year and seem to serve a similar purpose. NLeeuw (talk) 19:04, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Allan Nonymous what do you think as nom? You might not have seen this. There could be a reason for having both, having neither, or having one but not the other. Technically speaking, Gyurcsány has been in "opposition" to Orbán since 2010, and since 2022 the opposition leader, so if we mean formal parliamentary opposition, the scope of the Category:Opposition to Ferenc Gyurcsány should be limited to 2004 to 2009, while Category:Opposition to Viktor Orbán could be scoped to 1998-2002 and 2010-present. Then again, maybe we should call it "Opposition to the Orban Government(s)" or something instead of "to Viktor Orbán" personally. NLeeuw (talk) 07:52, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I feel there is a case for having the Category:Opposition to Viktor Orbán without this article, given the fact that Orban has had a much bigger impact on Hungary, but more to the point, that is a WP:OTHERSTUFF argument. Allan Nonymous (talk) 13:55, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That is a fair point I can agree with. As I said, There could be a reason for having both, having neither, or having one but not the other. I'm not saying we should treat them equally (Orban is in a much more authoritarian position than Gyurcsány ever was), but I do think we should compare the two categories, and then make a decision. NLeeuw (talk) 20:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Native American characters in video games[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:47, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Effectively duplicative with the older Category:Video games featuring Native American protagonists‎, and most of the entries are video games, not characters. Delete without merging down. -- ferret (talk) 21:29, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as duplicative, as nom states. Nothing lost in deletion anyways, as there were many instances of the newer version being wrongly or poorly implemented anyways. (Many DEFINING violations.) Sergecross73 msg me 21:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep there's a difference between these two categories. "characters in video games" are notable characters in the game while "protagonists‎" are lead characters. By comparison, there is a category called "Category:Black characters in video games" and also Category:Video games featuring black protagonists. Native American characters in video games are a lot rarer and deserve categories to help people find them, raise awareness and for research. Artanisen (talk) 22:34, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But that's just it. How often is a game's non-protagonist side character's race going to be an DEFINING trait of a game on a whole? And as ferret notes, it doesn't make sense that your category is framed as about characters but was mostly applied to video game articles, not character articles. Sergecross73 msg me 21:54, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that in some games the Native American character plays a (very) minor role, while in others they are an important part of the story and gaming experience. If their role is too minor then they can be removed from the category. For example in the Red Dead Redemption games and Red Dead Revolver, the Native American characters play a significant role in the storyline, but they aren't protagonists. As in defining, well the interaction between the cowboys and Native Americans is an essential part of the main story and activities. -Artanisen (talk) 22:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The counter-argument categories are populated with characters. This one is populated with video games, except for one (Nightwolf), who is in the duplicative category already. -- ferret (talk) 23:01, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I put Nightwolf in "Native American characters in video games", because he's an important character in Mortal Kombat, but not a protagonist. Other characters are described in the articles of the video games. If necessary more information can be added about the characters. This game Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, the title of the game "Guardian of Light" refers to the Mayan warrior named Totec. Totec is playable in cooperative play. So Totec is one of the most important characters in this game together with Lara Croft. In Shadow Hearts: From the New World, the protagonist is Johnny Garland, while Shania is his female counterpart. Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2, each have a couple of important native American characters. Without these characters the story wouldn't work. - Artanisen (talk) 09:42, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, if it is not about a protagonist then it is nor a defining characteristic. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:36, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - when I first read this category title, I thought it was for Native American characters who debuted in video games, not for video games with Native American characters. Maybe the category could just be redefined. (Oinkers42) (talk) 14:44, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree, but I believe that the necessary reworking would pretty much lead us to the category ferret noted already exists. Sergecross73 msg me 15:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Note that Category:Fictional Native American people in video games already exists for categorizing characters (not necessarily the games they are part of), although note hatnote that this category is for A) American Indians in the United States, and B) Is not for fictional characters merely "coded" with some American Indian attributes. I suspect that this category might be a better use of what the category creator intended. SnowFire (talk) 15:57, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, Category:Fictional Native American people in video games has a lot of overlap with this category. Usually the term "character" is used for video game characters instead of "Fictional people". Native American usually refers to indigenous people from the USA. It could also be used as a broader term for indigenous people from the Americas (North, Central and South America). - Artanisen (talk) 17:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This shows further duplication with existing categories that can (and do) serve this purpose. -- ferret (talk) 13:51, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge this category into Category:Fictional Native American people in video games. AHI-3000 (talk) 17:45, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On a somewhat related subject, I think we should also discuss proposing a merger of Category:Fictional Native American women into Category:Fictional Native American people (for the same reasons that the former category Category:Fictional Jewish women was merged into Category:Fictional Jews). AHI-3000 (talk) 17:50, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Recipients of Indian civil awards and decorations[edit]

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Category:Feminist historians[edit]

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Category:Feminist philosophers[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:02, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename to clarify that this is about feminist philosophy rather than a category of philosophers who happen to support feminism. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:49, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Same logic as the rename for Atheism writers to writers about atheism. Mason (talk) 12:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:International Booker Prize winners[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:02, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OCAWARD PepperBeast (talk) 20:46, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Feminist theologians[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename to clarify that this is about feminist theology rather than a category of theologians who happen to support feminism. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:44, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Same logic as the rename for Atheism writers to writers about atheism. Mason (talk) 12:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:NONDEF, WP:OCAWARD PepperBeast (talk) 20:41, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:People associated with identity politics[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:46, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, largely overlaps with the much better expanded tree of Category:Activists, which contains among others Category:Activists by ethnicity. It is also a matter of WP:OCASSOC. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:33, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per WP:ASSOCIATEDWITH. It's also typically an accusation against an opponent, which is usually denied. Few people will proudly advocate for identity politics themselves. So per WP:SUBJECTIVECAT it should also be deleted. NLeeuw (talk) 10:23, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Odisha Sahitya Akademi[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. I will manually recategorize Odisha Sahitya Akademi. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:46, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redundant category contains only one item. PepperBeast (talk) 20:31, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom but add the article to the parent categories manually. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:43, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Israel Prize in translation recipients[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:45, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category contains only one article PepperBeast (talk) 20:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education[edit]

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Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award[edit]

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Category:16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Africa[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:02, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: There's not enough content to justify this level of diffusion. Please be aware that the IP making all of these requests is being extremely disruptive on CFD. And is evading their block Mason (talk) 15:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • With eight and six articles respectively (and more to come) would you consider differently? 46.229.243.187 (talk) 20:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Define what's "not enough content". There are many churches in the oldest former colonies which date back to the 17th or 16th century. Meanwhile @Samasongarrison please clarify your point about IP being disruptive. 46.229.243.187 (talk) 12:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    To the closer, the ip is most likely: WP:LTA/HKGW Mason (talk) 13:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
LTAHKGW? 46.229.243.187 (talk) 20:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Considering the current content of the categories, I am withdrawing my support. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:13, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That's fair, especially now that there's content. Mason (talk) 12:11, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Portuguese Macau[edit]

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Infrastructure[edit]

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Category:French forts in the United States[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. bibliomaniac15 03:40, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This seems anachronistic. These forts were not "in the United States" when they were built and only became so later on. User:Namiba 02:33, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is not only a proposed renaming but also an extension of scope; forts in New France that were not in provinces which became the United States will be covered as a result. 61.244.93.97 (talk) 09:48, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Which is perfectly fine. New France has never been divided in an American and a Canadian part. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:16, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Mason (talk) 19:28, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Rathores[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Rathore (clan). (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:55, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, Rathore is not a defining characteristic of these articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:49, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep, cleanup, possibly rename. Looks defining for many pages in it. - Altenmann >talk 14:32, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:.io video games[edit]

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Medical schools in the Caribbean[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge per the amended proposals. There was some controversy over whether to prefer Dutch Caribbean or Caribbean Netherlands, but consensus seems to favor Dutch Caribbean, albeit weakly. (non-admin closure) —Compassionate727 (T·C) 13:05, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Merge categories with only one or two members to all parents. Rename the last WP:C2C. – Fayenatic London 08:07, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fayenatic london: It doesn't sound nice to lump together the BES islands with those of the CAS islands. 46.229.243.187 (talk) 14:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
When you use terms that may not be common knowledge, please link them, e.g. BES islands and CAS islands.
Sorry if IYHO it doesn't sound nice to use Dutch Caribbean, but setting up a separate sub-hierarchy for Caribbean Netherlands would require many perpetually small categories. The best hierarchy we have is Dutch Caribbean. – Fayenatic London 17:31, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Fayenatic london: IP has a point this time, Dutch Caribbean is a non-existent polity. It is merely a legacy term after the Dutch Antilles were dissolved. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:42, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm no expert on the history or current politics, I'm just looking at how our categories are structured at the moment. Would you support a split of the whole Dutch Caribbean hierarchy? If so, I suggest you make a nomination to split some representative categories at the top levels. But until that has happened, the tiny sub-topic of medical schools should follow the existing hierarchy. – Fayenatic London 21:32, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Well at least I still support merging, even if one of the merge targets (Category:Medical schools in the Caribbean versus Category:Medical schools in the Dutch Caribbean) is disputable. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:44, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Category:Medical schools in Sint Maarten and keep it under Category:Medical schools in the Caribbean and Category:Medical schools by country (along with Category:Medical schools in Curaçao and Category:Medical schools in Aruba). Group medical schools of the BES islands under Caribbean Netherlands and keep them under both Category:Medical schools in the Caribbean and Category:Medical schools in the Netherlands. 46.229.243.187 (talk) 16:09, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • You are right about my spelling mistake and, more importantly, right about the way to solve this problem more generally. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just as obiter dictum, should Category:Dutch Caribbean be kept just to hold a small number of subcategories and topics that are common to both BES and CAS (or ABC and SSS)? 46.229.243.187 (talk) 12:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's "non-existence" yet it's a good collective term to refer to these special municipalities altogether. It's somehow like referring to an additional province although they aren't. 46.229.243.187 (talk) 12:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • A category for medical schools in the Caribbean Netherlands would be too small, as there are only 2 members in the current cats for Bonaire and Saba. If there is no consensus to merging to the intermediate level Dutch Caribbean, then revert to my original merge proposal, but omit the Netherlands category in the case of Sint Maarten. – Fayenatic London 15:04, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as amended. This will avoid unhelpful small cats with minimal information loss. The points raised above about the Category:Dutch Caribbean nomenclature are important, but those issues aren't going to be resolved here. As long as that category hierarchy is in use it should be used consistently. -- Visviva (talk) 01:17, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Citizens of Hungary through descent[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: manual merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:50, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Manual purge/merge per precedent at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 November 17#Category:Citizens through descent. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:USA for Africa songs[edit]

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Category:Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:00, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Duplicate categories – "baron" is a mere title. Micromesistius (talk) 11:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Jewish nobility[edit]

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Category:Volodimerovichi family[edit]

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Category:Dos Santos family (Angolan business family)[edit]

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Category:Gender incongruence[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: disperse. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:52, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Merge to Transgender and medicine. This category is a based on the ICD-11 equivalent of Gender dysphoria, and is a odd carve out of the parent category. If not merged, I think it should be renamed to Gender dysphoria because the bulk of the actual contents are about dysphoria, not incongruence. Mason (talk) 00:15, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disperse, the category contains an odd mix of transgender-related and non-transgender-related articles and redirects. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge for now per nom. It is indeed an odd mixture. As nom says, gender incongruence is a redirect to a section in ICD-11, where it is called a synonym of gender dysphoria, but the article causes of gender incongruence claims it is the cause of gender dysphoria. At any rate, it's irregular to have a "causes of X" article if there is no main article of the same name. It also supports upmerging to a category where at least the article gender dysphoria itself can be found. NLeeuw (talk) 06:35, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disperse per Marcocapelle. -sche (talk) 02:48, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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50 to 56 days old[edit]

April 7[edit]

Category:People with acquired Guyanese citizenship[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:12, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I don't think any of the articles in this category actually belong here. They all appear to be birthright citizens (per Guyanese nationality law#Acquiring Guyanese nationality, having a parent with Guyanese citizenship is enough for citizenship regardless of one's place of birth). Upmerging is not needed, because they are all already in subcategories of Category:Guyanese people. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:38, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Political posters of Italy[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge. – Fayenatic London 12:57, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Contains only a single non-free file. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 11:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:46, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose As it is, it's a convenient way to tie it into both European posters and the politics of Italy. It's the politics of Italy that's the much stronger connection. Admittedly it's near-empty, because we generally avoid hosting media on WP, but it's also a good tie to Commons, where we have many more items. I don't see any advantage to this merge, other than a rather pointless nod to SMALLCAT. It also singles out Italy (or is the plan, as usual, to remove all countries here, one by one?) when the other countries have very few images in their similar categories. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:51, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Dual merge. The category isn't helpful with only a page in it. Mason (talk) 00:16, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Aphex Twin songs[edit]

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Category:Non-binary lesbians[edit]

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Category:11th-century Indian medical doctors[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge as nominated, with the exception of merging to Category:Indian medical doctors in place of Category:Medieval Indian medical doctors. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:13, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: There are only a handful of Medieval medical doctors from India. I think we should upmerge for now until there's a critical mass Mason (talk) 17:12, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Indian in "Indian people" may or may not be associated the modern Republic of India. 185.104.63.112 (talk) 20:55, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't understand that point you are trying to make. No one is saying these doctors are from the modern Republic of India. Mason (talk) 21:01, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Indian people by century feeds ultimately to Category:Indian people and thereupon Category:India (and not any other modern-day successors). Are these physicians Indian if we are to equate India with the ROI? 185.104.63.112 (talk) 21:28, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, so I think I now understand what's happening with your dispute over Hong Kong versus China. That's not how nationality works for nesting. So there's no built-in assumption with categories that people nested in India are necessarily citizens of the modern nation of India. Mason (talk) 21:47, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Renaming Indian to South Asian would require a broader discussion. The current nomination is about a much smaller issue. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:25, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It looks like one of the entries is about a doctor who was Bengali. 61.244.93.97 (talk) 09:43, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • So what? All Bengali people were Indian people until 1947. It is not a mistake that Chakrapani Datta is currently in Category:11th-century Indian people. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:03, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm fine with the alternative target. Mason (talk) 21:44, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional characters by political orientation[edit]

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Category:Indian scientific authors[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining intersection dual upmerge; the category description is part of the job of being an academic. The description says says: "Indian scientists who contribute their scientific publications, among others in scientific journals and magazines, in biology, chemistry and physics, and so on. authors who write scientific books etc, may be categorized in the related scientific fields at Category:Indian science writers." Mason (talk) 19:27, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just delete, articles are already in more specific academics categories if applicable and ought to be in Category:Indian science writers if that is applicable. If anyone wants to volunteer to check more than 400 articles manually in order to find very few articles that aren't properly categorized yet then by all means, but I don't think we should make that a requirement. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Good point. Delete is fine with me. Mason (talk) 00:34, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Welsh bisexual people by occupation[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:03, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one (underpopulated) occupation in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 19:08, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:War criminals by nationality[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:34, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: These are the same thing. Am I missing something? If I'm not, I'm happy to add the rest of the categories to the list. Mason (talk) 18:23, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. These categories are meant for war criminals who were never formally convicted of war crimes. It exists for the same reason why Category:War criminals is seperate from Category:People convicted of war crimes. AHI-3000 (talk) 18:27, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:LGBT asexual people[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete/merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redundant, as all intersex people are LGBT. Editor has been warned about their alternative definition of LGBTQI+ User talk:Bohemian Baltimore#Category:Pansexual women#Aromanticism and Asexuality are the A of LGBTQIA+ and Intersex is the I and is inherently an LGBTQIA+ identity. (Also for the emtied categories, I've nominated them to make it clear that the category shouldn't be recreated Mason (talk) 18:15, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support a merger as well. The fact these were created WITHOUT much discussion is deeply unfortunate and needs to be reversed. I would also say that the said user needs to be warned. Historyday01 (talk) 02:58, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Smasongarrison No, they aren't. There are plenty of asexuals who identify also as lesbian, gay, bi, or transgender. There are plenty of asexuals who identify as cis and heteroromantic / straight. Wikipedia should not erase queer asexuals. Being both queer and asexuals is a non-trivial intersection, a minority within a minority. There's a reason that terms like homoromantic and biromantic are used in the asexual community; because asexuals queers exist. Likewise, it is flat out false that all intersex people are LGBT. There are plenty of intersex people who identify as cisgender heterosexuals. Being both intersex and LGBT is likewise a meaningful and defining intersection of two oppressed identities. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 10:21, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - As proposed (disclosure, I was the user that warned them about their misinformed interpretation of LGBTQIA+ at User talk:Bohemian Baltimore#Aromanticism and Asexuality are the A of LGBTQIA+ and Intersex is the I and is inherently an LGBTQIA+ identity and manually emptied the LGBT aromantic people category aready). Raladic (talk) 19:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk) 18:58, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom, but do not merge to Category:Gay men because articles are already in the tree of Category:Gay men by nationality and/or by occupation. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:09, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Seconding this. I've gone through and checked, and all the members of the "Asexual gay men" category are already in other branches of the "Gay men" category tree, so they only need to be merged to "Asexual men" ForsythiaJo (talk) 20:59, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep asexual gay men, merge the rest, per Marco. --MikutoH talk! 23:20, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    How is "Keep asexual gay men" in line with what Marco says? A triple intersection like this is a tough sell under EGRS. Mason (talk) 00:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep is not in line with what I said. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      I misread and confused with another commenter in the intersex thread saying "...with exception of...". Anyways it's not a triple intersection essentially, since both identities can complement each other. --MikutoH talk! 00:30, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. ForsythiaJo (talk) 20:56, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, already covered by LGBTQIA terminology and shouldn't be othered in the category trees. Suonii180 (talk) 23:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I strongly oppose the erasure of asexual and intersex people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender and the subsequent eradication of any categories that mention LGBT intersex and asexual people. Being both LGBT and intersex or LGBT and asexual is a relevant and defining intersection of two oppressed groups, a minority within a minority. Likewise, there are many intersex people who identify as cis/hetero or straight and many asexuals who identify as cis/heteroromantic or straight. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 10:33, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Your error stems from the misunderstanding that is how we consider LGBT as encompassng all parts of the LGBTQIA+ umbrella per current Wikipedia consensus. It just hasn't been renamed because consensus for what to rename it to (LGBT vs LGBTQ vs LGBTQ+ and so on) has been difficult (you can find a whole lot of history of rename discussions at LGBT.
    Since Asexual, Aromantic and and Intersex are inherently part of that community umbrella, it is redundant to say that someone who is Asexual is also LGBTQIA+ with a different category, hence the categories you created misrepresent this and imply that they were not already part of the umbrella by othering them out. Raladic (talk) 14:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, per nom assuming the nominator meant to say "asexual" and not "intersex" (AFAICT all of the categories listed above are about "asexual", not "intersex"); in any case, I support ditching the weird "LGBT asexual" categories (either merging them per nom, or just removing them if the articles are already better categorized in other ways as Marcocapelle suggests). -sche (talk) 02:20, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Category:LGBT aromantic people was an empty category due to be deleted on Sunday. Why did you make it part of this CFD discussion when it was already going to be deleted? Did you not see the CSD tag on the page? Liz Read! Talk! 07:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Intersex transgender people[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 16#Category:Intersex transgender people

Category:Wikipedians by sexuality[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge. There is consensus that this category should not exist, but there is no consensus on whether Category:Wikipedians who reject a sexual preference label‎ should be in the merge target (Category:LGBT+ Wikipedians). Because that is a concern more suited to the talk page than a full-blown CfD, further discussion on the categorization of Category:Wikipedians who reject a sexual preference label‎ can take place at Category talk:Category:Wikipedians who reject a sexual preference label‎. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:09, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This seems unhelpful for navigation Mason (talk) 17:49, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk) 18:58, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Raladic (talk) 19:19, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per WP:OVERLAPCAT but purge the last subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose People who "who reject a sexual preference label" are very explicitly not defining themselves as LGBT, so that subcat doesn't belong in the LGBT category. Second, not all asexuals identify as L, G, B or T. Plenty of asexuals are cisgender and identify as straight or heteroromantic. Erasing queer asexuals is homophobic and transphobic. Being both queer and asexual is a relevant intersection. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 10:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Please see the above comment by Raladic "LGBT [i]s encompassng all parts of the LGBTQIA+ umbrella per current Wikipedia consensus." No one is erasing queer people or asexual people with these categories. As a queer person, I appreciate your concern about representation. However, I think calling the current category homophobic and transphobic is missing the point. Mason (talk) 18:45, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Smasongarrison We could avoid the debate over whether all asexuals and all intersex people are LGBT by merging the LGBT asexuals and LGBT intersex people categories, but keeping the categories for people who specifically identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. As a non-heterosexual and non-cisgender member of the LGBTQ community, representation is indeed my concern. Thank you. Although, wouldn't people who reject a label by definition also be rejecting an LGBT label? Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 22:07, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't understand what you're trying to get at with your rhetorical questions. Mason (talk) 22:14, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Smasongarrison There's a single question. Why should people who reject a label be labeled as LGBT, per your baffling insistence that no label = LGBT? That doesn't add up. That doesn't make sense. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 22:32, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I oppose a merger, but would be fine with simply deleting the "by sexuality" category. I can't support a merger, because the categories, as named, have different scopes, and I'm not talking about the question of whether LGBT includes B, or L, or A, or whatnot, I'm talking about the other category: heterosexuality (for example) is a sexuality, but not (in most cases) "LGBT", so "Wikipedians by sexuality"—as presently named—is scoping itself to somethng broader than "LGBT Wikipedians". However, "Heterosexual Wikipedians" has been deleted for not being related to improving articles, and "Wikipedians who reject a sexual preference label" says (for better or worse) that it's only for LGBT-aligned people, so I see that there's nothing but LGBT sexualities to go in the "by sexuality" category, making it useless/redundant to the "LGBT Wikipedians" category, so I am fine with just deleting the "by sexuality" category. -sche (talk) 02:41, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @-sche: in this case, technically, a merger and a deletion is almost the same, because all subcategories except the last one are already in the target. So deletion in contrast to merge just translates as "don't put Wikipedians who reject a sexual preference label under Category:LGBT+ Wikipedians". Marcocapelle (talk) 06:36, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Transgender women by sexual orientation[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge as nominated (in the updated nomination). (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:59, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_February_2#LGBT_people_by_sexual_orientation_and_nationality Mason (talk) 17:34, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I support this upmerger as proposed. It would be more useful to users this way. Historyday01 (talk) 03:00, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It would be more in line with recent CfD outcomes ([1] [2] [3] [4]) to eliminate the newly created Category:Transgender people by sexual orientation rather than merging into it. It's just another unhelpful intermediate category level.--Trystan (talk) 17:58, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Let me add that to the nom! @Trystan:Mason (talk) 18:08, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I support as revised.--Trystan (talk) 18:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk) 18:58, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Raladic (talk) 19:19, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge, the first two are redundant category layer with only a few subcategories. The last is an odd mix of very unrelated subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:18, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Merge, but also reparent subcategories in Category:Transgender people by sexual orientation (as well as transgender lesbians and transgender gay men) to Category:Transgender sexuality as well. Please tag/sort them to be grouped to gether --MikutoH talk! 23:24, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Being gay, lesbian, or bisexual is defining. There's no reason to erase gay/lesbian and bi people within the trans community. Being both queer (sexually) and trans is a double minority. It is relevant and defining, not a trivial intersection. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 10:08, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    No one is erasing being both a gender and sexual minority. The merging of the category places both elements on equal footing in the main category rather than isolating each. Mason (talk) 12:07, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Nothing is erased, people can be part of multiple, separate categories as is already the case. Raladic (talk) 14:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Category:Overseas Chinese Presidents[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 14#Category:Category:Overseas Chinese Presidents

Category:Indian massacres[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 16#Category:Indian massacres

Category:Genocidal massacres[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Appears to be WP:SUBJECTIVECAT - the genocidal massacre article doesn't offer a firm number-based benchmark and it could be rightfully stated that any sizeable massacre is genocidal. As such, that categorization also opens the gates for original research. Brandmeistertalk 14:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Sexism[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 16:14, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one article and one subcategory each. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:06, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per nom, WP:OVERLAPCAT. Brandmeistertalk 14:02, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk) 18:58, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge for now without prejudice per nom. NLeeuw (talk) 00:29, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: Category:Sexism by country in general provides easy navigation for related article per country. Having one article in a cat is not a solid ground for merger or deletion especially as most of these countries in the nom has very low coverage here, which can be improved rather than erased. In general I do not think the merger will improve anything but will limit the reader access to the entries from this countries at Category:Sexism by country FuzzyMagma (talk) 10:46, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Wollaton Wagonway[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, isolated year categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:59, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Conservative Judaism in the United Kingdom[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: "Conservative" has a party-political meaning in the United Kingdom and is therefore an inappropriate description for what is known as Masorti Judaism in the UK. For instance, in the bio on Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman, who is a prominent member of Masorti UK, he should be categorised as a British Conservative Jew, but that doesn't sit easily with him being also a prominent member of the British Labour Party. Headhitter (talk) 09:20, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename per nom. I note that main article Conservative Judaism says Conservative Judaism (known as Masorti Judaism outside North America). The UK is outside North America, so Masorti Judaism makes sense for this catname. NLeeuw (talk) 09:48, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Eastern European diaspora in the United States[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:52, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OVERLAPCAT WP:ARBITRARYCAT. Home-made definition of "Eastern European", ranging from Azerbaijani to Montenegrin to Czech to Estonian; it has no siblings like Category:Western European diaspora in the United States or Category:Southern European diaspora in the United States (it seems that everything except Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey is considered "Eastern European" already). NLeeuw (talk) 09:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Indo-Bangladesh joint production films[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:52, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Recreation at a slightly different name of a category previously deleted per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 June 21#Category:American-Canadian joint production. Films that are joint productions of more than one country are certainly categorized for each relevant country on its own, but do not get special "X+Y joint production" categories -- since there are close to 200 countries in the world and all of their film industries engage in some degree of multinational coproduction with other countries' film industries, scaling this out to its logical endpoint would require the creation of between 30 to 40 thousand categories for every possible combination of two countries. And then we would have to start catting for three-country, four-country and five-country combos too, which is just an untenable nightmare. Bearcat (talk) 04:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, per nom, and joint production is also a trivial characteristic of a film. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:40, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Unrecognized tribes in the United States[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 16#Category:Unrecognized tribes in the United States

Category:Griffith family[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: just deleted by User:Liz (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 05:58, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This category was supposed to be deleted on March 20 and again on April 3. Something's not working. Yours6700 (talk) 01:05, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Academics of the College of the Resurrection[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:52, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: To match other staff categories in Category:Bible colleges, seminaries and theological colleges in England Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 14:14, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. But the parent category is Academics by university or college in England. Staff has a *very* different meaning. From looking at the contents, these people are academics. If anything, I think that other categories should be renamed to reflect that these folks are academic staff/faculty. Mason (talk) 20:29, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkltalk 12:33, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:25, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I update my vote to oppose. Mason (talk) 18:37, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:2023 Al Haouz earthquake with no prejudice against speedy renomination for deletion. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:51, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per main article move. Article's name is now 2023 Al Haouz earthquake. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 12:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, redundant category layer, there is nothing in the category but the main article and the above subcategory. If kept of course rename, then it is a simple matter of WP:C2D. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Rename or delete?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If deleted, it'll leave the subcat as the only one without a main category. But I'm still for renaming. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 23:58, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • The subcat still has three other parent categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:42, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: More participation would be very much appreciated :) If there is no further participation by next week, I think a rename (per WP:C2D) with no prejudice against speedy renomination for deletion is the appropriate close.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:23, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rename. I think that there's now just enough to support a category, but I don't feel strongly. Mason (talk) 19:10, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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April 6[edit]

Category:Mohave tribe[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 14#Category:Mohave tribe

Category:WikiProject Film banner templates with categories disabled[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:20, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Outdated maintenance tracking category no longer populated by the template that formerly used it. Previously, {{WikiProject Film}} had complex coding that created categories for whether each film met various individual class-rating criteria or not, and would populate this category if any or all of those were disabled -- but that's long since been deprecated and removed, so that the template no longer features any code that would add this category, and thus never files anything in it.
So it can always be recreated at a later date if it's ever needed again for some new purpose, but there's no real need for it to sit permanently empty if it isn't actually being used anymore. Bearcat (talk) 19:55, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sogdian metalworking[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Sogdian art. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:19, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge. There's only one page in here, which isn't helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 18:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Tunnels[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, isolated year categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:44, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:People from the Manipur Kingdom[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. I have added the article to Category:People from Manipur. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:18, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, redundant category layer with only one subcategory and one article. Move the article to Category:People from Manipur. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:14, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:21st-century Algerian inventors[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:15, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge for now. There's only one person in the entire Algerian inventors tree Mason (talk) 16:07, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Nobility from Manipur[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:15, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Complete overlap with Category:Meitei princesses and Category:Princesses of Manipur. PepperBeast (talk) 14:10, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. No objection to recreate the category when some articles about Manipur nobles (beyond royalty) will be available. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:20, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Languages with Linglist code[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 14#Category:Languages with Linglist code

Category:Officially used writing systems of India[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Noting that the opposition was withdrawn with the edit summary On second thought, restating my earlier contribution reflecting Marcocapelle's remarks. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:24, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:NONDEF. It's also basically nonsense. These are the writing systems used to write the schedule 8 languages of India, but they're mostly just conventional scripts, not "Official". PepperBeast (talk) 14:05, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep on administrative grounds.Note for context A recent nomination of the corresponding article ended with no consensus (though the article has since been moved to a more concise title). Pertinent points appear in that discussion. Participants in this discussion ought to read through that discussion for context. In any event, the article survived and the category is no less justifiable than the article. Largoplazo (talk) 16:04, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, not a defining characteristic. The fact that there is an article is not a relevant argument, not for every article there is also a category. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Beauty goddesses[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 14#Category:Beauty goddesses

Category:Moirang[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Noting Category:Bishnupur district was already added to Thangjing Temple, Moirang by Pepperbeast. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:14, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Tiny category containing two articles. Delete without prejudice. PepperBeast (talk) 13:55, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Organisations based in Thoubal[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category of one item. Delete without prejudice. PepperBeast (talk) 13:50, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Organisations based in Jiribam[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category of one item. Delete without prejudice. PepperBeast (talk) 13:50, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:9th-century bishops in the Carolingian Empire[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, the Carolingian Empire existed from 800 to 888 so there is no reason to diffuse it by century. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:45, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Judith of Flanders[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:OCEPON, redundant category layer with only the main article and a subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom and as category creator. Mason (talk) 13:48, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Pages using WikiProject Fossorials with unknown parameters[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:11, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Wikipedia:WikiProject Fossorials was userfied per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Fossorials - this maintenance category depends on a now non-existant WikiProject Harryboyles 11:31, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Former streets and street names in Los Angeles[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, there are only three redirects, this is not helpful for navigation between articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:54, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Bridges completed in 1192[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, isolated year categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Dams completed in 1600[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, isolated year category. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:16, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Tigers in Meitei culture[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 14#Category:Tigers in Meitei culture

Category:Disasters in Germany by province or territory[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete as nominated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 05:32, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: unnecessary category tree created by a disruptive editor Mason (talk) 02:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Films about fictional secret intelligence agencies[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:09, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping categories Mason (talk) 02:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sahitya Akademi recognised languages[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:08, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:NONDEF. PepperBeast (talk) 02:09, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Free sex[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:08, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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April 5[edit]

Category:Year of work unknown[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:10, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge for now without prejudice per nom. (Dual merge to Works by year unnecessary; child is already in Songs by year). NLeeuw (talk) 06:59, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Drum Corps Associates corps[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 23#Category:Drum Corps Associates corps

Category:Paleontology portal[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 13#Category:Paleontology portal

16th century in the Mughal Empire[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, isolated year and decade categories, this is not helpful for navigation between articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:19, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge for now without prejudice per nom. NLeeuw (talk) 07:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:2004 video games with demos[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete all. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:48, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Absolutely not a defining trait. Thousands upon thousands of video games have demos, and none of them are defined by that. I nominated 2004, then noticed the parent and several others. All should go. -- ferret (talk) 13:04, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It would be very sad you you delete :(
Not all games have demos. Thousands? Ok, they are divided by years.
Demo is important - because it freely distributable, and we can download it from some websites. This is imprtant for abandonware, for example Armies of Exigo - you cannot buy this game - we have only torrents or great demo.
And often demos is like a beta version of the game, that looks differently from the release version - this is important for the history and research. I am surprised that you want to delete such category :( Vitaly Zdanevich (talk) 16:35, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Because it is not a defining trait of the games. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. -- ferret (talk) 17:43, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -I assume all of the additional subcats of Category:Video games with demos should be deleted as well? (Oinkers42) (talk) 02:13, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes -- ferret (talk) 04:55, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I will tag all of the subcategories; if there is no further participation in a week we should be all set for deleting them.
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  • The whole set is now tagged. – Fayenatic London 11:57, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete all per nom per WP:NONDEFINING. I'm sure some abandonware game demos are very interesting to torrent, but that's not Wikipedia's business. NLeeuw (talk) 07:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Studies of right-wing politics[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 13#Category:Studies of right-wing politics

Category:Disasters in Philippines by province or territory[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. No reason to keep this open. Liz Read! Talk! 05:09, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The Philippines has no "territories" to speak of, as every square inch of the country is incorporated (i.e., there is no "unincorporated area" or unorganized areas). Howard the Duck (talk) 01:44, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Delete?
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  • Delete, once a previous CfD closure is implemented this category is empty. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per above. HueMan1 (talk) 01:42, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment This category is empty now so there is nothing to Merge. Liz Read! Talk! 05:07, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Arab-American gangs[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Arab gangs. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:48, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, only one article in the category, this is not helpful for navigation between articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:27, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Category:Arab gangs instead. AHI-3000 (talk) 21:33, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Companies that operate fighter jets[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 13#Category:Companies that operate fighter jets

Category:Arab gangs[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 13#Category:Arab gangs

Category:Wikipedians in Ngong Hills[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:49, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: No other user pages in the parent category mention this location. – Fayenatic London 10:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Scholars of Greek language[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 13#Category:Scholars of Greek language

Category:Eastern Europe in fiction[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge articles. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:48, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Extremely WP:ARBITRARYCAT (really; read the category description). Indirect follow-up to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 August 27#Category:Video games set in Northern Europe (upmerged). Note: the "by country" child categories do not have to be upmerged; they are already in Category:Europe in fiction by country. Child category about video games has also been nominated for upmerging. NLeeuw (talk) 09:38, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Manually merge per nom. In real life Eastern Europe is a fuzzy concept, even more in fiction. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Swingin' Utters[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:50, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Insufficient content for WP:EPONYMOUS category. – Fayenatic London 09:37, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Video games set in Eastern Europe[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: manually merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:50, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:ARBITRARYCAT. Follow-up to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 August 27#Category:Video games set in Northern Europe (upmerged). Note: the "by country" child categories do not have to be upmerged; they are already in Category:Video games set in Europe by country. NLeeuw (talk) 09:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Manually merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:12, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    agree with marco and nom. There's no need to cluster video settings by region. Mason (talk) 23:11, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Eastern European restaurants[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:ARBITRARYCAT, unnecessary grouping of 3 restaurants which are already in the Russian, Ukrainian and Polish restaurants trees. I recommend Just Delete, there's no point in merging. NLeeuw (talk) 09:18, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Central European art groups[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:ARBITRARYCAT. There doesn't seem to be anything particularly "Central European" to the articles in this group. Some things are Czech, some Swiss, one German, one Austrian, one Swiss-Austrian and one Luxemburgish, but that's it. The contents do not suggest a larger "Central European" scope, let alone that the category has properly defined its scope. According to several definitions, Luxembourg and Switzerland belong to "Western Europe", while Czechia belongs to "Eastern Europe". The present grouping seems WP:OR. Upmerging to "Europe" resolves the arbitrariness. NLeeuw (talk) 05:18, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Central European cuisine[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Just delete per WP:OVERLAPCAT. Main article Central European cuisine is already in parent Category:European cuisine and all subcategories just duplicate Category:European cuisine by country. NLeeuw (talk) 05:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:National Heroes of North Korea[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Heroes of the Republic (North Korea). (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Main article: Hero of the Republic. Not sure what the best name for this category is; should it specify North Korea in parentheses? I don't think "National" should be a part of the title; there doesn't seem to be any indication that it is in either Korean or English. toobigtokale (talk) 21:35, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Rename or delete?
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Same question: rename or delete?
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Category:1990s Japanese superhero films[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. As Liz says. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:52, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Why do we need this which has only a few entries? All content has been transferred to Category:Japanese superhero films and Category:1990s Japanese films. Kailash29792 (talk) 04:37, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See other similar cats. Again, 2 subcats and 3 articles does not strike me as an indecently low number: 'Categories which intersect two (or more) topics or characteristics can result in very narrow categories with few members. Such categories should only be created when both parent categories are large enough for diffusion to be an option, and when similar intersections can be made for related categories.' That seems to be the case here and up-merge seems unnecessary.-My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 12:27, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Lapinjärvi (municipality)[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) ToadetteEdit! 21:56, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Renamed the main article Lapinjärvi, Finland. Peltimikko (talk) 17:48, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Revert article rename, it is unnecessary to add ", Finland", there is no ambiguity and other municipalities in Category:Municipalities of Eastern Uusimaa do not have this addition either. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:46, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with Marco; keep this category and per WP:BOLDMOVE (If you disagree with a prior bold move, and the new title has not been in place for a long time, you may revert the move yourself) I have undone the move. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:11, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • There ARE other municipilities with added ”, Finland” in Category:Cities and towns in Finland, such as Nokia, Finland or Rauma, Finland or Outokumpu, Finland. Only Lapinjärvi is ”(municipality)”. Peltimikko (talk) 03:56, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • For Nokia a disambiguator is necessary because the article Nokia is about the company. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:09, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: Let's see if the RM concludes as moved, or if there is consensus to rename here.
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If I may make a suggestion to the closer, I think closing this as no consensus is the best way forward. All of the above comments will be irrelevant once the RM is closed, and therefore a fresh discussion will be more productive than trying to continue this one. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:58, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in New Caledonia[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 13#Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in New Caledonia

Category:Wikipedians with autism[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Autistic Wikipedians. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:55, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is about Person-first/identity-first language.

For many conditions/disabilities/traits, the use of person-first language is preferred or there is no consensus. This was also true in the past for autistic people. However, within the last few years, particularly since the rise of the Autism_rights_movement and its focus on self-advocacy, use of identity-first language has become much more preferred and prominent among people who are actually autistic.

While neurotypical people have no consensus on person-first or identity-first language, this category is used specifically by people who are actually autistic. So, in order to better represent people who self-identify with the category, it would be better for it to be named "Autistic Wikipedians".

A notable American organisation supporting person-first language is Autism Speaks. However, Autism Speaks has been criticised and boycott by the autism rights movement because it does not reflect the needs or desires of self-advocating autistic people.

References within Wikipedia articles

Although some prefer to use the person-first terminology person with autism, most members of the autistic community prefer autistic person or autistic in formal English, to stress that autism is a part of their identity rather than a disease they have. In addition, phrases like suffers from autism are objectionable to many people, and are discouraged by prominent style guides.

— Autism_rights_movement#Terminology

Identity-first language is preferred by many autistic people and organizations run by them.

— People-first_language#Criticism

References from reliable sources

Autistic adults and parents were more likely to select an [identity-first language] term. The identity-first terms “I am autistic” (64.1%) and “I have autism” (13.1%) were the most common terms selected.

— Preferences for identity-first versus person-first language in a US sample of autism stakeholders by Amanda Taboas, Karla Doepke, Corinne Zimmerman in the United States.

This article shows autistic people generally prefer identity-first language, while other people who aren't autistic may prefer person-first language or may have no preference. Since this category is about Wikipedians who are autistic self-identifying, it makes sense to use identity-first language. This is more likely to respect the identity of the people in the category.

There has been a recent shift from person-first to identity-first language to describe autism. In this study, Australian adults who reported having a diagnosis of autism (N 198) rated and ranked autism-terms for preference and offensiveness, and explained their choice in free-text. ‘Autistic’, ‘Person on the Autism Spectrum’, and ‘Autistic Person’ were rated most preferred and least offensive overall. [...] Statements in this theme reflected that being autistic is core to these participants’ sense of self, and not something that can be removed or separated from them (i.e., their autism is not an ‘accessory’)

— “It Defines Who I Am” or “It’s Something I Have” by Simon M. Bury, Rachel Jellett, Jennifer R. Spoor, Darren Hedley in Australia.

Alternatives considered

  • No change: "Category:Autistic Wikipedians" is a redirect to "Category:Wikipedians with autism". It is not possible for Wikipedians to add the "Autistic Wikipedians" category to their user page. This is because bots will edit their user page to "Category:Wikipedians with autism" in an attempt to "fix" the redirect.
  • Another name: As per the Australian paper, the term "Person on the Autism Spectrum" was most consistently ranked and offended the fewest people, though it wasn't the most preferred term as frequently as "Autistic Person".

While "Autistic Person" may not appeal to every single person who self-identifies as autistic, it overall has greater appeal in English-speaking communities than "Person with autism". CauliflowerMoon (talk) 09:35, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support making a change. My impression has been that the general preference in the community is to use Identity first language rather than person first language. Annoyingly, I could have sworn that the APA style guide used autism as an example for identity first preference... but it seems I was either misremembering or it was changed [4]. One core tenent that I think is extremely applicable from the APA guide: "Use person-first or identity-first language as is appropriate for the community or person being discussed. The language used should be selected with the understanding that disabled people's expressed preferences regarding identification supersede matters of style. " I think creating three categories with a user box template could be a workable solution. We could have the main category be: Category:Wikipedians on the Autism Spectrum, and have two child categories with Category:Autistic Wikipedians and Category:Wikipedians with autism. Mason (talk) 00:32, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Mixed Do whatever you want. But this seems a little bit pointless to me, maybe that's just me. As an autistic person myself i don't care what happens, both seem fine to me AuroraANovaUma (talk) 23:41, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Emigrants from British North America[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 23:30, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. There's only one category in here, whish isn't helpful for navigation. Also a followup to Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_March_24 Mason (talk) 01:49, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. As in the previous discussion, I would be ok with a follow-up proposal to rename pre-confederation Canada to British North America. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:48, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Australian association football cup seasons[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. @GiantSnowman, you may wish to start a new nomination. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:12, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Suggesting rename for consistency with Category:Soccer cup competitions in Australia. – Fayenatic London 16:46, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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April 4[edit]

Category:Hualien County high schools[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 00:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Mason (talk) 20:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Same disruptive OP. @Liz, can you block him from category space? Mason (talk) 20:45, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, again a whole tree for a single article. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:37, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Just a note that Category:High schools in Hualien City has been emptied. Regarding the editor I think you are referring to, I gave him a final warning but I guess it had no impact. Ponyo has already blocked them from category space, indefinitely. I would have gone to a limited duration block but they can always appeal. Liz Read! Talk! 23:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Ponyo thanks for the block, Liz thanks for the explanation. NLeeuw (talk) 00:39, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:18th-century Roman Catholic churches in the Canary Islands[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 00:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: 3x upmerge for now. There's not enough content to diffuse these churches by century. Mason (talk) 19:38, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Mayors of populated places in the United States[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 00:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Page out of phase with its siblings in Category:Mayors by country. This was speedy-moved to its current name in November with a rationale that wasn't entirely applicable to it -- it cited the precedent of several "American X by city" containers having been moved to "American X by populated place", but this isn't subject to that same issue because it wasn't "Mayors of cities".
All other countries across the board are at "Mayors of places" rather than "Mayors of populated places", with this as the only outlier -- and while there may be a case that they should be at "populated places" too, that would have to be done to all categories right across the board, because it's not just a special US-specific issue. Further, all of the state-level subcategories here have also been left at "mayors of places" rather than "mayors of populated places", but they would also all have to be moved on the same grounds too.
The problem with "by city" isn't automatically applicable to "by place" as well — the problem with the former is that sometimes towns and villages also have relevant content that can't be accurately categorized as "city", but "places" isn't subject to that same issue because towns and villages are also places, and obviously an unpopulated place can't have a mayor by definition. So moving "mayors of places" to "mayors of populated places" would be a valid discussion to have as to whether it's needed or not, but it isn't automatically militated by anything that's happening to "by city" categories because it isn't the same issue.
Accordingly, I'm willing to withdraw this if somebody's willing to tackle a comprehensive batch move of all "Mayors of places" categories to "Mayors of populated places", but there's no reason why this one specific category would need to stand alone as a unique divergence from all of the other categories. Bearcat (talk) 18:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Assassinated people by year[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 00:16, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Ungrammatical naming convention. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 14:24, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support. Lots of people will have been killed in a different century than they were born. This renaming centres the time of death, and makes the category's purpose unambiguously clear. In this context, the date of birth is WP:NONDEFINING.
NLeeuw (talk) 16:19, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename, while I don't really expect that people have been categorized by date of birth, the proposed names are nevertheless clearer than the current names. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Support rename! Mason (talk) 19:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:NRW Trophy[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 00:15, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Contains only one article. Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:45, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American Football (band)[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 12#Category:American Football (band)

Category:International Challenge Cup[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete as unopposed and empty. (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 00:12, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Empty category. Bgsu98 (Talk) 01:56, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Yes, it only contains an empty category. Liz Read! Talk! 19:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And now it is completely empty. Liz Read! Talk! 20:46, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American insect pathologists[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 12#Category:American insect pathologists

Category:People convicted in the Offenburg trials[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 02:48, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining. The only person in this category was convicted in the Buchenwald trial. Offenburg trials is not even a page on Wikipedia Mason (talk) 00:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, the article does not mention he was convicted in the Buchenwald trials. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:08, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I was basing it on the infobox. But delete is also good with me. Mason (talk) 19:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I have removed it from the infobox. The subject of the article is not listed in Buchenwald trial while that seems an exhaustive list. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:14, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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April 3[edit]

Category:Categories by state or territory of Taiwan[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete as nominated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Just a huge mess delete/merge these duplicate categories Mason (talk) 23:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge/delete, a huge tree for only a few articles is not helpful at all. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:11, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge/delete per nom. NLeeuw (talk) 12:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Architecture in Asia[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:06, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redundant categories/duplicate categories by the same user Mason (talk) 23:28, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Terrorist incidents in Upper Kohistan District, Pakistan[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 14:52, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. If not merged, the category needs to be renamed to reflect that this is Upper Kohistan District Mason (talk) 23:17, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Crime in Shangla, Pakistan[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete/alt merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 14:53, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. If not merged, the category needs to be renamed to reflect that this is Shangla District Mason (talk) 23:14, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Modernist architecture in Taiwan[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: unhelpful categories made by the same disruptive user. Only have one page in them related to a current event. Mason (talk) 22:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Asian culture by state or territory[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:03, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Nonsensical categories. Mason (talk) 22:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • These categories are currently empty. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:42, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom, recently created empty duplicates of existing cats. NLeeuw (talk) 12:32, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Tourist attractions in Taiwan by populated place[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete/merge as nominated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:12, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful by the same disruptive category creator. Also the template the page creator used for Historic-Cultural Monuments only applies to California. OP keeps making categories and refuses to take feedback. Mason (talk) 22:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Buchenwald concentration camp medical personnel[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:14, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation when you only have one person in here Mason (talk) 23:36, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Transgender genocide[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:14, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Inappropriate categorization: other than the main article, none of these topics are defined by their association with the disputed concept of transgender genocide. Some articles may need upmerging. (t · c) buidhe 21:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom Mason (talk) 22:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Brazilian city councillors[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename as unopposed. (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 02:55, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Juridically, it's called municipality, not city. See also subcategories/siblings at Category:Councillors in South America. --MikutoH talk! 21:23, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Czech saints[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 11#Category:Czech saints

Category:Babson Beavers[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) QueenofHearts 02:56, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category lacks subjects. Let'srun (talk) 18:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Standard categorization scheme. Jweiss11 (talk) 00:09, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What guideline is that? Let'srun (talk) 13:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No formal guideline that I know of it, but it reflects the standard practice for scores of editors for more than a decade in topic areas covering hundreds of thousands of articles. What guideline is "lacks subjects"? Jweiss11 (talk) 02:14, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge for now, this is not helpful for navigation between articles. No objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Merge for now. "Standard categorization scheme." is not a good reason to keep a category. Its effectively saying this is how its been done, so no need to change it. It's effectively Argument from inertia. Mason (talk) 21:15, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Crafts deities[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 11#Category:Crafts deities

Category:Words and phrases by language[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 11#Category:Words and phrases by language

Category:Magazine editors by nationality[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Mason (talk) 13:45, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: No need to diffuse by nationality with 1 (possibly 2 categories) Mason (talk) 13:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Giorgio Cini Foundation[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:34, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: unhelpful for navigation to have the contents of the category are only vaguely related. a link would be suffient Mason (talk) 13:35, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Food gods[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 14#Category:Food gods

Category:Children of Charairongba[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:15, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Totally unnecessary cat with just two entries PepperBeast (talk) 11:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Italian publication editors[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:15, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, not a defining characteristic of the only article in the category. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I have formally warned the page creator, who has not been responsive to the wall of messages on their talk page. Mason (talk) 13:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Languages with own distinct writing systems[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Definition of "distinctive" seems to make this a WP:SUBJECTIVECAT PepperBeast (talk) 04:32, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Meitei script[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 11#Category:Meitei script

Category:Shumang Kumhei[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 11#Category:Shumang Kumhei

Category:Meitei Brahmins[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 11#Category:Meitei Brahmins

Category:Titular Meitei princes[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Confusing, at best. None of these people seems to be titled, or a Prince. They just seem to share a surname and are somehow related to royalty. PepperBeast (talk) 04:03, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Meitei princesses[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Indian princesses and Category:Meitei royalty. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:45, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Very small cat, overlapping. PepperBeast (talk) 04:00, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sanaleipak[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Grab-bag of unrelated items WP:SHAREDNAME PepperBeast (talk) 03:57, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Meitei as a second or foreign language[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Definitely WP:NONDEF PepperBeast (talk) 03:39, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Support per nom Mason (talk) 13:40, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. WP:OR as well. English is probably the second language of most continental Europeans, but we're not gonna put all ethnic groups in continential Europe in a category just because of that. NLeeuw (talk) 20:31, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Meitei language in Bangladesh[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Just two articles. PepperBeast (talk) 03:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete for now without objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:14, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete for now without prejudice. NLeeuw (talk) 20:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Linguistic groups of the constitutionally recognised official languages of India[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rather convoluted thinking, and definitely WP:NONDEF. PepperBeast (talk) 03:36, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Phouoibi[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Tiny category of one eponymous article, one film, and one play. PepperBeast (talk) 03:35, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, the articles are already directly interlinked. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:32, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Kangla[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Basically duplicates the disambiguation page of the same name. PepperBeast (talk) 03:26, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Translations into Meitei[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Tiny category of only two pages. PepperBeast (talk) 03:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Medicine goddesses[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 14:54, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Seems like a lot of overlap/duplication. PepperBeast (talk) 03:10, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per nom. Not sure about the semantics, but seems like medicine is a human activity or product, while health is said to be bestowed upon humans as a blessing by deities. NLeeuw (talk) 20:26, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Abundance goddesses[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: Aborted. I think I've ballsed this up slightly and will re-list. (non-admin closure) PepperBeast (talk) 11:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Seems like a lot of overlap. PepperBeast (talk) 02:51, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Maintenance deities[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:18, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rather strange category. I couldn't really find much to support it as WP:CATV, and the articles included weren't much help. PepperBeast (talk) 02:45, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed The majority of pages in this category don't make much sense being here. Vishnu would be the only exception, but he may be better referred to as a god of preservation. Invokingvajras (talk) 03:04, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support deletion, what the hell does "Maintenance deities" even mean anyways? Also delete Category:Abundance deities too for the same reasons. AHI-3000 (talk) 21:27, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I actually think Abundance deities should be changed to Wealth deities and Commerce deities should be merged into that. PepperBeast (talk) 01:49, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Never heard of them, and there don't seem to be RS for them either. Seems like some Wikipedia category maintenance is in order... NLeeuw (talk) 20:22, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Non-binary people by sexual orientation[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 11#Category:Non-binary people by sexual orientation


Category:Company editors[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:21, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I'm nominating this category and, by extension Category:Italian company editors and Category:Italian company editors by type because I can't find a definition on Wikipedia of what a "company editor" is and so I don't know who would or would not be included in this category. Categorization on Wikipedia is not supposed to be ambiguous and so I think either a definition should be included on a main space article or this category needs to be deleted or renamed. Liz Read! Talk! 01:18, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Aruba[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge as nominated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:23, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge for now. There are only 4 churches in this entire tree, which is not helpful for navigation. Mason (talk) 00:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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April 2[edit]

Category:People executed by Sweden by guillotine[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 13:43, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. This category only has one person in it, which isn't helpful for navigation. Mason (talk) 22:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dual merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dual merge per nom. I would say "for now", but I wouldn't expect this cat to have potential for growth. Then again, WP:CRYSTAL... NLeeuw (talk) 20:40, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • merge per nom. According to the one article in the category, only one person was ever executed by guillotine in Sweden, so there are no other articles which could be added (or missing articles which could be written). Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 19:45, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Vandalism on Wikipedia[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 13:43, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Category:Vandalism on Wikipedia has only one page on it. What's the point in keeping it around? TheTechie (formerly Mseingth2133444) (t/c) 15:56, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: The category was not tagged; I will do so.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:01, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Translators from Quebec[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete/merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 13:47, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OCLOCATION, not meeting either of the two criteria on which that would be allowed. The parent categories are not otherwise subdivided by province of origin at all, and are not large enough to need diffusion on size grounds, so this isn't part of any comprehensive scheme -- but being from Quebec does not define a translator differently than being from anywhere else in Canada does, so Quebec doesn't need special treatment here that other provinces aren't also getting. (And no, it doesn't map neatly to whether the person is an English-to-French translator or a French-to-English translator, either -- Quebec anglophones and ROC francophones both still exist, so a person from anywhere in Canada can equally do either thing.) So this is a scheme that would really only be necessary if it were possible to all-ten-provinces-and-three-territories it right across the board, and is not a thing Quebec needs in isolation. Bearcat (talk) 14:58, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per nom. It also escapes me why there are gendered categories for translators. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:00, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Support in principle. But also merge to Writers from Quebec‎. The gender intersection is because one of the parents is writers.Mason (talk) 23:15, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Still, that does not require every subcategory to be split by gender too. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:23, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not at all wedded to the necessity of subdividing translators by gender — most countries don't have that at all (India has one for women, but not for men, and even for women it's the only other country I know of that has one), and even the Canadian ones featured here were newly created by the same editor who created these Quebec subcategories on the same day just under a month ago, so there's absolutely a valid argument to be made that the gendered categories aren't necessary either. But that would be a fundamentally different argument than the one against these Quebec subcategories, so it wouldn't have made sense at all to bundle them directly into this discussion. They can certainly be nominated for a separate discussion if you feel strongly about it, but I didn't nominate them here simply because the question of whether gendered categories are necessary or not is a completely separate issue from whether Quebec categories are necessary or not. Bearcat (talk) 17:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We don't need a subcategory just for Quebec if no other Canadian province has one. That's not a "one province gets special treatment because hey why not" scenario, it's an "either all 13 provinces and territories get subcategories across the board or none do, with no middle ground" scenario. Bearcat (talk) 03:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:The Sultan of Two Lands and the Khan of Two Seas[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (Though I will note that WP:SMALLCAT has been deprecated.) (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:44, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Textbook WP:SMALLCAT and rather pointless. This is one of several subsidiary titles of the Ottoman Sultans, and not a distinguishing feature as such. We don't even have an article on this specific title, unlike e.g. analogues such as King of the Four Corners which are notable precisely because they were reused by successive polities and their rulers. Constantine ✍ 20:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, not a defining characteristic and overlaps with Ottoman sultans. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per WP:NONDEF. Note: Smallcat has been deprecated and is no longer applicable. NLeeuw (talk) 20:50, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Languages used in Doordarshan[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 10#Category:Languages used in Doordarshan

Category:Scholars by language of study[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:34, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OVERLAPCAT. Redundant layer. Both other children are already in target. NLeeuw (talk) 16:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. As both other children are already in the target this is in fact just a deletion. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:31, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Support as the category creator. I think my reasoning was that not all Basque language scholars were linguists, but I don't feel strongly about it. Mason (talk) 20:54, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:The Breakfast Club[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: With only a song from the film as the only other article, I don't think this warrants a category. --woodensuperman 15:48, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, the articles already link to each other directly. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Grammarians of Arabic[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename Category:Grammarians of Arabic to Category:Linguists of Arabic. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:35, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is an opposed speedy renaming nomination:
Copy of speedy nom
  • Category:Grammarians of Arabic to Category:Linguists of Arabic – C2C: Siblings within Category:Linguists by language of study are all named Linguists of Fooian. NLeeuw (talk) 01:18, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose Is the tharget the same as Category:Arabists? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think so. "Foo-ists" usually refers to scholars of both language and culture, whereas "linguists of Fooian" restrict themselves to, well, linguistics. It might be useful to draw a comparison with my own cultural milieu here. My native language is Dutch, my country of residence and nationality is the Netherlands. The study of both country and language is known as Category:Dutch studies (Neerlandistiek in Dutch), but you'll immediately notice that the contents of the category are very much focused on the country of the Netherlands and not so much on the Dutch language (also widely spoken and written in Belgium and Suriname, though these countries tend not to be of great interest, as the category seems to show). Similarly, in my experience, there is a lot of overlap between Arabists and scholars of Islam, as Arabic culture and Islamic religion are considered closely intertwined, even though linguistics are strictly speaking a separate discipline. But maybe it's better to move to full because there are lots of nuances to be made here. NLeeuw (talk) 02:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok I've just found Category:Philologists of Arabic and now I'm confused as to what the difference is between the three. Let's just move go full. NLeeuw (talk) 02:14, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Related discussion going on here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 2#Category:Grammarians of Persian.
I thought grammarians and linguists were synonyms, and this cat should be renamed in accordance with its siblings in Category:Linguists by language of study. But I'm not so sure anymore after some colleagues pointed out that previous CfDs resulted in Keeping grammarians of ancient languages, and that grammarians are just one type of linguists, just like philologists, lexicographers, and in this case Arabists. So, maybe renaming isn't a good idea, but instead we should make Category:Linguists of Arabic a parent of Category:Grammarians of Arabic, Category:Philologists of Arabic, Category:Arabists, and perhaps other members of subdisciplines of Arabic linguistics? NLeeuw (talk) 15:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging @LaundryPizza03, Fayenatic london, and Marcocapelle: from closely related discussions. NLeeuw (talk) 15:54, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Option 1 It is not yet clear if there are enough linguists here who are not grammarians. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hah, seems like I'm gonna convince you after all. :) NLeeuw (talk) 22:09, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Réunion[edit]

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Category:LGBT people by identity[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge all to Category:LGBT people. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 16:56, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: As concerned here and here, the term identity is sketchy since sexual orientation isn't necessarily a sexual identity (and some argue identity is a choice compared to the term orientation). The original category uses "by variation". Not sure if it's the best. We can reparent these categories anyways.
Also, separating transgender from marginalized sexual orientations is exclusionary, as concerned here
--MikutoH talk! 02:01, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Variation is not a term I’ve ever heard use by anyone referring to their orientation or identity. It sounds very inhumane and may actually be considered a form of othering - so I do not think that that could be used to refer to people - especially since all of these categories require positive self identification of the people tagged with these categories.
The worldwide WP:COMMONNAME use of the terms are “sexual orientation”, "romantic orientation" and “gender identity” - that is what the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the scientific community use. Anything else would be strange and artificial - Wikipedia follows, not leads in definitions.
Many people have multiple gender identities and sexual and romantic orientations. All of these are part of their overall Identity as an individual, hence "identity" is the overall root. Raladic (talk) 04:49, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Has this been notified to the LGBT project? It really needs to be. Sympathetic to some simplfication, but I'd like to hear from those more involved, who I'm sure will have views. I'm pretty sure "variation" won't fly. I notice all our Category:Queer people seem to be female (or... not gay men anyway) which I don't think is how the term is generally used. Johnbod (talk) 11:43, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I came here from WP:LGBT/Alerts, but a notice on the talk page might get more attention.--Trystan (talk) 13:05, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Support alternative merge. I do like the alternative merge and grouping with sort keys. Strong Oppose to rename. "Variation"? I really really do not like the term variation, and would definitely be bothered if someone referred to my sexual orientation or gender identity as variation. (I know that this is anecdotal, and just one queer person, but that's my immediate reaction to the term). Mason (talk) 21:06, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed Lists of LGBT people#LGBT people by demographic uses "by demographic" instead of identity. Would this suit better? --MikutoH talk! 23:51, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • @MikutoH: "demographic" is, like "variation", also a word that is almost never used in common language in this particular context. Why would you want to keep this category layer in the first place? Isn't it much more natural to find lesbian, transgender etc. people directly under LGBT? Marcocapelle (talk) 05:58, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I second the concern with demographic. Demographic is typicalyl used to describe a variety of groupings. If I were to see the term by demographic in the title of a wiki category, I'd assume it was looking at the intersections of nationality, race, and other broad classes of groupings. It would never occur to be that it would contain non-intersections, like Lesbian, Gay, Queer, Trans, etc. Mason (talk) 23:20, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Marcocapelle: The only reason presented here to merge all container layers to the general category is making them all visible at it. Because merging both subcategories into "by identity" would solve the problem regarding them being separated. I'm not the only one supporting keeping it, it seems that Raladic supports status quo, and you also supported both choices suggested by Trystan, one of them supports keeping "by identity" cat and merging its subcategories.
    Why am I bringing "by variation" and "by demographic" here? Because then we can move the category in simplewiki (it hasn't RfD) and change the list section title. --MikutoH talk! 23:08, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as constituted, but not fundamentally against other alternatives. "Variation" is absolutely not the right word for what this entails, so that's a non-starter — but just upmerging them to the parent would be fine. Bearcat (talk) 17:16, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment, if we merge "by gender identity" somewhere, Category:People with non-binary gender identities and Category:Transgender people should be reparented to Category:People by gender too. --MikutoH talk! 00:57, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose either "by variation" (at worst othering, at best a confusing term which nobody else uses) and "by demographic" (I agree with Mason's interpretation above of what that would suggest, and it doesn't seem to fit the current category). Support the merge suggested by Marcocapelle. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 19:42, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Islamic State – Khorasan Province activities[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete as in the updated nomination. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:45, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redundant and WP:OVERLAPCAT, I suspect nearly all activities would fit into Category:ISIS (K) terrorist incidents. Brandmeistertalk 10:57, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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FFS, the category creator made more! Delete/merge all. Mason (talk) 21:32, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Smasongarrison: which ones? Feel free to add them here. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:40, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh sorry, I was reacting to the fact that you had found more categories by the creator. There aren't new ones beyond this list. Mason (talk) 13:15, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Forts in the Caribbean[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: split/merge/rename. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 16:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only a few islands have fortifications other than forts, so using "forts" will be more useful, enabling categorisation directly within Forts by country. Some unnecessary layers can be merged, and some names need correcting/disambiguating. – Fayenatic London 08:24, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Anti-Israeli sentiment[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: purge of biographies. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: purge biographies, as members of Hamas, al-Qaeda etc the view of these people towards Israel is obvious and does not define these people individually. Add a header on the category page that the category is not meant for biographies. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. This seems like a reasonable decision to me. XTheBedrockX (talk) 14:05, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. thanks for the ping:) I really like the idea of adding the header on the category page. Soyembika (talk) 22:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Category:Anti-Zionism, I don't think we really need this category. Otherwise, I still support purging if this category is kept. AHI-3000 (talk) 20:51, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I support purging, but not merging. Mason (talk) 19:42, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Jewish communities in Palestine temporarily abandoned during the mandate period[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 11#Category:Jewish communities in Palestine temporarily abandoned during the mandate period

Category:Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims 1941-49[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 10#Category:Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims 1941-49

Category:18th-century American slave owners[edit]

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Category:Grammarians of Persian[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:38, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OVERLAPCAT. Same scope. All grammarians are linguists and vice versa. NLeeuw (talk) 01:25, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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April 1[edit]

Category:Sole survivors of indigenous peoples[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Last known members of an Indigenous people. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:10, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: alternative name, sole survivors has a disaster connotation. I'm modeling it off of Category:Last known speakers of a language Mason (talk) 23:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Boxing matches in Las Vegas[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Boxing matches in the Las Vegas Valley with no prejudice against speedy renomination for a merger. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:31, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The vast majority of these matches actually took place outside of the Las Vegas city limits. User:Namiba 01:17, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would prefer it fit neatly into Category:Sports competitions in the Las Vegas Valley--User:Namiba 12:45, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Marcocapelle, would you be opposed to the rename if the category is not merged? — Qwerfjkltalk 12:25, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fair question. In principle diffusing by Las Vegas Valley does not make a lot of sense because the far majority of human activity in Nevada takes place there. But, considering nominator's rationale, closing this as no consensus is the worst possible outcome. So the answer to the question is no, I would not be opposed. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:29, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Vampires in animated television[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename and purge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 12:25, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This name feels more rigidly defining and less open to interpretation. (Oinkers42) (talk) 22:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to Category:Animated television shows about vampires to match other categories. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:33, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Honestly, looking at shows in this category, half of these seem to be not really surround narration about vampires. is Duck Dodgers, Adventure Time, Gravedale High, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi really "about vampires" or various topics that happen to include a vampire? The previous title seems to match this relatively small cycle of tv series. Andrzejbanas (talk) 21:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I mean, those topics would not be WP:DEFINING anyway and should probably be removed. (Oinkers42) (talk) 15:17, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Cheese and Pasta[edit]

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Category:Disasters in Golaghat[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete Category:Disasters in Golaghat; merge Category:History of Golaghat to Category:History of Assam and Category:Golaghat district. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:16, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Dual merge for now. These categories were all made by the same user for the page Golaghat highway accident, who has been advised to not create duplicate/single page categories. There is no need to have a category with a single page in it. If not merged, the categories should be renamed to "Golaghat district". Mason (talk) 21:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Languages associated with classical dances of India[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:11, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Doesn't seem to be a particularly natural or useful category. PepperBeast (talk) 20:10, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Bulgarian encyclopedias[edit]

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Category:Saint Anthony the Great abbeys[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 12:29, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge or delete. This isn't helpful for navigation to carve out two abbeys that are associated with a saint Mason (talk) 13:31, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • There shouldn't be two categories as this is largely a matter of WP:SHAREDNAME. It is merely a coincidence that one of the two articles does contain some legendary information about Saint Anthony the Great. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:56, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:European gangs[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:11, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The only item is child Category:European-American gangs‎ right now, and all of them are groups that were or are active in the United States. This doesn't fit in parents Category:Crime in Europe or Category:Culture of Europe. No doubt there are what you might call "gangs" in Europe, but they are not to be found in this category. For this, the Category:Gangs in Europe already exists. But I don't think a merger would make much sense, as there is little overlap between the two. NLeeuw (talk) 16:23, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Mason (talk) 00:22, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Regional Mexican culture[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:12, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OVERLAPCAT. Same scope. Note: I've speedied the target category to be renamed to Category:Culture of Mexico by state. If approved, I will change the target in this nomination. But I think the situation is simple enough to already propose this merger.  Done NLeeuw (talk) 15:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Regional French culture[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 12:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OVERLAPCAT. Unlike Category:Regional Spanish culture that I nominated earlier today, this cat almost completely overlaps with its parent. The only difference is the child Category:Culture of the Basque Country, which is mostly focussed on culture in the Basque Country (autonomous community) in Spain, and has virtually nothing to do with the French Basque Country. Anything that is relevant to French Basque culture could be placed in Category:Culture of Nouvelle-Aquitaine if necessary. NLeeuw (talk) 15:18, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:I-Kiribati chiefs[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:12, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, currently only one article in the category, this is not helpful for navigation between articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Klingon-language operas[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 9#Category:Klingon-language operas

Category:Dutch encyclopedias[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 9#Category:Dutch encyclopedias

Category:Meitei language encyclopedias[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:12, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category with only one entry. PepperBeast (talk) 11:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. It is not useful to categorize the article by language since no less than 23 languages are involved. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:38, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom and Marcocapelle. NLeeuw (talk) 12:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per above --Lenticel (talk) 00:42, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Irish people of Antigua and Barbuda descent[edit]

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Category:Islands of the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:12, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is an unnecessary layer just holding the historical Islands of the Netherlands Antilles and Islands of Aruba. The parent hierarchy Dutch Caribbean may need a complete overhaul, but this layer can easily be merged first. – Fayenatic London 11:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Service industries in the Dutch Caribbean[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:12, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary layer with only one sub-cat. – Fayenatic London 12:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:63 BC disestablishments[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, isolated year category while the other disestablishments in this period are categorized by century. Move article Seleucid dynasty to Category:1st-century disestablishments. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:09, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Regional Spanish culture[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: purge and merge as nominated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:ARBITRARYCAT WP:CROSSCAT. The words "regional" and "Spanish" take up multiple ambiguous meanings, depending on the child category. "Spanish" can mean "Spain", "Spanish nationality", "Spanish diaspora" or "Spanish language", while "regional" can mean "city", "autonomous community", "country" (Spain, Canada and the United States), "continent(s)" (Spanish America) or "archipelago" (Caribbean). This is a mishmash. If anything, we should adhere to the category tree, which is indicated by parent Category:Culture of Spain. Category:Culture by city in Spain and Category:Spanish culture by autonomous community‎ fit in that tree, and shoud be upmerged to this parent. The rest does not, and should be Purged. NLeeuw (talk) 09:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Victoria Williams tribute albums[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: procedural keep. @Koavf. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 12:37, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only one entry. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:05, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: All of my rationales for this and similar categories can be found at the January 2023 discussion about Laura Nyro tribute albums, for which there was no consensus. I can recreate those arguments here if desired. What I would really like to do is to have a larger discussion on this and seek consensus for categorization across the various tribute albums categories. Thanks to all for their contributions. KConWiki (talk) 01:59, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree that a larger conversation is warranted. KCon, should you agree, ping me here and I'll close this conversation on this particular category. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:51, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Koavf - Sounds good to me, let me know where the discussion will be taking place. Thanks for your efforts. KConWiki (talk) 00:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Anti-Zionist Christians[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 9#Category:Anti-Zionist Christians

Category:Riojan music[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 12:35, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. The only item is Music of Navarre and La Rioja, which has been an unsourced three-sentence stub since 2005. NLeeuw (talk) 09:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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PS: 2nd target was renamed to Category:Culture of La Rioja. NLeeuw (talk) 19:34, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Christian anti-Zionism[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 9#Category:Christian anti-Zionism

Category:Women cryptographers by nationality[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only two subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:36, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge for now without prejudice. NLeeuw (talk) 13:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    support upmerge for now Mason (talk) 02:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Inactive anime conventions[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 9#Category:Inactive anime conventions


Category:Expressways in Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 12:40, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Two articles only. One of the articles is about an entirely hypothetical motorway as indicated in the entry, the other hypothetical by and beyond the straits. Rename to hypothetical expressways of the People's Republic of China. 121.202.28.169 (talk) 12:02, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Rename or delete?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:18, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete, I think inclusion in Category:Proposed roads in Taiwan is accurate and sufficient. It's not really accurate to say that a road is "in" a purely notional province. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 16:07, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, a road doesn't exist in a notional entity. Already covered in an existing category as mentioned, although other parent categories might also apply. CMD (talk) 07:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Is there any category for notional matters of this country? 58.152.55.172 (talk) 08:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Delete per Marco. IP, what's your goal here? You have better things to do with your time than this. Mason (talk) 22:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Matters related to that country which makes the irredentist claims gotta be identified with that country itself. These matters do not belong to the actual location to which they are designated by that country. 58.152.55.172 (talk) 08:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The target category you may be looking for would be Cross-strait relations. 46.226.162.228 (talk) 19:50, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians who are sick of blue categories[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Annual serious nomination of inappropriate joke categories on April Fools Day. Fails WP:USERCATNO. No reason for this to need to exist to defer open uprising against consensus since the sole member is long gone. * Pppery * it has begun... 00:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians who enjoy cracking wise with categories[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Annual serious nomination of inappropriate joke categories on April Fools Day. Fails WP:USERCATNO. No reason for this to need to exist to defer open uprising against consensus since one of the members is long gone and the other has not objected to a previous joke category being deleted. * Pppery * it has begun... 00:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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57 to 63 days old[edit]

March 31[edit]

Category:Arabian freedmen[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping category Mason (talk) 23:28, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just delete, the article is still in Category:Slaves from the Abbasid Caliphate. Presumably it was not standard to free one's slaves but I can imagine that a larger proportion of notable slaves have been freed, so that the concepts are more overlapping in Wikipedia than they were in everyday medieval life. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:51, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Works for me Mason (talk) 16:51, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Monochamini[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The article Monochamini redirects to Lamiini where they are listed as synonyms. Pichpich (talk) 21:15, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:15th-century Maltese philosophers[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one person in this category, which isn't helpful for navigation. Mason (talk) 18:59, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Infrastructure[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 8#Infrastructure


Category:14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Moldavia[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:33, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one bishop in here, which isn't very helpful for navgation Mason (talk) 18:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Portuguese Macau[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 8#Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Portuguese Macau

Category:16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Africa[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 8#Category:16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Africa

Category:Malawian music by city[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete/merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:40, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary overcategorization of a small number of articles -- in both Blantyre and Lilongwe, the creator started "Musicians from [City]" categories that are fine on their own, but then vastly overdid everything else around them.
Firstly, they do not each require a separate "singers" subcategory: the musicians categories have just ten and seven articles in them, respectively, which is not large enough to require diffusion for different types of musicians, and the singers subcategories in turn have just two and four articles in them -- and obviously if the singers categories aren't necessary, then neither is Category:Malawian singers by city.
Secondly, with just two categories they don't need a dedicated Category:Malawian musicians by city container either, and can just be filed directly in Category:Malawian musicians.
Thirdly, they also don't need "Music in (City)" parents that don't have anything else in them (and have nothing else in the "City" parents that can be refiled into them either), which also vitiates the need for Category:Malawian music by city.
Fourthly, neither Category:People from Blantyre nor Category:People from Lilongwe have enough occupational subcategories to require chunking them out into "People from X by occupation" containers, and if those aren't needed then Category:Malawian people by city and occupation and Category:Malawian people by occupation and city also aren't needed either.
Again, the musicians subcategories themselves are fine, but they don't need any of these as parent or child categories -- they can both just be filed directly in Category:Malawian musicians and the appropriate "People from X", and don't need this many layers of redundancy added to their family trees. Bearcat (talk) 15:14, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge/delete per nom, this makes navigation through the tree a nightmare. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:05, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bearcat, @Marcocapelle There are many articles that need to be included in the categories above that haven't yet been added. If the categories are intended to be merged or deleted, I just wonder how this survives which uses the very same style and structure. If the intention is to have at least many articles into them, well then, would you give it a little time as I would look for articles to add into them (or even create some). Hopefully Wikipedia is work in progress. Thanks. Tumbuka Arch (talk) 17:25, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please read WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Just because that exists doesn't mean this has to as well, because it's entirely within the realm of possibility that that shouldn't exist either. Nothing stops anybody from creating any unwarranted thing at any time, so the existence of one thing is not automatically validation for the existence of another. Bearcat (talk) 17:26, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:British Kenya[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:49, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename, seems a straightforward case of WP:C2D but having this for full discussion just in case it isn't that straightforward. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:48, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • 'Support I see no reason to object and it is indeed close to a WP:C2D. Pichpich (talk) 21:18, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Arab-Jewish culture in the United States[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:49, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename as part of as part of Category:Arab-Jewish diaspora. This suggestion had some support at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 March 21#Category:Arab-Jewish culture in the United States. "Diaspora" would match some parent categories such as Egyptian-Jewish diaspora. I acknowledge that these are also part of Jewish culture by country, but IMHO conforming within Arab-Jewish diaspora would be most helpful. – Fayenatic London 07:34, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, the proposed names clarify better what these categories are about. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:39, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Meta-Wiki autoconfirmed users[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:48, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Fails WP:USERCAT for utterly lacking collaborative value. * Pppery * it has begun... 01:47, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians who like Super Mario[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. In line with previous consensus. It's worth noting the category contains only one member. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Fails WP:USERCAT for utterly lacking collaborative value. * Pppery * it has begun... 01:47, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:44, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Pichpich (talk) 21:18, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It shouldn't be deleted because I keep expanding the page. Hjajajsbbxb12 (talk) 15:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • That is not a reason to keep it. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:16, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • User:Hjajajsbbxb12, the size of the page isn't a factor. If the category is kept I'd recommend cleaning up the userbox clutter. It's normal and fine to have some userboxes appear on categories like this, but the page is pretty disorganized right now.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 19:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per WP:USERCATYES. In my opinion this category is totally fine per Appropriate types of user categories § Categories which group users by interest in a subject: "This includes any grouping of users by interest in a subject – that is, interest in editing articles related to a certain topic – so long as the topic is not overly narrow or vague (see below: Categories that are overly narrow in scope, Categories that are vaguely defined)." These sorts of "Wikipedians who like x" are fairly common additions to userpages and I'd say Super Mario is a large enough series with an active enough base of interested Wikipedia editors improving the subject's coverage that it's reasonable for such a category to exist. I can't see anything in WP:USERCATNO that would suggest this an example of an inappropriate user category, as I don't think it's so narrow that it cannot conceivably be relevant to a broad number of users' editing.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 00:48, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Liking something is completely different than willingness to improve the encyclopedia with respect to this topic. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:41, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I can't say I agree. I think it could reasonably go on the userpage of a member of the WikiProject Video games Nintendo task force because it seems analagous to the very populous Category:Wikipedians who like Pokémon. Of course, one could always say that category needs to go as well and nominate it here, but I think at that point you'd have to argue there should be no "Wikipedians who like <x>" categories of any sort and they should all be deleted, but that seems like the sort of thing that would require broader discussion about user category guidelines at some other venue. So for me personally, I'd need some convincing that this category is less related to improving the encyclopedia than other analagous categories which have long been understood to be acceptable.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 19:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reading through that discussion, I agree with what Diriector_Doc had to say. I'll add that I think a better solution (if there exists a problem in the first place) would be to rename some of these "Wikipedians who like <x>" categories to "Wikipedians interested in <x>" so long as the subject is not too narrow to realistically relate to any editing areas. One thing that stood out as confusing in that previous deletion discussion was that the nom intentionally spared "Category:Wikipedians who like Game Center CX" solely because GameCenter CX is a show rather than a video game. What does that have to do with the collaborative value of the category? The bar for being kept versus deleted should be that a subject has enough coverage on Wikipedia that there exists an editing community (which can be said about some of those deleted categories), not "delete if it's a game series, keep if it's a television series."  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 19:34, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedian disc golfers[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 30#Category:Wikipedian disc golfers


March 30[edit]

Category:History organizations based in Kazakhstan[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:15, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:18th-century Slovak physicians[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: triple merge as nominated. Categorization of Samuel Genersich can, of course, be discussed at Talk:Samuel Genersich. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:15, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Triple upmerge for now. There are only two people in this category, while the parent (18th-century Slovak people) has 6. Right now this isn't helpful for navigation to diffuse by occupation and century and nationality. Mason (talk) 19:22, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Centuries in Almaty[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:15, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:30, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom Mason (talk) 19:23, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:French forts in the United States[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 8#Category:French forts in the United States

Category:Slovenian geriatricians[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: upmerge. (non-admin closure) ToadetteEdit! 21:53, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's no need to diffuse this medical specialty by nationality to this degree. Each of these noms have one or two people in them Mason (talk) 22:50, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is a circular argument. After the merge very little of the tree will be left. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:02, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Additional categories were added to the nomination, relisting to allow time for discussion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkltalk 11:26, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Due to suspected WP:MEAT.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 12:53, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Merge in principle, but I'd prefer an RfC on the matter of upmerging categories for the sake of navigation. — Qwerfjkltalk 19:15, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Dallas Hilltoppers football seasons[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: single merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:16, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category lacks subjects and does not aid navigation. Let'srun (talk) 02:05, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge for now with only two articles, but presumably dual merge also to Category:College football seasons. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:01, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • dual merge also to Category:College football seasons – Huh? Why the heck would we want to merge a mere two of 30,000+ college football season articles to create a brand-new category called "College football seasons" – that makes absolutely zero sense. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:31, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • It can be populated with many more articles when all subcategories with one or two articles are merged. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:33, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        • That still makes no sense. If I wanted to find seasons of this team, I would look up "Dallas Hilltoppers football seasons", not a broad "College football seasons" category that has the potential for hundreds of thousands of entries! Not to mention such a category would be missing tens of thousands of articles for programs which have more than a few seasons with articles. It just doesn't make sense. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:42, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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@Marcocapelle: are you alright with a single merge? HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:03, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Children of Ottoman sultans[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 19:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Not all of the princes and princesses included in this list are children of the sultan, some are grandchildren. Векочел (talk) 14:24, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per nom. It is also a redudant category layer with only two subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The fact that you mentioned is good reason to keep the category, it should be used for specifically children of Sultans, illegitimate ones too.★Trekker (talk) 18:58, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkltalk 13:48, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkltalk 12:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Academics of the College of the Resurrection[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 7#Category:Academics of the College of the Resurrection

Category:Aphex Twin songs[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 7#Category:Aphex Twin songs

Category:E7 nations[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Associated articles E7 (countries) deleted at AfD. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 12:01, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Political posters of Italy[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 7#Category:Political posters of Italy

Category:Converts from Nontrinitarianism[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:00, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge for now without prejudice. NLeeuw (talk) 14:38, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Early modern history by city[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, overlaps with Category:Centuries by city and Category:Decades by city. If kept, rename Category:Early modern history by city to Category:Early modern period by city per article Early modern period and parent Category:Early modern period. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:19, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Support rename if kept per nom. NLeeuw (talk) 14:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:English people by ethnic or national origin[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:English people by descent. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 22:10, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: A. rename per usage of "descent" in the subcategory names. B. purge Category:English Jews because the latter isn't about their ancestors but about what they are themselves (i.e. it is about ethnicity rather than about descent). This is part of a larger stale speedy nomination in which User:1234qwer1234qwer4, User:Anomalous+0 and User:Smasongarrison participated. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:46, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep the existing name. The wording suggests it's about something broader than descent; and indeed national origin may not be something to do with or the same as ethnicity or ethnic origin. 83.229.61.201 (talk) 15:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It is not in fact broader, because the subcategories are by descent too. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:24, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. I'm fine with adding Category:English Jews to the parent category. Being Jewish is nested under both ethnicity and religion, so as long as we have it in English people as well as the religion sub cat, I'm fine with purging. (otherwise it gets hidden in English people by religion) Mason (talk) 17:59, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Support per nom. Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Is this discussion tied to the hundreds of "by ethnic or national origin" categories that have been sitting in Speedy Renames for weeks on the CFD page? If so, that should be mentioned that this one category rename could impact hundreds of other categories. Liz Read! Talk! 21:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Male television actors by ethnic or national descent[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:12, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Merging is not necessary, the subcategory is already part of Category:Belgian male television actors. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:31, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Mason (talk) 01:09, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 7#Category:2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake

Category:Kosovan LGBT-related films[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:12, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. The only page in here is already in the relevant subcategories of Kosovan films and LGBT-related films Mason (talk) 01:24, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge for now, without objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:29, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge for now without prejudice. NLeeuw (talk) 14:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Arabian agnostics[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Middle Eastern agnostics. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:18, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category is too small for navigation, isn't a nationality, and is probably not a defining intersection Mason (talk) 01:16, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Lists of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops in Bangladesh[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Lists of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops in Asia and Category:Bangladeshi Roman Catholic bishops. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:20, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge. There's only one list in here, which isn't helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 00:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Administrations of prime ministers of the United Kingdom[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:British premierships. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 00:17, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redundant to Category:British premierships. Administrations of PM's is the same as the Premiership. Since it refers to the same thing, this category is a redundant layer of subcats. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:01, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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March 29[edit]

Category:Sunak administration[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:06, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Similar to categories for American presidencies. Examples being Category:Presidency of Joe Biden which relates to the Biden Administration which refers to the presidency/tenure of Biden as President. The same is true for a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Their tenure is referred to as a Premiership and the main article is Premiership of Rishi Sunak. Not Sunak administration which refers to the premiership. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 23:58, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The ministry is the government which in itself is part of the administration. Even with the reshuffling of cabinet members, it doesn't warrant it's own category as it as part of one adminstration. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 14:58, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Jessie (2011 TV series)[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: keep. WP:SMALLCAT is an invalid rationale, and the nom did not sufficiently argue how WP:EPONYMOUS applies here. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:49, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is the second time this category has been created, the first time being on April 20, 2021, and this current time being on March 21, 2024. It was previously deleted on May 12, 2021, per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 April 29#Category:Jessie (2011 TV series), and nothing has really changed since then, so this should be deleted again.

What I said back then is still applicable now. To restate some of it: At absolute minimum, a template or category needs half a dozen items to be worth it, which, at present, this category has. However, that still does not necessarily merit inclusion, just like if something passes WP:V, it doesn't necessarily mean it should be included due to WP:DUE vs. WP:UNDUE. This category is also WP:EPONYMOUS, which means that only things related to the main topic should be listed here. In this case, the episode lists certainly don't belong here, which would bring the number of items down to four, but I even question the Indian adaptation. See also WP:SMALLCAT. Amaury • 22:11, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as category creator. This seems very similar to the case of Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 7#Category:Henry Danger. I really fail to see how the episode lists should not be included here. Plus WP:SMALLCAT has been deprecated since the original discussion. (Oinkers42) (talk) 02:10, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing has changed since the last time you tried creating this, and I don't know what made you think something had. The other category has no relevance to this one. Amaury • 07:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, it seems to me that this category was previously deleted per WP:SMALLCAT, which is now deprecated. Every single delete vote from 2021 mentions SMALLCAT. Di (they-them) (talk) 05:58, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Medical schools in the Caribbean[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 8#Medical schools in the Caribbean

Category:IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:04, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Official tournament name as used by the IIHF. Maiō T. (talk) 20:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkltalk 19:04, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:History of the Jamaica Province of the Moravian Church[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:06, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, the only article is mainly about Baptists rather than about the Moravian Church. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:59, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:.io video games[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 8#Category:.io video games

Category:Rathores[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 8#Category:Rathores

Category:2004 video games with demos[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 5#Category:2004 video games with demos


Early modern period[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 13:45, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename, aligning with Early modern period and Category:Early modern period. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:59, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:History of Italy by province[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:12, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. The subcategory is already in the tree of Category:History of Italy by region so a merge is not needed. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:42, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Ethnonymic surnames[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: manual merge to Category:Toponymic surnames. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:08, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: No such concept Ethnonymic surname in reliable sources. As original research, category created by banned user from created lots of mess in anthroponymic articles/categories.- Altenmann >talk 05:55, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina mathematicians[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 11:59, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: There are only three Bosnia and Herzegovina mathematicians in the entire tree. Upmerge for now, there's no need to diffuse this category by century Mason (talk) 03:42, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American consulting businesspeople[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:15, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping categories Mason (talk) 00:12, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just delete, with very few exceptions these aren't management consultants at all, and "consulting" alone is not a defining characteristic. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:47, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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March 28[edit]

Category:Swadesh lists[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:57, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only one article in category PepperBeast (talk) 17:38, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom --Lenticel (talk) 11:55, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Swadesh lists are sometimes embedded in sections of language family articles, but I've never seen then as stand-alone articles. Probably not notable enough for them either. NLeeuw (talk) 14:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Šako Polumenta albums[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:57, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: A category of redirects that all go to the same article with no info there on any of the albums except in a discography list. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 16:14, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Georgia at the UEFA European Championship[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Georgia national football team. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Single-entry category with no imminent prospect of expansion. 2024 is apparently the first time Georgia have ever qualified for the UEFA, so there isn't any significant volume of Georgia-UEFA content to file here yet -- the base article itself is the only thing there is, and the country does not yet have any of the spinoff content that populates other countries' subcategories of Category:Countries at the UEFA European Championship. So no prejudice against recreation in the future if and when there's more content for it, but it isn't needed just for one article -- the article can just be filed in the base countries category (where it already is) and Category:Georgia national football team in the meantime. Bearcat (talk) 15:37, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Under 20 Rugby Championship[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:56, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Too-small category for a brand-new thing. This is a new level of competition just being introduced for the first time at this year's Rugby Championships, so the 2024 edition is not just the only article filed here now, but the only article that can be filed here at this time. So no prejudice against recreation in the future when there are enough other articles to justify a category, but it isn't necessary for just one thing, and can be catted as part of the parent entity in the interim. Bearcat (talk) 15:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I created the cat - the author of the 2024 article had added it as a redlinked cat - might have been better deleting it! Agree with the nominator's rationale. Bcp67 (talk) 17:01, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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New York (state) city template subcategories [edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:56, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: both categories consists only of one navbox. —⁠andrybak (talk) 14:09, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge/delete per nom (the two pages are already in the target, so deletion suffices). Marcocapelle (talk) 05:58, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Arms (video game) characters[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:56, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Contains only one article (Twintelle). Seems to be a WP:NARROWCAT. No good merge targets. (Oinkers42) (talk) 14:05, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as the creator. This was created before Min Min was redirected. No prejudice to recreation if Arms gets more character articles. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:08, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per above --Lenticel (talk) 11:55, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sportspeople from Bastrop, Texas[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:56, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only 1 article, checked for more and there are none. User:Namiba 13:26, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge for now without objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:33, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:21st-century Botswana male actors[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:56, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There are only two Botswana actresses in the entire tree (and three actors total). There's no need to diffuse by century, which is unhelpful for navigation. Mason (talk) 13:12, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge for now, without objection to recreate the categories when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:35, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:1990s Japanese superhero films[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 5#Category:1990s Japanese superhero films

Category:Australian association football cup seasons[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 5#Category:Australian association football cup seasons

Category:Wikipedians with autism[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 5#Category:Wikipedians with autism

Category:Irish history awards[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:57, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge for now, currently only one article each, this is not helpful for navigation. No objection to recreate any of these categories when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:52, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom Mason (talk) 19:37, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Disasters in Cotabato[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:57, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge for now, currently only one article, this is not helpful for navigation. No objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:43, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Mason (talk) 19:31, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Songs written by Carmol Taylor[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:57, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: redlink songwriter ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:22, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Songs written by Wayland Patton[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:57, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redlink songwriter ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:16, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Disasters in Philippines by province or territory[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 5#Category:Disasters in Philippines by province or territory

Category:Events in the Philippines by province or territory[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Events in the Philippines by province. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 03:00, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Duplicate of Category:Events in the Philippines by province Howard the Duck (talk) 01:38, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Categories by province or territory of the Philippines[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Categories by province of the Philippines. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:59, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Duplicate of Category:Categories by province of the Philippines. Howard the Duck (talk) 01:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge or reverse merge, clearly duplicates. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. The Philippines has no "territories". HueMan1 (talk) 10:24, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:History of the Philippines by province or territory[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:History of the Philippines by province. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:58, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Duplicate of Category:History of the Philippines by province. Howard the Duck (talk) 01:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:History of Philippines[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:History of the Philippines. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Duplicate category of Category:History of the Philippines. Howard the Duck (talk) 01:34, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:National Heroes of North Korea[edit]

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 April 5#Category:National Heroes of North Korea

Category:Provinces and territories of the Philippines[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Provinces of the Philippines. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Duplicate category of Category:Provinces of the Philippines.. Howard the Duck (talk) 01:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:2010s Japanese superhero films[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Nomination withdrawn. Liz Read! Talk! 19:21, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: All content has been transferred to the related categories Category:2010s Japanese films, Category:Japanese superhero films and Category:2010s superhero films. Kailash29792 (talk) 05:00, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean, "content has been transferred"? You mean you've added those categories before the merge was decided? I'm not sure I like the idea, to be honest. I would have waited for this discussion to be closed (again) before doing that. -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 12:19, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: 16 pages and 2 subcategories as of relisting.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:21, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Philipino culture by province or territory[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:52, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Aside from being laughingly misspelled, it is a duplicate of Category:Philippine culture by province. Howard the Duck (talk) 01:20, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hypergryph[edit]

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 15:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only has two pages, and one is a redirect. Even if we were to have an article for this, it should be named after Arknights and not the company, since Arknights is all that they are known for. We have Category:Doki Doki Literature Club! and Category:Bluey (2018 TV series), not Category:Team Salvato and Category:Ludo Studios. QuicoleJR (talk) 01:05, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete for now, without objection to recreate the category when some more articles about this topic are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:58, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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