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Category:Video games based on films by director

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Video games based on films if not already in other sub-cats of that one, then delete. – Fayenatic London 19:29, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Category Video games based on films by director not found
Nominator's rationale: The soundtrack tree below is a pretty tenuous connection but this is really ropy: film directors have nothing to do with video game spinoffs of their franchises. I recommend a ((catseealso)) where appropriate. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:20, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Soundtracks to films by director

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering 21:18, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Category Soundtracks to films by director not found
Nominator's rationale: This scheme just seems like an ill-advised intersection of who scored an album and who directed a film paired with that album. Plus, the individual subcategories are now in inappropriate schemes (e.g. Category:Soundtracks to films directed by Ang Lee is under Category:Films directed by Ang Lee but the Category:Films scheme is for movies and the Category:Soundtracks scheme is for albums--we now have albums subcategorized under films). ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:15, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:MBTI types

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The result of the discussion was: speedily renamed already. – Fayenatic London 19:26, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:MBTI types to Category:Myers–Briggs Type Indicator types
Nominator's rationale: To match name of main article, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator. Trivialist (talk) 15:59, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Banned Sahrawi human rights organizations

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 06:36, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: All the Human rights organizations based in Western Sahara have been banned by Morocco. The category is, sadly, superfluous. Rathfelder (talk) 15:56, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Academic journals in Argentina

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The result of the discussion was: rename all to "of" form. (It really helps if the nominator includes the proposed names so the closer doesn't have to construct them.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:35, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:Academic journals in Argentina to Category:Academic journals of Argentina
Nominator's rationale: Also

Journals aren't physical entities that have an established location. As such, Academic journals in Foo reads incorrect (unless the categories contain articles about journal culture in each country, which is not the case). Alternatively, Each of the categories could probably be merged to Category:Academic journals published in Foo. Not sure why there's currently a separation between the two. --Paul_012 (talk) 13:51, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Jews and Judaism in Ottoman Palestine

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The result of the discussion was: do not merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:33, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Newly created category (2 Sep 2018) into much of Category:Jews and Judaism in Ottoman Syria has been moved into. Ottoman Palestine is an ill-defined concept - during the period there were a number of divisions by Ottoman authorities of Ottoman Syria, none of which included a "Palestine" - the closest being perhaps Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem - which did not include the northern parts of what is generally considered Palestine (e.g. Nablus, Haifa, the Galilee). The pre-1865 under Damascus Eyalet did not have a separate Palestine division. Furthermore, Jewish activities during this period extended into the southern bits of modern day Syria. Icewhiz (talk) 12:38, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Your point is clear. But then why do you not nominate Category:Ottoman Palestine and Category:Jews in Ottoman Palestine and Category:Arabs in Ottoman Palestine? With your current proposal you merely create a gap in the tree. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:11, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • What prodded me to nom was the re-catting of a bunch of articles I have watchlisted. In as much as this cat discussion ends up with a merge back to Ottoman Syria, it would make sense to merge many of the other "Ottoman Palestine" cats as well - on the same grounds.Icewhiz (talk) 15:19, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Another issue is the fact that Old Yishuv does not coincide with the Ottoman period. For that matter, I have been thinking about renaming the nominated category to Category:Yishuv in the Ottoman period or Category:Yishuv in the Ottoman Empire. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:30, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Galilee was not generally included in the definition of Palestine in Ottoman times. You can find plenty of references on Zahir al-Umar as the ruler of Acre and all Galilee in 18th century in parallel with another Ottoman Sanjak-bey ruler of in Jerusalem, Gaza and Nablus; concerning Jews back then - another example is 19th century Makhlouf Eldaoudi who was the chief rabbi of Acre, Haifa, Safed and Tiberias (1889–1909 "Hakham Bashi of Ottoman Galilee") in parallel with Yaakov Shaul Elyashar as Chief rabbi of Jerusalem ("Hakham Bashi of Ottoman Palestine"). Those regions were clearly separate in Ottoman era.GreyShark (dibra) 06:20, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Marcopelle, you are anachronistically trying to use the borders of Mandatory Palestine to Palestine in Ottoman period. Why not using the borders of Ottoman Israel then? Anyway, Holy Land is a Christian concept, so its borders are less relevant to the Ottoman period.GreyShark (dibra) 05:42, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, the use of Palestine as a geographical region is much older than Mandatory Palestine. The Romans adopted the already existing name to create the province Syria Palaestina. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:02, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
So was the use of Israel and Canaan in even older times - then why don't we use the concept Ottoman Israel or Ottoman Canaan for the matter? How differing were the borders of Ottoman Palestine vs. Ottoman Israel vs. Ottoman Canaan? Do not be ridiculous.GreyShark (dibra) 06:22, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The usage of Israel and Canaan had diminished after ancient times, while the usage of Palestine and Holy Land hadn't. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:41, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
What is actually well defined - throughout the Ottoman period - is Ottoman Syria.Icewhiz (talk) 06:40, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Is it? It was a historical region, like Palestine. The fact that a collection of administrative subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire coincided with the historical region is just coincidental. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:38, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Destroyed landmarks in Spain demolished during Habsburg Spain

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:30, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose deleting Category:Destroyed landmarks in Spain demolished during Habsburg Spain
  • Propose deleting Category:Destroyed landmarks in Spain demolished during Early Bourbons until Napoleonic invasion in Spain‎
  • Propose deleting Category:Destroyed landmarks in Spain demolished during the Spanish confiscation period‎
Nominator's rationale: delete as trivial intersections. Neither of these periods is particularly known for demolishing landmarks. For the third category in particular, destruction - if it happened at all - often took place decades after confiscation, so there was no relationship between those events. There is no need to merge, since the articles are already in Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Spain or in one of its subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:56, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Partially demolished landmarks in Spain

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:28, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale:
Option A: delete as "partially demolished" is a non-defining characteristic.
Option B: rename to Category:Partially demolished buildings and structures in Spain per actual content. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:45, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Ruin" does not apply to any of the three articles currently in the category. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:18, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Vandalized works of art in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: Keep CA, IN, MD, NY, TX, DC, MA, WI; merge the rest as nominated. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:40, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
more categories nominated
Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT: too little content per state. This is follow-up on this earlier discussion.
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