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Category:Indian Navy cruisers

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:25, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Indian Navy cruisers to Category:Cruisers of the Indian Navy
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Category:Cruisers of the Indian Navy was emptied and blanked by the user that created Category:Indian Navy cruisers. Per practice and previous CFD, the consensus style of subcats of Category:Cruisers by navy is "Cruisers of the Fooian Navy" — Bellhalla (talk) 21:33, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Opponents of the hero (stock character)

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Opponents of the hero (stock character) to Category:Antagonists by role. --Xdamrtalk 12:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Opponents of the hero (stock character) to Category:Antagonists by role
Nominator's rationale: Rename more succinctly, and to mirror the opposing category, Category:Protagonists by role, in master cat Category:Characters by role in the narrative structure. This CfR comes out of my withdrawn merge below at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_August_17#Category:Counterparts_to_the_protagonist. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:29, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Rail infrastructure in Hong Kong

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:10, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Rail infrastructure in Hong Kong (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Technical nomination. Appears to have been emptied out of process. Contained Category:Railway bridges in Hong Kong and Category:Railway tunnels in Hong Kong. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Bench Jeweler

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The result of the discussion was: Merge Category:Bench Jeweler to Category:Jewellery making. --Xdamrtalk 13:11, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Bench Jeweler to Category:Bench jewelling
Nominator's rationale: When I think or hear "jeweler" I think of an occupation, but this category has more than occupations, so I think "bench jewelling" is more encompassing. Wizard191 (talk) 20:59, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I understand your point "jewelling" is not a typical term. If you or anyone else has a better recommendation I'm fully open to it. Wizard191 (talk) 19:25, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that including the skills that a bench jeweler uses or needs means that the current category name is wrong, other then the capitalization. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:23, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:East Stroudsburg University

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:East Stroudsburg University to Category:East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Match revised title of parent article East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Alansohn (talk) 20:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Counterparts to the protagonist

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The result of the discussion was: Withdrawn. Fayenatic (talk) 17:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Suggest merging Category:Counterparts to the protagonist to Category:Opponents of the hero (stock character)
Nominator's rationale: Merge and rename to Category:Antagonists. I believe both these categories in Category:Characters by role in the narrative structure are awkwardly named, as evidenced by the presence of both Category:Fictional sidekicks and Antagonist in Counterparts to the protagonist. I prefer Protagonists (per neatly named Category:Protagonists by role) and Antagonists as the two top level categories for heroes and villains, in Category:Characters by role in the narrative structure. Others may prefer "Heroes" and "Villains" as category names if they like their roles less Greek. (Protagonists and Antagonists would be less POV for a top-level cat, with villain and heroes as subcats, I believe.) Right now it's a mix of the two, with some pretty clumsy names IMO, and I think we could do a lot of cleaning up, regardless of whether you agree with this proposed solution, as a first step, or not. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:13, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional cities and towns in Connecticut

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The result of the discussion was: Keep. User:Axem Titanium seems to be the editor responsible for depopulation. --Xdamrtalk 12:15, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Fictional cities and towns in Connecticut (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Technical nomination. appears to have been emptied by an upmerge to Category:Fictional cities and towns in the United States. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:52, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Astur-Leonese language

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:28, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Astur-Leonese language (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Technical nomination. Appears to have been an out of process rename to Category:Astur-Leonese linguistic group. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Delete. Comment:I think this category must be deleted because the Astur-Leonese is not a language but a linguistic group (There is a Category:Astur Leonese Linguistic Group), and the few articles that were in this category have been moved into it. The main article is called "Astur Leonese Linguistic Group", so deletion is the most rational.--Abisch (talk) 21:11, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Delete: I agree, this Category has no sense and has been empty for four days.--Undersucker (talk) 09:11, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:After War mobile suits

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. It would be nice if editors could dial back the rhetoric until it's clear to everyone what the other side is talking about. Vegaswikian never said anyone had done anything in bad faith or vandalistic, and the repeated assumption that he was implying this or using "code words" was an example of not assuming good faith. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:33, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:After War mobile suits (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Technical nomination. Found as an out of process empty by TheFarix following this discussion which resulted in no consensus. TheFarix made the first nomination and in effect ignored the decision. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:38, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: without having gone into the details, I suspect this category has been emptied as a result of the articles being merged and redirected to a list as none of them are notable. G.A.Stalk 20:38, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy delete as an empty category which has remained empty for at least four days - I noted it was empty in my original !vote in the linked discussion on August 13, and I highly doubt any articles have been shuffled through it since then. ダイノガイ千?!? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 21:46, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well it was closed as no consensus and it was not empty at one point. So it was an out of process empty of the category. The fact that it has been empty for 4 days, does not fix the fact that an editor decided to bypass the established policy for how to delete a category with articles in it. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:09, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm really not seeing how it was out-of-process (however, I'm not overly familiar with the deletion policy yet); if anything, it seems to me that the category would have received more attention as part of a CfD nomination than if it had simply been tagged with ((db-catempty)). Also, the snapshot you provided is from August 1 (and I wasn't trying to say it's always been empty, merely that I didn't think any articles had been added and then removed from it between the time I originally noted it as empty and now). ダイノガイ千?!? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 22:20, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, but what does "out of process" mean in this context? —Quasirandom (talk) 00:56, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • But it wasn't emptied just to bypass WP:CFD - it was emptied in the course of noncontroversial article merging and cleanup, and it would have had the same result whether it had been brought here first or not. Please, man, where's your common sense?! ダイノガイ千?!? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:34, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Which is exactly why I said that Vegaswikian's use of the phrases "out of process" and "end run" around CfD are code words for "bad faith" and "vandalism". --Farix (Talk) 22:56, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I will reinstate my support to Farix. Shawn, the cat is NOT emptied to bypass CFD, the cat is emptied to coop with the clean up of Gundam workgroup articles, and the clean up is a response to the general policy of notability of wikipedia. Taking the assumption of those articles are removed to bypass CFD is totally assuming bad faith. Check the history of those articles and you can see how bad those are and why they are merged. I assumed you replied in good faith, but you might want to be more familiar with the situation before backing up Vegaswikian's nomination. —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearchertalk 09:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Although the discussion there ended in no consensus, it is quite important to note that the no consensus is for the Universal Century cats. Not much constroversy about the After War cats are stirred up, the only opposition to the renaming of the After War cats is from an anon IP. Also, the WT:GUNDAM discussion on reforming cats of the work group is at the work here. The said category is empty because all of the articles in it showed no notability, and it is not becuase the category is emptied to serve the deletion, but it is a simple process of the work group in clearing articles led to. —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearchertalk 02:19, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Emptied category of non notable individually articles. Thanks MythSearcher --KrebMarkt 06:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Lunar images

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The result of the discussion was: Keep; now repopulated. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:36, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Lunar images (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Technical nomination. Found as an out of process empty following this discussion which resulted in no consensus. The cache did not show what the contents were. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:19, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
See this. I'm requesting input on image categories. I find them redundant to Commons. Feel free to comment. ZooFari 20:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional characters who've made pacts with devils

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Fictional characters who've made pacts with devils to Category:Fictional characters who have made pacts with devils. --Xdamrtalk 12:20, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Fictional characters who've made pacts with devils to Category:Fictional characters who have made pacts with devils
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Per WP:CONTRACTION the use of contractions—such as don't, can't, won't, they'd, should've, it's—is informal and should be avoided. --LoЯd ۞pεth 18:44, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
QuestionHow should this category relate, if at all, to Category:Fictional Satanists? Any chance of a merge? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, not all the "devils" that the characters have made pacts with are Satan. For example, the devil Spider-Man made a deal with was Mephisto.--CyberGhostface (talk) 19:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
So at most, a See also tag on each category, I guess. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Skulduggery Pleasant

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:38, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Skulduggery Pleasant (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - small eponymous category, not needed for the material which is already extensively interlinked through text and template. Otto4711 (talk) 18:30, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Gundam locations

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The result of the discussion was: Upmerge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:38, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Gundam locations and Category:Universal Century locations to Category:Gundam
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorisation: As part of major cleanup of the existing Gundam categories per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Gundam#Gundam _Categories, it is proposed that all member pages of these categories be moved to category:Gundam, being the parent category. It is unlikely that theses categories will grow larger. G.A.Stalk 18:05, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would also support this suggestion. G.A.Stalk 04:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Farix's proposal merge Category:Universal Century locations to Category:Universal Century and delete Category:Gundam locations as its sole article List of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing nations and factions is hardly a location article and is already categorized by Category:Mobile Suit Gundam Wing --KrebMarkt 06:58, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support though I will have to confess the cat actually contained an article called Universal Century locations earlier as well, which was discussed to be merge with the UC main article and I performed it just yesterday, hence the cat reduced the number of articles by half, from 2 to 1. —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearchertalk 07:01, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think it's better. --Abisch (talk) 21:46, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Gundam universes

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The result of the discussion was: Merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:49, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Gundam universes to Category:Gundam
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorisation: As part of major cleanup of the existing Gundam categories per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Gundam#Gundam _Categories, it is proposed that all member pages of this category be moved to category:Gundam, being the parent category. G.A.Stalk 17:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Gundam video games

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The result of the discussion was: Do not merge; may be consensus to rename or to create a broader parent category. If a rename is wanted, feel free to renominate. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:47, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Gundam video games to Category:Gundam
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorisation: As part of major cleanup of the existing Gundam categories per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Gundam#Gundam _Categories, it is proposed that all member pages of this category be moved to category:Gundam, being the parent category. A similar list (List of Gundam video games) already exists as well. G.A.Stalk 17:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as there are a very large number of these. This is not a case of overcategoriszation. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 17:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose large number of them, most of them if not all notable and the number of item in this category is bound to increase with video game adaptations of current & future installments of the Gundam franchise. --KrebMarkt 19:29, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Gundam novels

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The result of the discussion was: Merge to Category:Universal Century. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:44, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Gundam novels to Category:Gundam
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorisation: As part of major cleanup of the existing Gundam categories per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Gundam#Gundam _Categories, it is proposed that all member pages of this category be moved to category:Gundam, being the parent category. G.A.Stalk 17:48, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • On further consideration, I agree with Farix's suggestion: merge to Category:Universal Century. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:46, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • This option seems more appropriate than my suggestion. Support Farix's option G.A.Stalk 04:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Gundam terminology

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The result of the discussion was: Merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:43, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Gundam terminology to Category:Gundam
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorisation: As part of major cleanup of the existing Gundam categories per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Gundam#Gundam _Categories, it is proposed that all member pages of this category be moved to category:Gundam , being the parent category. G.A.Stalk 17:45, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Gundam model

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The result of the discussion was: Upmerge contents to Category:Gundam and Category:Scale modeling. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:42, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Gundam model to Category:Gundam
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorisation: As part of major cleanup of the existing Gundam categories per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Gundam#Gundam _Categories, it is proposed that all member pages of this categories be moved to category:Gundam and category:Scale modeling (if needed), being the parent category(s). G.A.Stalk 17:44, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Film scenes

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The result of the discussion was: Withdrawn. Fayenatic (talk) 17:52, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Film scenes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per OCAT; WP:OC#ARBITRARY, I'd say. For the most part, it is populated with unrelated articles. I just added a subcat for Category:Film and television opening sequences. Also worth retaining is the main article Scene (film), along with Anatomy of a Scene and Post-credits scene. The rest is a mish-mash of stuff: a lot of articles on film catchphrases, Dueling Banjos is an instrumental composition featured in a memorable scene, with Sex in film, Nudity in film and No-nudity clause clearly off-topic. Until such time as we have articles on noteworthy film scenes, something which I don't rule out if main articles on classic films become too long, there is no use for this category, I would argue. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:39, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Cinema by location

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Cinema by location to Category:Cinema by region. --Xdamrtalk 13:18, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Cinema by location to Category:Cinema by region
Nominator's rationale: Rename - "region" more accurately describes what the category is capturing and location has a specific meaning in relation to film. Otto4711 (talk) 16:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Gundam Wars

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The result of the discussion was: Merge:
--Xdamrtalk 13:14, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest upmerge and then delete Category:Gundam Wars, Category:Universal Century wars and Category:Mobile Suit Gundam SEED wars to Category:Gundam and category:Fictional wars
Let me clarify:
Delete: Category:Gundam Wars, Category:Universal Century wars and Category:Mobile Suit Gundam SEED wars.
Move articles contained in the above to Category:Gundam and category:Fictional wars
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorisation: As part of major cleanup of the existing Gundam categories per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Gundam#Gundam _Categories, it is proposed that all member pages of these categories are moved to category:Gundam and category:Fictional wars, being the parent categories. G.A.Stalk 16:45, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support after clarification. --KrebMarkt 18:43, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Königsberg class cruisers

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:50, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Königsberg class cruisers to Category:Königsberg class cruisers (1905)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To disambiguate this ship class category from the 1915 class of the same name (categorized at Category:Königsberg class cruisers (1915). Bellhalla (talk) 16:38, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:SD Gundam anime and manga

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The result of the discussion was: Merge:
--Xdamrtalk 12:22, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest upmerge and then delete Category:SD Gundam anime and manga and Category:SD Gundam series to Category:SD Gundam.
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorisation: As part of major cleanup of the existing Gundam categories per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Gundam#Gundam _Categories, it is proposed that all member pages of these two categories are to be moved to category:SD Gundam, being the main category of the series. G.A.Stalk 16:21, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:1989 Athens Open

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The result of the discussion was: Upmerge all to parents. I will list these on WP:CFD/W/M. This is going to be a long, hard, manual slog, so don't expect it to be done at all quickly. Of course, is anyone feels that they are burdened by an excess of spare time, then feel free to help out ;) --Xdamrtalk 13:57, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:1989 Athens Open (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. This and 237 other categories-

-contain between one and five articles (many of which could be merged) the eponymous article, which is a member of the parent cat, singles and doubles, or men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles. Upmerge [(to all parents)] and delete Rich Farmbrough, 15:16, 17 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]

That's what we like about you. You're not afraid of a little hard work. :)) Debresser (talk) 00:40, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. But I do tend to avoid a lot of hard work. I'll note that my edit count does not include any bot or script assisted edits. But this will need someone with a script to deal with. Its just too many to deal with manually. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:45, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The upmerges shouldn't be hard. Don't we have a bot for this sort of thing? Rich Farmbrough, 14:44, 21 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
We do not have a bot to do these. That's why there is usually a backlog of these in the manual section. Yours are the easy ones where it is a simple upmerge to all parents. Some of the others are splits or other variations. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:30, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Outlawz

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:37, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Outlawz (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unneeded eponymous category, per WP:OCAT. Karppinen (talk) 13:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are two articles, a template and two sub-cats. Not 30 articles, even if one were to consider the sub-cat contents as being directly in the category. Otto4711 (talk) 20:18, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Young Noble

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:35, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Young Noble (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unneeded eponymous category, per WP:OCAT. Karppinen (talk) 13:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Authors about antisemitism

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Authors about antisemitism to Category:Writers on antisemitism. --Xdamrtalk 12:55, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Authors about antisemitism (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. This category doesn't even make sense to me. Is it because its just phrased poorly? JBsupreme (talk) 12:46, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • They aren't the same so merger should only be manual. Otto4711 (talk) 18:16, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Setting the arbitrary threshold of "more than one book" for inclusion in the category is an outstanding example of original research. And while we certainly allow more than one category per article (not that anyone to my knowledge has ever suggested otherwise) we tend not to like hundreds of categories per article. Imagine the clutterful and unhelpful morass of categories that would end up on Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Clarke if this ill-advised scheme were even partially implemented. Otto4711 (talk) 23:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're the one setting a numeric standard here and elsewhere, and the one person in China named McTavish making it a Chinese surname is your argument for how you believe categories work, it certainly isn't mine. My standard is descriptions based in reliable and verifiable sources, a bedrock Wikipedia policy. If someone is described as an author of books about anti-Semitism in such sources, the number of books they've written is immaterial. While I do enjoy your worst case examples, I can hardly imagine either being in more than a handful of such categories by genre of non-fiction, and if they're fine then the whole structure will work rather well once fully implemented as an aid to finding similar articles. If someone reads an article about an author who has written about anti-Semitism, it seems rather ludicrous to insist that they should not be allowed to use categories to find other such authors whose writings on the subject is a defining characteristic. Imagine the harm to navigation by the ill-advised insistence that we are unable to allow grouping of authors by genre because of the fear that there might be too many such categories for two of the most prolific authors on the planet, when 99% of authors have written less than 1% as many books as the 500 written by Asimov. Alansohn (talk) 04:28, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Um...you're the one who stated a numeric standard. I have no idea why you would even attempt to claim otherwise given your flat-out statement above: Writing one book about anti-Semitism does not mean that an individual should be included here. No one is suggesting not grouping authors by genre. Last I heard. "writing about antisemitism" is not a recognized literary genre. The point still stands that writers write about any number of subjects and themes and categorizing authors on the basis of their subject matter is untenable. Otto4711 (talk) 11:25, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • The misreading is no surprise. I did not say that there is a minimum number that makes you an author about the subject, as you have projected based on your "one person in China named McTavish makes it a Chinese surname" example. The misrepresentation that one is not enough but two or more makes you an author about the subject is solely your original research, and whether I had stated "Writing a book about anti-Semitism" or "Writing any number of books about anti-Semitism" as alternatives my standard is sources, not minimum numbers. While I do understand that sources can usually be ignored, Questia seems to be one of many sources that treats "writing about anti-Semitism" as a literary genre (see here). I do hope your non-response regarding author articles being overwhelmed by such categories has been successfully rebutted. Alansohn (talk) 15:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • You posit a numerical standard and then deny positing it. Your doublethink would do the Party proud. That Questia or some other site indexes works about antisemitism doesn't make "antisemitism writing" a genre. Otto4711 (talk) 18:57, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just because you are fixated on one definition of the word "one" does not mean I have posited a numerical standard. I will repeat my point that the standard is reliable and verifiable sources, and one would be hard pressed to read what I have written here and insist that I meant one book is not enough, but two are. Writing a book about a subject doesn't making you a writer about the subject; being described in reliable and verifiable sources does. I have not now, nor ever, insisted that there is any numeric standard to correspond to your "one person in China named McTavish makes it a Chinese surname" insistence. Any sources yet to establish McTavish as a Chinese surname? Alansohn (talk) 19:33, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Writing a book about a subject doesn't making you a writer about the subject - this position is so completely bizarre as to be incomprehensible. Otto4711 (talk) 20:22, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Barack Obama plays basketball, but is not defined as a basketball player.
    As shown in the accompanying image, Barack Obama plays basketball. However, Obama is not listed in Category:African American basketball players, because his being a basketball player is not a defining characteristic. You might possibly mean that writing a single book about anti-Semitism makes you a writer about anti-Semitism by definition, which is a position I disagree with. My standard is and always has been based on including an author in the category if they are described in reliable and verifiable sources as a writer about anti-Semitism, regardless of the number of such books they have written, without any numerical standard. Besides, my standard is far more comprehensible than the outright bizarreness of "one person in China named McTavish makes McTavish a Chinese surname". Alansohn (talk) 01:48, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Your supposed counterexample amply demonstrates my point: Barack Obama plays basketball. Sources state that Obama plays basketball. None of these sources define Obama as a basketball player, most likely because Obama is defined for other characteristics, primarily in the political arena. Obama is not grouped in Category:African American basketball players. In the same vein, an author writes a book about anti-Semitism. Sources state that the author has written a book (or books) about anti-Semitism. Sources don't define the individual as an author of books about anti-Semitism, most probably because they are defined for writing in other genres or other defining achievements. The author will not be listed in Category:Authors about antisemitism. While you may disagree with (or sadly attempt to lampoon) my efforts at drawing a line, it is clear to me that a set of principles are sorely needed at CfD to move past the arbitrary dislikes (and the rather rare like) of a small handful of editors who deny the use of reliable and verifiable sources in any fashion, in clear conflict with bedrock Wikipedia policy, and who seem to view the Two Minutes Hate as a model for decision making at CfD. While I always enjoy a good argument (and I'll tolerate the pattern here of just being contrary), you are hardly advancing your position in the face of clear consensus to retain the category. As it is clear that I have explained, justified and fully stand by my vote, you may have better luck in systematically harassing other editors who might possibly be swayed by your argumentativeness. Alansohn (talk) 16:23, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • How fine a blade is needed to split the hair between "sources say he wrote a book about anti-Semitism" and "sources say he is a writer about anti-Semitism"? You're arguing that if a reporter writes "Bobo Smith wrote a book about anti-Semitism" he's out but if that same reporter in the same publication writes "Bobo Smith wrote about anti-Semitism" he's in. As for Obama, this source argues that playing basketball cemented his reputation as a consensus builder, convinced his brother-in-law that he would be a good husband to Michelle and even flipped two red states after "he made a basketball lover's case to basketball-loving people". The real reason he's not included in the players category is that the categories are not used to capture pick-up players, palaver about definingness notwithstanding. And that's just one source out of millions. As for your phony claim that you're being harassed, you're the one who stalks my edits. Otto4711 (talk) 22:55, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have tweaked my vote to suggest Category:Antisemitism writers as a rename alternative. While there are some categories that use this "Writers about Foo" format in the parent Category:Writers by non-fiction subject area, the predominant format is "Foo writers". Alansohn (talk) 19:37, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Birds by country

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The result of the discussion was: Keep. --Xdamrtalk 13:17, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Birds by country (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Birds move and choose the habitat for biologically meaningful principles as climate zone. Administrative-territorial division is not a significant sign of division the birds in subcategories. I believe that this way of division had been chosen without consideration the peculiarities of this area - situation is similar to the WP:OC#ARBITRARY.

In the "Intersection by location" section written "location may be used as a way to split a large category into subcategories". But now such a separation is not separation of the category, but an increase in amount of sub-categories for articles about animals that are already included in the other subcategories of the parent category.

This was already discussed, but it was not made the above arguments. ·Carn !? 10:20, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Mopreme Shakur

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:34, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Mopreme Shakur (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unneeded eponymous category, per WP:OCAT. Karppinen (talk) 10:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:OC#EPONYMOUS and WP:OC#SMALL are both firmly grounded in Wikipedia guidelines. Both developed out of countless CFD discussions in which many editors participated. So it's a good thing that the nomination and those who support it are basing their arguments on them and not what you're pretending they are. Otto4711 (talk) 00:17, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That very same WP:OC#EPONYMOUS doesn't say don't create eponymous categories, just cautions us. It describes a case just like these past nominations, where an eponymous category may well be created. On this basis I objected before, and object to your waving with long words in capitals now. However, see below, that this specific case is an exeption, in my point of view. Debresser (talk) 00:32, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ja Rule

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:33, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Ja Rule (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unneeded eponymous category, per WP:OCAT. Karppinen (talk) 10:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • "well needed" is not a valid reason for keeping in the absence of any indication that the material being categorized falls under the relevant OCAT guideline. Otto4711 (talk) 19:08, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:OC#EPONYMOUS and WP:OC#SMALL are both firmly grounded in Wikipedia guidelines. Both developed out of countless CFD discussions in which many editors participated. So it's a good thing that the nomination and those who support it are basing their arguments on them and not what you're pretending they are. Otto4711 (talk) 00:17, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That very same WP:OC#EPONYMOUS doesn't say don't create eponymous categories, just cautions us. It describes a case just like these past nominations, where an eponymous category may well be created. On this basis I objected before, and object to your waving with long words in capitals now. Debresser (talk) 00:30, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know what "waving with long words in capitals" means. WP uses such capitalized short-cuts throughout so why you feel the need to criticize me for using WP standard abbreviations is mystifying. EPONYMOUS advises against creating eponymous categories as a general rule. IOW, the default standard is in fact "don't crate eponymous categories", unless there's a good reason for it. The guideline goes on to offer examples of categories whose material is of such complexity that an eponymous category should be created as an exception to the general guidance against them. The material related to Ja Rule does not come anywhere near the complexity of the material in the proffered example exceptions. In the absence of this category, no one will have any difficulty finding all of the material relating to Ja Rule, either using the lead article for navigation, the template for navigation, or the existing categories (which as standard practice should be cross-linked) for the albums and songs. This category and the several others nominated above and below simply do not meet the guideline for eponymous categories. Otto4711 (talk) 19:06, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are three articles in the category, not 30. Otto4711 (talk) 03:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Immortal Technique

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:32, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Immortal Technique (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unneeded eponymous category, per WP:OCAT. Karppinen (talk) 10:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:OC#EPONYMOUS and WP:OC#SMALL are both firmly grounded in Wikipedia guidelines. Both developed out of countless CFD discussions in which many editors participated. So it's a good thing that the nomination and those who support it are basing their arguments on them and not what you're pretending they are. Otto4711 (talk) 00:17, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That very same WP:OC#EPONYMOUS doesn't say don't create eponymous categories, just cautions us. It describes a case just like these past nominations, where an eponymous category may well be created. On this basis I objected before, and object to your waving with long words in capitals now. However, see below, that this specific case is an exeption, in my point of view. Debresser (talk) 00:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Joe Budden

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:31, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Joe Budden (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unneeded eponymous category, per WP:OCAT. Karppinen (talk) 10:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:OC#EPONYMOUS and WP:OC#SMALL are both firmly grounded in Wikipedia guidelines. Both developed out of countless CFD discussions in which many editors participated. So it's a good thing that the nomination and those who support it are basing their arguments on them and not what you're pretending they are. Otto4711 (talk) 00:18, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That very same WP:OC#EPONYMOUS doesn't say don't create eponymous categories, just cautions us. It describes a case just like these past nominations, where an eponymous category may well be created. On this basis I objected before, and object to your waving with long words in capitals now. Debresser (talk) 00:29, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are two atticles and two sub-categories, not 15 articles. IIRC images aren't supposed to be in categories like this at all. Otto4711 (talk) 00:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I count the articles in the subcategories also. Debresser (talk) 00:28, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:ATB

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:29, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:ATB (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unneeded eponymous category, per WP:OCAT. Karppinen (talk) 10:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:OC#EPONYMOUS and WP:OC#SMALL are both firmly grounded in Wikipedia guidelines. Both developed out of countless CFD discussions in which many editors participated. So it's a good thing that the nomination and those who support it are basing their arguments on them and not what you're pretending they are. Otto4711 (talk) 00:18, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are two articles and two sub-categories, not 30 articles. Otto4711 (talk) 00:21, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I count the articles in the subcategories also. Debresser (talk) 00:51, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:C-Bo

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:28, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:C-Bo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unneeded eponymous category, per WP:OCAT. Karppinen (talk) 10:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:OC#EPONYMOUS and WP:OC#SMALL are both firmly grounded in Wikipedia guidelines. Both developed out of countless CFD discussions in which many editors participated. So it's a good thing that the nomination and those who support it are basing their arguments on them and not what you're pretending they are. Otto4711 (talk) 00:19, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are two articles, a template and a sub-category, not 15 articles. Otto4711 (talk) 00:19, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I count the articles in the subcategories also. Debresser (talk) 00:51, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:MC Lyte

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:28, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:MC Lyte (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unneeded eponymous category, per WP:OCAT. Karppinen (talk) 10:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Very well needed as a parent category in order to organize all articles pertaining to MC Lyte that have been created and will be in the future. "Not needed" is not a valid reason for deletion. Shaliya waya (talk) 22:50, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:OC#EPONYMOUS and WP:OC#SMALL are both firmly grounded in Wikipedia guidelines. Both developed out of countless CFD discussions in which many editors participated. So it's a good thing that the nomination and those who support it are basing their arguments on them and not what you're pretending they are. Otto4711 (talk) 00:20, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is one article and two sub-cats, not 15 articles. Otto4711 (talk) 00:20, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I count the articles in the subcategories also. Debresser (talk) 00:51, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Former castles, palaces, and fortresses

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The result of the discussion was: Split per nom. --Xdamrtalk 13:20, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose split and renaming Category:Former castles, palaces, and fortresses to Category:Former castles, Category:Former palaces and Category:Former fortresses.
Nominator's rationale: Since castles, palaces and fortresses are not the same things, there is no reason to lump them into the same category, they should each have their own. Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 08:51, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Regions of the Republic of the Congo

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Regions of the Republic of the Congo to Category:Departments of the Republic of the Congo
Plus the following categories:
Nominator's rationale: The regions of the Republic of the Congo has been renamed to become departments, according to this [1]. Chanheigeorge (talk) 08:39, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is there an orthographic reason to capitalise "Department"? Rich Farmbrough, 16:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]


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Category:Okavango Region

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The result of the discussion was: rename per nom Erik9 (talk) 16:42, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Okavango Region to Category:Kavango Region
Nominator's rationale: Rename, per the move of the main article to Kavango Region. Originally proposed by 77.11.98.129 (talk) on the category talk page. Jafeluv (talk) 08:30, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Toyota video games

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --Xdamrtalk 12:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Toyota video games (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Category is for video games that contain any Toyota cars. Completely non-defining criteria for video games. This suggests we would need similar categories for every car manufacturer, or even extending to other usable objects such as guns. Ham Pastrami (talk) 06:31, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:SWAT

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:SWAT to Category:SWAT (video game series). --Xdamrtalk 12:25, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Propose disambiguating to match main article SWAT (series). Category:SWAT (video games) might be better, considering the existence of S.W.A.T. (TV series). Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:31, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:British ambassadors to the European Union

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The result of the discussion was: rename per nom Erik9 (talk) 16:31, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:British ambassadors to the European Union to Category:Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to the European Union
Nominator's rationale: Rename. As a member of the EU, the UK sends Permanent Representatives to the body, not ambassadors. Also, what is important is not that they are "British" but that they are representing the "United Kingdom". Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:16, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
However, it's explicitly not "Ambassadors", it's "ambassadors", lower-case 'a', because though they are currently Permanent Representatives, they are of ambassadorial rank; "British ambassadors to the European Union" is thus entirely correct, if (clearly!) a tad confusing, and in line with the other naming categories as I could find them... James F. (talk) 20:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
... which is not in any way meant to imply that I am against the renaming, merely seeking to explain the logic. :-) James F. (talk) 20:26, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:NBC page alumni

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The result of the discussion was: delete Erik9 (talk) 16:03, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:NBC page alumni (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. A category for people who have been pages at NBC Studios. This is non-defining in the extreme and similar to the deleted United States Senate Pages, Former McDonald's Employees, Former Lifeguards, etc. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:06, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Members of the Legislative Council of Queensland

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The result of the discussion was: rename per nom Erik9 (talk) 16:16, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Members of the Legislative Council of Queensland to Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Council
Nominator's rationale: Speedy Rename. Per Queensland Legislative Council and established convention for other states at parent cat Category:Members of state and territorial legislatures in Australia. Digestible (talk) 03:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Côtes du Rhône (wine)

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The result of the discussion was: Speedily delete G7; creator and sole editor request. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Côtes du Rhône (wine) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Housekeeping: I created this category in error before realising that a category with a similar name already exists. Please delete. Kudpung (talk) 03:32, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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