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Category:Historical mansions of Bushire

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:56, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Extremely over-specific intersection; unlikely to ever become populated. —swpbT 20:21, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Works of Qajar dynasty in Bushire

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:58, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Extremely over-specific intersection; unlikely to ever become populated. —swpbT 20:20, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:The X Factor (Australian TV series) judges

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 08:00, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:PERFCAT. A parent category was deleted in July, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 July 18#Category:The X Factor (TV series) judges. anemoneprojectors 17:55, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Environmental issues with population

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The result of the discussion was: rename. This is without prejudice to a future proposal to merge to Category:Human impact on the environment. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:06, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:Environmental issues with population to Category:Human activities with impact on the environment
Nominator's rationale: Current category name does not very clearly reflect the contents. The proposed name is a variation on the name of the parent Category:Human impact on the environment. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:26, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is also an option. I hadn't proposed a merge at the start because the content of the two categories is quite distinct, in the target the focus is on environmental impact while in the nominated category the focus is on human activities. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:39, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Ancient lost cities and towns

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:01, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: We already have Category:Lost cities and towns, this is moving articles out of that into this new one and I don't think there is sufficient reason to split. Doug Weller talk 06:28, 10 November 2016 (UTC) Doug Weller talk 06:28, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • What is ambiguous about it? Marcocapelle (talk) 22:46, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • How is the average lay editor going to know which category is appropriate? I think the main article has a different audience than most articles on history or archaeology. And the problem with "Ancient" is there is no clear date. Ancient Vietnam for instance ends in 111 BCE. Doug Weller talk 09:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • In all instances an article should be placed in the most specific category of a tree, so if it's ancient it goes into Category:Ancient lost cities and towns, otherwise it goes into Category:Lost cities and towns. It would make a lot of sense to create a subCategory:Lost cities and towns in the United States though. Further comment below. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:40, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would suggest Category:Lost native American cities and towns for specificity, or better still, Category:Lost native American settlements. Following from below, see again the grammatical flaw with the current category names if we were to call it Category:Native American lost cities and towns. ‑‑YodinT 11:46, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd argue in any case that there were no Native American cities. Doug Weller talk 14:07, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • That may be clear to you, but not to myself, or presumably many other editors. Also see WP:CATNAME – categories should avoid descriptive adjectives; how many other major categories can you think of that have adjectives in their name? My suggestion would be something like Category:Lost cities and towns in Antiquity, Category:Lost cities and towns from Antiquity, or Category:Lost cities and towns of Antiquity, with corresponding categories for other eras. ‑‑YodinT 11:32, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Antiquity is an ambiguous term, it may refer to ancient history in general or it may refer to ancient Greek-Roman history only. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:47, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The word order is also bad – if we followed the current setup we would end up with, "Medieval lost cities and towns" etc., which just isn't great English; "Lost medieval cities and towns" & "Lost ancient cities and towns" would be better. ‑‑YodinT 11:39, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Catholic Church in Madeira

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:03, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT. There isn't much that can be said about the Catholic Church in Madeira, so it should be merged to the country. We don't have Catholic Church in Madeira. -- Tavix (talk) 00:21, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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