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Category:Wikipedians who are cute

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The result of the debate was Delete --William Allen Simpson 11:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The little used category is sooner nonsense and a waste of resources. See WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_free_host.2C_blog.2C_webspace_provider_or_social_networking_site

  • Comment: Uhoh, none of these people are going to add you to their friends list. youngamerican (ahoy-hoy) 00:10, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Artists featured on MTV Unplugged and subcategories

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The result of the debate was Delete all --William Allen Simpson 11:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Categories should not attempt to duplicate every fact that rates a mention in the articles. This is not a defining characteristic.

Delete all Chicheley 23:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Inorganic sulfur compounds

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The result of the debate was No consensus --William Allen Simpson 11:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Useless. All the compounds in Category:Sulfur compounds but outside Category:Organosulfur compounds should be inorganic. We could keep Category:Inorganic sulfur compounds and put all the categories and articles in it that belong there, but I don't think that would be productive. —Keenan Pepper 23:26, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose Several of the <element> compounds categories are divided by the type of compound. Perhaps we should solicit opinions from the Chemistry Wikiproject Bluap 13:45, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Travolta family to Category:Travolta-Burke family

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The result of the debate was Withdrawn --William Allen Simpson 11:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category specifies only listing descendents of one specific union between Salvatore Travolta and Helen Burke under the name Travolta family yet there are numerous Travoltas descended from unions outside of that between Salvatore Travolta and Helen Burke - thus to keep the category I propose it be refined to reflect exactly what it is limited to, only those children of Salvatore Travolta and Helen Burke. (For instance, Salvatore Travolta and Margaret Vitali had a child that is not a part of the Salvatore and Helen Burke union; Salvatore Sr. Travolta and Josephine Marsala had several children that were not part of the Salvatore (Jr) Travolta and Helen Burke union) Alternatively, the category would need to be open to all those of the Travolta family and not those only born to Salvatore Travolta and Helen Burke, or it would be need to be deleted. Sinjinsmyth 20:49, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has categories for royal houses which are definitely based on genealogy. Arniep 13:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks to Bearcat's edit of the descriptive forward on the page I think the Travolta-Burke point is now moot and can be dropped. Now that the terminology reflects all members of the family the category title makes sense as is. Sinjinsmyth 01:38, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Buttonquails

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The result of the debate was Category Redirect --William Allen Simpson 11:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect into Category:Turnicidae. Whatever became of the idea of using common names? -- ProveIt (talk) 00:52, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted from June 22 for more opinions. Conscious 20:48, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:War in the Honorverse

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The result of the debate was Delete, it has only two articles, not appropriately categorized, no opportunity for expansion. --William Allen Simpson 11:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As much as I support the creation of fictional articles, cats and such, this one is rather useless. Very general, doesn't seem to be defined. There were many wars in this fictional universe, and this category may refer to any of them, and seems to be attached to articles from battles to military technology. The only thing it succeeds in is adding pointless clutter to category sections.Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 20:43, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Physicians by specialty to category:Medical doctors by specialty

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The result of the debate was rename. Conscious 07:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the subcategories are for people who are not physicians in the Commonwealth English meaning of the term, and therefore the category name is factually incorrect from the point of view of a large number of readers. Chicheley 20:20, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Philippine spies to Category:Filipino spies

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Conscious 07:32, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Consistent with other categories for Filipino occupations. Lbbzman 18:45, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Red giant branch stars to Category:Red giants

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The result of the debate was merge. Conscious 07:34, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CfM from 2006 May that never was properly added here to be discussed. --William Allen Simpson 18:18, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ethology to Category:Animal behaviour

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The result of the debate was reverse merge. Conscious 07:35, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ancient CfM and Mergefrom from 2006 January that never was properly added here to be discussed. --William Allen Simpson 18:00, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Automobile manufacturers

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The result of the debate was Category Redirect to avoid another recreation. --William Allen Simpson 18:28, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as redirect to Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers. Otherwise it will just keep getting recreated. -- ProveIt (talk) 16:10, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies

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The result of the debate was Speedy delete G4 recreated same day as deleted. --William Allen Simpson 18:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not a category, already moved content to Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies. -- ProveIt (talk) 15:36, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Portlanders to Category:People from Portland, Oregon

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The result of the debate was rename per nom. Conscious 07:36, 14 July 2006 (UTC) The current name is ambiguous (there is also a Portland in Maine) and inconsistent. User:Arual 15:30, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Canals of Italy to Category:Canals in Italy

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The result of the debate was rename. --RobertGtalk 08:26, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To match other members of Category:Canals by country. -- ProveIt (talk) 14:13, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:People of Serbia and Montenegro

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The result of the debate was Deleted by Joy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

and

Category:Buildings and structures in Serbia and Montenegro[edit]

and

Category:Places of worship in Serbia and Montenegro[edit]

Entries are in appropriate Serbian categories [or in category nominated for merge below]. Tim! 10:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC), amended David Kernow 03:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Monasteries in Serbia and Montenegro to Category:Monasteries in Serbia

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The result of the debate was Renamed by Joy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

All Montenegro Monasteries moved to a new category. Tim! 10:00, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Limited-access roads to Category:Freeways

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The result of the debate was No consensus to rename, relisted pursuant to Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2006 July 10 --William Allen Simpson 00:47, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The title is ambiguous, as "limited-access road" can mean anything from a full freeway to a local surface road for which driveway access is limited. See [1] for evidence of the latter:

Limited access road for the purposes of this Strategy (section 5.6.3) is a local road occupied by a district/city council, where the number of accesses onto that road from properties is limited, due to road safety and visibility reasons.

The same is true of "controlled access":[2]

"Controlled access highway" means every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street or roadway.

On the other hand, to the best of my knowledge, freeway is a term with only one modern meaning - a road with full control of access. Motorway is a similar term, but is not all-encompassing; motorway status implies certain standards and the banning of slow vehicles like bicycles. Many non-motorways are freeways. --SPUI (T - C) 09:03, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Motorway is also a type of road as well as a class. Read Motorway. As is an Autobahn or at least it was before you merged the article. JohnnyBGood t c VIVA! 00:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have marked this as needing a citation. --SPUI (T - C) 00:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'll be searching for one. For now I'd also like to point you toward our own Wiktionary which labels Motorway/Freeway/Autobahn as equal terms for the same type of road in different countries. So to does Websters and the Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge goes so far as to state the definition of freeway as "US usage of Motorway" which supports my position that Freeway being used is just another form of systemic bias. Infact in both of those publications Expressway is presented as the nominal parent of Autobahn/Freeway/Expressway as the trifecta are limited access versions of Expressways. JohnnyBGood t c VIVA! 00:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a motorway is "a wide road built for fast moving traffic travelling long distances". This is somewhat unclear, but our article on motorway makes it clear that bicycles are banned from motorways. On the other hand, they are allowed on some rural freeways, including many Interstates in the U.S. West. --SPUI (T - C) 00:29, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
True our article is more indepth. But as the failure of that merge pointed out there is no consensus that motorway should be replaced with freeway or that they are identical. Granted they are all terms for the same type and class of road, but no one who knows anything would mistake a freeway for a motorway for an autobahn. For a similar example no one would mistake a McIntosh Apple for a Granny Smith Apple for a Golden Delicious Apple. Granted they're all Apples but they're not the same thing. Apple would be the super category, just as Limited Acces Road or Limited Access Divided Highway should be here which should then be subordinate to just Highway just as Apple would be under Fruit. JohnnyBGood t c VIVA! 00:41, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Americans of French Descent

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The result of the debate was delete. --RobertGtalk 08:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Guatemalan people by profession and Category:Guatemalan people by occupation

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The result of the debate was merge. Conscious 07:37, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Environmental pressure groups of the United Kingdom to Category:Environmental organisations based in the United Kingdom

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The result of the debate was rename. --RobertGtalk 08:29, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All other sub-cats of Category:Environmental organizations by country use the "organisations based in X" wording, such as Category:Environmental organisations based in New Zealand. I recommend changing this 'Environmental pressure groups of X' titled category to the 'organizations based in X' wording for consistency. Kurieeto 01:33, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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People by language

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The result of the debate was Delete all --William Allen Simpson 11:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:People by language
Category:English speakers
Category:French speakers
Category:Spanish speakers
Category:German speakers
Category:Italian speakers
Category:Portuguese speakers
Category:Dutch speakers
Category:Catalan speakers
Category:Danish speakers
Category:latin speakers
Category:Welsh-speaking people

All categories are ridiculous and don't connect between like articles. All categories have existed for at least a month and have barely any people on them, if any. Cesc Fabregas is the only spanish, english and french speaker in the world apparently. Yonatanh 01:09, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Welsh & Catalan speaking category - Regardless of the fact that I'm a fluent Welsh speaker, I think it is important to raise the profile of any minority language, including making clear whether a famous person speaks it. No, having a category on English speaking people clearly is not viable, in most cases it is taken as a given that the celeb speaks English, within reason of course. However knowledge of a minority language is an interesting point, and can do much to raise a language's profile.GarethRhys 22:25, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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