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Category:Specialist law enforcement agencies of Republic of Macedonia

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 05:51, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: In line with other categories Rathfelder (talk) 22:28, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Women video bloggers

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The result of the discussion was: keep. xplicit 02:09, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Störm has created this category, citing WP:DUPCAT. That the subjects are gendered is not germane to video blogging and of course, this opens up questions about gender performativity. I think this category should be deleted per WP:GENDERCAT. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:33, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The evidence is very clear: gender in video blogging is a notable topic of scholarly research. It took me less than a minute to find in one crude search 349 hits on Gscholar and 9 on JSTOR. More sophisticated searches would throw up more.
So, contrary to Marcocapelle's assertion, the test at WP:OCEGRS is satisfied: a substantial and encyclopedic head article (not just a list) could indeed be written for such a category. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 08:13, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Best companies to work for awards

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Employer awards. (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 05:57, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The current name is unwieldy, apparently being derived from one of the member pages. It could even be misread as "companies that work for awards". In other cases we hyphenate the compound modifier phrase, but this one is long, and "Best-companies-to-work-for awards" would look daft. I suggest Category:Employer awards (following one of the parents, Category:Employers) but would not oppose Category:Workplace awards. – Fayenatic London 15:30, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Groups connected to the Khazars

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The result of the discussion was: relisted at WP:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 April 13#Category:Groups_connected_to_the_Khazars. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:11, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: selectively upmerge per WP:OCASSOC. This category is intentionally vague in whether these peoples and tribes are Khazars or not. If they are Khazars they belong in the parent category, but if there is too much doubt then they shouldn't be in the Khazars tree at all. For example, the Akatziri article says "the theory that they were ancestors of the Khazars is not backed up by any solid evidence". Marcocapelle (talk) 13:12, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The meaning of "connected" is indeed vague, but the topic of Khazar connection is notable and significantly discussed. Which groups are to be listed in this category is a good question, but this doesn't mean it should be deleted.GreyShark (dibra) 05:47, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I expect anyone not involved in this discussion would not understand the difference between Category:Khazars and Category:Khazar peoples. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:57, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • The target refers to all things concerning the Khazar polity, not just its ethnic groups, which is the content of this cateogry. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:56, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Then perhaps Category:Khazar tribes may be better, in order to avoid the suggestion that it is the top category. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:54, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Greyshark09: Do I understand correctly that you would prefer to delete the category? The intention of the nomination is roughly along the same lines, in the sense that selectively has been added very deliberately and I also gave an example of an article that should be purged. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:55, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I oppose the merger. Keep as is.GreyShark (dibra) 05:47, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I don't get it. Keeping the category as is means keeping a category based on conspiracy theories or known forks which you seem to object. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:40, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ministry of Catering (Jordan)

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The result of the discussion was: Delete (WP:NAC). --DexDor (talk) 20:30, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Propose deleting Category:Ministry of Catering (Jordan) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Catering ministers of Jordan
Nominator's rationale: There does not seem to exist any such ministry. The google seach did not reveal any such thing except wikipedia categories. Shyamsunder (talk) 12:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:People of Cuman descent

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The result of the discussion was: delete Category:Ukrainian people of Cuman descent, but keep Category:People of Cuman descent. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:59, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:SMALLCAT, only one article in it. The Cumans were in the Ukraine from the 11th to the 13th century, then moved on to Hungary and assimilated, so it is very unlikely that these categories will be populated with more (Ukrainian) people who claim Cuman descent. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:10, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Of course I didn't mean to exclude the possibility of assimilation in Ukraine as well, but the Cumans settled in Ukraine a really long time ago so it will be very hard for anyone to claim Cuman descent, even harder to become wp-notable as a person of Cuman descent. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:25, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Barlas

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The result of the discussion was: relisted at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 April 10#Category:Barlas. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:24, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:SMALLCAT, only two articles and one subcategory. Move the eponymous article Barlas to Category:Mongol peoples, Category:Turkic peoples of Asia and Category:History of Central Asia. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:38, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Timurid monarchs subcat has plenty of parent categories, there is no orphaning taking place. The fact that Timur was from the Barlas tribe can better be described (and is described) in article space. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:04, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Specialist police agencies of India

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The result of the discussion was: relisted, see here (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 06:05, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary distinction. Police agencies are law enforcement agencies. In line with other categories and the relevent articles. Rathfelder (talk) 10:35, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Sports competitors

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The result of the discussion was: no action; a different proposal may be brought forward instead. – Fayenatic London 10:08, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category:Sportspeople previously had the scope, "people involved in sports in some way", while Category:Sports competitors had the scope, "People who are notable for practicing sports, i.e. players, not administrators or other non-player roles." This was confusing, as the dictionary definition of sportsperson is "someone who plays sport". I have created Category:People in sports as a parent, and moved administrators, referees, etc. there. The scope of Category:Sports competitors now duplicates that of Category:Sportspeople, and should be up-merged. Paul_012 (talk) 09:28, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Television programmes

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The result of the discussion was: rename all except Canada and Australia. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:46, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Propose renaming Category:Television programs based on British novels to Category:Television programmes based on British novels
Nominator's rationale: Local usage trumps category similarity. In the UK (and in the other countries listed) a "program" refers almost solely to computer software (sometimes also to a course or regime), never to television. Grutness...wha? 05:58, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Also nominating -
Category:Television programs based on Australian novels → Category:Television programmes based on Australian novels
Category:Television programs based on Indian novels → Category:Television programmes based on Indian novels
Category:Television programs based on Irish novels → Category:Television programmes based on Irish novels
Category:Television programs based on New Zealand novels → Category:Television programmes based on New Zealand novels
Not sure what the usual spelling is for Canada; the Canadian category might also need renaming.
Also -
Category:Television programs based on works by Walter Scott → Category:Television programmes based on works by Walter Scott (per similar spelling for other UK authors - e.g., Category:Television programmes based on works by Charles Dickens‎, Category:Television programmes based on works by A. J. Cronin‎)
Category:Dracula television programsCategory:Dracula television programmes (Irish fictional creation)
I suspect that a better name could be possible for the Dracula category (open to suggestions!). Grutness...wha? 06:05, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Sportspeople who were artists

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The result of the discussion was: delete. List is at List of sportspeople–artists. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:28, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Seems like a WP:TRIVIALCAT to me. Paul_012 (talk) 05:57, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Grutness...wha? 23:12, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • If listified, it is probably better to create a separate list of artists who were sportspeople and link the two lists to each other. List of sportspeople who were artists or artists who were sportspeople does not sound like a clear list name. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:32, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Academic pressure in Asian cultures

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The result of the discussion was: delete redirect (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 06:07, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This came up at Redirects for Discussion, but it appears that the nominator there (Backendgaming) may have emptied this category and made the redirect themself (I'm not sure on the history). I think categories for discussion is a better place to discuss this, since it largely asked what should be included in the category and whether it should be deleted. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 02:52, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Lebanese communities outside Lebanon

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The result of the discussion was: merge. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:25, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: "X disapora by country" is a well-established category tree, but oddly the Lebanese diaspora (famously large and wide) lacked such a cat. I created Category:Lebanese diaspora by country this week and request that the non-standard "communities" cat be merged into my newer standardized equivalent. Thanks! MatthewVanitas (talk) 01:12, 24 March 2018 (UTC) MatthewVanitas (talk) 01:12, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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