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Category:Deborah Cox

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. If this discussion is any indication, after many years of this there still seems to be little consensus on "how much is enough" to justify eponymous categories for people. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:22, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Deborah Cox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. I've tried to start a discussion on minimal requirements for creating eponymous categories for musicians and musical groups here, but no response to date. If a category such as this is permitted to exist, with only the artist's article, a discography page and categories for songs and albums, then every musical artist with a discography page should have its own category named after it, which I think is overcategorization. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 21:36, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The sub-cats have not been nominated as I have no problem with the "by artist" schemes mentioned. With so little to populate in many of these eponymous categories, though, I would think it goes against WP:OC#Eponymous. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 08:33, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It was Mangoe who mentioned a subcat. WP:OC#Eponymous (IMO) was intended to prevent the creation of say Category:John Wayne which would then fill up with anything that mentioned JW (eg films which starred him, for which we don't have categories, due to the difficulty in deciding who is 'starred' in a film) and would lead to endless category clutter. Here we have a container category with 1 or 2 articles and 2 well-defined subcats: where is the potential for clutter? (The articles in the subcats are populating the parent.) Occuli (talk) 14:55, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • How is the 'maintenance of the category system' affected by extra categories? Are we running out? Article qua 'navigational hub' ... that's a familiar phrase. 'Articles in a sub-category populate the parent' is not a notion (unless it is a category of categories, in which case articles in a subcat do not populate it). Occuli (talk) 18:25, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Categories and lists are not the same thing and per WP:CLN there are times when one is clearly preferable to another. Categories are not awards of merit and no one is "entitled" to a category. Small categories that are unlikely to expand like this one are discouraged per WP:OC#SMALL. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 17:52, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, the point I've been trying to make is that Wikipedia guidelines state redundancy between categories and navs is good and necessary. Shaliya waya (talk) 01:55, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:CLN redundancy between lists, templates and categories is not "necessary" since the guideline spells out examples of when one or another is the superior choice. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 02:38, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • All two of the related subcategories can easily be linked by a "see also" note, something that should be widely implemented anyway. Even without such notes I doubt the average reader is going to have any difficulty getting from songs to albums in the absence of this category. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 18:48, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Israeli people wounded in war

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Courcelles 18:14, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Israeli people wounded in war (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Being wounded in war is not a sufficiently significant characteristic to categorise by; if this was extended to other nationalities and wars, it would grow very large very quickly. Subcategory of Category:Israeli casualties, which I don't have a problem with, as it includes people killed in action as well. Robofish (talk) 18:08, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Chorus frogs

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The result of the discussion was: merge Category:Pseudacris into Category:Chorus frogs. Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:25, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Chorus frogs to Category:Pseudacris
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Main article indicates the two terms are interchangeable. Choosing the scientific name over the common name for parallelism with other categories under this parent. Dawynn (talk) 15:28, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Found this: Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of life. See the "Categories" section. It indicates that, if a common name exists, that it is preferred to use the common name. With this in mind, can we agree to merge the articles from Category:Pseudacris into the Category:Chorus frogs group? Dawynn (talk) 18:42, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am happy with that i.e. merge these two to the common name. Twiceuponatime (talk) 14:53, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Second Life residents

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Courcelles 18:16, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Second Life residents (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This category categorises people by participating in an online game/virtual world, which is not usually a distinguishing characteristic. We don't have Category:World of Warcraft players or Category:Facebook users, and we shouldn't have this for the same reasons. (We do have Category:Notable Wikipedians, but obviously that's a special case.) It might be acceptable if limited to people who are notable because of their role in Second Life, such as Anshe Chung, but I don't think there are enough of those to justify a category. Robofish (talk) 15:14, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note - I've become aware that this category (under the previous name, Category:Second Life Residents) was nominated for deletion and kept back in 2006, at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 December 6#Category:Second Life Residents. I've notified all the editors who contributed to that discussion about this one. Robofish (talk) 16:22, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. It includes some people whose articles do not mention the game other than in the category, let alone provide a reliable source for it: e.g. Thomas Barnett, Cory Doctorow, Tod Maffin, Tony Moore (musician), Cezary Ostrowski, Howard Rheingold, R. J. Rummel. If this categ was not already at CFD, I would promptly remove these people from it
  2. Others included have refs to confirm their involvement in the game, but there is no evidence that their role in the game is a defining characteristic (e.g. Adam Curry)
  3. Suzanne Vega played live on Second Life, but the article offers no evidence that she is a "resident"; on the basis of the article, it looks to me like she visited to play a gig, in the same way as a performing artist visits hundreds of places. This sort of performers-by-performance-venue categorisation has long been deprecated (see WP:OC#PERF)
  4. Other articles (e.g. Khannea Suntzu, whose notability is in dispute) are fictional characters in the game, who don't belong in the same category as real people
  5. Richard Minsky is notable not being a resident of Second Life, but for writing about it. (I write a lot on Wikipedia about Members of Parliament; by the logic applied here, I would be categorised as a resident of the Palace of Westminster)
When I started going through the category, I thought that I would probably repeat my previous "delete and listify" recommendation ... but having looked at the current state of the category, it's too much of a mishmash to make a coherent list. Just delete it. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:09, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - possibly rename to Second Life people or People in Second Life, possibly also listify
  1. OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST isn't a reason to delete.
  2. If the cat is a mess, remove those who don't belong.
  3. This is not about people who simply happen to have a SL account, any more than Cat:Oboe players is about people who happen to play the oboe. The parent category is very heterogeneous, and its subcategories are useful.
Rich Farmbrough, 15:31, 14 August 2010 (UTC).[reply]
Oh and entities such as Heartun Breaker are not "fictional characters in the game" they are most nearly described as pseudonyms, so Torley Linden should be either a redirect to or from Torley Wong. Rich Farmbrough, 15:37, 14 August 2010 (UTC).[reply]
Um... neither Torley Linden or Torley Wong are articles. Assuming they're a person in Second Life, then fair enough, but I think there's a key point here - very few people are notable (by our standards) primarily through participation in Second Life. That's the difference with Category:Oboists - they're people notable for playing the oboe, but the majority of people in this category are people independently notable for other reasons who just happen to have accounts in Second Life. Robofish (talk) 23:56, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, kinda my point, Torley should have an article. And people "who just just happen" to have an account should be pulled form the category mercilessly. Rich Farmbrough, 16:25, 15 August 2010 (UTC).[reply]
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Category:Oxychaeta

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Empty, so nothing to merge. Courcelles 18:18, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Oxychaeta (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Category empty. Dawynn (talk) 12:58, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

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The result of the discussion was: rename all. Courcelles 18:19, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Lokomotive Leipzig to Category:1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Propose renaming Category:Lokomotive Leipzig managers to Category:1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig managers
Propose renaming Category:Lokomotive Leipzig matches to Category:1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig matches
Propose renaming Category:Lokomotive Leipzig players to Category:1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Rename all Lokomotive Leipzig related categories to match the parent article name 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. Jared Preston (talk) 12:22, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I had thought about that, just wasn't sure I could get away with nominating all of the categories for speedy in one go just because of the parent article being named 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. On the other hand, it doesn't seem that anyone would be against a renaming in this case. Whether it takes 2 or 7 days, it doesn't really matter because the main category has been named as it is for 2 years without anyone having noticed it until now. I just wanted to get it sorted out. Jared Preston (talk) 19:53, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Business qualifications

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The result of the discussion was: keep. — ξxplicit 21:04, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Business qualifications to Category:Business degrees
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The contents are all academic degrees; the current name is ambiguous and might be taken to imply professional qualifications. I do not think there is a need for a category that does embrace the latter as "business qualifications" ia vague and far-reaching, including various disciplines such as financial services and engineering. Fayenatic (talk) 13:08, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fair points, but most of the member articles are academic degrees; if the cat is moved, I would tidy it up afterwards.
If we were starting from scratch, isn't "business qualifications" too vague to be desirable as a category? It could have sub-cats for these business degrees, plus accountancy / financial services / engineering / IT qualifications, but could probably also hold most of the other current members of Category:Professional certification. I don't think it is useful.
In contrast, a category for business degrees is useful and clear-cut, alongside Category:Medical degrees and Category:Religious degrees. I could have just created it and nominated the current one for deletion, but I thought I'd let a bot do the work as there is a close match! - Fayenatic (talk) 19:14, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ruslik_Zero 12:09, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hotels by year of establishment

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The result of the discussion was: No consensus. The problem of underpopulation should be addressed before any future nomination. Ruslik_Zero 18:24, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Subcats of Category:Hotels by year of establishment upmerged by decade or similar.
Nominator's rationale: Lots of little cats with few pages in each.

for example, the following cats:

upmerged to

For all cats in the Category:Hotels by year of establishment. Avicennasis @ 07:58, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Live CD

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Operating system distributions bootable from read-only media. — ξxplicit 06:08, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Live CD (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Unless we are willing to create subcategories to organize these by what they do, navigation is much better served by List of live CDs. If kept we have two issues with the name. At a minimum it should be Category:Live CDs. Since it is not limited to CDs, the name is misleading as it can include DVDs. I do expect some discussion here due to the nature of the category. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:30, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:54, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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