Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 February 15

February 15

Category:Japanese priestesses

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Japanese Shinto priestesses. (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Japanese priestesses to ~~Category:Japanese Shinto princesses~~ Category:Japanese Shinto priestesses

Nominator's rationale: rename, follow-up on this earlier discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support if you actually mean Category:Japanese Shinto priestesses and simply spelled wrong: do not support if you really mean Category:Japanese Shinto princesses as you spell it now.--Aciram (talk) 21:37, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A subconscious mistake, as most of the priestesses (especially in the subcategory) were princesses. Thanks for noting it. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:21, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:04, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Zombies and revenants in popular culture

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 February 23#Category:Zombies and revenants in popular culture

Category:United States military war crimes

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging:

Category:United States military war crimes to Category:United States war crimes
- Category:Massacres committed by the United States military to Category:Massacres committed by the United States
  - Category:Massacres of Native Americans by the United States military to Category:Massacres of Native Americans

Nominators' rationale: I'm not completely sure if this distinction is needed? I have not seen any other subcategories within Category:War crimes committed by country further subdivided into another subcategory for the military. I think it can be readily assumed that national categories for war crimes were committed by the official armed forces of that nation-state by default. AHI-3000 (talk) 04:38, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lean to support because I cannot readily think of arguments against nom's reasoning. I am open to anyone else's counter-arguments though. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:33, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Procedural comment, none of the category pages have been tagged. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:43, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I have tagged the categories.
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Merge per nom. I don't really see the need for this distinction, especially since there is quite a bit overlapping between all of these categories. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:05, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fairies and sprites in popular culture

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The result of the discussion was: rename as nominated. (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:42, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Fictional fairies and sprites to Category:Fictional fairies

Nominators' rationale: I think category titles should be more short and concise, no need for redundant "Fictional Xs and Ys" naming patterns. Besides, Category:Fictional deities and spirits became Category:Fictional spirits, Category:Fictional demons and devils became Category:Fictional demons, and well see the related discussion about Category:Fictional zombies and revenants below. AHI-3000 (talk) 04:47, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support in principle, per nom. If people would argue that sprites aren't fairies then split instead. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:28, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The main article Sprite (folklore) considers them equivalent to fairies and elves, but notes that the water sprite variation are Paracelsus-style elementals. They are equivalents to the naiads as feminine water spirits. Dimadick (talk) 07:29, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Dimadick: as you seem not to oppose, I would suggest that (if these categories are renamed) you check afterwards if some articles need to be recategorized. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:26, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Procedural comment, the category page has not been tagged. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:42, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I have tagged the category.
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Expanding this nomination - propose renaming all of the following categories:

Category:Fairies and sprites in popular culture to Category:Fairies in popular culture

Nominators' rationale: For the same reasons I nominated Category:Fictional fairies and sprites. Also see this discussion about Category:Zombies and revenants in popular culture. AHI-3000 (talk) 02:30, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural comment, the additional categories have not been tagged yet. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Marcocapelle: All tagged now. How will you vote on this expanded renaming proposal? AHI-3000 (talk) 22:46, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you. For these categories the same applies as for the top category. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:22, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  @Marcocapelle: So do you support renaming these categories or not? AHI-3000 (talk) 08:00, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Of course. This is what I wrote about the top category: "Support in principle, per nom. If people would argue that sprites aren't fairies then split instead." And the same applies to the categories that were nominated later. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:02, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Albums recorded at the Tower Theater (Pennsylvania)

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming: Category:Albums recorded at the Tower Theater (Pennsylvania) to Category:Albums recorded at the Tower Theater

Nominator's rationale: There is no need for geographic qualifier. Keystone18 (talk) 20:50, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per article title Tower Theater (Pennsylvania). Marcocapelle (talk) 20:58, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as ambiguous (see Tower Theater). Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 22:21, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Peoples of the Arctic

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deleting Category:Indigenous peoples in the Arctic
Propose deleting Category:Culture of the Arctic by ethnic group
Propose deleting Category:Fictional indigenous people of the Arctic

Nominator's rationale: delete, Arctic is a very useful concept in physical geography, but not so much in social geography. Here it merely combines completely unrelated peoples. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:36, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Too unrelated content. Place Clichy (talk) 23:19, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete These people, such as Inuit and Sámi, live on different continents and have different cultures and ancestry. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 20:47, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:People by intelligence agency

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:People by intelligence agency to Category:Spies by intelligence agency

Nominator's rationale: For the sake of consistency with both other subcategories of Category:Spies, along with the fictional counterpart Category:Fictional spies by intelligence agency. AHI-3000 (talk) 04:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural comment, the tag on the category page is wrong, it does not link to here. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:37, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. As I noted in the discussion at the speedy nomination, Not everyone who works at an intelligence agency is a spy. Mason (talk) 19:57, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: i've fixed the CfD tag.
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Mason has a fair point, e.g. there are also directors in this category. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Mason. I'd argue to remove C:Spies as a parent. –Aidan721 (talk) 14:50, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional spies by nationality

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming all of these subcategories within Category:Fictional spies by nationality (but not "Category:Fictional spies by nationality" itself):

Nominator's rationale: For the sake of consistency with both other subcategories of Category:Fictional spies, along with the real-life counterpart Category:Spies by nationality. AHI-3000 (talk) 04:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rename per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:22, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@AHI-3000: Procedural comment, the tags on the category pages are wrong, they do not link to here. Please fix them, otherwise, ultimately, the discussion will be procedurally closed without action. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:38, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom, but @AHI-3000 needs to bring the discussions from SPEEDY here. Mason (talk) 20:05, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I've corrected the CfD tags on the categories.
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Category:Yakut goddesses

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Content should come before categories. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 08:10, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:Yakut goddesses to Category:Turkic deities, Category:Yakut mythology and Category:Asian goddesses

Nominator's rationale: merge for now, only one article in the category is not helpful for navigation, without objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:51, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. If I can still say sth, there's at least one more article to be added to this cat. I just haven't gotten around to it yet bc I'm busy with other articles. In fact, I was getting ready to edit an unrelated page when I saw this message.Hse643 (talk) 01:49, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If there is only one more article to come then that is still no reason to keep this category. The new article can be added to Category:Turkic deities, Category:Yakut mythology and Category:Asian goddesses too. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:44, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge for now with no prejudice against recreation if the category can be appropriately populated. House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:46, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Arab diaspora in Canada

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:33, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:Arab diaspora in Canada to Category:Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada

Nominator's rationale: merge, next to Arabs all sorts of Middle Eastern ethnic minorities are included in this tree, to such an extent that the category almost coincides with its Middle Eastern parent. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:43, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom. Another category that mixes ethnicity and geography in a confused way. Place Clichy (talk) 23:21, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:West Asian diaspora in Canada

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:25, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:West Asian diaspora in Canada to Category:Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada

Nominator's rationale: WP:OVERLAPCAT. There is much overlap between these two categories, with much of the content being placed in both categories. This hurts more than it helps in terms of navigation, and in the long run it can only lead to confusion for both readers and editors. Place Clichy (talk) 17:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:41, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per nom. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:07, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Universities and colleges by type

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Universities and colleges by subject. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 08:11, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Universities and colleges by type to Category:Universities and colleges by academic type

Nominator's rationale: As specified in the brief description sentence, this category is for universities and colleges "by type of subject matter taught". It notably does not contain subcategories like Category:Deaf universities and colleges‎ or Category:Women's universities and colleges‎, which are types of a different sort. Renaming would help make this clearer and enable easier browsing. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:20, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe "by subject"? That would be less ambiguous than any sort of "type". Marcocapelle (talk) 17:25, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support in principle. I think subject or discipline or field of study could work. Mason (talk) 20:06, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: Target?
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Leaning towards keeping as is. I don't really see an issue with categorizing colleges by type, and I don't see an obvious way to split it in a way that would work across the planet: specialization in an academic field, organization, target audience, specific demographic of the teaching corps? There seems to be significant overlap between all of these, e.g. Christian institutions include both institutions that teach general education to a general audience and seminaries who teach religious stuff to aspiring clergy. Place Clichy (talk) 14:34, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is a proposal to rename the category to better reflect its existing scope (which is already working), not a proposal to redefine its scope. Sdkb ^talk 16:21, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Type" is way too vague to be useful for readers - and likely editors, too. If the intent is to classify institutions based on the disciplines they teach or support then the category should be renamed along those lines. I suppose that "subject" might also work as a rough synonym that might be more familiar to many readers. ElKevbo (talk) 22:41, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to Category:Universities and colleges by subject per above. Less wordy, imho. House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:41, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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People from Dorchester, Boston

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The result of the discussion was: Merge * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:30, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging:

Nominator's rationale: Per WP:OCLOCATION and previous Cfd. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:42, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Some of these people were from Dorchester, Boston prior to its annexation to Boston in 1870. –Aidan721 (talk) 20:01, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Aidan721, what would you suggest? Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:41, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd still lean toward a merge but wanted that information to be available to voters. Not sure if there is a previous precedent in this regard. –Aidan721 (talk) 21:54, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep Dorchester is more like the Bronx than the LES or the others voted upon in December because it was an independent town for 240 years and has distinct boundaries.--User:Namiba 21:59, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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@Place Clichy, what do you think about this one? Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:25, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge as trivial intersections. This seems overly specific. Place Clichy (talk) 14:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Place Clichy, so it being a former town doesn't matter that much? Because that is what concerned me; I didn't know that when I nominated it. Omnis Scientia (talk) 16:01, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Very few people in the above categories seem to have been active in that independent city. The only par here is WP:DEFINE. I don't think that it is defining for any of these articles which neighborhood of Boston they came from. People from Dorchester, even in colonial times, belong to the history of Boston and it is fine to define them as people from Boston. Place Clichy (talk) 16:12, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Christian religious leaders in Scotland

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The result of the discussion was: partial merge to Category:Christianity in Scotland. (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:35, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:Christian religious leaders in Scotland to Category:Christianity in Scotland

Nominator's rationale: Partial merge, just moving up the Clergy subcat. Remove David I of Scotland; I have instead added the more specific article David I and the Scottish Church to Category:Christianity in Scotland. – Fayenatic London 16:38, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Partial merge per nom, redundant category layer. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:46, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Christian clergy in Belgium

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The result of the discussion was: implement the nomination. (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 02:19, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Belgium to Category:Christianity in Belgium
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Belize
Propose splitting Category:Christian religious leaders in Brazil to Category:Brazilian Christian religious leaders (move the 4 articles into this one or its more specific subcats) and Category:Christianity in Brazil (move the clergy subcat up into here)
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Brazil
Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Bulgaria to Category:Christianity in Bulgaria
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Bulgaria
Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Eswatini to Category:Christianity in Eswatini
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Eswatini
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Finland
Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Greece to Category:Christianity in Greece
Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Hungary to Category:Christianity in Hungary and Category:Religious leaders in Hungary
Propose merging Category:Christian religious leaders in Hungary to Category:Christianity in Hungary and Category:Religious leaders in Hungary
Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Iceland to Category:Christianity in Iceland
Propose merging Category:Christian religious leaders in Ireland to Category:Christian religious workers in Ireland
Propose merging Category:Christian religious leaders in Italy to Category:Christian religious workers in Italy
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Italy
Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Moldova to Category:Christian religious workers in Moldova and Category:Religious leaders in Moldova
Propose merging Category:Christian religious leaders in Moldova to Category:Christian religious workers in Moldova
Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Nigeria to Category:Christianity in Nigeria
Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Peru to Category:Christian religious workers in Peru
Propose merging Category:Christian religious leaders in Peru to Category:Christian religious workers in Peru
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Peru
Propose merging Category:Christian clergy in Russia to Category:Christianity in Russia
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Scotland
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in South Africa
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Sweden
Propose merging Category:Christian religious leaders in Trinidad and Tobago to Category:Christianity in Trinidad and Tobago
Propose deleting Category:Religious leaders in Ukraine
Propose merging Category:Christian religious leaders in Uruguay to Category:Christian religious workers in Uruguay and Category:Religious leaders in Uruguay

Nominator's rationale: The "Christian clergy in Foo" categories are intended for categories by country of work, encompassing expatriates as well as nationals. The nominated "Christian clergy" categories are an unnecessary layer as they only include "Bishops in Foo", which are already in the parent Category:Christian clergy by country of work via Category:Bishops by country of work. Likewise, the nominated "[Christian] religious leaders" categories are similar unnecessary layers with only one subcat. – Fayenatic London 10:39, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom. We also have missionaries by country, but they are not generally considered as clergy or religious leaders so there is not much to populate these categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:51, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Category:Religious leaders in Scotland is empty. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:29, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:West Semitic deities

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 02:33, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:West Semitic deities to Category:Middle Eastern deities
Propose merging Category:West Semitic gods to Category:Middle Eastern gods
Propose merging Category:West Semitic goddesses to Category:Middle Eastern goddesses

Nominator's rationale: merge, trivial intersection of mythology and language family. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Semitic cultures had different deities than the Sumerians, the Hittites, etc. Dimadick (talk) 08:56, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deities did not bother about linguistic differences, e.g. many were both Hittite (non-Semitic) and Ugaritic (Semitic). Marcocapelle (talk) 17:59, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Category is meaningful. Not all gods were worshiped by the same people even if some were adopted by other cultures. West Semitic peoples had their own gods aside from those they adopted from neighboring cultures who are distinct enough to have their own category. Lumping differing people and cultures together simply because they inhabit the same area and ignoring any differences is disrespectful. And yes language would definitely be a factor separating these peoples and cultures. In fact it was probably the major difference (hard to identify with your neighbors when you can't understand them and they worship differently named gods in different ways, along with all the other cultural differences). As someone who appears to have zero knowledge of the religions of the ancient Near East, you should not be nominating this cat for deletion.Hse643 (talk) 02:29, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Hebrews

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 February 23#Category:Hebrews

Category:16th-century poets from the Colony of Santo Domingo

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose splitting Category:16th-century poets from the Colony of Santo Domingo to Category:16th-century poets and Category:16th-century people from the Colony of Santo Domingo

Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge for now. There's only one person in this category, which is unhelpful for navigation Mason (talk) 05:43, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dual merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Gang of Youths members

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Gang of Youths. Discussion of categorization of David Le'aupepe can take place at Talk:David Le'aupepe. (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:39, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deleting Category:Gang of Youths members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation to only have one band member; Per the guidance on the parent category Category:Musicians by band "Musicians by their bands, whether previous or current members. Categories should not be created when only one member has an article." Mason (talk) 03:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:SMALLCAT and WP:LOCALCONSENSUS. This seems like a local consensus that has no actual consensus or discussion and is contrary to smallcat. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Small cat is depreciated. Mason (talk) 05:44, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per very longstanding consensus (since 2008). Marcocapelle (talk) 06:33, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete.--Mike Selinker (talk) 06:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:32, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Category:Gang of Youths. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 22:04, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is a good catch. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:10, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Dick Dale and the Del-Tones members

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deleting Category:Dick Dale and the Del-Tones members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation to only have one band member; Per the guidance on the parent category Category:Musicians by band "Musicians by their bands, whether previous or current members. Categories should not be created when only one member has an article." Mason (talk) 03:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per very longstanding consensus (since 2008). Marcocapelle (talk) 06:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete.--Mike Selinker (talk) 06:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:32, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Even the band article directs back to the Dick Dale article, the only member of the category. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 22:05, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Diablo Swing Orchestra members

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deleting Category:Diablo Swing Orchestra members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation to only have one band member; Per the guidance on the parent category Category:Musicians by band "Musicians by their bands, whether previous or current members. Categories should not be created when only one member has an article." Mason (talk) 03:16, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per very longstanding consensus (since 2008). Marcocapelle (talk) 06:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as creator.--Mike Selinker (talk) 06:51, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and established precedent. Not much point in having a band member category for one member. Thanks for cleaning this up, Smason. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 22:08, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Cobra Starship members

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deleting Category:Cobra Starship members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation to only have one band member; Per the guidance on the parent category Category:Musicians by band "Musicians by their bands, whether previous or current members. Categories should not be created when only one member has an article." Mason (talk) 03:15, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per very longstanding consensus (since 2008). Marcocapelle (talk) 06:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as creator.--Mike Selinker (talk) 06:51, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and precedent. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 22:01, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:1958 establishments in Zambia

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The result of the discussion was: speedy merged, since the existence of this category was also template-generating a redlinked "1958 in Zambia" category that I could neither create nor fix any other way but had to eliminate regardless. Bearcat (talk) 14:57, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:1958 establishments in Zambia to Category:1958 establishments in Northern Rhodesia

Nominator's rationale: Overlapping category Mason (talk) 02:24, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:36, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect with {{R from category navigation}}. Thanks, Mason, for bringing this nomination, but in future I suggest simply redirecting such cases where they are within an existing sequence. – Fayenatic London 11:02, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Townships found in Mzuzu

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete as nominated. (non-admin closure) House Blaster (talk · he/him) 21:37, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:Townships found in Mzuzu to Category:Populated places in Northern Region, Malawi
Propose merging Category:Townships in Northern Region, Malawi to Category:Populated places in Northern Region, Malawi
Propose deleting Category:Populated places in Mzuzu City (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Overlapping category. The only page in here is a town, not a township. These were all created by the same user. Mason (talk) 02:13, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support for consistency. "Populated places" is the new norm. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:39, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support but the collective contents — six in all — should also be merged into Category:Mzuzu. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 20:41, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Anti-war video games

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 February 23#Category:Anti-war video games