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Category:Libraries for the disabled

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 19:05, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: These are all libraries for the blind/visually-impaired, not for all manner of other disabilities. Anomalous+0 (talk) 22:50, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Neither have I. Anomalous+0 (talk) 08:49, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Half Man Half Biscuit

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The result of the discussion was: delete per consensus of this ddiscussion, and many many precedents of deleting eponymous categories for musicians where the topics are already interlinked. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)

Nominator's rationale: With only albums and songs subcategories, which already interlink from one another, an eponymous category for this band simply isn't necessary. WP:OCEPON StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 02:08, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars: - hmmmm. Once you do the delete, do you propose leaving the existing subcats as-is? Wouldn't the better option be to merge the subcats into this one and delete those subcats? A really paranoid android (talk) 23:41, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Eponymous categories are discouraged unless an act has a large scope of articles to place in them (eg. Category:Britney Spears). Per the songs and albums projects, an artist's songs and albums should be placed in an appropriate Category:Songs by artist and Category:Albums by artist sub-category even if the act has an article for only one song/album. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 16:11, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that the subcategories link to each other is good. The nomination overlooks the fact that readers couldn't find them without a base category.
Merging song and album categories looks like a really bad idea. A category which populated both Category:Albums by artist and Category:Songs by artist feels horrible to me.
It is incorrect to say that the nominated category contains only the two subcategories. It also contains the article Half Man Half Biscuit.
The nominated category is used in Template:Half Man Half Biscuit – which, very correctly, is included in several articles and contains no redlinks.
I fail to see how deletion of this category would help readers in any way at all. For me, ease of navigation for readers trumps all other considerations. Narky Blert (talk) 22:13, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, every eponymous category is going to have its eponymous article as an entry. There is nothing else but the songs and the albums though. This would suggest every single artist that has albums and songs categories (and only albums and song categories) should also have an eponymous category, which will just lead to overcategorization per WP:OCEPON. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 04:56, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Steel1943 (talk) 13:34, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Jabal al Akhdar

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The result of the discussion was: undiscused moves by now-blocked sockpuppet reverted, without prejudice to any future CFD proposal to rename them. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:56, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Railway stations by city

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 08:04, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging
added later
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT: single-item container category, with no reasonable prospect of expansion. The Athens subcat contained only 1 item, but added 4 more; it is v unlikely that any other Greek city BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:05, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Theatres by city

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 08:13, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging:
Nominator's rationale: pointless single-item container catefories wih litle or no prosepct of expnansion, so they fail WP:SMALLCAT.
Their creator @Anatol Svahilec seems to be doing something similar with other topics, such as railway stations (see their category creations), and I hope taht they will desist pending a consensus on these categories. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:52, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This is just adding a layer of navigation (both for readers in the country or by city trees). RevelationDirect (talk) 04:07, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per nom. Also, the child categories should be upmerged into the other category they were removed from, Category:Theatres by city. - Eureka Lott 15:06, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wave mechanics

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The result of the discussion was: keep (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:20, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: main article is a dab fgnievinski (talk) 04:13, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I think wave mechanics is a fine subcategory of waves. 'Waves' containing types of waves', 'wave mechanics' concerning the mechanics of waves. The dab page at Wave mechanics is nonsense to me. No one calls Schroedinger mechanics an unqualified 'wave mechanics' (although 'quantum wave mechanics' is used). WP:2DAB would apply. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 09:20, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:People from the Province of Rome

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: rename. Despite the unwieldiness of the proposed new new title, there is consensus here to rename as proposed, based on the current title of the head article: Metropolitan City of Rome Capital.
That article has been moved 5 time since its creation in January 2015, each time without any sign of discussion, so it is unclear whether the current title accurately reflects WP:AT and relevant guidelines. Other subcats of Category:Metropolitan City of Rome Capital have been moved without discussion, some via CFDS (which shouldn't have happened, in view of the inconsistency) and at least one by an un-notified move of the category page, while Category:Rivers of the Province of Rome‎ still uses the old title.
This is all a bit of a mess; the best procedural path would have been a WP:RM discussion on the head article, followed by a group CFD nom of all the subcats. If editors have concerns about the title chosen here, please start with an RM discussion on the head article. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:00, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: I know the cat tree was named after People from the Province of foo, but the Province of Rome was renamed to the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital. So, the cat should use the name of the second-tier administrative area (first tier is region) at that time or current name? Matthew hk (talk) 23:19, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Steel1943 (talk) 01:29, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Biblical manuscripts of Ancient Greek Versions with the Divine Name

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The result of the discussion was: delete. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:58, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • Propose deleting Category:Biblical manuscripts of Ancient Greek Versions with the Divine Name
Nominator's rationale: What is the purpose of this triple intersection? How is the fact that a book has the Divine Name a defining thing for a book? Laurel Lodged (talk) 15:32, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, at least four other Greek versions, for a start. But it isn't a triple conjunction. Would a rename to Category:Greek biblical manuscripts including the Divine Name help? Johnbod (talk) 00:16, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:Hospital buildings in Australia

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Heritage-listed hospital buildings in Australia. If any need to be purged as outside that scope, but are notable on heritage grounds, then I suggest creating a list and including them in that list. – Fayenatic London 10:28, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Superfluous. They are adequately characterized as hospitals. Rathfelder (talk) 10:00, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, everything on Wikipedia is notable, so that is not a useful descriptor. It's either heritage-listed or nothing at all. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:37, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • This category is specifically for articles about buildings that are notable. Plenty of hospital buildings are mentioned in articles about hospitals where nobody suggests that the building itself is notable.Rathfelder (talk) 17:59, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Steel1943 (talk) 00:06, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • There may be such buildings, but there dont seem to be any articles about them. And why would Australia be different from the rest of the world in this regard? Rathfelder (talk) 08:14, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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