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Category:Bengali sportspersons

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:42, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Usual naming is sportspeople. Also note the contrast to Category:Sportspeople from West Bengal. SFB 19:53, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:Basketball games in which Michael Jordan played

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:41, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nominator's rationale: There are no other basketball game categories by player, and I don't see that this is defining for such games. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 19:00, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Delete per comments before and don't upmerge for the same reason. Possibly listify. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:46, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:Napa Valley College

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The result of the discussion was: KKeep. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 20:45, 11 March 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only has one entry, for the college itself, plus one subcategory. ...William 18:12, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:False pipefish

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:39, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Should be renamed "Solenostomus" because the animals have several common names, and the primary page has been renamed as the genus name. Mr Fink (talk) 17:55, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Support category name should match primary page title. I was about to manually recategorize these until I came across the CfD notice. Plantdrew (talk) 22:09, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:Winners of European Car of the Year

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:37, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Propose deleting Category:Winners of European Car of the Year (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Winners of Canadian Car of the Year
  • Propose deleting Category:Winners of Car of the Year Japan
  • Propose deleting Category:Winners of Indian Car of the Year
Nominator's rationale: Having won one of these awards is a WP:NON-DEFINING characteristic of a car model (e.g. Fiat Uno). See also WP:OC#AWARD. For info: There are lists at European_Car_of_the_Year#Results, Canadian Car of the Year, Car_of_the_Year_Japan#Recipients_of_the_award and Indian_Car_of_the_Year#Winners. DexDor (talk) 17:22, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:Ancient Roman provinces in Africa

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The result of the discussion was: rename the first, no consensus on others. – Fayenatic London 16:17, 4 May 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nominator's rationale: All the same format as Category:Provinces of Roman Gaul. Note that for Hispania the adjective Roman is not necessary, since Hispania is a Roman term as is. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:30, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @Johnpacklambert: Probably you would support the second nomination as well, wouldn't you, as it still contains "Roman" in the category name? For the third one, can we reach consensus on the alternative Category:Provinces of Roman Hispania? Marcocapelle (talk) 17:02, 8 March 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:The Moon in film

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:36, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Opposed at CFDS because of this Cfd, the previous Cfd never really addressed the difference between this name and the parent category, Category:Moon in fiction, except that it "more closely matches the naming of its parent." Well, close but no cigar. Rename per WP:THE, and to match category structure Category:Moon and such siblings as Category:Moon in art and main article, Moon. There's no reason whatsoever for the film category to differ and the closing of the 2012 Cfd was a poor one, imo. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:01, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:Slope landforms of Wales

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete as nominated. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:33, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is an unnecessary layer of categorization (grouping together cliffs and quarries). This is the only "Slope landforms of <country>" category. Note: slope landform is currently a redlink. DexDor (talk) 13:25, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Support deletion and upmerge. Similar to "Aeolian landforms..." below, this is an unnecessary and esoteric subcategorisation with insufficient articles to justify it. Sionk (talk) 14:42, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Support per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:58, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:Wikipedia-related lists

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Lists about Wikipedia. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:44, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The name of the category makes it look like a wikipedia administration category (like Category:Wikipedia-related projects), but the parent categories are for encyclopedia articles. We normally categorize wp admin pages and articles separately. Note: I've removed pages like Wikipedia:Celebrities who have been quoted as having used Wikipedia from this category; it currently only contains 2 pages. DexDor (talk) 13:10, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
...or rename as proposed below (note: the category now has 4 members). DexDor (talk) 21:08, 15 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Note: An "unauthorised" modification was made to the nomination on 16th Feb[1]. It's now been repaired. DexDor (talk) 19:50, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Encyclopedic lists (i.e. excluding lists that are part of Wikipedia administration) are categorized under Category:Articles - e.g. Category:NASA lists is under Category:NASA. The page you linked to is a disambiguation page. DexDor (talk) 21:01, 15 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@DexDor: Sorry, I don't understand how the things you wrote above are relevant. Are you saying Category talk:Wikipedia-related lists should not have a banner for wp:WikiProject Lists? Ottawahitech (talk) 01:26, 16 February 2015 (UTC) In your example above you say Category:NASA lists is under Category:NASA, which is true, but it also a child of Category:Lists by organization and should never be merged into Category:NASA. Ottawahitech (talk) 01:42, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The rationale is that this appears to be the only category beginning with "Category:Wikipedia-related ____" that's populated by articles and lists as opposed to administrative categories and the like (templates, wikipedia namespace, etc.) To me, a simple rename fixes it rather than splitting it in two. --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 01:48, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I am only seeing 4 list-articles in Category:Wikipedia-related lists and all of them are clearly lists:
What am I missing? Ottawahitech (talk) 02:11, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That's the problem (and, to be clear, it's not a huge problem). Similarly named categories are administrative whereas this one is based on article subject. e.g. Category:Wikipedia-related projects, Category:Wikipedia-related user templates. --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 02:34, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
In reply to Ottawahitec's question raised earlier: it's up to WikiProject Lists to decide whether (categories of) wikipedia administration lists are within the scope of their project or not. That's completely irrelevant to this discussion. DexDor (talk) 19:55, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:Classical topography

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Seemingly redundant categorization layer, it only contains a single child category. It doesn't require upmerging to Category:Classical studies because the content of this category is in the tree of Category:Classical studies already. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:32, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:Aeolian landforms of the United Kingdom

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:31, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Propose deleting

Category:Aeolian landforms of the United Kingdom (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Aeolian landforms of Wales (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Aeolian landforms of Anglesey (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Aeolian landforms of Ceredigion (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Aeolian landforms of Gwynedd (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Aeolian landforms of Snowdonia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Aeolian landforms of the Vale of Glamorgan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Delete. There's no reason to create this category tree, which here is effectively a duplication of the Category:Dunes of the United Kingdom series. There are no other "Aeolian landforms of FOOland" series. Sionk (talk) 02:35, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Category:Dunes of Anglesey

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The result of the discussion was: upmerge each to Category:Dunes of Wales and the appropriate "Geography of FOO" category. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:28, 16 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Propose deleting

Category:Dunes of Anglesey (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Dunes of Ceredigion (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Dunes of Gwynedd (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Dunes of Snowdonia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Dunes of the Vale of Glamorgan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Delete and upmerge content to Category:Dunes of Wales. Unnecessary subcategorisation by a serial over-categoriser which is not carried out for England or Scotland. Sionk (talk) 02:18, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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