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December 27

Category:Small cars

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:19, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Small cars (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete "Small car" isn't a term with encyclopedic use (as do compact car and full-size car). It's used by motoring media with no accurate definition. NaBUru38 (talk) 23:41, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Coor * templates needing repair

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The result of the discussion was: delete all as deprecated. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:56, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Coor d template needing repair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Coor dm template needing repair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Coor dms template needing repair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Coor at d template needing repair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Coor at dm template needing repair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Coor at dms template needing repair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Coor title d template needing repair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Coor title dm template needing repair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Coor title dms template needing repair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:Coor title/at d/dm/dms cat (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Nominator's rationale: Delete The nine Coor * templates are deprecated. All instances should be converted to ((Coord)), which has its own repair category. ((Coor title/at d/dm/dms cat)), used only on those category pages, should go with them. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 19:03, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Theatres in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Kbdank71 15:16, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Theatres in the United States to Category:Theaters in the United States for this one and all daughter categories
Nominator's rationale: Rename. WP:ENGVAR - Since we are talking about American theaters, as "An article on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation uses the appropriate variety of English for that nation." and categories should also follow these naming conventions, we should rename the category. U.S. university style guides, including those from Buffalo SUNY, SUNY New Paltz, and The University of Texas describe the word "theater" as the preferred and common spelling for the word in common noun usage. Please consult the previous discussion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_September_24#Category:American_Theatres_or_Theaters.3F - EDIT: I must also add that Addoxford.com acknowledged "Theater" as being preferred US spelling here [1] WhisperToMe (talk) 19:13, 27 December 2008 (UTC) - EDIT 2: Columbia Guide to Standard American English [2] WhisperToMe (talk) 19:25, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, if you wish to nominate the whole US tree, it all needs to be tagged and listed. (It is perfectly in order to cite previous cfds, particularly if recent, without needing to repeat the oppose arguments.) Occuli (talk) 00:42, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • In this case you have to clarify them because the reasons varied in the nomination depending on who opposed. Some were conditional on the way the categories were tagged. Other reasons were proven to be invalid (see the outcome of the Johnbod oppose statement below) via discussion, so new reasons have to be created. Please specify any additional specific reasons. Also, do I have to tag every single daughter category affected? There will be a lot of affected categories. Where does it say that I have to tag all of the daughter categories? I may tag some categories if the categories page says I absolutely have to. If the category instructions do not require me to tag all of the daughter categories, that isn't a reason to oppose the nomination. I'll look at the instructions again. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:28, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Important edit: The instructions say "use an umbrella nomination (each category must be tagged, for nominations involving large numbers of categories tagging help can be requested at the talk page):" - All I need to do is ask for help for tagging all of the categories, then your requirement will be fulfilled. Help has been requested here - I may tag some daughter entries, but it is not reasonable to expect me to tag every single one, so therefore as long as I tag some of them, then that requirement is fulfilled and the "Oppose" input has no valid rationale left. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:33, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Uh, right. You're supposed to add talk posts to the bottom of the page, btw. Have you ever considered changing your user-name to ShoutAtEveryoneElse? Johnbod (talk) 06:00, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
1. It is perfectly acceptable to reply below a person's post in response to the previous post, and 2. Please focus on the issue, Johnbod. Please be civil. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:07, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I referred to your post at the top of the talk page here. Johnbod (talk) 04:16, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Major league baseball players by team

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The result of the discussion was: rename all (wikipedia has been around since 1876??). Kbdank71 16:10, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Major league baseball players by team to Category:Major League Baseball players by team
Propose renaming Category:Major league baseball managers by team to Category:Major League Baseball managers by team
Nominator's rationale: Rename. It looks as if MLB (capitalized) is used in Wikipedia since 1876, although I can't find anything on when an entity started calling itself Major League Baseball. As it stands, the category name is somewhat ambiguous as there are major leagues in other countries. Capitalizing MLB would solve that problem as well. The only concern is that there are some teams in this category who played in leagues which are disputedly termed "major" by various historians. The category even mentions at the top that NAPBBP teams are included, despite the fact that they are not usually termed "major". So, the suggested rename is just that – a suggestion. But, I think the current name should be changed in one way or another. Neier (talk) 13:16, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:MLB players from Taiwan

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:21, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:MLB players from Taiwan to Category:Major League Baseball players from Taiwan
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Expand TLA to proper name. Neier (talk) 12:39, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Border crossings

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming (see drop-down box)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. This is a follow-up nomination to a test nomination. The test nomination didn't get a lot of attention, and perhaps it's because this change is probably fairly uncontroversial. Right now, most of the subcategories of Category:International border crossings are either in the format "Fooian border crossings" or in the format "Foo border crossings", and it's impossible to predict which will be used in any particular situation. I propose standardizing all to "Border crossings of Foo". They are all subcategories of "Geography of Foo", not "Fooian geography"; and all of the subcategories are in the form "Foo-Goo border crossings", not "Fooian-Gooian border crossings". Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:06, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wine by country

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The result of the discussion was: do not merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:24, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Wine by country to Category:Wines by country
Nominator's rationale: Merge: In both Wikipedia and Wiktionary there is confusion from the creation of categories for both Category:Wines and Category:Wine. Having 2 categories is a duplication, and the same confusion has resulted (in Wikipedia), for example, where we have w:Category:Wines by country and w:Category:Wine by country.
Taking a closer look at say w:Category:French wines and w:Category:French wine we see that many of the pages are listed on both eg. Argant. Why?
The comment that wine is about wine making and that wines is about the varieties of wine, doesn't really make sense given the encyclopedic nature of the pages that cover a wide spectrum of information. So, we have a page on the Duras (grape) variety at both w:Category:French wines, and on w:Category:French wine. This is absurd nonsense!
Consistency with Sister Project: Wine is a sister project — see: commons:Category:Wine so it is important to be consistent — Wikimedia only uses the commons:Category:Wines by country. Pkravchenko (talk) 03:37, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • We are seeing entirely too many end runs around the CFD process by a variety of means. This is (apparently) just the latest of many examples. I think the rules are badly in need of tightening up -- otherwise the existence of this forum/process will be rendered meaningless. Cgingold (talk) 17:03, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have requested restoration of Category:Wines by the admin who deleted it. Cgingold (talk) 17:33, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Categories:(Item) in the Northwest Territories

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming
Nominator's rationale: Canadian terminology is the Northwest Territories - see Northwest Territories and Category:Northwest Territories Mayumashu (talk) 01:07, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, Yukon and the Northwest Territories have opposite rules about them, which is confusing, but an accurate reflection of modern official usage. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:57, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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