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Category:The Atlantic (magazine)

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The result of the discussion was: keep. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 06:13, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:The Atlantic (magazine) to Category:The Atlantic
Nominator's rationale: Per main article —Justin (koavf)TCM☯ 23:01, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note If the result is "keep", then I will nominate the article at WP:RM. —Justin (koavf)TCM☯ 00:12, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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Academic journals by publisher

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The result of the discussion was: Rename per nom. Consistency in naming wins here. Ruslik_Zero 15:37, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reason: Consistency within Category:Academic journals by publisher. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 20:51, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • The italics in "publishing" was to indicate the difference with the original proposal, since corrected. Adding "academic" will make these categories consistent with the vast majority of other categories dealing with academic journals. It will also remove any ambiguity: these categories are for academic journals, the Wall Street Journal is not intended to be part of this... In addition, the proposal is about more than just adding "academic": it also intends to correct the names of the involved publishers. :-) --Crusio (talk) 16:43, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also, most of these have been created by me, at the wrong location. I meant to create them at "Foobar academic journals" but realize it too late. So I brought it at CFD for discussion and bot support. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 23:39, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • As opposed to gratuitously unclear and inconsistent? Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 23:53, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • You know what they say about a foolish consistency. Do these publishers have categories of journals that are not academic journals? No? Then what's the point of including that word in the category name? —David Eppstein (talk) 23:58, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • (EC with below post) Yes? For example, Elsevier publishes academic journals, trade magazines, regular magazines... The consistency here would not be foolish, all the categories were named this way on January 4, except I think three. On January 4, I created ~6 of them at the wrong name because of a brain fart. Inconstancy here is what seems to be foolish. There's no reason why Category:Polish Academy of Sciences journals should be named against convention... so why should it remain named against convention?Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:18, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • So we can have a category for Elsevier magazines as well as one for Elsevier journals. That doesn't make "academic" less redundant. And if a publisher did need to have its academic journals disambiguated from some other kind of journal, we can use "academic journals" for that publisher without having to impose the same disambiguation on the other publishers, just as we don't disambiguate article titles unless they are actually ambiguous. That was why I brought in the part about foolish consistency: I don't think consistency requires us to disambiguate everything when most things are already unambiguous. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:24, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • Academic is not redundant in the least. The categories are for Academic journals, not journals in general. The counterexample would be "Journals by foo" and then only disambiguate it to "Newspapers by foo" only when the publisher publishes things other than newspapers. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:27, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
            • "Journal" by itself may be ambiguous, but that doesn't imply that "academic" is non-redundant in the context of these categories. We're unlikely to have categories for personal diaries or local newspapers published by the Nature Publishing Group, so there is no danger of confusion. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:39, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
...but the category tree is already established with the "academic" in it!? I fucked up and created the new ones without the academic. If you remove the 6 I created by mistake on January 4, there were 46 categories. Of these, 40 had "academic journals", 3 had "journals", and 3 had "publications [as they are slightly larger than simply academic journals]". Post fuck-up, the count changed to 42/9/3. If I didn't fuck up, it would have been 46/3/3, and we'd be renaming the three weirdos. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 21:37, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see. OK, revising my comment to Rename.--Mike Selinker (talk) 01:12, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Lists of U.S. locations with large ethnic populations

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to Category:Lists of United States populated places by ethnic group. I chose a title that I like the most to break this stalemate. If someone has better ideas they can start a new CFD. Ruslik_Zero 14:34, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Lists of U.S. locations with large ethnic populations to Category:to be determined by consensus
Nominator's rationale: Previous CfD closed with consensus for renaming but with no consensus as to the new name. Relisting as suggested. Cordless Larry (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Possible Rename (Requires article moves): Category: Lists of U.S. locations by ethnic majority would desribe most but not all of the articles in the current cat. But this would require some articles not about majorities like this one or this one to be moved to Category:Ethnic enclaves in the United States (or subcats) so maybe there's a better rename out there.RevelationDirect (talk) 01:30, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dana boomer (talk) 20:07, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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New category Category:Poets by time period

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The result of the discussion was: procedural close. There's no reason raised against this, but CfD doesn't really approve things like this out of the gate. It's better discussed on a WikiProject page. If you do this, use "movement" rather than "movement." --Mike Selinker (talk) 03:11, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal: In the Category:Poets category create a new category Category:Poets by time period (similar to Category:Writers by time period) and move some categories from the Category:Poets category - Category:Ancient Greek poets, Category:Roman era poets, Category:Medieval poets. --Averaver (talk) 14:57, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New category Category:Poets by movements[edit]

Proposal: In the Category:Poets category create a new category Category:Poets by movements and move some categories - Category:Beat Generation poets, Category:Symbolist poets, Category:Objectivist poets, Category:Slam poets, Category:Spoken word poets, Category:Surrealist poets, Category:War poets, Category:Formalist poets, Category:Imagists, Category:Modernist poets, Category:Oral poets, Category:Romantic poets. Add a new category into the Category:Poetry movements category. --Averaver (talk) 14:57, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added message on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry Page. --Averaver (talk) 00:42, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a case of "leaving a message" there - the wholee debate should be there. Categories aren't created through CfD! Grutness...wha? 09:33, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
New category Category:Writers by movements[edit]

Proposal: In the Category:Writers category create a new category Category:Writers by movements and move some categories - Category:Beat Generation writers, Category:Cyberpunk writers, Category:Imagists, Category:Minimalist writers, Category:Symbolist writers, Category:Renaissance writers, Category:Surrealist writers. Add a new category into the Category:Literary movements category. --Averaver (talk) 14:57, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added message on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature Page. --Averaver (talk) 00:42, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Native inhibitants of Tamil Nadu

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:51, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Native inhibitants of Tamil Nadu (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Misspellt name. Furthermore, it seems to be a pov category. Soman (talk) 12:45, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Clan Macaulay of Lewis

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The result of the discussion was: rename. No objection raised.--Mike Selinker (talk) 03:14, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Clan Macaulay of Lewis to Category:Macaulay family of Lewis
Nominator's rationale: To match the article Macaulay family of Lewis, and to differentiate it further from Clan MacAulay (which is a recognised Scottish clan). As far as I know, the Lewis family never had a chief who bore a coat of arms that showed his rank among his peers, like the others listed at List of Scottish clans. The chiefs of Clan MacAulay did though, that's why they're listed as a clan in books on the subject, but funnily enough I think the Lewis Macaulays have been written about more. So I think the cat should be renamed and it should go into Category:Scottish families rather than Category:Scottish clans.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 08:56, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedia expand-section box with explanation text

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The result of the discussion was: Speedy delete per G1: empty category. Non-admin closure. — This, that, and the other (talk) 07:07, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedia expand-section box with explanation text (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. This category tracks certain uses of the ((expand-section)) template. The category page states "We will probably remove this logging from the template and delete this category some weeks from now, when we have studied the existing cases out there." That was in March 2009. I don't think this category is really helping anyone anymore. This is the sort of list I would expect to be generated by a bot, and placed on someone's user subpage. — This, that, and the other (talk) 06:32, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with that--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 10:00, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The code has been removed, so the category should evaporate of its own accord. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 19:23, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Dermatology journals

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The result of the discussion was: keep. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:05, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Dermatology journals to Category:Dermatologic journals
Nominator's rationale: I started the WP:DERM taskforce, and have been working to categorize dermatology articles in an organized fashion. The proposed categorization scheme is specifically at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Dermatology_task_force/Categorization, which was developed from discussions at the main wikipedia medicine page (see that link for more details). As per that scheme, the Category:Dermatology subcategories use the term "Dermatologic"; therefore, I am proposing this rename to maintain this convention. At this time, almost all the dermatology subcategories already use the term "Dermatologic". ---My Core Competency is Competency (talk) 04:40, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment A concern I would have is the category would not match others in Category:Medical journals. --Andy Walsh (talk) 05:39, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Was going to support but Andy Walsh gives a good point. Should the other journals also be renamed (hematologic, immunologic, radiologic etc.)? Would there hence need to be a more global discussion on all the other journals? ogy vs ogic? Dermatologic makes sense to me although for some reason I feel I hear dermatology more often. Cheers!Calaka (talk) 06:21, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for the reason stated by Andy Walsh. Would we rename "neuroscience journals" to neuroscientific" journals? "Geography journals" to "geographic journals"? I see the same thing with other cats in Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Dermatology task force/Categorization: "dermatologic society" just doesn't sound all that good to me. --Crusio (talk) 07:53, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Regardless of how either choice "sounds," in terms of English grammar, is one preferable over the other? ---My Core Competency is Competency (talk) 08:07, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Looking at the grammar, I'd say "Dermatologic(al)" sounds more professional. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 12:51, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Also, looking at what has been done outside Wikipedia with the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, more specifically ATC code D, "dermatological" could also be an option. ---My Core Competency is Competency (talk) 08:13, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment—the "-ic" sound is English at its least attractive, isn't it. Tony (talk) 08:44, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Crusio. The convention is "discipline + journals". AKA hematology journals, physics journals, astronomy journals, etc., and thus dermatology journals. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 09:28, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Headbomb and Crusio. The current naming system is the standard nomenclature. (I assume Headbomb meant "discipline + journal"...) — This, that, and the other (talk) 09:33, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as per others, and on the basis of good English.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 09:58, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hmm wouldn't it be dermatological... ? Rich Farmbrough, 15:49, 8 January 2011 (UTC).[reply]
  • Oppose I am reluctant to oppose an expert of whom I think very highly, but it is more important to be consistent with the other journal categories than with the other dermatology categories. With some exceptions, the name of the field is used rather than the adjective: consider the ambiguity of "educational journals" (aren't all journals educational) or "physical journals" (which now usually means those in paper format). The exceptions are usually for very general subjects, such as " medical journals". There are are few which ere equally likely : both "chemistry journal" and "chemical journal". Journals where more than one word is needed are never use the adjective: "internal medical journals"is never used, nor "organic chemical journals".And there's a third form possible in some cases: "botanic journals" is as good as "botanical journal" or "botany journals" I short, I think the present wording is clearer in the absence of evidence for standard use otherwise DGG ( talk ) 18:00, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I don't take any of this opposition personally; this is what CfD's are for. Having said that, with regard to the other subcategories of Category:Dermatology, would you also recommend the use of "Dermatology" over "Dermatologic"? If so, given the above consensus, I think those could easily be renamed. ---My Core Competency is Competency (talk) 19:19, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – I agree with DGG's well-argued case that consistency within the large Category:Medical journals overrides consistency within the local category (and we are not going to change 'Biology journals' to 'Biologic journals', are we?). The terminology within Category:Dermatology is perhaps best left to dermatologists. Occuli (talk) 19:28, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • oppose but let's ask dermatologists. I would guess they say "I read dermatology journals" not dermatologic. Hakkapeliitta (talk) 02:11, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I see the reasoning for wanting consistency with all the categorized dermatology sub-categories; however, in this instance, I also feel that the consistency should be maintained at the Wikipedia-wide level as is seen with the other journal categories currently present. Calmer Waters 14:27, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Project level consistency please. Leo 03:50, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:YouTube video producers

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The result of the discussion was: delete.--Mike Selinker (talk) 03:11, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Category:YouTube video producers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. I am not convinced that category belongs. YouTube does not have producers, does it? I agree that for some individuals, this could be defining. But based on the current contents which includes a lot more then individuals, we have a good example of how this subjective criteria for inclusion will make the current form unmaintainable. If deleted, recreation could be allowed with better inclusion criteria. If kept it needs a new name. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:55, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Welfare by nation and Public welfare in Puerto Rico

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The result of the discussion was: rename.--Mike Selinker (talk) 03:11, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Welfare by nation to Category:Welfare by country and Category:Public welfare in Puerto Rico to Category:Welfare in Puerto Rico
Nominator's rationale: Rename main category in line with the usual naming conventions ie "by country" (which I overlooked when adding subcategories by country). And rename subcategory for Puerto Rico to conform to main category. Note that there is no article called Public welfare in Puerto Rico; it is a redirect. Hugo999 (talk) 01:29, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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