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Category:Organisations in Somerset

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The result of the debate was rename Category:Organisations in Somerset to Category:Organisations based in Somerset. Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:57, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Organisations in Somerset to Category:Organisations based in Somerset
Nominator's Rationale: Rename, in line with the convention that organisations are categorised by the locality where they are based, not to every locality where they happen to operate. Hawkestone 23:07, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Organisations in West Sussex

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The result of the debate was merge Category:Organisations in West Sussex into Category:Organisations based in West Sussex. Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Organisations in West Sussex to Category:Organisations based in West Sussex
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Category:Narnia templates

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The result of the debate was keep. Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:11, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Narnia templates (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This category has no text and few entries, the entries should be moved to a broder category. -PatPeter 22:51, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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United States Navy territory-related ships

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The result of the debate was rename all. Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming
  • Category:American Samoa Related Ships to Category:United States Navy American Samoa-related ships
  • Category:District of Columbia Related Ships to Category:United States Navy District of Columbia-related ships
  • Category:Guam Related Ships to Category:United States Navy Guam-related ships
  • Category:United States Virgin Islands Related Ships to Category:United States Navy Virgin Islands-related ships
Nominator's Rationale: Rename, to conform with the MOS. See the rename proposal for United States Navy state-related ships here, and failed deletion proposal here. jwillburtalk 22:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Cub Wikipedians

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The result of the debate was speedy keep. Nominating a category for deletion on the basis that it contains only one member when one has orphaned it oneself [1] without consent of the users in it is heavy handed at best and an abuse of this process at worse. In any event, a fresh discussion should be started at Wikipedia:User categories for discussion if there are other reasons to delete this category. WjBscribe 04:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Cub Wikipedians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This category only has one member. -PatPeter 22:00, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note, the category has only one member because the nominator removed everyone that was in it. I added myself back in. Mallanox 23:04, 4 April 2007 (UTC) As I have a vested interest I won't say any more here.[reply]
  • Right after emptying it, while in at least one instance claiming it was already a redlink,[2] removing it from its creator's userbox by claiming something about rules,[3] and then replacing the category with Category:Gay Wikipedians which is apparently "a real category, other than a fake one alluding to masculine gays".[4] coelacan — 03:58, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's been around since 13 March, so it couldn't have been redlinked by then. As for the other edits ... wow! - Alison 04:10, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Something of the Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China

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The result of the debate was delete. Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:16, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Useless categories. Category: Something of Hong Kong and Category: Something of Macau can be placed right below Category: Something of the People's Republic of China, given Category: Something of mainland China exists whenever necessary and appropriate. There is no Category: Companies of the insular areas of the United States or Category: Companies of the British overseas territories. - Privacy 21:47, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Reformed theologians

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The result of the debate was no consensus (I think it would be better to renominate in a couple of weeks as the second proposal came rather late in the day to get proper attention). Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Reformed theologians to Category:Calvinists
Changing nomination[edit]
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Category:Members of the Hillcrest Round Table

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The result of the debate was delete. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:01, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Members of the Hillcrest Round Table (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete - this is sort of like the fraternal organizations categories and sort of like the honors and awards categories too. Strikes me that the existing list at Hillcrest Round Table is the superior organizational scheme here. Otto4711 19:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Cable magnates

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The result of the debate was delete. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:02, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Cable magnates (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete in the absence of any objective definition of what constitutes being a "magnate." Otto4711 19:09, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • I would weakly support a rename to something like Category:Cable executives (tighter definition than the vague "people in...") if it is determined there is encyclopedic value in the categorization. Otto4711 19:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Synesthetes

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The result of the debate was rename Category:Synesthetes to Category:People with synesthesia. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:03, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Synesthetes to Category:People with synesthesia
Nominator's Rationale: Rename for medical accuracy and for consistency with the majority of other listings under Category:People_by_medical_or_psychological_condition, such as People with acromegaly, People with schizophrenia, People with multiple sclerosis, etc. The category's own definition does not call them synesthetes, but rather specifies that it is for people with the condition known as synesthesia. Doczilla 18:23, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Rename per nom. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 18:58, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Rename per nom. According to the American Psychological Association conventions on "person-first" language, this is also the appropriate decision. Edhubbard 19:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Rename per nom and Ed. The new name is also clearer, too, for people who are not familiar with synesthesia, they can at least look at the phrase "people with something" and grok that it is a category of people. "Synesthetes" sounds like it might be a brand of home appliances. coelacan — 16:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment :-) That's a brand I'd buy! Edhubbard 18:57, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Are you sure you want one? The toast always tastes blue to me. coelacan — 20:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment/Question: This might be out of order here, but reflecting on this proposal has also made me think that the Famous synesthetes page should be moved, perhaps to Famous people with synesthesia. Any comments would be greatly appreciated on the talk page for Famous synesthetes. It should only take a few minutes to move the page, but should I then also go and change the links on the pages that link to it? Edhubbard 21:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Edhubbard moved it already to list of people with synesthesia, per that talk page discussion, so there's no need to chime in there unless you disagree and prefer a different title. coelacan — 22:11, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Principals

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The result of the debate was rename Category:Principals to Category:School principals and headteachers. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Principals to Category:School principals and headteachers
Nominator's Rationale: Rename, for clarity and geographical neutrality. Postlebury 17:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Rename Agree with renaming. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 19:01, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Movie moguls

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Film studio executives. >Radiant< 11:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Movie moguls (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:American movie moguls (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete both in the absence of any objective criteria for what constitutes being a "mogul." Otto4711 16:42, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Problem with the suggested rename is that the people in the categories are not all owners of film studios (any rename should use "film" as opposed to "movie" per naming conventions). Some are studio executives with no ownership interests, some are owners or executives of production companies and so on. It also opens the door to including people who own stock in film studios but who otherwise have no role in studio operations, which would be a miscategorization. If there is an interest in categorizing film studio executives or owners it would probably be best to start from scratch with newly-created categories. Otto4711 19:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Film studio executives is better and, while it doesn't mean precisely the same thing, has the advantage of being objectively defineable where "mogul" is not. Note that the category does not limit itself to the early days of the studio system, as it includes contemporary people like Jeffrey Katzenberg, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Those in the category who are not studio executives may be categorized as producers, directors and what-not, which are also objectively defineable. Otto4711 19:27, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note that I'm not proposing a rename. I'm proposing deletion and, if there's an interest in categorizing film studio executives, starting fresh with newly-created categories rather than renaming one or the other of these. Otto4711 18:09, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My first preference is delete, if someone were to create a category as Category:Film studio executives that would be OK by me. Carlossuarez46 15:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Catholic comedians

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The result of the discussion was: delete. >Radiant< 11:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Catholic comedians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete, or Rename to Category:Roman Catholic comedians, convention of Category:Roman Catholics by occupation. -- Prove It (talk) 14:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're forgetting Category:Jewish comedy and its subcategory Category:Jewish American comedians. Dugwiki 20:46, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Castles in France

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The result of the debate was rename Category:Castles in France to Category:Châteaux in France. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:07, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Castles in France to Category:Châteaux in France
Nominator's Rationale: Rename, Translating "Chateau" as "Castle" and only as "Castle" isn't very accurate due to the different nuances of French and English. Dozens of these buildings would be called country houses in England, not castles. But on the other hand, as all French chateaux, whether early castles or later houses form a stylistic continuity, trying to devide them up into "Castles" and "Houses" to would be rather artificial. "Chateau" is familiar enough to English speakers to be used, and indeed has arguably been adopted into English, eg in America the chateau style is a well known choice for new houses. There is already a category called Category:Châteaux of the Loire Valley and in English, the châteaux of the Loire are always referred to as just that, not the "Castles of the Loire" or the "Houses of the Loire". If renamed the category should be inclued in both Category:Castles in France, and Category:Houses in France. The latter is currently rather stunted, because most of the articles about houses are in the castles category. Jamie Mercer 13:52, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Culture of Kurdistan

Category:Media of Kurdistan
Category:Kurdistani media
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The result of the debate was delete Category:Culture of Kurdistan, merge Category:Kurdistani media and Category:Media of Kurdistan into Category:Kurdish-language media. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Culture of Kurdistan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Media of Kurdistan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Kurdistani media (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Kurdistan is a controversial and ill-defined region (no defined borders). It neither has formal/dejure recognition (it isn't recognized as a country) nor has informal/defacto recognition (it doesnt claim to be a country).

In addition the two categories only contain one article about a website. I do not see any need for three categories for two articles of which one may be deleted for being non-notable.

-- Cat chi? 13:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Former states in Kurdistan

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The result of the debate was rename Category:Former states in Kurdistan to Category:Former Kurdish states. The proposed renaming addresses the point identified by the delete opinions. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Former states in Kurdistan to Category:Former Kurdish states
Nominator's Rationale: Rename, Kurdistan is a controversial and ill-defined region (no defined borders). Kurdistan is a controversial and ill-defined region (no defined borders). It neither has formal/dejure recognition (it isn't recognized as a country) nor has informal/defacto recognition (it doesnt claim to be a country).

As far as I can see, the intended scope for this category is former "Kurdish" states.

-- Cat chi? 13:33, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Famous animals and subcats

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The result of the debate was no consensus. I'm inclined to think that Carcharoth's argument trumps everything else said here. Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:52, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Famous animals (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Suggest renaming. I was under the impression we didn't use the word "famous" in cat names. I kind of see the point of this cat, but perhaps it should simply be "Dogs" or "Individual dogs" rather than "Famous dogs", etc. >Radiant< 13:34, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Am I missing something? There's more than just dogs in there. Are you using dogs as an example? It looks like you are suggesting we change the word animals to dogs in this category. - Mgm|(talk) 10:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's an example. I was referring to the cat "famous animals" and subcats like "famous dogs". Similarly, "famous cats" -> "individual cats", etc. >Radiant< 10:48, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article Lassie looks to be about the character as opposed to any of the various dogs who portrayed her. Which leads me to believe it should be in Category:Fictional dogs instead (which it turns out it is). Pal (dog actor), who played Lassie originally, is in the animal actors category. Otto4711 19:21, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • How is "Individual" any better. I know what it's supposed to mean because I'm in this discussion now, but if I was a random passerby I wouldn't have a clue as to what it was supposed to refer to. Individual is an ambiguous word and could refer to any number of things and most important of all, it doesn't sound natural. - Mgm|(talk) 22:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hmm. Well, I really don't know how to answer that. It sounds natural to me. I can see that you may have a point, but I don't know how to address it without drawing on subjective perspective. Well, sort of. I googled for "individual dogs" and found 112,000 sites using the phrase; among the first ten results were this this, and this. That suggests to me that the phrase has some currency already to mean "this particular dog", and of course "this particular dog on Wikipedia" is always a notable dog. coelacan — 02:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
PS. The CfD notice on the category has mispelled the word "individual" - in case the renaming goes ahead, can someone change this in the right places so the bot doesn't blindly replicate this spelling error? Thanks. Carcharoth 17:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Asante

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The result of the debate was delete. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Asante (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete, as unrelated subjects with shared names. bobanny 07:14, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note the bogus Wikiquote and the entry CA?. Methinks it's some kind of cryptic joke (from the maker of Category:Vlad). bobanny 14:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - CA? has been nominated for deletion at WP:RFD. Dr. Submillimeter 22:26, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Chinese writers in London

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The result of the debate was delete. Neither of the subjects is "Overseas Chinese" or "British of Chinese descent" so far as I can tell. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:20, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Chinese writers in London (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Overly specific category. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 04:13, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Operetta librettists

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The result of the debate was merge Category:Operetta librettists into Category:Opera librettists. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:22, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Operetta librettists (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This category is superfluous as it is already covered by Category:Opera librettists. - Kleinzach 02:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree, though weakly. Operas and Operettas are different, aren't they? Student7 02:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, operettas are one of about 20 different genres of opera and they are performed by the same musicians as the other forms of opera. Operetta is covered in all the main reference works on opera, e.g. the New Grove Dictionary of Opera. The other genres do not have separate categories for librettists, hence I suggest deletion to avoid obfuscation. - Kleinzach 04:03, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Movies set in Vermont

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The result of the debate was Rename. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 14:10, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Movies set in Vermont (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Rename to Category:Films set in Vermont, convention of Category:Films by location. -- Prove It (talk) 00:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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