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Category:Female Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: keep. The Bushranger One ping only 00:20, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Relisting per Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2012 August 27. Procedural nomination, I am neutral. T. Canens (talk) 13:43, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Gay Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: keep. The Bushranger One ping only 00:21, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Relisting per Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2012 August 27. Procedural nomination, I am neutral. T. Canens (talk) 13:42, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
NOTE: - Category:Gay Wikipedians first was deleted as a result of the 4 October 2007 uCfD Wikipedia:User categories for discussion/Sexuality and gender identification. The uCfD deletion of Category:Gay Wikipedians was endorsed at the October 10, 2007 DRV entitled Wikipedia:Deletion review/Sexuality and gender identification categories, with the reason that "Deletions endorsed. Prior deletions of other (more "mainstream") gender/sexuality categories do belie the accusations of bias here. The consensus below endorsed the uCfD determination that these "status" categories (like "signs of the zodiac") do not contribute value to the encyclopedia, and may harm it by introducing factionalism." The 27 August 2012 DRV result was to relist at CfD. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 04:36, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Putting everyone in a catch-all category (Category:LGBT Wikipedians) is a disservice to everyone within the community and diminishes the importance of our individuality. The categories contribute value to the encyclopedia by allowing people to find and collaborate with those that share experiences, points of view and interests relevant to their current research and page projects. It encourages free expression and leads to a friendlier editing environment. Ncboy2010 (talk) 15:38, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"Let's be honest, you really want to keep this category because you like it"? That is false, please do not assume that everyone here is lying to you. "There's nothing that gay people as a whole can be expected to share an interest in collaboration over" A majority of us share an interest in WP:WikiProject LGBT studies. "I'd be pretty pissed if I was gay and got grouped in with transsexuals as well - how is that anything alike?" Please be careful with what you type, your wording sounds slightly degrading and offensive. NYSMtalk page 02:18, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wait, so the reason to keep this category is due to a shared interest in WP:WikiProject LGBT studies? Is that not what Wikiproject membership categories such as Category:Wikiproject LGBT studies participants is for? As for your second point, I simply stated they were not alike. There's nothing degrading about that. VegaDark (talk) 02:23, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I just listed one thing Gay Wikipedians can collaborate over, since you went out of your way to say there is nothing. Just please be careful with what you type, you're coming off as extremely defensive. NYSMtalk page 02:27, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There's plenty of things gay Wikipedians can collaborate on, but nothing that we should assume is a shared collaborative interest by the mere fact they have a particular sexual preference, just as I cannot be expected to have a shared collaborative interest with other straight people. I'm saying that someone looking through Category:Gay Wikipedians would be just as likely to find someone to collaborate with on an area of their interest as Category:Wikipedians who have various interests (please stay red). The reason for user categories is to group users of similar interests for collaboration, but a grouping of gay people have no such shared interest. Any of their personal experience as a gay person would fall under the no original research policy. VegaDark (talk) 02:45, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If users can search for other users who identify the same as themselves, and see which of those users have similar interests as they do then that could facilitate collaboration. The existence of this category can possibly be beneficial, while at the same time cannot be harmful, so I cannot see logic in removing it. You are singling out this category, while not taking any action to delete other categories which, by your belief, should not exist either (Category:Wikipedians by religion, it's 35 subcategories, and their 30+ subcategories). NYSMtalk page 03:10, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The shared interest that gay Wikipedians have is that they are part of a minority which the majority targets for discrimination. Sharing a sexual preference or an arbitrary interest does not make people want to collaborate together in the way that facing discrimination does. In countries such as the Unites States it is completely legal in most places for an employer to dismiss an employee explicitly for their employee's sexual preferences, and the gay community sees such issues as unfair and needs to connect members in any way to combat such oppression. For personal safety gay people most in most cultures need to be aware of where other gay people are. A pillar of the gay rights movement is visibility of gay people. Sharing an arbitrary interest with another person is radically different from sharing the experience of being targeted for hostility based on one's nature, so the comparison you made with that redlink category is not legitimate. Blue Rasberry (talk) 11:03, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Retracting my vote. I idiotically thought this was about the userbox, instead of the category. Switching to neutral. I don't care whether this is kept or not. Cheers, theFace 14:24, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You didn't waste your time. You made me retract my vote (see above), and moreover, it's always inspiring to see such a well written, dissent opinion. It's what makes WP both fun and frustrating. You're technically right, this category goes against policy. But I never think in terms of rules, really. I judge things on a case by case basis. I switched to neutral, but I would still tend towards a keep because this category has a positive vibe to it. Yes, it's ILIKEIT, but does it matter? We have (un)funny userboxes, satirical but well-intended essays (e.g.: [3][4][5][6]), we have a Teahouse, 'adoptions', we give awards (one to many perhaps). Even some of the policies contain quips (e.g.: [7][8][9]). I do think it gives off a sense of camaraderie. Within reasonable boundaries, I think such positivism ultimately helps us. Cheers, theFace 14:24, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As the author of a snippet you cite, I want to point out that I actually agree with you to a large extent. But it's patently obvious that the consensus is to have these categories, and given that, I cannot see any justification for deleting this particular one. Kerfuffler (talk) 18:48, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As a side note to that, I generally think all “meta” content (where Wikipedia pretends to be a community and exposes itself that way to the public) is self-aggrandizing and lame. Kerfuffler (talk) 19:46, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Consensus can change. It has to start somewhere; voting keep just because others are is doing yourself a disservice. --Kbdank71 21:44, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, your characterization of my “vote” (note: this is not a vote) is completely incorrect. Kerfuffler (talk) 11:36, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Liberian people of African American descent

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The result of the discussion was: rename (C2D merge). The Bushranger One ping only 22:15, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Americo-Liberian defines "a Liberian ethnicity of African American descent". This recently-created category is therefore identical in scope. – Fayenatic London 12:34, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Finnish election results templates

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The result of the discussion was: rename (C2C). The Bushranger One ping only 22:12, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose merging Category:Finnish election results templates to Category:Finnish election result templates
Nominator's rationale: To conform with the standard set by other "election result" categories. Gabbe (talk) 06:52, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Japanese people of Jewish descent

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The result of the discussion was: keep. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:26, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Empty category (contained three bogus / unsupported entries, all unsourced, all now rempved) JoshuSasori (talk) 05:08, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:The Marvelettes members

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The result of the discussion was: withdrawn.--Mike Selinker (talk) 05:32, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Delete per WP:SMALLCAT. The category is unlikely to grow (although at least one former member may one day get her own article). In any case, the four articles are already well inter-linked and Template:The Marvelettes also serves as a bridge between them. The category just isn't all that useful. Pichpich (talk) 03:40, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Eudendrium

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The result of the discussion was: egrem. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:02, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Upmerge There's only one article currently in the category but all articles that could potentially be included are already in Category:Eudendriidae. Conversely, all pages in the latter cat are of the eudendrium genus so there's really no reason not to merge. Pichpich (talk) 03:02, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That solution would also be fine. Pichpich (talk) 00:18, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Tigray geography stubs

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:47, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Delete. Undersized stub category. Upmerge template to Category:Ethiopia geography stubs until 60+ articles tagged. Dawynn (talk) 01:48, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

and Somali geography stubs‎ (43 P) are similarly upmerged. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:37, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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