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Category:Communist parties in early Soviet Union

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The result of the discussion was: rename.--Mike Selinker (talk) 16:02, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Communist parties in early Soviet Union to Category:Communist parties in the Soviet Union
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Since it includes Category:Communist Party of the Soviet Union as a subcategory, there is no reason to restrict this to pre-CPSU parties in the early Soviet Union. It can just as easily be named to encompass all the communist parties that ever existed in the Soviet Union. If renamed, the category definition must be changed, but the contents can remain the same. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:18, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Communist parties in the Former Soviet Union

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. What Soman describes is workable, and can happen without CfD discussion. Then, if no contents remain, this can be deleted.--Mike Selinker (talk) 07:06, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Communist parties in the Former Soviet Union to Category:Communist parties in post-Soviet states
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Right now this category is ambiguous—it's unclear if it means communist parties that existed in the Soviet Union, it being a "former" country; or if it means communist parties that have existed in the territory that was formerly the Soviet Union since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In reality it is categorizing the latter. I suggest renaming this to match its parent category Category:Post-Soviet states, which should clarify the meaning somewhat. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:14, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Towson University sports

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The result of the discussion was: merge. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Towson University sports to Category:Towson Tigers
Nominator's rationale: Standard naming practice for athletic categories of college programs. Geologik (talk) 23:34, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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MEPs subcategories

Lists of MEPs
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The result of the discussion was: rename all. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Lists of Members of the European Parliament from the Republic of Ireland to Category:Lists of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Ireland
Propose renaming Category:Lists of Members of the European Parliament from Poland to Category:Lists of Members of the European Parliament for Poland
Propose renaming Category:Lists of Members of the European Parliament for United Kingdom constituencies to Category:Lists of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom
Nominator's rationale: Rename. "For" was selected over "from" in this discussion. The format of the British one is being adjusted to match the selected by-country format. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:30, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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MEPs for Germany
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The result of the discussion was: rename and merge as nominated. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:MEPs representing the German constituency serving 2004-2009 to Category:MEPs for Germany 2004–2009
Propose upmerging Category:MEPs representing the German constituency serving before 2004 to Category:Members of the European Parliament for Germany
Nominator's rationale: Rename/upmerge. A follow-up nomination to these discussions. I now suggest renaming the Germany subcategory to conform with the formats that were selected in the previous discussions. 2004 is an arbitrary cut-off to have a "remainders" category, so this one can be upmerged to the main category pending further more specific subcategorization. Note that Germany has only one constituency; they are all just "for Germany". Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:24, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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MEPs for Luxembourg
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The result of the discussion was: rename and merge as nominated. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:MEPs representing the Luxembourg constituency serving 2004-2009 to Category:MEPs for Luxembourg 2004–2009
Propose renaming Category:MEPs representing the Luxembourg constituency serving 2009-2014 to Category:MEPs for Luxembourg 2009–2014
Propose upmerging Category:MEPs representing the Luxembourg constituency serving before 2004 to Category:Members of the European Parliament for Luxembourg
Nominator's rationale: Rename/upmerge. A follow-up nomination to these discussions. I now suggest renaming the Luxembourg subcategories to conform with the formats that were selected in the previous discussions. 2004 is an arbitrary cut-off to have a "remainders" category, so this one can be upmerged to the main category pending further more specific subcategorization. Note that Luxembourg has only one constituency; they are all just "for Luxembourg". Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:18, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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British MEPs
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The result of the discussion was: Self-withdraw, per discussion below. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:55, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
OPTION 1:
Propose renaming Category:Members of the European Parliament for English constituencies to Category:Members of the European Parliament for England
Propose renaming Category:Members of the European Parliament for Scottish constituencies to Category:Members of the European Parliament for Scotland
Propose renaming Category:Members of the European Parliament for Welsh constituencies to Category:Members of the European Parliament for Wales
OPTION 2:
Propose renaming Category:Members of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland to Category:Members of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland constituencies
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The ones listed in OPTION 1 could be changed to match the "by-country" format that was selected, but since they are a subcategory of Category:Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, strictly speaking they wouldn't have to change. However, if the consensus is that these do not change, then I suggest OPTION 2 be made for consistency within the category. I prefer option 1, but I could understand if there is a desire to change the phrasing for the British subcategories. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:40, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose both options. The current names reflect the situations wrt to those the different countries, and the apparent discrepancy here arises out an asymmetry in the organisation of constituencies, as follows:
  1. Northern Ireland has only ever had one EP constituency. All MEPs elected there since have been "MEPs for Northern Ireland", so "for Northern Ireland constituencies" adds an inappropriate plural.
  2. Scotland and Wales had multiple constituencies until 1999, and then one constituency for all of Scotland and one for all of Wales. So "MEP for Scotland" is ambiguous: it could be read as meaning either "MEPs for one of the nine Scottish constituencies" or "MEPs for the Scotland (European Parliament constituency)". Same applies to Wales.
  3. England has always had multiple EP constituencies: ~50 until 1999, and then 9. In this context "MEPs" for England" could be taken to refer to an England (European Parliament constituency) (like Scotland and Wales), even tho there is no such thing.
Finally, the terminology "for Welsh constituencies", "for Scottish constituencies" was intentionally chosen to mirror the categories for Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom: Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Scottish constituencies, Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Welsh constituencies, Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies, etc.
I know that this nomination was well-intentioned, but I think that it pushes standardisation beyond the phase which it clarifies, and into a point where it would unintentionally cause confusion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:44, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That makes sense. I think I will withdraw this one. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:54, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:MEPs representing the French constituencies
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The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:MEPs representing the French constituencies to Category:MEPs for France by constituency
Nominator's rationale: Rename. This is essentially a container "by constitutency" category. I suggest renaming it in this fashion. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:51, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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MEPs for constituencies in France
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The result of the discussion was: rename all without disambiguation. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming these constituency categories to the much more simple "MEPs for" format. I also suggest using the names of the constituencies used in WP. An option would be to include the word "(constituency)" at the end of each of these names if the constituency names are thought to be too generic or ambiguous. (If these categories are renamed, the subcategories will be nominated for a discussion of whether we want to upmerge them or rename them to match.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:58, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hybrid vehicle authorities

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The result of the discussion was: merge. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Hybrid vehicle authorities to Category:Hybrid vehicles
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Upmerge single entry category with limited immediate growth. I was thinking of upmerging to Category:Hybrid vehicle organizations or similar but that did not exist and there is nothing in the parent that would help to populate a categroy like this. Allow recreation if and when the category can be reasonably populated.Vegaswikian (talk) 22:55, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hispanic American history

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The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Hispanic American history to Category:Hispanic and Latino American history
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Technical nomination. Found doing cleanup as an apparent incomplete nomination. Probably does not meet speedy criteria, so bring it here for discussion. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:35, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:24, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete — Highly subjective, ill-defined category, the author of which has been indef blocked. Favonian (talk) 21:03, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked for 24 hours, not indef'd. TFOWR 21:08, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oops! My bad Favonian (talk) 21:13, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Canceled military operations

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The result of the discussion was: rename all to match the tree Category:Cancelled projects and events. Courcelles (talk) 21:10, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Canceled military operations to Category:Cancelled military operations
Propose renaming Category:Canceled military operations by country to Category:Cancelled military operations by country
Propose renaming Category:Canceled military operations involving France to Category:Cancelled military operations involving France
Propose renaming Category:Canceled military operations involving Germany to Category:Cancelled military operations involving Germany
Propose renaming Category:Canceled military operations involving the Irish Republican Army to Category:Cancelled military operations involving the Irish Republican Army
Propose renaming Category:Canceled military operations involving Israel to Category:Cancelled military operations involving Israel
Propose renaming Category:Canceled military operations involving Spain to Category:Cancelled military operations involving Spain
Propose renaming Category:Canceled military operations involving the United Kingdom to Category:Cancelled military operations involving the United Kingdom
Propose renaming Category:Canceled military operations involving the United States to Category:Cancelled military operations involving the United States
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The entire Category:Cancelled projects and events tree, as well as almost all of the English speaking world, uses the double-L "cancelled". Since the double-L version is acceptable (though not dominant) in the US, I suggest applying it globally.Mike Selinker (talk) 19:52, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Dagger Records releases

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The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Dagger Records releases to Category:Dagger Records albums
Nominator's rationale: Per Category:Albums by record label. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:39, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Converts to atheism

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Atheists. It became quite evident that both the current name and the proposed name were both unacceptable, the latter of which appeared to be a neologism. That said, consensus appears to be in favor of merging this category instead of renaming it to any of the alternatives suggested as the best solution. — ξxplicit 05:43, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Converts to atheism to Category:Deconverts to atheism
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I believe the title of this category is in need of change. In my opinion, the word "convert" is generally used for religion, so to use it as above implies that atheism is a religion, which it is not. The Religious conversion article on Wikipedia begins: "Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the convert's previous beliefs. It involves a new religious identity, or a change from one religious identity to another. Conversion requires internalization of the new belief system."
Even if we remove the word "religion" from the above there are many problems."Conversion is the adoption of new beliefs that differ from the convert's previous beliefs.[This implies that this happens all at once, as opposed the slow reasoning away from faith most atheists experience.] It involves a new religious identity, or a change from one religious identity to another [Most people only become self-described atheists after losing any religious identity, and no new one is required]. Conversion requires internalization of the new belief system.[Atheism has no belief system.]"
Wiktionary defines deconversion as "the loss of faith in a given religion and embarrassing of a previously held religion or non-religion (typically atheism, agnosticism, or rationalism)."
Therefore I believe the category be renamed Deconverts to atheism, with subcategorys renamed appropriately. May Cause Dizziness (talk) 07:15, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cgingold (talk) 17:18, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This has been relisted in order to allow for discussion of an alternative proposal (below).
  • Hah, hah -- I take your point... almost! While it is undoubtedly true that one can reject belief in a Supreme Being and still be "religious" in some sense, in the real world very few if any atheists retain the religious convictions they formerly held. Moreover, the mere existence of this category would not carry the necessary implication that you suggest. In fact, we could even have a category for "Religious atheists" if the need arises. PS - How can you possibly be equally okay with either Keep or Delete? Cgingold (talk) 18:51, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Response I am not equally okay with keep or delete--although that is my fault for being so ambiguous--I prefer deletion, but otherwise, it should be kept as-is (rather than renamed, listified, or merged.) —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:14, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - It seems to me that losing/dropping one's religious convictions entirely and becoming an Atheist is every bit as noteworthy as converting from one religion to another. Do you also think that the whole category tree covering religious conversions should be eliminated? Cgingold (talk) 17:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Truth be told, I've never liked it much. But I especially don't think it's appropriate for atheism, and the suggestions that attempt to put it in this structure by using slightly different words don't make sense to me. Your mileage may vary.--Mike Selinker (talk) 07:31, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
probably becasue Jewish is also an ethnicity. Persons so categorised might be merely of Jewish descent. Peterkingiron (talk) 19:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Puerto Rican live albums

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The result of the discussion was: merge. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Puerto Rican live albums to Category:Live albums by Puerto Rican artists
Nominator's rationale: Per parent cats. and earlier CfD precedent. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:33, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Aware Records

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The result of the discussion was: delete. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Aware Records (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete Too small. Most of the articles were recategorized into Category:Aware Records albums (by me.) —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:30, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete At the time I created it, it was appropriate, but given the re-location of all of the articles, it's now obsolete. --rm 'w avu 08:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Future elections in Europe

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The result of the discussion was: rename all. Courcelles (talk) 20:57, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming
Nominator's rationale: Rename all for simplicity, clarity, and accuracy.
These categories and (several others) were renamed in a group CFD on June 14. Part of that decision has been reviewed at DRV July 8, and two other categories from that group nomination are already being discussed at CFD: Australia at CFD July 8 and Canada at Cfd July 11.
The reason for the renaming is simply that in some countries, elections are not actually scheduled: they are required by law to happen no later than a date defined by a legal formula (e.g. no less than 7 years since the last election), but they may happen long before that, if a government falls or voluntarily calls an early election.
Other discussions in the last week have gone to extraordinary lengths to try to find an alternative to the word "future", and in the hope of avoiding that I include below (a slightly amended) version of the somewhat-rant-like comment I posted in the discussion on Australia:
Extended comment on the search for alternatives to the word "future"

Several suggestions have been made so far alternatives to the word "future", but all of them lack the clarity and simplicity of "future".

  1. Coming has other meanings, including a sexual one
  2. Upcoming is a slangy neologism, at least in the UK and Ireland (it may be longer-established in use in the USA)
  3. Forthcoming is completely inappropriate, because its normal usage is to mean "candid and willing to cooperate". Category:Forthcoming elections would need to be balanced by a Category:Unforthcoming elections, for elections where candidates were not open about their intentions. (Imagine that, eh? Politicians not telling the whole truth??)
  4. Anticipated and Expected don't work either, because those words comment on the degree of interest of the observer. (I neither anticipate nor expect next year's election in Ruritania, even though the date is firmly scheduled, because it is a matter of complete indifference to me whether they elect a troupe of circus monkeys to run their country, or stick with the usual mendacious and avaricious humans)

All this word-juggling seems to have arisen because somebody somewhere decided that the word "future" contravenes WP:CRYSTAL. That's a bizarre reading of WP:CRYSTAL, and as Frickeg pointed out, it's the big unanswered question in these discussions. WP:CRYSTAL explicitly allow for future events, subject to certain conditions, e.g. "Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place. Dates are not definite until the event actually takes place". So what's the problem?

Are some editors afraid that a category containing the word "future" will be a license to create articles about, say, German federal elections in the 22nd century, or Seychellois elections when the islands are underwater due to global warming? If so, that's a non-issue, because WP:CRYSTAL quite clearly rules out that sort of speculative article. Categories exist to categorise existing articles, not as a license to create any article which would fit into the category. For example, we have Category:Butchers and Category:Hairdressers, but that's not a license to populate either category with articles on topics which don't meet our inclusion criteria, such as the hairdresser and butcher in my village.

Please, folks, let's warp this up before more such categories end up at DRV to provoke rants about CFD decisions being a few pork pies short of a picnic. "Future" does not contravene WP:CRYSTAL, and its meaning is clear. Just use it.

Note that this nomination covers the United Kingdom, where general elections are not currently scheduled, although there is a proposal to change that. It also includes the parent category Category:Scheduled elections in Europe, which directly contains the article Next Irish general election, also unscheduled. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:00, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Scheduled elections

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Once more around the carousel, dear friends. Courcelles (talk) 20:58, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Scheduled elections to Category:Future elections
Nominator's rationale: Rename for simplicity, clarity, and accuracy. Some of the sub-categories may be accurately named "scheduled", but in addition to the existing sub-cats, this category currently includes 31 articles on other elections due some time in the future. I don't know whether any or all of these are actually scheduled, rather than being due before a particular date ... but even if all of them are indeed scheduled, there are a number of jurisdictions around the world which do not set a fixed date, so articles on future elections in those countries cannot be accurately described as "scheduled".
For an explanation of how e got here, and for extended reasons on why "future" is the best term, see the "Future elections in Europe" nomination above. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:12, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Articles with intentional disambig links

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The result of the discussion was: delete.--Mike Selinker (talk) 15:50, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Articles with intentional disambig links (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This was originally used to help my Toolserver scripts identify pages with intentional disambiguation links, but is no longer necessary due to changes at the Disambiguation project (namely the WP:INTDABLINK policy). As a result, my scripts no longer use this category, so it can be deleted. JaGatalk 12:51, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedia essays articles by importance

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The result of the discussion was: keep. If the bots need it one way and the project needs it another, a little overlap is a reasonable price to pay.--Mike Selinker (talk) 15:58, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Wikipedia essays articles by importance to Category:Wikipedia essays by impact
Nominator's rationale: These categories cover exactly the same thing. Fences&Windows 11:46, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but I believe both are needed by the bot. CBM will be able to confirm. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:13, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I can confirm that the WP 1.0 bot does not work with the "by impact" category name. The "articles by importance" category should be viewed as a technical measure to integrate the essays project into the larger WP 1.0 bot system, so that the WP 1.0 bot can generate summary tables for them as they have explicitly requested. The essays project is somewhat one-of-a-kind in its naming, so the extra category is needed by the bot. The "by impact" category is not needed by the bot; you should ask the essays project if they have other uses for it. — Carl (CBM · talk) 14:56, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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College athletic teams

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The result of the discussion was: rename all. Courcelles (talk) 20:13, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:College athletic teams in the United States by sport to Category:College sports teams in the United States by sport
Propose renaming Category:College athletic team seasons in the United States by sport to Category:College sports team seasons in the United States by sport
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match this nomination I just closed, I'm suggesting a compatible shift from "athletics" to "sports". Mike Selinker (talk) 09:32, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Turbine Installation Vessels

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The result of the discussion was: delete. — ξxplicit 05:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Turbine Installation Vessels (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Under populated category which does not needed for categorization tree. Therefore propose to delete or upmerge into Category:Crane vessels. If kept, it should be renamed Category:Turbine installation vessels. Beagel (talk) 09:26, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Business process outsourcing companies

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus.--Mike Selinker (talk) 22:21, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Business process outsourcing companies to Category:Outsourcing companies
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Some way confusing and overlapping categories. There are no clear guidelines which companies should be include in which category. I have some doubts if these categories are needed at all but as a first step merger could be a move on the right direction. Also parent categories needs some refining and cleanup. Beagel (talk) 08:17, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Native settlements of ancient Gaul

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The result of the discussion was: rename as nominated. No prejudice at all against a nomination to remove "ancient" at any time- immediately, even. But, in the face of doubt, I'll take the most conservative approach. Courcelles (talk) 21:01, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Native settlements of ancient Gaul to Category:Native populated places in ancient Gaul
Nominator's rationale: Rename. This category appears to not have been included in the June 12 close of various settlements. Bringing it here for discussion. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:40, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hybrid auto parts suppliers

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Courcelles (talk) 22:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Hybrid auto parts suppliers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Maybe if we had companies that only supplied parts for this application, it might be noatble. I did remove some articles since they did not support inclusion in this category. This category is basically being used to list companies that are in Category:auto parts suppliers that also supply hybrid vehicle parts. I don't think that is a needed distinction. To correctly implement, we would need to restrict it to parts that were exclusive hybrid parts. Otherwise every thing from light bulbs to sheet metal would be includeable. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Organic photovoltaics

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:26, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Organic photovoltaics to Category:Organic solar cells
Nominator's rationale: Rename. This is probably a better name and we have a main article. The category focus seems to be solar cells and not photovoltaics. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:55, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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