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Category:Fiction set in the 11th millennium or beyond

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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. MER-C 18:58, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Fiction set in the 7th, 9th and 10th millennia were just merged to Category:Works set in the future, see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2020_October_16#Category:Fiction_set_in_the_7th_millennium. They were small categories, with only 6 members,[1] unlike this one. I suggest that, rather than leave the present gap which is seen in the navigation template at Category:Fiction set in the 6th millennium, it would be better to merge the former content of 7th–10th with this one as 7th or beyond. – Fayenatic London 22:35, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:LPMud mudlibs

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 19:03, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Small category with no reasonable possibility of expansion. Its parent category, category:MUD servers, is sufficient. czar 21:04, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Heritage railways in Jersey

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge. MER-C 19:01, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The category contains only a single page, Pallot Heritage Steam Museum (there are no other heritage railways in Jersey, with or without articles) so I propose to upmerge this to parent categories Category:Heritage railways in the Channel Islands (which has just one other member, Alderney Railway) and Category:Transport in Jersey. Note: both the nominated category and parent Channel Islands category are members of Category:Heritage railways by country. Thryduulf (talk) 18:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Iraq–Jordan border crossings

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The result of the discussion was: keep. MER-C 19:47, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Karameh Border Crossing is only border crossing on Iraq–Jordan border. I think that category with only one page doesn’t needed. 217.117.125.72 (talk) 17:49, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:2020s in the Netherlands Antilles

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 14:50, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Anachronism. The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved in 2010. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:59, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Poppy (entertainer)

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:43, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Too little content: two subcats link to one another and only three articles (in addition to the main one). ―Justin (koavf)TCM 10:10, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Categories, lists, and templates are three different ways to organize a topic and the existence of one does not justify deleting either of the other two. They are created and applied separately per the first paragraph of WP:CLN. This category seems justifiable per its variety of contents, and seems pretty standard for popular entertainers. As for template/navboxes, another reason they shouldn't be compared or contrasted with lists or categories in a deletion discussion is that they don't appear on mobile devices, and are thus inaccessible to mobile readers. Randy Kryn (talk) 02:38, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Perhaps a more useful criterion than a number of articles is whether the content is already directly interlinked (or can easily be directly interlinked). If that is the case (I think it is the case here) an eponymous category is wholly redundant. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:46, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep It's clearly more important that we keep this to the people who made this, use this and want to keep it, than deleting it would probably feel to those who just reasonably could (now that it's on the table). Does anyone truly despise this here? If not, potential emotional harm should be seriously considered before deciding to destroy this harmless little universe. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:40, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka

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The result of the discussion was: keep and populate. – Fayenatic London 18:17, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
more Divisional Secretariat categories
Nominator's rationale: merge/delete from 3rd level subdivisions to 2nd level subdivisions, per WP:SMALLCAT, by far most of these subdivision categories only contain the eponymous article plus one town. In that case the category can be deleted - because the eponymous article and the towns are already in a subcategory of the district category. If there is more in a category than town(s) and the eponymous article it should be merged to district level. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:03, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I do not understand this comment. A trainwreck is a nomination of a group of related pages for deletion or renaming which fails due to the disparate nature or worth of the pages. In this case the entire (one) tree of DS divisions has been nominated, which is about the opposite of "disparate". Marcocapelle (talk) 05:59, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sri Lanka has a population 20 million but only 25 districts, the 2nd level subdivision. If we only categorise populated places at district level these categories will end up with hundreds of articles. Therefore it's only sensible to further sub-categorise at DS Division level.--Obi2canibe (talk) 15:58, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
There are more than 3,200 counties (second-level subdivisions) in the USA giving an average population of 100,000. Average population of Sri Lankan districts (second-level subdivisions) is almost 900,000. We do have categories for third-level subdivisions in other countries (civil parishes in the UK e.g. Category:Civil parishes in Essex; comarcas in Spain e.g. Category:Comarques of the Province of Lleida).
As I've stated most places in Sri Lanka have yet to be sub-categorised at DS Division level yet. Indeed most have not been sub-categorised at district level (e.g. Category:Populated places in Central Province, Sri Lanka has more than 1,300 articles which need to sub-categorised).--Obi2canibe (talk) 12:32, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:Defunct newsletters of wikiprojects

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The result of the discussion was: rename. MER-C 14:42, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Capitalization of "WikiProjects". Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 13:46, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-04-01/WikiProject report". 2020-08-22. It is difficult to get an accurate count of WikiProjects since anyone can create a project at any time and the process for merging and deleting obsolete projects varies. Our best estimate comes from the Wikipedia 1.0 assessment system, which currently tracks the banners of 2,117 projects. However, it should be noted that this number may be inflated by projects that have merged into other projects or were reduced to task force status without updating the project's old banner template. On the other hand, this number excludes many WikiProjects that perform important functions but do not tag and assess articles, such as the Guild of Copy Editors. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Wikipedia:WikiProject". 2020-08-26. Many WikiProjects fall inactive because they have served their initial purpose but may still be viable because they provide subject-specific considerations of the many site-wide policies and guidelines. Many projects after establishing an organizational structure, advice pages, content assessment system, layout standards, reliable sources, and navigational aids are used as reference pages for all editors for topic specific article formats and preferences. Inactive WikiProjects can be revived if the project has a group of new editors that would make the project an active place for discussions.
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:Space transport

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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: merge. MER-C 19:02, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Spaceflight and space transport are the same thing. Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 14:09, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:Lordship of Botrun

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Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 November 20#Category:Lordship of Botrun

Category:Dutugamunu

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Category:Buildings and structures completed in the reign of Dutugamunu‎ could be renamed to Category:Buildings and structures completed under Dutugamunu‎ but it would require a new nomination. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:46, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:OCEPON and WP:SMALLCAT, there is only a main article and a subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:47, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Pre-USA California

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The result of the discussion was: rename or merge as indicated. MER-C 14:42, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging/renaming:
74 more year/decade categories

Nominator's rationale: anachronism. Until 1848, this area was part of Alta California, a division of New Spain until 1822, and then of independent Mexico. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 09:23, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:LGBT Youth Scotland people

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 14:51, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorization by association. This category comprises two redirects for former executive directors of the organization who aren't independently notable enough for their own standalone biographical articles, and three articles about people who are notable for other reasons (an MSP, a bishop and a comedian) and were associated with this organization as patrons rather than staff. But that means it's not a WP:DEFINING characteristic of the three patrons, because it's not central to what actually made them notable, and essentially approaches WP:PERFCAT territory -- but if they're taken out, then all that's left is the two redirects, and two redirects aren't grounds for a category. Bearcat (talk) 03:14, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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