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Category:American mass murderers

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The result of the debate was Keep. The nominator got confused between two terms and regrettably deemed that they are synonyms. However, the parallel existence of two distinctive articles Mass murderer and Serial killer are much more than just clarification. @pple complain 17:51, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American mass murderers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: overlaps with Category:American serial killers; indeed, almost all members of this cat are in that one. What constitutes "mass murder" as opposed to mere serial killings? Orange Mike 21:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Xena: Warrior Princess

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The result of the debate was rename. Kbdank71 20:49, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Xena: Warrior Princess to Category:Xena: Warrior Princess characters
Nominator's rationale: Rename - because everything in it is a character or character list so the name should reflect that. Otto4711 21:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Twin Peaks places

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The result of the debate was rename. Kbdank71 20:49, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Twin Peaks places to Category:Twin Peaks locations
Nominator's rationale: Rename - in line with the majority of the subcats and the parent cat Category:Fictional locations. Otto4711 19:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Islam in communist states

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The result of the debate was upmerge to Category:Islam by country then delete. Sam Blacketer 09:39, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What next Islam in capitalist states, Islam in socialist states, Islam in democracies and then Christianity in Capitalist states and so on .

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Category:Roman Catholic Church in England & Wales

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The result of the debate was rename. Kbdank71 20:50, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Roman Catholic Church in England & Wales to Category:Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales
Nominator's rationale: Rename to match the article Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales which does not use an ampersand in its title. Tim! 17:07, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Royal Marine individuals

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The result of the debate was rename. Kbdank71 20:50, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Royal Marine individuals to Category:Royal Marines personnel
Nominator's rationale: Rename, Consistency with similar categories (Category:Royal Navy personnel, Category:British Army personnel, Category:Royal Air Force personnel). -- Necrothesp 17:07, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hate crimes against LGBT people

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The result of the debate was rename. Kbdank71 20:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Hate crimes against LGBT people to Category:Victims of anti-LGBT hate crimes
Nominator's rationale: Rename - category is being used for people and so should reflect that. Otto4711 15:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Roughrider Award recipients

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The result of the debate was delete. Kbdank71 20:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Roughrider Award recipients (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - an award presented to prominent North Dakotans appears to be overcategorization by award or honor. A list exists at Rough Rider Award. If retained, this should be renamed to Category:Rough Rider Award recipients to match the article. Otto4711 14:47, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Marvel Crossovers

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The result of the debate was merge with Category:Marvel Comics storylines. Kbdank71 14:13, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Marvel Crossovers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Rename to Category:Marvel crossovers, or Delete, note this was a wanted category. -- Prove It (talk) 13:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Books by Garrison Keillor

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The result of the debate was rename to Category:Works by Garrison Keillor. Kbdank71 14:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Books by Garrison Keillor (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete, not needed, contains only Category:Novels by Garrison Keillor, already parented by Category:Novels by author. -- Prove It (talk) 13:23, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - agreed. This is not needed and the parent would more naturally be "Works by" anyway. That is unless the author wrote non novel books. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:33, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
He did (& does) - see below. Johnbod 18:29, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No they are not! "box" being confussed with the "content", being the usual container does not make the content the box. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:12, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I do not understand what this comment means. As far as I know, all novels are books, but all books are not novels. If the choice is between Novels by and Books by then the category that provides for the broader and more useful categorization should remain. Otto4711 16:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A Novel is a literary form of writing often thought of in terms of a high quality of writing but more normally used of nearly all longer pieces of fiction narrative prose. Thus "novels" are writing! Books are the physical things you can pick up and open containing writing. The term is used very loosely, but the basic meaning remains. And as you quite rightly mention not all books contain or are "novels". A companion term to "novel" would "short story" which is very akin to a novel but few mistake that these are synonymous with the term "book". Also broad is not always the most useful especially when the element of categorisation varies so widely. Work is clearly the broadest term of literary work, "writing". It would include a writing form poetry, drama, verse, novel novella, shot story etc. All book does is use a description of the package. It say nothing about the "type" of content. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 08:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Your definition of "book" is at odds with common usage. Otto4711 12:07, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Remind me, Otto, are plays books? Johnbod 12:13, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • No. Plays are "works." Otto4711 12:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Novels are books, but plays are works? Johnbod 13:12, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Books are also works. Works by should be the parent and the various types of works (books, plays, screenplays, sculptures, paintings, whatever) should be the children. There is IMHO no navigational utility in categorizing novels separately from books because all novels are books. This is an instance where a navtemplate would be superior to a category, because the navtemplate can be constructed to group the books by type. Otto4711 13:22, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • As I've pointed out before (see link below), Category:Works by author is entirely for written works. There is no "by author/artist/creator" category type that links written and non-written works (a job for eponymous categories, sometimes). Johnbod 13:30, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Only at the supercategory level, not by the individual. Johnbod 14:23, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not sure what you mean. Works by artist should serve as the supercategory for all artistic works by creator categories. So to get to Lake Wobegon Days through the Works by artist pathway it should be Works by artist to Works by author to Books by author to Books by Garrison Keillor. There should also be a list of Keillor's works in his article and a navtemplate on each of the works articles, divided by type of work. Otto4711 15:06, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is certainly not how the system works at present, in the great majority of cases. It may have been the original intention, though there is nothing to say so in the relevant category descriptions. Few authors have both Works and Books categories, and most stop at novels or plays etc level. Shakespeare for example has neither a books nor works category. See the examples in my proposal. Johnbod 15:15, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Clearly the system needs a major overhaul and I've commented on the proposal at your link already. For this particual CFD, though, I still believe that the more broadly-based "Books" category is the one to keep. Otto4711 17:15, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You may well be right about the Lake Wobegon Days, however if that is the case the article makes none of this clear, let alone the category. If fact the article is very cursory at best. Do you know enough to improve it even a small amount. I confess I know little of this one. If it is as you same a collection it probably should be recategorised. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:12, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've added a bit. Actually this may be a good example to take to discuss the book/novel-or story issue because, unusually, the material first appeared as a series of monologues on radio, although the title of the article was first used for the published version in book form. Johnbod 12:43, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Eponymous musician categories - P

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The result of the debate was delete all. Kbdank71 20:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:P-Model (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Panic! at the Disco (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Laura Pausini (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennywise (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Phil Lewis (solo) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:The Pillows (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Placebo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Planet Us (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:The Pogues (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Poison (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Precious (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pretty Boy Floyd (Canadian) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:The Pretty Things (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Procol Harum (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:The Prodigy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Prong (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Propeller (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Public Enemy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pulp (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete all - each of the categories is limited to one or more (and in several cases none) of the subcats: albums; members; songs; along with the artist article and sometimes a discography. Per precedent this is overcategorization. Otto4711 13:17, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Billie Piper

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The result of the debate was delete. Kbdank71 20:54, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Billie Piper (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - eponymous overcategorization. Material doesn't warrant category. Otto4711 12:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Tom Petty

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The result of the debate was delete. Kbdank71 20:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Tom Petty (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - eponymous overcategorization. Category not warranted by the material. Otto4711 12:51, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Andy Partridge

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The result of the debate was rename. Kbdank71 14:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Andy Partridge to Category:Andy Partridge albums
Nominator's rationale: Rename - everything in it is an album. Otto4711 12:46, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - the proposal here is to rename the category to fill an existing need in the Albums by artist category structure. Otto4711 12:10, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Nuremberg Trials

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The result of the debate was rename Category:Nuremberg executions to Category:People executed by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, and Category:People convicted in the Nuremberg Trials to Category:People convicted by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. Sam Blacketer 09:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Nuremberg executions to Category:Nuremberg executions by the International Military Tribunal
Propose renaming Category:People convicted in the Nuremberg Trials to Category:People convicted by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg
Nominator's rationale: These convictions should be distinguished from those at the hands of the U.S. Nuremberg Military Tribunals. --GCarty 10:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Scottish Executive

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The result of the debate was rename all as proposed. Sam Blacketer 20:49, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Scottish Executive to Category:Scottish Government
Propose renaming Category:Scottish Executive supported organisations‎ to Category:Organisations supported by the Scottish Government
Propose renaming Category:Ministers of the Scottish Executive to Category:Ministers of the Scottish Government
Propose renaming Category:Members of the Scottish Executive‎ to Category:Members of the Scottish Government
Propose renaming Category:Departments of the Scottish Executive to Category:Departments of the Scottish Government
Nominator's rationale: Rename, to match title of the main article: Scottish Government. Mais oui! 10:46, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Having the categories not match the title of the main article is confusing. Lurker (said · done) 11:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Animals in written fiction and Category:Fictional mammals

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The result of the debate was merge Category:Animals in written fiction into Category:Fictional mammals, and only that. There is apparently some confusion regarding what was nominated, so I'm closing this at the highest level, of what was actually requested. If any of the subcategories need to be merged as well, please renominate them, and list them all, so as not to create further confusion.. Kbdank71 14:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The former contains a number of categories named Category:Cats in literature, the latter contains a number of categories like Category:Fictional elephants. While one might argue that the former is about books and the latter about characters, the difference is not really made in practice - both contain a combination of books and characters. I suggest that the two category trees are substantially overlapping and redundant, and that the former be merged into the latter. >Radiant< 07:39, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think that Radiant is not just proposing the elimination of Category:Animals in written fiction, but also that all of its "X in literature" subcategories should be merged directly into the corresponding "Fictional Xs" subcats. ×Meegs 04:43, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I could be wrong, but I think that Radiant and Mike Selinker are suggesting that the whole tree (all of the "[Animal] in literature" cats) be merged. ×Meegs 04:50, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We are, but of course the subcategories haven't been nominated yet. So that may need another nomination.--Mike Selinker 01:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The nomination clearly specifies the "trees", not just the individual categories. >Radiant< 12:12, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional carnivores, Category:Fictional felines, Category:Fictional mustelids, Category:Fictional canines

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The result of the debate was upmerge all. Kbdank71 20:46, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

These intermediate categories, while technically correct, are impractical. If I start from "fictional mammals" and want to find, say, a badger, I have to browse down first to "fictional carnivores" (not everybody knows badgers are carnivores), and then to "fictional mustelids" (most people don't know the term "mustelid" period) before I can find it. I am aware that this works well for real-world animals, but I think that the system would be clearer if we merge some of the intermediate layers for fictional ones. >Radiant< 07:39, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Homophobia

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The result of the discussion was: speedy keep. This category been discussed at two recent previous CfDs (see CfD June 18 and CfD August 30), both of which closed with a clear keep result. Editors should please check for previous CfDs before nominating a category. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:44, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Homophobia to Category:Anti-LGBT Activism
Nominator's rationale: "Homophobia" is a perjorative term, and the category does not provide adequate distinction between violent and nonviolent anti-LGBT entities. The name "anti-LGBT activism" is both descriptive and NPOV, and should solve many of the disputes over the category itself and the articles within it. A new category was recently created, Category:Homophobic violence, for violent individuals/organizations. Category:Anti-LGBT Activism would focus primarily on nonviolent entities. Citadel18080 05:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Members of Knights of Columbus

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The result of the debate was delete. Kbdank71 20:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Members of Knights of Columbus (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Merge into Category:Knights of Columbus, to match Knights of Columbus, or Delete as non-defining. -- Prove It (talk) 03:47, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American TV Producer

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The result of the debate was merge. Kbdank71 20:34, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American TV Producer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Merge into Category:American television producers, convention of Category:Television producers by nationality. -- Prove It (talk) 03:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Black people

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The result of the debate was delete. Kbdank71 20:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Black people (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete as subjective, see also discussion of November 1st. -- Prove It (talk) 03:30, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That is a biographical category, and the subcats here contain mixed sorts of articles, and are well-categorised. The relevant articles that I have looked at are under are Category:People of Black African descent by other routes. Johnbod 00:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Expedited Border Crossing

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The result of the debate was rename to Category:Expedited border crossing schemes. Kbdank71 20:33, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Expedited Border Crossing (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Rename to Category:International travel ... a slightly wider scope, but probably appropriate. -- Prove It (talk) 03:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Calques from German

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The result of the debate was delete. Kbdank71 20:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Calques from German (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This category is a collection of topically unrelated articles, most of which do not document how they qualify for inclusion. EMS
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Category:Emotion

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The result of the debate was Leave as it is. @pple complain 17:42, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Emotion to Category:Affective states and processes
Nominator's rationale: There is much controversy in psychology on what is or is not an emotion: the term affective is suggested as more inclusive for referring to this major area of interest in the discipline. Robert Daoust 02:08, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:People charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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The result of the debate was rename all. Kbdank71 20:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:People charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to Category:People indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Also propose renaming Category:People charged by the Special Court for Sierra Leone to Category:People indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Also propose renaming Category:People charged with war crimes to Category:People indicted for war crimes
Nominator's rationale: Change of imprecise term "charged" with the more precise and correct "indicted". A "charge" could be a formal indictment or an informal accusation. An "indictment" is something that can be objectively measured—it either exists in hardcopy or it doesn't. Will bring categories' names in line with two other similar categories, Category:People indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Category:People indicted by the International Criminal Court. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 02:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment (nominator explanation): These are all international courts, not UK or USA domestic courts, and even though "charge" may not be ambiguous under English or American common law, it can be elsewhere. International courts themselves typically use "indict" to maintain accuracy when writing in English, and the French translations use the equivalent. In many jurisdictions—primarily European civil law countries—"charge" (or the foreign-language equivalent) can mean an informal accusation made before a person is indicted. Thus the term is avoided by international courts since civil law judges commonly sit on them. In any case, some sort of consistency needs to be brought to bear with these categories one way or the other. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 02:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment and Question - I'm leaning toward the proposed renaming for the sake of consistency, but I'd like to know: What term does the ICTR itself use? (I presume its proceedings are conducted in French.) Cgingold 23:42, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
French and English are considered equally authoritative at the ICTR, but you are right that most of the proceedings are first carried out in French and then translated to English. In the ICTR Statute, the statute never uses the term as a verb, as in "indicted" or "charged". It is used as a noun in the statute, and the English version speaks of preparing and issuing an "indictment". The French version calls it a "l'acte d'accusation"—literally, "the bill of indictment". In judgments, the term is used as a verb, and the French phrase used is "la mise en accusation"—literally translated it means "the committal for trial", but it is translated into the English verb "indicted" by the ICTR. Hope that helps. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 01:34, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your answer. I think some of your translation/explanations are a little bit off, however, it's clear to me that "indictment" is indeed the correct term. Therefore,
Um, no, the translations I've provided are literal (you van check a dictionary yourself) and the other ones I've provided are exactly how the courts themselves choose to translate them. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 08:55, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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