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Biota of East Timor

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The result of the discussion was: keep Category:Flora of East Timor, rename the others. Further nominations for renames/merges may follow. Note: Category:Flora of Timor was emptied as explained below, and deleted during this discussion. – Fayenatic London 08:44, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming
Added 15 August:
Nominator's rationale: these categories tend to include species whose range of presence is more distinctive to the whole of the island of Timor, rather than to artificial political frontiers of "East Timor". Couiros22 (talk) 21:11, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Peterkingiron: cf. the birds category... for each species, cf. the taxonbar Birdlife link at bottom of page --Couiros22 (talk) 15:47, 15 August 2019 (UTC) --Couiros22 (talk) 12:06, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedia categories named after Gibraltarian musical groups

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The result of the discussion was: merge. The other categories below should be dealt with in new nomination(s). MER-C 09:27, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Categorization of eponymous categories doesn’t require an elaborate scheme and diffusion. Just a smallcat scenario here. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 18:11, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Films set in 3008

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 09:24, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Three articles, all from the same film series and which are already included elsewhere in the category tree. WP:SMALLCAT probably applies since there are only 15 pages in Category:Films set in the 31st century. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:22, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:BBISS Professors and Fellows

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 11:03, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Promotional categorization, one article, WP:NONDEF. MER-C 11:24, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Musicians from Bavaria

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The result of the discussion was: keep. MER-C 09:28, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: There exist no other Musicians-by-German state categories (with the exception of city-states like Category:Musicians from Berlin) nor should such a designation be started. I think this grouping is better left at the city level, as in Category:Musicians from Leipzig (not in Bavaria, but this is still a new-ish designation and will grow to include other large cities.) StonyBrook (talk) 05:14, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support delete as per nominator.--Smerus (talk) 07:56, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:James Cardinal Gibbons Medal winners

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 09:24, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:OCAWARD and WP:NONDEF, many articles in this category do not even mentioned the award. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:16, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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I don't see how this one is not encyclopedically relevant also as a category. PPEMES (talk) 21:42, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
We do not categorize by anything that is encyclopedically relevant (i.e. anything that can be mentioned in articles). We categorize by defining characteristics only. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:01, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Republika Srpska international footballers

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 09:29, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category supposedly covers football/soccer "internationals" of an administrative entity within FIFA/UEFA affiliated nation/state - in essence, it's like saying and creating category "Swabian" or "Bavarian international footballer" instead of "German international footballer" - and three articles included in this category are on players all three already categorized as internationals of actual nation Bosnia-Herzegovina. Apart from being on local administrative entity, category practically overlaps with Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballers - only, one is part of a country of Bosnia, and another is country of Bosnia, which has "internationals" and affiliated UEFA and FIFA member. Which leads us to the fact that any kind of separate categorization of Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers, or any other sportsmen/women for that matter, based on country's administrative entities is undue per WP:NOTA, WP:NFOOTY, WP:SPORTBASIC and especially WP:FOOTYN. Finally, it misses to follow Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Category completely.౪ Santa ౪99° 22:06, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Interestingly, both of these articles, which seemingly senior experienced User:Grutness, and admin at that, was able to dig out, are created by same editor, User:Calapez, and both of the articles stand there without single references, and both in a way describing and following obvious separatists political pattern in contested areas, both in real world and on Wikipedia, and both have nothing in common, not even remotely, with case of Republika Srpska regional association, which is vital part of Bosnian association and not separate and/or separatist (for now at least) - oh, wait, there is one source in both of these and in article on Republika Srpska, self-published, by mysterious "Non-FIFA News agency" at non-fifa-news-agency.netau.net, archived at Wayback machine for 2009 than moved to blogger.com for 2012, and defunct ever since. Just because some editor(s) wish to see same or similar development in Bosnian political and social context, sport included, and showing willingness to use Wikipedia for advancement of such views and to create article(s) which fail on all its guidelines, that shouldn't be considered as serious argument for inclusion and keeping.--౪ Santa ౪99° 08:07, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I could name a dozen more such articles, by several different editors, many of them well sourced. I'd suggest looking at the articles for the national football teams of Tibet, the Isle of Wight, Zanzibar, Sapmi, Occitania, Kurdistan, Northern Cyprus, Trnasnistria,Zanzibar, Somaliland, Kárpátalja, Tamil Eelam, Panjab, Székely Land, Cascadia, and Matabeleland, to name just a few. And it's a tenet of Wikipedian editing not to bring either an editor's experience or lack of it into consideration when discussing an editor's opinions or !votes. In any case, if you look closely, I'm agreeing with you as far as deletion is concerned, so there is no need for such back-handed personal attacks - if there ever is. And given your history of arguments involving articles related to Srpska, I would suggest that throwing stones from a glass house is not a good idea in any case. As for Calapez, that editor has created many football-related articles, and did not create all the articles I mentioned. I further note the pointy prods you added to the articles, all of which were quickly removed by other editors. Grutness...wha? 05:23, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 08:49, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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  • @Marcocapelle: Have you relisted it, or is it done by User:MER-C ? What parent category ? Since when is deletion of one category conditioned with an outcome of vote on another ? Both editors: Are you aware that parent category of which you are talking about is at the same stage, with a same 3:1 outcome ? Are you going to relist all of them ?--౪ Santa ౪99° 13:09, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • It was not me who relisted. Neither was my comment related to the relisting. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:22, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Establishments in Dubai

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete as nominated. MER-C 10:33, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Added 20 July:
  • Propose merging Category:1990s establishments in Dubai to Category:1990s establishments in the United Arab Emirates
  • Propose merging Category:2000s establishments in Dubai to Category:2000s establishments in the United Arab Emirates
  • Propose deleting Category:20th-century establishments in Dubai
  • Propose deleting Category:21st-century establishments in Dubai
  • Propose deleting Category:Establishments in Dubai by year
  • Propose deleting Category:Establishments in Dubai by decade
  • Propose deleting Category:Establishments in Dubai by century
  • Propose deleting Category:1999 in Dubai
  • Propose deleting Category:2000 in Dubai
  • Propose deleting Category:2002 in Dubai
  • Propose deleting Category:2003 in Dubai
  • Propose deleting Category:2005 in Dubai
  • Propose deleting Category:2007 in Dubai
  • Propose deleting Category:2000 in Dubai
  • Propose deleting Category:Years of the 20th century in Dubai
Nominator's rationale: merge to federation level per WP:SMALLCAT and per Abu Dhabi precedent. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:05, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, with Abu Dhabi we (also) abandoned the establishments tree altogether. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:15, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Islam by city

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 September 22#Islam by city

Category:Funeral homes

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Death care companies of the United States. MER-C 09:23, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: All articles are about USA. Funeral homes seems to be American usage - at least I've never come across it in UK. Rathfelder (talk) 11:21, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Better say which new name you favour, as it is getting rather confused above. Johnbod (talk) 16:12, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Garudas

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 09:23, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Spurious category linking unrelated pages simply because they have the word "Garuda" or similar in the name, or in some cases seem entirely unrelated. The category includes a theme park, a few airlines and various military units. Davidelit (Talk) 04:49, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: I included these pages because they are related to social and cultural uses of the garuda as a motif. Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park is explicitly related as it is devoted to the deity. There are also pages that remain explicitly related to the category in question, which would prove useful in categorizing religious and mythological topics. Invokingvajras(Talk) 05:25, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Album series introduced in 2007

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The result of the discussion was: merge. MER-C 09:25, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose merging Category:Album series introduced in 2007 to [Both parents]
Nominator's rationale: There is no scheme of Category:Album series by year of introduction, nor will there ever be. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:52, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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