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Category:20th-century American actors

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: upmerge to Category:20th-century American people and Category:20th-century actors. — ξxplicit 00:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:20th-century American actors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: WP:OC. Most actors are going to have flourished in the 20th-century, and a significant proportion are going to be American. John Vandenberg (chat) 23:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Dealing mostly with more remote periods, I take the opposite view; by-year categories are a useless plague that should be eliminated, & by-decade ones not much better, but by century ones can be very useful. Johnbod (talk) 20:27, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If they're in by-year categories they are then also in by-century, just further down the line of the category tree. The information is there, it's just harder to get at. It completely depends on what purpose you are using the categories for. Some people research specific years, or specific decades. Other people research centuries, eras, etc. I agree my statement was overbroad; it reflects my own research biases. Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:41, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Famicom and variants

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clones. — ξxplicit 00:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Famicom and variants (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete: Unnecessary category with a single item. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 22:42, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American spy films

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The result of the discussion was: keep. — ξxplicit 00:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:American spy films to Category:Spy films
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. Only 6 articles, while the parent category has 262 articles of which many are surely American. No other by country subcategories there. Nor do I think these are needed. Debresser (talk) 21:44, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Argentine legal professionals

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The result of the discussion was: keep. — ξxplicit 00:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Argentine legal professionals to Category:Argentine jurists
Nominator's rationale: I'm doing the paper work for [1]. Most subcats of Category:Jurists by nationality are "jurists" rather than "legal professionals". John Vandenberg (chat) 21:38, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category is tagged for speedy renaming - which is inappropriate. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:08, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I thought "jurist" was a catch-all title? Cat:Canadian lawyers is a sub-cat of Cat:Canadian legal professionals, and "legal professionals" is supposedly used interchangably with "jurist", is it not? --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 02:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Prison aircraft

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The result of the discussion was: delete. — ξxplicit 00:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Prison aircraft (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Only 1 article. Not serious. Debresser (talk) 20:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merging the article there is not a bad idea, but the category should just go. Debresser (talk) 23:57, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Recipients of the Kalidas Samman Award

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The result of the discussion was: delete. — ξxplicit 04:29, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Recipients of the Kalidas Samman Award to Category:Recipients of the Kalidas Samman
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Award is just called "Kalidas Samman". Hekerui (talk) 01:24, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Awarded by the government of a state of 60+ million people. Hekerui (talk) 18:51, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jafeluv (talk) 18:12, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Spanish politicians by party

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The result of the discussion was: Rename all per nominator. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:50, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming
Category:Communist Party of Spain members to Category:Communist Party of Spain politicians
Category:Members of the Navarrese People's Union to Category:Navarrese People's Union politicians
Category:Members of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party to Category:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians
Nominator's rationale: Rename per convention of Category:Politicians by party; "members" is undefining for volksparteien, and judging from the contents and descriptions, these categories were intended for politicians. Among the PCE, only Antonio Cordón García has no mention of any standing for or serving in public office, and could be upmerged to Category:Spanish communists. Of the PSOE, only Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira is not a politician, and she is described as an "activist." - choster (talk) 16:31, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Members of the Spanish Popular Party

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:People's Party (Spain) politicians. — ξxplicit 00:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Members of the Spanish Popular Party to Category:Members of the People's Party (Spain)
Nominator's rationale: Rename to match the main article name. The party is called People's Party in English. Darwinek (talk) 16:13, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedia noindex pages

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The result of the discussion was: No Consensus. --Xdamrtalk 04:10, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Wikipedia noindex pages to Category:Noindexed pages
Nominator's rationale: No need for two different categories that contain exactly the same. The Evil IP address (talk) 09:51, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
According to Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(categories)#Special_conventions that is true only if there would be confusion without the word "Wikipedia". In this case I don't think it is necessary (but I don't think it would be a problem either). Debresser (talk) 23:53, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:21st-century actors

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The result of the discussion was: No consensus. Jafeluv (talk) 09:37, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:21st-century actors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. WP:OCAT by century. Bearcat (talk) 07:41, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:21st-century television actors

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The result of the discussion was: Upmerge to Category:21st-century actors. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:42, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:21st-century television actors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. WP:OCAT by century; unused except for just three actors. Bearcat (talk) 07:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Do you really think the fact that the vast majority of actors working today are going to simultaneously end up in Category:20th-century television actors, Category:21st-century television actors, Category:20th-century film actors, Category:21st-century film actors, "20th-century (Country) actors" and "21st-century (Country) actors" is actually adding anything of value to an encyclopedia? Bearcat (talk) 01:01, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see why not, since many actors of the 20th century died before the turn of the millennium or have retired already. 70.29.210.242 (talk) 05:21, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:21st-century film actors

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The result of the discussion was: Upmerge to Category:21st-century actors. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:21st-century film actors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. WP:OCAT by century; unused except for just two actors. Bearcat (talk) 07:39, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Actually Category:Actors by century goes back to the 16th, from which there are a number of famous actors, one William Shakespeare for a start, and could go further back to Roscius, Theodora (6th century) (possibly the only actress saint) and several others - see Category:Ancient actors etc. But the 20th and 21st century categories are essentially the "default", and too large and incomplete to be worth the trouble. Many by century categories should only cover "historical" periods - ie stop at 1900. I realize Roscius made few films (sadly), and the point is only relevant for the more general categories. Johnbod (talk) 19:52, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:21st-century female actors

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:21st-century female actors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. WP:OCAT by century; also prior consensus against splitting Category:Actors by gender. See also subcat Category:21st-century female pornographic actors. Bearcat (talk) 07:34, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:21st-century male actors

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:21st-century male actors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. WP:OCAT by century; also prior consensus against splitting Category:Actors by gender. See also subcategories Category:21st-century male film actors and Category:21st-century male television actors. Bearcat (talk) 07:28, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Nanotech Age

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:22, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Nanotech Age (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Crystal Balling. We don't even know if the future will be called the "nanotech" age, let alone which technologies and topics will predominate. Also most the included articles are about space exploration, which is not defined by its relationship to nanotech. --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 05:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's exactly the problem. If you want to promote what "you believe", that's what a blog is for. We are trying to write a factual encyclopedia. --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 03:13, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:20th-century American musicians

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Consensus was for eliminating the category. Of those opinions, the consensus was to not upmerge. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:20, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose upmerging Category:20th-century American musicians to Category:20th-century musicians and Category:20th-century American people
Nominator's rationale: WP:OC. no precedence for combining by century, by nationality, and by occupation Mayumashu (talk) 02:44, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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