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Category:Submarines of the Confederate States of America

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The result of the debate was Keep K1Bond007 21:42, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't the CSA only have one submarine? Zoe (216.234.130.130 23:50, 21 December 2005 (UTC))[reply]

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Category:Attack pages for speedy deletion

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The result of the debate was keep --Kbdank71 14:24, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This is a sub-category of CAT:CSD, which is supposed to be a centralized place for admins to check pages to be deleted. Splitting the CSD category just makes admins have to look in more places to delete articles that shouldn't exist in Wikipedia. Since all the articles here end up in the parent category, delete. Titoxd(?!? - help us) 22:56, 21 December 2005 (UTC).[reply]

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Category:Dedicated routers

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The result of the debate was rename to Category:Hardware routers --Kbdank71 14:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This category is quite lost. Dedicated Router is not a major established term; consequentially, it has only two articles in it; it's a subcatgory of Electronics, not Computer-anything. QEDquid 21:01, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

We need some sort of category for dedicated (as opposed to merely software) routers. Of course, everything in "Category:Dedicated routers" can simply be moved to "Category:Routers", but that strikes as being less organized. — Itai (talk) 14:18, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Celebrities who play poker

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 14:29, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There is no encyclopedically valuable relation between being a celebrity and playing poker. It's at best a factoid. If it is relevant to their celebrity status (like having featured on Celebrity Poker Showdown), put these people in such a category, or move them to the relevant national daughter of Category:Poker players. But delete this category. Aecis praatpaal 17:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC) Changing my vote to clean up, prune and rename to Category:Celebrity Poker Showdown players and Category:Celebrity Poker Club players (or something to that extent), per Mike Selinker. 10:13, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A biased Keep. I created this category to specifically move the Ben Afflecks of the world out of the main category, when I moved all the poker players into national categories. Affleck should not be listed with Doyle Brunson. This is a valuable distinction in a world where televised poker has become a craze.--Mike Selinker 18:29, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
After going back to the category for the first time in weeks, I see it has exploded. Originally the category was designed for celebrity players who were at the World Series of Poker or similar tournaments. It now seems to include anyone who has ever played a poker game, including Richard Nixon. Clearly the category has to change. I would suggest a Category:Celebrity Poker Showdown players and a Category:Celebrity Poker Club players instead of dumping this entire list into the nationality categories. The Yevgeny Kafelnikovs of the world, who have won major tournaments, deserve some recognition for this, but now this category has muddied that distinction as well. Worth a change.--Mike Selinker 00:48, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as redefinition, as per Mike Selinker. Essexmutant 14:50, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You're saying clean up, prune and rename? Aecis praatpaal 16:39, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely. In fact, I'm prepared to do the work myself. Essexmutant 22:40, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Assuming this happens, let me know if you need any help.--Mike Selinker 08:09, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Scientific patent law

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 14:45, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Patent law generally applies to technological, i.e. scientific, inventions (with the notable recent exception of business method patent, but in my opinion this should be considered only as an exception to the general rule that patents relate to scientific inventions in the general sense). It seems odd to use "Scientific patent law" for a category, which is slightly pleonastic. I would strongly recommend creating Category:Biology-related patent law, Category:Chemistry-related patent law and/or keeping Category:Patent law instead. Edcolins 09:46, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Presidents of the PAN

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 14:45, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This was replaced by Category:Presidents of the National Action Party (Mexico). wknight94 05:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Trentino-Alto Adige and subcats

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The result of the debate was delete - Izehar 13:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]



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Category:Puerto Rican Olympians to Category:Olympic competitors for Puerto Rico

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The result of the debate was rename as nominated --Kbdank71 14:48, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The latter is the standard form. MeltBanana 00:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done. -Mysekurity(have you seen this?) 05:20, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
On second thought, I'm going to change the category to Category:Olympic competitors from Puerto Rico. Any objections? -Mysekurity(have you seen this?) 12:41, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Not that I really care but all in Category:Olympic competitors by country have for. MeltBanana 14:47, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It should be "for" - not all people who compete for a country at the olympics were born in that country, which is why we use "for" (there wasa big debate about this some six months back). Grutness...wha? 23:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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