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Category:NA-Class University of Florida articles

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: no consensus. – Fayenatic London 00:41, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is a redundant and unnecessary category that confuses "class" and "importance." The "NA" classification should only apply to the article "importance" parameter, not the "class" parameter. The correct category is Category:NA-importance University of Florida articles, and it already exists. The existence of both "NA" categories in parallel is screwing up the statistical summary table for WikiProject University of Florida, and this category needs to be deleted. This is a WikiProject administrative category and its deletion should be non-controversial. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:56, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Sillyfolkboy: I can't speak for the other categories that employ an "NA-Class" scheme, but the pages in the WikiProject University of Florida classification scheme do not use "class=NA", but use "importance=NA" for non-article pages such as categories, files (images), and templates which are not rated on the Importance scale. The comparable classification on the Class scale is "Unassessed". Weirdly, the presence of the "NA" classification in the Class parameter is being picked up as a classification in the Importance parameter in some instances, and distorting the statistical outputs. There should not exist categories for "NA-Class" and "NA-importance" in the same classification scheme. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:43, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support if the project's participants support this deletion. WikiProjects are allowed to form their own structures how they like as long as it does not affect content negatively. SFB 19:40, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Poets from Northern Ireland

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: keep. – Fayenatic London 00:49, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Current naming is unconventional. See category's talk page. 24.88.64.22 (talk) 06:16, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Response. I'm not aware of any 'objections' to using the adjective, other than perhaps a handful of extremists. Northern Irish is nomenclature that is accepted by moderate people across the religious divide. According to the 2011 Census, 'Northern Irish' is the second most common identifier at roughly 30%, after 'British'. 'Irish' comes a close third. Further to that, when asked for multiple identifiers, 'Northern Irish' picks up even more support, so that many people who might primarily describe themselves as 'Irish' or as 'British' if only given a single option, would also happily describe themselves as 'Northern Irish'. Further to that, the term appears to be more acceptable as a sole descriptor amongst Roman Catholics than amongst Protestants. I see no controversy here.
The Northern Ireland Life & Times Survey found that 'Northern Irish' was also a very popular second and/or third choice for a descriptor, when placed against other descriptors such as religion, 'a husband', 'a city person' etc, when it took on that specific research in 1998 and 2001. Had it been limited to the national or regional descriptions, I have no doubt that 'Northern Irish' would have been an extremely popular choice.
I think we should possibly examine the objections, 'valid' or otherwise, so that people can make an informed decision. From personal experience, saying 'Northern Irish' amongst your peers in Northern Ireland itself, is regarded as a very neutral stance. --24.88.64.22 (talk) 14:11, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Personally, I'm inclined to agree with you—I think it's much ado about very little. But I guess we have had some "extremist" opinions voiced in a number of discussions. As I recall, there were some pretty strong opinions voiced against the use of "Northern Irish". A list that links to some of them can be found here. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:42, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ol'factory, I can see there could potentially be problems. Not because the term itself is controversial, but because the regional or 'national' identity of certain sportspeople or celebrities or other famous or infamous people is often unclear or ambiguous.
What I would propose is that the whole tree be set to default as with the convention - I think you say 'fooian fooers' - and that exceptions can always be made on an individual basis. --24.88.64.22 (talk) 03:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Northern Irish is the third most popular choice not second like you have opinioned above. Murry1975 (talk) 13:07, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Response. I had a look and apparently this was the reversal of a successful nomination quite a while back. This proposal was the result of this discussed CFR. Apparently both have been reversed, but the previous proposal attracted more votes. I would recommend people read the discussions there before voting on this proposal.
I would also recommend that somebody do the same thing with all the categories if this proposal is successful. --24.88.64.22 (talk) 03:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've notified WikiProject Ireland. Laurel Lodged (talk) 19:17, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ghost town stubs

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:39, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deleting:

Rationalle: We don't have stub types for current populated places, we ceraintly don't need one for former places. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 05:58, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:United States Supreme Court justices by party

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: delete. – Fayenatic London 00:54, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose deleting Category:United States Supreme Court justices by party (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Democratic Party United States Supreme Court justices (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Democratic-Republican Party United States Supreme Court justices (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Federalist Party United States Supreme Court justices (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Independent United States Supreme Court justices (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Republican Party United States Supreme Court justices (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Whig Party United States Supreme Court justices (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. I created this category tree, and since there has been some discussion of its appropriateness here. I feel that the balance of the discussion there was favoring deletion, so I agreed to formally nominate them. Rather than reproducing both sides of the argument here, please see the link above. I am not so much in favor of deletion as happy to pursue the greater discussion by starting the nomination. I also think it would be appropriate for the closer to consider opinions expressed in the linked to discussion if they are not stated again by the same editors in this discussion. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:52, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Lists of textile mills by geographical location

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:13, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge This category sits between the overall category and the subgrouping by country but there is absolutely no content in this layer so it adds complexity without aiding navigation. I actually created the top category when I should have probably renamed this one instead.

CURRENT STRUCTURE:

  • 1 article
  • Category:Lists of textile mills by geographical location
  • Lots of articles

RevelationDirect (talk) 00:23, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Notified the category creator and this discussion has been included in Wikipedia:WikiProject Mills. – RevelationDirect (talk) 01:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)) [reply]

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