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Category:Books about Jack the Ripper

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The result of the discussion was: rename. -- Black Falcon (talk) 05:31, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Very straightforward: These are all Non-fiction books, no novels included. The category was already parented in the (non-fiction) History category tree; and I just added another parent, Category:Non-fiction crime books. Notified Category creator using ((cfd-notify)) Cgingold (talk) 22:29, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Films released on holidays

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The result of the discussion was: delete. -- Black Falcon (talk) 05:31, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Basically trivia and not a defining characteristic. Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 19:58, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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More Syria categories B

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The result of the discussion was: rename. -- Black Falcon (talk) 05:33, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename. This is a follow up to the closure of a previous nom converting Syria categories to Ottoman Syria: see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 August 31#Syria categories to cover categories omitted from that nom. The present Syria was part of a larger prvince of the Ottoman Empire, which WP is calling Ottoman Syria. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:08, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Also:
  • Propose deleting Category:Years of the 16th century in Syria - now empty following the merger of annual categories inot decades. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:14, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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More Syria categories A

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The result of the discussion was: Rename per nom. Consensus is for a rename with this one having the best consensus. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:24, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:15th century in Syria to Category:15th century in Mamluk Empire
Nominator's rationale: Rename. My first nomination on Syria categories has now been closed as merges and renames to "Ottoman Syria", after I withdrew the option of merging to Ottoman Empire. The question then arises as to what should be done with Syria categories from the preeciding period, before the Ottomans copnquered Syria in 1516. I am suggesting the policy that the period 1260-1516 should be categorised as either "Mamluk Syria" or possibly "Mamluk Empire". The whole tree contains 6-8 categories, which are supporting just two articles. In addition there is one for 1515 (currently, but probably incorrectly in "Ottoman Syria", which will need to be recategorised and a very few articles from the preceding period in sibling categories. The npoint is that Syria (as we know it today) did not exist as a polity until after WWI.
This is a test nomination to which I may add. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:56, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:BDSM writers (manuals and guides)

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:BDSM writers. -- Black Falcon (talk) 05:35, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Propose deleting and upmerging to Category:BDSM writers (I note some members of this category are already there). Presumably the distinction here is to separate fiction and nonfiction writers, but I'm not sure that's especially important, or that this is the right way to do it. BDD (talk) 17:02, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Subspecies of Canis lupus

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus to delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 17:47, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Every single one of the categories and articles under this category is also listed in Category:Canis lupus which is the parent category. It seems redundant to have them listed under Species and Subspecies, especially since they are Dogs and Wolves and most readers will look towards those categories or the species category, not the subspecies category. Liz Read! Talk! 15:38, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Dimadick, 70.24.244.158, Beeswaxcandle, under this subspecies category (Category:Subspecies of Canis lupus) is the category Dogs and individual articles on Wolves. But the category Dogs and the category Wolves (which contain the Wolves articles) are under the species category (Category:Canis lupus) as well. So the same files are in both the Species and the Subspecies categories.
This is redundant. Either the Subspecies category should be deleted or all of the Dogs and Wolves categories and associated articles should be removed from Category:Canis lupus and only be present in Category:Subspecies of Canis lupus. What purpose does it serve to have the same articles in both the species category as well as the subspecies category? This makes the two categories have identical contents as they both consist of the Dog articles, the Wolf articles and the Dingo article. Liz Read! Talk! 14:12, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The only article at both levels is Dingo.

Category:Canis lupus has four sub-categories. One of these is the taxonomic sub-category Category:Subspecies of Canis lupus. The other three relate to common name groupings within the species. Category:Wolves contains wolf-related articles such as Never Cry Wolf, Homo homini lupus, and Pre-caudal gland as well as links to the common names of wolf subspecies. Category:Dogs is similar for the domestic dog. While there are overlaps between the taxonomic sub-category and the common-name cultural sub-categories there is no redundancy as the two have different purposes. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 04:23, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:People from Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. -- Black Falcon (talk) 05:36, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. Has only 2 entries. ...William 13:05, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:People from Chester Township, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. -- Black Falcon (talk) 05:36, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. Small community with just 1 entry. ...William 12:52, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Survivors of stabbing

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The result of the discussion was: delete; the arguments for deletion carry more weight as well as being more numerous. No objection to making a list of notable cases. For any cases that should be included in categories for violence, consider creating redirects e.g. "Stabbing of X". – Fayenatic London 14:34, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a link to the former members. – Fayenatic London 15:08, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Articles about people should be categorized by their reason(s) for notability (plus date-of-birth etc), not by things that have happened to them (however serious). This category contains articles about people who are notable for things other than being stabbed (being a criminal, pop star, king etc). I've checked a sample of the articles in the category and in most cases the stabbing is not mentioned in the lead and is only mentioned briefly in the body of the article (sometimes not even that). Being stabbed, although a serious event, is just one of many things that may happen to a person during their lifetime. For info: This category includes both people who were stabbed before becoming famous (e.g. in a teenage brawl) and people who were stabbed when famous (e.g. by a stalker). Note: Category:Shooting survivors and subcats has similar issues. DexDor (talk) 04:31, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I can see Scott Jones (musician) isn't notable (see WP:BLP1E) - he wasn't notable (as a musician) before the attack. Most of the current contents of the article (which may also have problems like WP:NOTNEWS) are about the attack - which may be notable. It would be better to rename that article to "Attack on Scott Jones" (or similar) and then place it under Category:Violence in Canada which is really the topic that it belongs under. See for example Abigail Witchalls. DexDor (talk) 08:14, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American Water Landmarks

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The result of the discussion was: delete. -- Black Falcon (talk) 05:39, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This category is for "Structures given the designation American Water Landmark from the American Water Works Association". The WP:DEFINING characteristics of a piece of infrastructure (e.g. Hoover Dam) are what it is (dam, aquaduct etc), where it is, when it was built etc (i.e. the details at the start of the article). That the structure has received (what is in effect) an award (which in many cases isn't mentioned in the article at all) isn't such a defining characteristic - see WP:OC#AWARD. For info: There is a list at American and Canadian Water Landmark. DexDor (talk) 04:06, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Software companies based in Switzerland

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The result of the discussion was: speedy redirected. Bearcat (talk) 07:54, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: "based in" and "of" mean pretty much the same thing. DexDor (talk) 04:00, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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