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History of Dutch Brazil

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:16, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose merging Category:17th century in Dutch Brazil‎ to Category:History of Dutch Brazil
  • Propose merging Category:Establishments in Dutch Brazil by century‎ to Category:History of Dutch Brazil
  • Propose merging Category:Disestablishments in Dutch Brazil by century to Category:History of Dutch Brazil
  • Propose deleting Category:Centuries in Dutch Brazil‎ (container category becomes empty after above mergers)
Nominator's rationale: merge, century categories (in plural) don't make sense here since Dutch Brazil existed for less than 30 years. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:01, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're ahead of me, that would be the next step indeed! Marcocapelle (talk) 20:23, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Modern reenactment

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The result of the discussion was: keep/withdrawn. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:20, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: According to the policies, categories define a set of pages: a set of inclusions and the remaining set of exclusions. There's an implied "sensibility" threshhold which is why we don't have categories like "pages whose first and last characters sum to a prime number in Babelonian orthography". The current category is so broadly defined that people have placed within the category:
  1. Individual reenactors
  2. Specific closed-beginning-closed-ending events (1994 reenactment of Lincoln-Douglass debates)
  3. Types of reenactment as subcategories (Civil war reenactment)
  4. Types of reenactment as entries in the category (WWII reenactment)
  5. Things that are not reenactments of any sort: lost crafts such as "buckskinning"
  6. Things that are fictional role playing environments (SCA, as a non-listed example)
  7. Places where reenactments sometimes take place
My argument for deletion is fairly simple: The category as it stands in literally non-sensical. If we take the "expand it to be inclusive across the entire set of the above examples" tack, this category would need to include ~1k pages. Defining it more narrowly and making it more sensible would require argumentation on several fronts with people of enough perspectives that it would be an undertaking of nontrivial proportion.
Since it makes no sense as it is, and both alternatives for improvement are costly enough that there are no volunteers to improve it, I propose it be deleted so it will mislead fewer people.
Furthermore, most of the pages listed are also grouped by other categories that are both better defined and more relevant.
Lastly, it's a false dichotomy: There is no "non-modern reenactment" category or concept to justify the use of the word "modern". Reenactment inherently implies that it's happening post-hoc.
I suggest that we delete this category for now, and let it be re-added if someone finds a coherent definition and set of pages to include. I don't want to have a big fuss about "This category should exist!" "No it shouldn't!" I am proposing we delete it UNTIL someone who cares enough to Do It Right comes along and does it right.
P.S. I personally feel that there is a dearth of editors who care about the GENERAL content and structure of Wikipedia. Sometimes "Bold" is what we need. I don't think any serious harm would be done by deleting this category, and it certainly muddies the waters by merely existing.

Riventree (talk) 21:33, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also I've just had to undo a whole bunch of edits for preemptively blanking this category because Riventree had already decided "Category going away". That is not how we do things. Especially not right before a CfD. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:09, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"I like putting articles into categories, and creating new categories when appropriate. This includes cleaning up Stubs and putting them into Categories. I think the basic journalism questions of who, what, where, when, and why are often overlooked when articles get categorized, and I think that such categorization can improve the wiki reader's experience (Even though "why" categories are harder to come by). Also, there are plenty of times when thinking abstractly about the subject of an article can lead to some good categorization that otherwise would not suggest itself."

It is my experience (see old 'Lant' entry discussion) that deleting the poor results in (short term) improvement in content, and long term someone who cares may come along and produce something worthwhile. Conversely waiting for other people to Make It Better is futile and endless. There are a LOT of people who disagree with me - that's good. There should be lots of opinions. Our goals are the same: improve Wikipedia. Our methods (active vs passive) are different, and each is appropriate in some circumstances. I apologise for my over-quick action. I genuinely didn't see the "Categories for Deletion" thingie. (I've queued articles for deletion before, but not categories) Riventree (talk) 12:09, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please consider voting for deletion this category. I strongly believe it will be the shortest path to a better internet resource. Riventree (talk) 12:09, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Xiangqi position

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:22, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only one template remains in this category. The other contents appears to have been transferred to commons:category:Xiangqi position. – Fayenatic London 20:58, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Shipwrights

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The result of the discussion was: do not merge, at least for now. It sounds like a clean-up is in order. After the clean-up, perhaps this could be reconsidered, depending on the contents of the categories at that time. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:06, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Merge and redirect. Old-fashioned word for the same thing. – Fayenatic London 19:37, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I just said. Shipwrights were blue-collar, shipbuilders could be the bosses. Certainly in England from at least 1800 shipbuilder suggests a suit, paunch and gold watch. Johnbod (talk) 20:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
By that definition most of the contents are miscategorised, as the articles describe them as shipbuilders, naval architects, boat designers etc. Of those I examined, only Mary Lacy and William Grant (Ulster Unionist politician) appear not to have attained those descriptions. Oh, nor J. T. Jose, but there is no citation for his being a shipwright at all. Maybe we should purge the white collars, and merge the national categories to Category:Shipwrights as the remainder will be so small? – Fayenatic London 19:20, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Ships by shipbuilding

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The result of the discussion was: rename for now; if users decide that there is also a need to categorize ships built by individual shipbuilders, then perhaps a broadening of the name could be considered in a new nomination. But generally, ships are built by companies, not sole individuals, even when the company is named after the founder or main guy. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:25, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename in order to make sense. Note that Category:Ships by company is already used for ships by the company that owns/manages them. – Fayenatic London 19:33, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Diseases with eradication efforts

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The result of the discussion was: merge both into a new Category:Infectious diseases with eradication efforts. If users want to nominate this new category for a new/better name, it's OK to do so. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:11, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose merge Category:Diseases with moribund eradication efforts to Category:Diseases with eradication efforts
  • Propose merge Category:Diseases with active eradication efforts to Category:Diseases with eradication efforts
Nominator's rationale: merge both categories into one new category, per WP:SMALLCAT. The first of the two nominated categories contains only one article. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:29, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Eradicable diseases

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The result of the discussion was: merge into the new Category:Infectious diseases with eradication efforts, which was a result of the discussion immediately above. A post-merging cleanup might be required, because a disease which someone might have categorized as eradicable is not necessarily properly categorized as an infectious disease with an eradication effort. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:14, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose deleting Category:Eradicable diseases
Nominator's rationale: delete as eradicability is a non-permanent characteristic. The category was part of a larger nomination here that ended as no consensus. I believe however that there was a close-to consensus to at least delete this one category. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:23, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • So this is actually a merge proposal. Since there is a pretty big overlap between the categories anyway, I'm fine with merging. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:26, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Caitlyn Jenner

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The result of the discussion was: delete and merge contents to Category:Jenner family. Can be re-created (and potentially reconsidered at CFD) if it becomes possible to populate the category with more than the current four articles and four non-free files (images). Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:01, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only has five articles and one is pretty tangentially related (Olympic Decathlon). —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:46, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Upmerge per Jc37. A family category is plenty. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:44, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Overhyped by media.The Amazing Spiderman (talk) 04:21, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Traffic collision deaths in Liberia

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The result of the discussion was: rename for now, though given this discussion, it's possible that it might be named back to "traffic collision ...". Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:23, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: To match the other categories under the same parent. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 03:26, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Introductions by year and Introductions by century

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The result of the discussion was: do not merge. However, editors seem to be open to some adjustments to the names and what are included in the categories. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:03, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: It seems that the well-established category Category:Establishments (pun intended) has a fork: Category:Introductions by century and Category:Introductions by year (they do not have a parent category; there is no Category:Introductions (it concerned Wikipedia namespace articles anyway and was renamed per Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_October_29#Category:Introductions). Simply put, there is little reason to distinguish between introductions and establishments, and while we could split hair, in 99% cases both wordings are acceptable. As such, I propose to merge Category:Introductions by century to Category:Establishments by century and Category:Introductions by year to Category:Establishments by year (technical note: I couldn't figure out how to list both categories in the Cfm2 template name, so I just listed the ... by year here; but this nom also concerns ...by century ones, too). If the decision is to keep, please link it from the talk of all relevant categories, and recreate Category:Introductions as the parent one, with proper explanation what belongs to it, and what to the establishment category (good luck with that...). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:20, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Three-digit U.S. Highways

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The result of the discussion was: withdrawn. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:14, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose Renaming Category:Three-digit U.S. Highways to Category:Auxiliary U.S. Highways Category:U.S. Highway special routes
Nominator's rationale: Per the appearance of WP:SHAREDNAME.
Background:The way the U.S. Highways are numbered, the main trunk highway has 1 or 2 digits (Route 66) and the auxiliary roads have a number before that (166, 266, 366, 566). So there is a connection between the type of road and the numbering, but the numbering isn't what's defining. This is identical to the my earlier nomination creating Category:Auxiliary Interstate Highways. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:01, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Notified SPUI as the category creator and this discussion has been included in WikiProject U.S. Roads. – RevelationDirect (talk) 01:01, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Proposal @Imzadi1979: United States Numbered Highways#Numbering describes these as almost identically to the Interstate naming. If you can work on fixing the accuracy of that section, I'd be happy to withdraw this nomination until we have a more factual basis of discussion. RevelationDirect (talk) 09:50, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
That section is accurate as written. It never calls the three-digit numbers " Auxilliary", RevelationDirect. For you to use that to extend the term to this situation for the category would be engaging in OR. The more common term for the auxiliaries to the US Highways is special routes, which is the term used in the next section of the article. Imzadi 1979 → 10:36, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good. I updated the nomination based on your feedback. RevelationDirect (talk) 11:22, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I don't think the nominator understood what Imzadi1979 said. We already have a category, Category:Bannered and suffixed U.S. Highways, for the special routes, so this new category would be redundant to that one. The proper thing to do for Category:Three-digit U.S. Highways category is to upmerge it into the main Category:U.S. Highway System. And then we can sort out any duplication from there. –Fredddie™ 11:54, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Since "auxiliary" U.S. Routes refers to bannered or suffixed routes rather than three-digit routes. Dough4872 13:11, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Withdrawn for now. Although this category is problematic, there is not consensus above for how to fix it. Please join the conversation about next steps at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads#Category:Three-digit U.S. Highways. RevelationDirect (talk) 17:25, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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