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Category:The Naked Gun Templates

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The result of the discussion was: delete, serves no purpose, contains presently only 1 eponymous template. --cjllw ʘ TALK 11:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:The Naked Gun Templates (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Either delete as unnecessary or rename with a lower-case "t" in "templates." One of the three templates is currently up for deletion, if that's relevant. Otto4711 (talk) 23:58, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Special Guest Stars of Police Squad!

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The result of the discussion was: delete. the wub "?!" 09:19, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Special Guest Stars of Police Squad! (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete, performer by performance overcategorization, per multiple precedents. BencherliteTalk 23:11, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Kinship (TV series)

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The result of the discussion was: delete. the wub "?!" 09:20, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Kinship (TV series) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - unnecessary eponymous category for a TV show. Otto4711 (talk) 23:04, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:The Unit

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The result of the discussion was: delete. the wub "?!" 09:20, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:The Unit (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - unnecessary eponymous category for a TV series. Otto4711 (talk) 23:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

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The result of the discussion was: upmerge to Category:Terminator. the wub "?!" 09:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - unnecessary eponymous category for a TV series. Otto4711 (talk) 22:59, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Taxi (TV series)

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The result of the discussion was: delete. the wub "?!" 09:25, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Taxi (TV series) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - unnecessary eponymous category for a TV series. Otto4711 (talk) 22:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ambassadors to Canada

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Canada. the wub "?!" 09:27, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors to Canada to Category:Ambassadors and High Commisssioners to Canada
Nominator's rationale: Rename. As a Commonwealth country Canada gets near as may HCs and Ambassadors. Kevlar67 (talk) 21:43, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No it should not - see other categories, lists and High Commissioner; but it should have 2 "s"s, not 3! Johnbod (talk) 22:32, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was disagreeing with the caps on a different principle than "precedent". I agree that it could be capitalised when referring to a high commissioner from a particular country, since the person could said to hold the title of "High Commissioner of Foo", but when we are referring to high commissioners going to a particular country it should not be capitalised because we are referring to people who serve in multiple different positions, i.e. they are all high commissioners in the generic sense in that they are from different nations. They don't all hold the same title of "High Commissioner of Foo", but they are all "high commissioners". Disagree if you will, but don't negate my opinion. If there are other "high commissioners" in a "to" category that are capitalised, I'd be happy to agree with using caps for the sake of consistency, though. (As for my 3-s typo, it was corrected in less than one minute and before you posted your comment.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:42, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't referring to your typo, but the one still in the nom. I take your point, but still think caps are correct. Johnbod (talk) 12:16, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks — my typo no doubt came from copying that one. :) Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Former members of Youth With A Mission

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The result of the discussion was: delete. the wub "?!" 09:27, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Former members of Youth With A Mission (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Category is not in itself notable, beyond the 2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings. JeffBillman (talk) 21:27, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also notable are Dave Andrews, Harold Bussell, Ten Shekel Shirt and other articles which could be created, e.g.: James Croker, choreographer of Canadian dance troupe Motus O and Paul Miller, author of Knowing God's Will, The Reluctant Evangelist, Into the Arena and Levantate Colombia. ClaudeReigns (talk) 22:20, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Bosnian Muslims

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. the wub "?!" 09:28, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Bosnian Muslims to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims
Nominator's rationale: Merge, To standardise within Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina people by religion. Granted, the categories could be interpreted slightly differently, with the "Bosnian" category being extended to those of Bosnian ethnicity of whatever "nationality", with the target category being only those from B&H of whatever ethnicity, but in this case the difference is, in practical terms of applicability to WP articles, relatively non-existent and thus we're better off using standard terminology throughout WP. (Creator of category is banned so I didn't bother notifying.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 20:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Reality television participants from Pittsburgh

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The result of the discussion was: merge. the wub "?!" 09:32, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Reality television participants from Pittsburgh to Category:Reality television participants
Nominator's rationale: Merge - splitting up these contestants by city is too fine. This is the only city-based category. Otto4711 (talk) 19:03, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Elimination television series

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The result of the discussion was: delete. the wub "?!" 09:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Elimination television series (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - doesn't strike me as a useful categorization scheme. Otto4711 (talk) 17:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Day care sexual abuse hysteria

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The result of the discussion was: no change. the wub "?!" 09:35, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Day care sexual abuse hysteria to Category:Day care sex abuse hysteria
Nominator's rationale: Rename to match the name of the corresponding article Day care sex abuse hysteria). Of course, there's a separate issue here, namely that the name of the article has been the subject of much discussion because some feel that the title is not neutral. Personally, I think the titles are ok (both for the article and the cat) since they focus on, precisely, a string of cases which are fairly routinely grouped together because they were part of a sudden scare that sexual abuse was a routine occurrence in day cares in the 80s. Anyhoo, this can be debated separately at some point but for now, the rename I'm considering is just for consistency with the article title. Pichpich (talk) 13:57, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Years in Europe

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The result of the discussion was: merge, but just the foo in europe; I recommend tagging and nominating foo by country as well, which appear to fall under the same problem as below and the other discussions mentioned. Kbdank71 18:25, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging

These are seemingly disruptive replacements for the equivalent "year in Ireland" categories which were deleted per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 30 and endorsed per Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 February 18. One article categories are no use to anyone, as has been amply established by the discussions above, as has the pointlessness of creating categories as "placeholders" when sub-categories can be created as needed. At this moment in time there is no need for any of the above categories to exist, the articles can easily be placed in the appropriate year cat, eg Category:20, none of which are sufficiently populated to justify these recreations of deleted categories that contain exactly the same articles as before with just a different name. If at any point in the future those categories become sufficiently populated to justify the creation of sub-catogories then such categories may be justifiable, but as present they are not and the "give us more time" argument was rejected at the previous discussions. One Night In Hackney303 12:14, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 30 was far from unanimous and the nominator and one of the nom's supporters (user:Zoporific) turned out to be puppets (meat or sock). I don't myself see any problem with a category with 1 article, or with the 'give us time' argument. -- roundhouse0 (talk) 12:43, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment It was unanimous, as the supporters of the category failed to counter the arguments, except "give us more time". The community does have a problem with one article categories, as is aptly demonstrated. One Night In Hackney303 12:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is just your opinion. My opinion is that the delete argument was not established. And there is no problem with 1 article categories, (eg Category:Polish popes) if part of a wider coherent structure, as I'm sure you know. -- roundhouse0 (talk) 14:19, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:U.S. members of the Christian Reformed Church in North America

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The result of the discussion was: rename. the wub "?!" 09:37, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:U.S. members of the Christian Reformed Church in North America to Category:American members of the Christian Reformed Church in North America
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Change "U.S." to "American" for persons. Notified creator with ((subst:cfd-notify)) Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ontolodoxical characters

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The result of the discussion was: delete, empty. The three articles have been moved by the creator to Category:Characters who are their own ancestors. I'll not comment on the merits of the new category except to say at least none of the words in the title appear to be made up. Kbdank71 14:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Ontolodoxical characters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

  • Seeing as you're the category creator, it would be very helpful if you would recommend an alternative name for the category. Cgingold (talk) 01:27, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • As the catagory creator I like the name it has. My point is that the people who want to delete it seem to want to deleted it due to the name. If it is just a problem with the name and not the concept, I suggest renaming rather than deletion. Duggy 1138 (talk) 08:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The problem is, we can't even consider keeping the category when the name is quite literally an invented term. If you can suggest an acceptable name -- using real words whose meaning would be clear to readers -- you'll be in much a better position to make a case for keeping it. Cgingold (talk) 12:01, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Once again it appears that the name is the problem, not the category. I suggest you come up with a new name. Duggy 1138 (talk) 05:32, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh well. Ya can't say we didn't try. Cgingold (talk) 07:59, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • You didn't try. Unless you've come up with a new name and are keeping it secret. Duggy 1138 (talk) 12:03, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Guess what... I am no longer amused by your antics. If we decide to rename and keep this category, it will be in spite of your participation here, not because of it. Cgingold (talk) 19:36, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not here to amuse you, I'm here to help make Wikipedia work. I think that the category is useful. It is my impression that most of those proposing deletion don't have a problem with the category but rather the name. If I had a better name, I'd have come up with it in the first place. Duggy 1138 (talk) 10:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - All three are their own parent or grandparent (in one case both parents). They aren't just timetravellers, but rather results of their own sperm. Duggy 1138 (talk) 10:19, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Now that you've finally decided to engage in a serious discussion we might actually get somewhere, Duggy. Cgingold (talk) 14:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Kozani

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The result of the discussion was: keep, and also create Category:Kozani Prefecture. Assign cat members to one or the other as appropriate. --cjllw ʘ TALK 12:02, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Kozani to Category:Kozani Prefecture
Nominator's rationale: Rename. This category is not being used for the city Kozani, but for the prefecture Kozani Prefecture, of which the city is capital. So, let's rename it to reflect the usage. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 01:46, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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