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Category:United States Highways by state -> Category:U.S. Highways by state or Category:U.S. Routes by state

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The result of the debate was rename to U.S. Routes by state. Syrthiss 03:28, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

this was improperly speedy renamed two months ago for some reason. The roads are U.S. Highways (or U.S. Routes, though that change could not be speedily done). This is not a case of using U.S. for laziness - the vast majority of times such a highway is referred to, it is U.S. Please undo this improper speedy. --SPUI (talk - RFC) 04:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from speedy after discussion. Vegaswikian 23:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Again, you say it was improper. You are welcome to provide evidence as to why it was improper. I resent the implication that Kbdank71 or I did this change in an improper way. --Syrthiss 12:03, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't say you were in the wrong; as far as you knew it was proper. But now I have brought up that it is clearly not the right name, and so it should be speedily reversed. (Though given that it might be moved to U.S. Routes, we should hold off on that.) --SPUI (T - C - RFC) 12:38, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Hyderabad

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The result of the debate was delete. Syrthiss 13:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hopelessly ambiguous... ProveIt (talk) 23:44, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Japanese visual arts to Category:Japanese art

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The result of the debate was merge. Syrthiss 13:43, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the category system "art" means "visual arts" so Japan should not have both. Merge into Category:Japanese art in line with the sister categories in Category:Art by nationality. Sumahoy 22:44, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:R&B vocalists

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Syrthiss 13:47, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a redundant category as Category:R&B musicians already exists and all the artists in this category are already part of other R&B categories. --Musicpvm 22:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Government and Politics of Belarus

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The result of the debate was delete. Syrthiss 13:49, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A user decided arbitarily that although well over a hundred countries have separate politics and government categories, Belarus should be different. I will repair the damage and this will soon be empty. It can then be deleted. CalJW 22:24, 6 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]


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Several Fooian companies to Companies of Foo

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The result of the debate was rename all per nom. Syrthiss 13:51, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As Carina22's nomination below for Category:American cable companies, I have found some others for consideration to be changed to X companies of Y:

mattbr30 21:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Caribbean economic states to Category:Economies of the Caribbean

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The result of the debate was rename. Syrthiss 13:52, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This sounds like the name of a supranational economic community, but it isn't one. Rename to more standard form CalJW 19:22, 6 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]


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Category:List of Gaelic Poets

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The result of the debate was speedy delete. Syrthiss 13:52, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to sort a redirect to an existing category without knowing that this doesnt strictly work with categories the same way it does with standard articles. Delete please! An Siarach


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Category:Branchlist

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The result of the debate was delete. Syrthiss 13:53, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More unworkable crap, see also Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 April 2#Template:Rootpage and Wikipedia:Templates_for deletion/Log/2006 April 6#Template:Branchlist. Delete. — Apr. 6, '06 [17:53] <freakofnurxture|talk>


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Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Order to Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order

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The result of the debate was rename. Syrthiss 13:54, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As it is actually an Order, the official designation for recipients of the DSO is "Companion", so it seems sensible for us to use it. Necrothesp 09:59, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Shania Twain songs

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The result of the debate was delete. Syrthiss 13:55, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Already a category for Shania Twain singles, and this category is empty.


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Category:NCFCA

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The result of the debate was delete. Syrthiss 13:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DELETE Completely useless category, small and very little (if any) potential for growth, really unnecessary. pm_shef 05:56, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:List of HFStival acts

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The result of the debate was bleh! delete, since its an article pretending its a cat anyhow (no articles in the cat). Syrthiss 14:00, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is an article, not a category ... ProveIt (talk) 04:59, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Two "X member" categories

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The result of the debate was rename. Syrthiss 14:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Council on Foreign Relations member to Category:Members of the Council on Foreign Relations
Category:Trilateral Commission member to Category:Members of the Trilateral Commission
[These n]eed to be pluralised and the proposed word order reads better in my opinion. Hawkestone 04:44, 6 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]


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Category:Women of Ottoman Empire

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The result of the debate was already deleted. - TexasAndroid 15:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please delete. I created by mistake. the correct one: category:Women of the Ottoman Empire. Mukadderat 04:40, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Melbourne institutions to Category:Melbourne organisations

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The result of the debate was rename. Syrthiss 14:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Institutions" is really vague and no other city has such a category that I know of. I've taken out the media category, which really doesn't need to be here, and replaced the education category with a couple of its own subcategories which are more appropriate. Those two both belong in the main city category, so they don't need to be in a vague and somewhat opinionated intermediate category as well. Can we make this match the others in Category:Organisations by city? I've also added made it a subcategory of Category:Australian organisations. Merchbow 02:36, 6 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]


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Two Category:Political history of the United States subcategories

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The result of the debate was rename. Syrthiss 14:05, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Historic United States political movements → Category:Historical political movements of the United States
Category:Historic United States political parties → Category:Historical political parties of the United States

To (a) remove overtones of "particularly notable", "classic" and the like associated with the description "historic"; and (b) to follow X of Y naming prevalent in Category:Political history of the United States.


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Category:List of schools in New Zealand

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The result of the debate was upmerge if needed and delete. Syrthiss 14:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Totally unnecessary subcategory of Category:Schools in New Zealand. Upmerge and delete. Grutness...wha? 02:26, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Famous Redheads

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The result of the debate was delete. Syrthiss 14:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This has 14 entries and is marked "underpopulated". 14 too many I would say. This is an unencyclopedic category. Carina22 01:31, 6 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]


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Three surname categories

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The result of the debate was rename. Syrthiss 14:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:The Vanderbilts to Category:Vanderbilt family
Category:The Whitneys to Category:Whitney family
Category:The Kochs to Category:Koch family

Th[ese] should follow the usual form for family categories. There is a comment on the [Koch] talk page that the existing form is preferable because there are articles in the category which are not about family members, but so what? The standard name does not impose the restriction inferred and plenty of other family categories include a range of articles. Carina22 00:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]


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Category:Jonathan Edwards

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The result of the debate was delete. Syrthiss 14:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is in Category:American families, but it is not about a family as such, but a descendents of a particular person. This seems to be a bad idea - imagine such a policy applied to European royals and aristocrats! Carina22 01:00, 6 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]

  • But then you have a renaming question. This ought to be debated on the basis of what the category is and was apparently intended to be, a family category, not about keeping it for a category for JE and his works, unless the keep is combined with a creation of a new category and moving this one's contents. Gene Nygaard 10:51, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Military slang to Category:Military slang and jargon

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The result of the debate was merge. Syrthiss 14:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge - redundant categories; "slang and jargon" bit more inclusive, so merge into that category Nobunaga24 00:52, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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CSI categories

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The result of the debate was delete. Syrthiss 14:11, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Actors and actresses appearing on CSI>Category:CSI actors
Category:Actors and actresses appearing on CSI: Miami>Category:CSI: Miami actors
Category:Actors and actresses appearing on CSI: New York>Category:CSI: New York actors
Rename all the above. Arniep 00:35, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment How do we distinguish a guest star from a non guest star, i.e. how many episodes do you have to appear in not to be a guest star? Arniep 15:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't have a problem if we defined it as liberally as two discrete appearances (i.e., not one two-part episode). As long as we can avoid the category bloat caused by listing every actor who appeared in the show, I'll be happy. - EurekaLott 01:57, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You see that that is where there is a problem as I would have a thought someone who appeared in only two episodes was still a guest star, maybe even 3? I am not sure of the point of these categories at all when a cast list for the main characters is usually on the relevant page. Arniep 22:19, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is the first time (that I can recall) where we've come close to consensus on categories that mixed guest stars with regular and recurring cast members. If we're able reach a decision here, I intend to nominate similar categories for the same treatment. - EurekaLott 16:00, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to get them deleted in December but met with a vast majority of keeps: Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2005_December_26#Actors_by_series_and_its_sub-categories. Arniep 21:45, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Investment managers to Category:Investment management companies

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The result of the debate was rename. Syrthiss 14:11, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There aren't any articles about individuals in this at the moment fortunately, but it would be prudent to rename it to reduce the risk of confusion with Category:Money managers, which is for articles about individuals. Carina22 00:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]


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Category:American cable companies to Category:Cable television companies of the United States

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The result of the debate was rename. Syrthiss 14:12, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Amend to comply with the convention for categories of companies. Carina22 00:29, 6 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]

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