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The result of the discussion was: rename. MER-C 09:17, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:American gun rights advocates (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  

Nominator's rationale: WP:OPINIONCAT – Muboshgu (talk) 18:41, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: The category clearly states "Articles about individuals who have actively worked for gun rights. This category is not intended for people who have merely espoused an opinion.", therefore, it does not fall under WP:OPINIONCAT. Absent some evidence that it fails that, then no reason to delete. If evidence is presented showing it fails that, then must also delete Category:American gun control advocates (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), or better, cull entries in both that don't conform to their respective categories. Anastrophe (talk) 19:17, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Rename both from "advocates" to "activists" in order to reduce WP:OPINIONCAT issues, purge if needed, certainly purge all politicians from these categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:25, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Rename as "activists" and purge if necessary. Merely holding an opinion on a subject is generally NN. Unlike conservative and liberal, this is not a vague topic that may depend on the perception of an editor. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:48, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as a companion to Category:American gun control advocates (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Both can be renamed to "activists". --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:43, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• @Muboshgu, Anastrophe, Peterkingiron, and K.e.coffman: I have also tagged Category:American gun control advocates so that the two categories can be dealt with simultaneously. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:12, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Important category for gun politics. Dimadick (talk) 09:03, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) DannyS712 (talk) 01:01, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:Critics of the United States Electoral College (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  

Nominator's rationale: WP:OPINIONCAT – Muboshgu (talk) 18:41, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: I have just removed the category from a number of articles where it was unsourced and unsupported by the article text. In any case, the title is vague as to whether it means critics of the system, or critics of particular decisions the Electoral College has made. StAnselm (talk) 19:08, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per nom, though add the George Edwards article to Category:Presidency of the United States. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:33, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: rename. MER-C 19:57, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose renaming Category:Fungi of the Middle East to Category:Fungi of Western Asia

Nominator's rationale: To align with how flora (and fauna) is categorized (more precisely defined non-overlapping areas). See related discussion.

Note: After renaming the category should be reparented to be under Category:Biota of Western Asia and a map added.  Middle East can include some areas that are not in Western Asia (e.g. African Egypt) so I'll check that all the articles belong in the new category. A note should be left at Category:Biota of the Middle East like there is for flora. DexDor ^(talk) 17:24, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've now checked all the articles in the category and currently (after removing a few that made no mention of this part of the world) there are no articles that would need to be recategorized because of the rename (e.g. if only found in the Arabian Peninsula). Many of the fungi have a very wide range (e.g. "Asia, Europe, and North America") so there isn't really sufficient info in the article to be sure they belong in the category under either name. DexDor ^(talk) 07:05, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support sounds reasonable Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:51, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: merge. MER-C 20:03, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose merging Category:Football in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf to Category:Football in the Arab world

Nominator's rationale: this is follow up on the nomination right below. Option A: rename to Category:Football in the Arabian Peninsula; option B: merge to Category:Football in the Arab world. I have a weak preference for option B, as it is not immediately clear to me why we would need to have such a narrow geographical category for football. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:43, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Option B, merging to a larger category is a better option than renaming. Note: the category for option A should be Football in the Arab Arabian Peninsula UA3 (talk) 16:57, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks for the latter, I have changed that. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:39, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page discussions. GiantSnowman 10:21, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support B. GiantSnowman 10:22, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support A (as Arabian). All the countries are on the peninsula and appear to have a joint competition. "Persian Gulf" is an English term, which probably does not reflect Arabic terminology. Note we had something similar to A for Rugby recently. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:02, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  That would be Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 November 21#Category:Rugby union in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. There was also Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 November 13#Category:Futsal in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, closed as Delete. – Fayenatic London 10:59, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Option B, which already includes various other local groupings, e.g. North Africa and a smaller Maghreb. – Fayenatic London 11:25, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: merge manually. MER-C 20:02, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose merging Category:Arab states of the Persian Gulf to Category:Arabian Peninsula

Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:OVERLAPCAT, except for one country (Yemen) the Arab states of the Persian Gulf coincide with the Arabian Peninsula. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:38, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per nom. UA3 (talk) 16:47, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Unless Iran is to be included, Persian Gulf categories are not useful. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:03, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Actually there are two differences in extent: Arabian Gulf states exclude Yemen, but include Iraq which is not part of the Arabian Peninsula. Nevertheless, Category:Gulf Cooperation Council gives the WP:DEFINING category navigation that we need between these states. Therefore manual merge to Category:Arabian Peninsula and Category:Persian Gulf as appropriate (because GCC must not be removed altogether from Persian Gulf hierarchy). – Fayenatic London 11:22, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Shouldn't GCC be removed from the Persian Gulf hierarchy? GCC is not about the gulf but about some of the surrounding countries. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:49, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Certainly not. “Persian Gulf” often refers to the surrounding countries rather than the sea, e.g. Christians in the Persian Gulf is not about swimmers! – Fayenatic London 23:16, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• We don't see European Union under the categories of Category:Mediterranean Sea or Category:North Sea, similarly GCC shouldn't be under Category:Persian Gulf. UA3 (talk) 10:11, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• The article title is odd, it should be renamed to Christianity in Eastern Arabia. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:32, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• See RM for this. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:06, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: merge. MER-C 20:00, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose merging Category:People of the Austrian Empire to Category:Austrian Empire people

Nominator's rationale: merge, the two categories are about the same thing. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:26, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to better developed category.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:19, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge because they are basically the same category anyways. It is just that both are missing people and subcategories from the other. FoxTech20 (talk) 04:39, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: rename, except for Category:Lurish scientists which is deleted. MER-C 10:06, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose renaming Category:Lurish music to Category:Luri music
• Propose renaming Category:Lurish scientists to Category:Luri scientists
• Propose renaming Category:Lurish culture to Category:Luri culture
• Propose renaming Category:Lurish musicians to Category:Luri musicians

Nominator's rationale: 'Lurish' is a rare name for Lurs, while 'Luri' is way more common. Semsurî (talk) 22:13, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Relisting comment: I have combined four nominations with identical rationale into this one when relisting. MER-C 10:49, 16 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support, although Google search does not provide the most reliable measure, the number of hits I'm getting with "Luri music" outperforms the number of hits with "Lurish music" by a factor 100, that should be sufficient to support this nomination. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:49, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Note, categories were not tagged until now. – Fayenatic London 11:50, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support rename, delete Category:Lurish scientists as there is no scheme for Lur people by occupation and the one in it is unsourced in this regard and already in Category:Iranian scientists and Category:Kurdish scientists. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 04:12, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• I also agree with deletion of the scientists subcat. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:39, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 19:54, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:Mini-Cons (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  

Nominator's rationale: Overly specific categorization unnecessary for general usage. TTN (talk) 02:16, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Question @TTN: shouldn't this at least be merged to Category:Transformers robot characters? Marcocapelle (talk) 05:12, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• They're currently covered elsewhere in that structure. In the end, I think there will only be one category regardless seeing as there should only be ten to fifteen total pages most likely. TTN (talk)

• Ok. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:01, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. None of the articles are actually about Mini-Cons, and besides, every article in the category is going to get deleted in a few weeks' time anyway. JIP | Talk 15:12, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. MER-C 09:47, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:French-language Netflix original films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  
• Propose deleting Category:German-language Netflix original films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  
• Propose deleting Category:Hindi-language Netflix original films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  
• Propose deleting Category:Italian-language Netflix original films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  
• Propose deleting Category:Japanese-language Netflix original films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  
• Propose deleting Category:Portuguese-language Netflix original films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  
• Propose deleting Category:Russian-language Netflix original films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  
• Propose deleting Category:Spanish-language Netflix original films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  
• Propose deleting Category:Mandarin-language Netflix original films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  

Nominator's rationale: A case of WP:OVERCAT, and raised at the Film Project here. Also nominating the following simliar categories. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:56, 16 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Films only need the language cat. Combining that with the studio that made them is over categorizing them. MarnetteD|Talk 18:13, 16 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• If not kept, merge to Category:Netflix original films. It would be strange to leave the English-language films in the latter category untouched while at the same time removing all films in other languages. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:07, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Why not merge to all parents, e.g. Category:French-language films, Category:Netflix original films and Category:French-language Netflix original programming? On the other hand, if we agree that the content belongs in all those (which is clear enough to me), then the current categories do serve to reduce category clutter on articles – and provide a way to ensure that future content is added to all those hierarchies. – Fayenatic London 12:06, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• I was expecting that Category:French-language Netflix original programming and siblings would also be nominated. But admittedly that is not so clear from this proposal. Oppose for now, at least until this has been better thought through. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:45, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

+Marcocapelle What if those categories were listed in a new CfD right after closing? ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 16:13, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Fair enough. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:26, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment It seems like most of these categories have been emptied. ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 00:33, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, some at least were emptied by Special:Contributions/2A02:C7F:7E2B:9D00:9C24:3B47:C055:43BB. I have rolled back those anon edits. – Fayenatic London 13:17, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The same happened today, see Special:Contributions/2A02:C7F:7EC0:4B00:245F:E184:19DD:6992. – Fayenatic London 16:22, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep in order to reduce category clutter on articles, but merge the Russian one to all parents for now as it only has one member (Dovlatov). – Fayenatic London 16:38, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• I find these helpful for organizational purposes. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 03:06, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: rename/merge Category:Cities and towns in Mürzzuschlag District, Category:Bruck an der Mur District and Category:Mürzzuschlag District only. The others are not renamed. MER-C 10:03, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator rationale: The two districts of Austria, Mürzzuschlag District and Bruck an der Mur District, were merged in 2015 into Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, but the category tree was not aligned with this move. For example, all localities in the two districts are currently categorized as Category:Cities and towns in Mürzzuschlag District which is incorrect. I created Category:Cities and towns in Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District without knowing this, and, as soon as I have understood the situation, I proposed a speedy move which was opposed. Thus, I propose to merge/move:

• Category:Cities and towns in Mürzzuschlag District to Category:Cities and towns in Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District
  • Category:People from Bruck an der Mur District to Category:People from Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District
  • Category:People from Mürzzuschlag District to Category:People from Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District
  • Category:Bruck an der Mur District to Category:Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District
  • Category:Mürzzuschlag District to Category:Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District--Ymblanter (talk) 08:10, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per nom. TSventon (talk) 21:57, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose the people categories. Most of these people were born before the establishment of the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:25, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  I would be fine with moving the other categories and keeping these two as they are--Ymblanter (talk) 21:27, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  I can also accept separate people categories. People from Category:People from Fürstenfeld District‎ and Category:People from Hartberg District‎ have not been merged either. Presumably there is not an established policy for how to update categories for local government areas in Styria. I couldn't find equivalent categories on dewiki as they seem to categorise people by parish more than by district. TSventon (talk) 23:57, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) DannyS712 (talk) 01:03, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:Sesamstraat (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  

Nominator's rationale: While there are eleven pages in this category, the ten that aren't the primary topic are actors for this show, failing WP:PERFCAT. ミラP 01:59, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:46, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - delete and upmerge remaining article to parent cats. Grutness...wha? 02:13, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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