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Category:Moogles

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 15:39, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Truly barebones; only two articles included. --Apostrophe 17:28, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Parks and subcats

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The result of the debate was rename as nominated --Kbdank71 15:33, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Propose to adopt the naming standard "Parks in <country>" (although I would have no objection to "Parks of <country>" either). Most subcats already meet that standard; changes required for the list below. Radiant_>|< 17:21, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Parks corollary

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The result of the debate was rename as nominated, create "Gardens in..." as necessary --Kbdank71 15:33, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Most subcats refer to 'parks'. Some refer to gardens. Given the synonymity of the two, I'd prefer renaming the lot to refer to 'parks' for consistency. I would have no objection to renaming them all to 'parks and gardens', though. Radiant_>|< 17:21, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

*Partial Support I think that all of the gardens are really botanical gardens and should be named as "Botanical gardens in Foo". No opinion on the Australia parks and gardens. Vegaswikian 03:16, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
On the contrary, I would like to see the word "botanical" removed from all local gardens categories as it imposes a needless restriction. In the UK only a minority of the gardens with articles are botanical, and the use of "botanical" in the US state categories means that some articles are left stranded in the national category. CalJW 07:14, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Which brings us to List of botanical gardens in the United States which states This list of botanical gardens in the United States is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States of America. It also seems to include plain gardens. So that do lists like these also need to be cleaned up to avoid confusion? Vegaswikian 21:29, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:CSB Articles

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 15:27, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This category was created in one fell swoop over a year ago and promptly abandoned, with no further maintenance. There is no useful explanation as to the meaning or intent of the categorization; apparently it was intended as some internal housekeeping for a project page (not really a valid use for a category in the first place) but is now just clutter. Jgm 16:11, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Architects by nationality to Category:Architects by country

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The result of the debate was keep --Kbdank71 15:24, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Standards based on what line of reasoning? Please address the point(s) raised in the nomination's comments. -Mayumashu 01:12, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
but surely this is increasingly not the case, and with a number of professions, and being less accurate by not allowing the category to be vague/flexible enough in its purpose is actually more confusing. certainly being wrong is - this category links directly with Category:Canadian architecture (which by the way should be renamed 'architecture of Canada', 'not architecture in Canada' since some Canadian architects do not work in Canada -Mayumashu 11:45, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
the suggestion is not that we would no longer record by nationality - by "country" we can record by both country of (extended) activity and nationality - some people would be under two or three countries, yes. the suggestion is not too to have someone who did a single contract of work (a single building's design say) in one country to be catted under that country's cat -Mayumashu 14:29, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • If that is your suggestion, why have you asked that Category:Architects by nationality be renamed Category:Architects by country then?? If you want to have cats by country of extended activity, go ahead and create them; there's no need to lose the existing cat hierarchy for this purpose. Valiantis 14:09, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Effects of gravity

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 15:19, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This is a very mangled category. Most of its entries belong in category:general relativity, with general relativity being a theory of gravitation instead of gravity. The exceptions are the perturbation and precession articles, which are adequately categorized without being a part of this one. --EMS | Talk 14:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional berserkers

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The result of the debate was upmerge --Kbdank71 15:16, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ummmm... yeah. Two entries, I don't know of any more. Over-categorisation at it's worst - SoM 12:40, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment - see my post and the two "upmerge" votes - SoM 17:06, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment [sarcasm]Sure, that makes all the difference[/sarcasm]. Maybe if there were thirty. - SoM 17:06, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:United States geography by state to Category:Geography of the United States by state

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The result of the debate was rename as nominated --Kbdank71 15:13, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to match its parent ("Geography of the United States") and newly renamed children ("Geography of Alabama" etc.) categories. Martin 11:00, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Lists of two-letter combinations

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The result of the debate was no consensus --Kbdank71 15:10, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus is that this subcategory of disambiguation is not helpful to our readers. —GraemeMcRaetalk 09:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Letter and number combinations

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 15:05, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus is that this subcategory of disambiguation is not helpful to our readers. —GraemeMcRaetalk 09:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Stockholm buildings to Category:Buildings and structures in Stockholm

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The result of the debate was rename as nominated --Kbdank71 15:00, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to standard and more inclusive form as per parent category category:Buildings and structures in Sweden. CalJW 08:50, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ecuadorian wars

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 14:59, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To be deleted. It overlaps with Wars of Ecuador, which is the proper name for the category. Andres C. 05:56, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Emperors of Wei to Category:Emperors of Cao Wei

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The result of the debate was rename as nominated --Kbdank71 14:54, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There are a number of states in Chinese history named Wei, and eventually (when I reach there chronologically, perhaps in a few months :-) :-() I will create a category of Category:Emperors of Northern Wei, and so "Emperors of Wei" should be preemptorily disambiguated. --Nlu 04:55, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Multinational corporations headquartered in _

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The result of the debate was no consensus --Kbdank71 14:48, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Transnational corporation" is a synonym for "multinational corporation". On Wikipedia currently transnational corporation redirects to multinational corporation. This proposal establishes a naming convention for "Multinational corporations headquartered in _". Kurieeto 00:24, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Some such categories - a UK one at least - should be "multinational companies". Ideally I would like to see this category deleted, as being "multinational" becomes a less unusual or significant characteristic for a large company each year, and soon being a "multi-billion dollar company that isn't a multinational" may be a more notable characteristic, but proposing deletion is probably not worthwhile. CalJW 08:53, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's important for the word "corporation" or "companies" to remain in the category title. Would "Multinational corporations based in _" be acceptable? Kurieeto 10:57, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It's important to me because it's a complete description of the entity, and remains concise enough. Though I acknowledge that shortening to just "multinational" may be preferrable as we may wish to categorize multinational companies together with multinational corporations. Companies and corporations have different legal standings, see company (law) and corporation for more on that topic. Kurieeto 00:14, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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