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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories Estopedist1 (talk) 09:33, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:38, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Plastics companies of Iceland
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Propose deletingCategory:Plastics companies of Iceland (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
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Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:38, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Proposed energy infrastructure in Iceland
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Propose deletingCategory:Proposed energy infrastructure in Iceland (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Along with only subcat with 1-member Estopedist1 (talk) 09:36, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Many proposed infrastructure categories (particularly for smaller countries) contain only one or two entries, deleting them (not just Iceland categories) will make navigating the “proposed” categories by type (energy, transport) or by country more difficult. Hugo999 (talk) 00:58, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:39, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Belarusian rulers
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Nominator's rationale:delete, anachronistic category, these are Rus' rulers while Belarus did not exist yet. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:49, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — good catch! History shows Marcocapelle has been trying to figure out proper placement in the tree for years. All content is already in more appropriate categories. William Allen Simpson (talk) 18:43, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Alternative proposal: I would not be opposed to deleting it, because arguably it is indeed an anarchonistic category, but I would warn against the precedent that might set. We've got lots of categories of X-ian monarchs, e.g. Category:Italian monarchs, with lots of fun subcategories such as Category:Etruscan kings. You can argue that "Italy" didn't exist until 1861 (just like "Belarus" didn't exist until 1991) and so the Etruscan kings need to be removed, but that would wreck havoc to the entire category and its subcategories. And that's just one example. I'd hate to imagine what would happen to Category:German monarchs and its subcats if we decided that "Germany" didn't exist until 1871. Unless we'd like to challenge all these anachronisms (which I theoretically wholeheartedly agree with!), I would suggest we accept the current internationally recognised state borders for geographical categorisation purposes, and opt for a more pragmantic and limited alternative. Therefore, I would humbly suggest we revisit my proposal #12 at the Rulers CfD:
Rename Category:Belarusian rulers to Category:Belarusian princes (because all entries are princes of Polotsk, Minsk, Turov and the Grand Duke of Lithuania) and place it in Category:Princes by country. (I propose to discuss the future of List of rulers of Belarus separately because it is complicated). Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 00:07, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
While I have my doubts about Category:Italian monarchs too, Italy is surely a different case than Belarus because it is called Italy since the Roman era. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:15, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's a good point. On the other hand, the category itself says Monarchs of kingdoms within the boundaries of modern Italy from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD onwards. So it defines geography not according to the Italian Peninsula (including Vatican City and San Marino, but excluding Sicily and Sardinia, and possibly some areas of northern Italy), but to the modern borders of the Italian Republic (since 1946, so it includes islands such as Sicily and Sardinia and not just the mainland; importantly it would exclude the Popes, because Vatican City is outside these borders), and explicitly excludes the Roman era (so it excludes pre-476 monarchs such as the Etruscan kings). We might consider these criteria somewhat arbitrary, but unless we reach an agreement to change it, I think we should apply it. That is also a reason to apply the modern borders of the Republic of Belarus. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 11:30, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I completely disagree with the latter. We should stick to what reliable sources say. These princes aren't considered to be Belarusian except in nationalistic propaganda. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:12, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
To my own surprise, in doing some searches on Google Scholar, I'm finding that you appear to be correct. "Italian prince(s)" is widely accepted as a normal phrase, whereas "Belarusian princes" is only mentioned in texts that either claim it to be a nationalistic concept, or very recent texts (last 5 years) that appear to be attempting to posit it as a legitimate scholarly concept. This effectively undermines support for my alternative proposal, as "Italian princes" is widely accepted, but "Belarusian princes" is not. Therefore I'm withdrawing my alternative proposal and supporting Delete now. Thanks for pointing this out. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 23:15, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support let's continue the work of eliminating anachronistic categories inspired by chauvinistic nationalism or irredentism. Laurel Lodged (talk) 08:45, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 09:58, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination--Estopedist1 (talk) 07:10, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:40, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Animal welfare organizations based in Iceland
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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 09:59, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination--Estopedist1 (talk) 07:18, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:41, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Beer festivals in Iceland
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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 10:04, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination --Estopedist1 (talk) 07:22, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:42, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Confectionery companies of Iceland
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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 10:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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@Estopedist1: please update the merge targets for this and the below nominations, keeping in mind my comments about the merge targets for the categories above. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:27, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I updated the nomination --Estopedist1 (talk) 07:25, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:42, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Dairy products companies of Iceland
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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 10:21, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination --Estopedist1 (talk) 07:30, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:43, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Defunct video game companies of Iceland
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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 10:29, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination --Estopedist1 (talk) 07:36, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:43, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Disaster prevention in Iceland
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:* Propose deletingCategory:Disaster prevention in Iceland (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose merging Category:Disaster prevention in Iceland to Category:Disaster preparedness in Europe and Category:Disasters in Iceland
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 10:30, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination --Estopedist1 (talk) 07:38, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:43, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Private schools in Iceland
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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 10:37, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination --Estopedist1 (talk) 07:40, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:44, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's rationale: This category is ambiguous. It can be interpreted to apply (a) to desktop platforms (i.e. no Windows or Linux version), or (b) to all platforms (i.e. no iOS/iPadOS version either). Since it's very common for apps to be exclusive to the Mac (no Windows port), while still having an iOS version, this ambiguity is unfortunate. What should we do? Rename it to clarify that it only refers to desktop platforms? Split it to Category:Software exclusive to Apple platforms? DFlhb (talk) 16:34, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
More concise alternative: Category:Apple-exclusive software DFlhb (talk) 01:33, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"Exclusive to Apple platforms" (however named) would move the contents from this, a subcat of Category:Macintosh-only software, to a new parent of that one. I suggest just clarifying in the description that the category is for software that has no desktop implementations other than MacOS, although it may also run on Apple mobile platforms (iOS / iPadOS / WatchOS). If people want to know what runs on Mac and Apple mobile but no other desktop platforms, they can check category intersections e.g. MacOS-only software and iOS software. – FayenaticLondon 15:03, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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@Fayenatic london:: seems like a good idea; my only worry is the risk of IP editors/newbies not bothering to read that new description, and removing the article from this category because it has an iOS version. That would create a maintenance burden, but I suppose it can't be helped, unless someone can come up with a clearer category name. What do you think about "macOS-only desktop software"? Or would this change be unnecessary? DFlhb (talk) 18:39, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@DFlhb: that name is concise. It might still be misinterpreted as meaning desktop-only, excluding Apple multi-platform apps, but rightly understood I think it's an improvement. It would also work for renaming the subcats accordingly. For clarity, do you want to withdraw this nomination, and start a fresh one for renaming along with the subcats? – FayenaticLondon 10:34, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Fayenatic london: I've never tried a bundle nomination before, so, might get it wrong. But I'll try. DFlhb (talk) 13:00, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You know what? I think I'll just go with your initial suggestion, and add a note at the top of these categories. Much simpler. DFlhb (talk) 13:33, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Penjara F.C. players
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Nominator's rationale:WP:SMALLCAT created for just one person. As always, every football club that exists does not automatically get one of these the moment there's one former player for that club with a Wikipedia article -- there would have to be five or six people to file here before a dedicated category was justified, and it doesn't aid navigation to obsessively categorize players for every single team that ever existed. Bearcat (talk) 17:13, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page discussions. GiantSnowman 16:02, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I have, fairly quickly and easily, expanded the category (by clicking 'what links here' from the parent article) so it is now at 6 entries and therefore more than justified. @Bearcat and Marcocapelle:. GiantSnowman 16:05, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
They didn't play in prison, you are showing ignorance of the subject here. GiantSnowman 20:02, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
GiantSnowman, I'm completely ignorant about the subject, totally reliant on the article. Let's see what it says:
Ground: Kajang Prison Complex Mini Stadium — inside a prison complex.
Owner: Malaysia Prison Department Sports Council - owned by a prison department.
The Prisons were first known to play football sometime in the 1950s. — started by Prisons; were they for prisoners, or wardens, or both?
So let's WP:V delete the article as well, as it is full of false and unsubstantiated information? William Allen Simpson (talk) 08:10, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I sympthatize with WAS' latest comment. With the huge amount of biography articles in Wikipedia we'd better raise the bar for people categories to at least 20 articles or so, rather than 5 (so not just for footballers, not just for sportspeople). Marcocapelle (talk) 13:31, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete -- I have added a main article link to the article to Penjara F.C., but it appears to be an amateur club, for which we do not normally allow categories. On the other hand it now has 6 articles. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:06, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Regulation in Iceland
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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. One article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 18:59, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination --Estopedist1 (talk) 07:48, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/manual upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:45, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Icelandic sexologists
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Propose merging Category:Icelandic sexologists to Category:Sexologists and Category:Icelandic people in health professions
Propose merging Category:Belgian sexologists to Category:Sexologists and Category:Belgian people in health professions
Propose merging Category:Croatian sexologists to Category:Sexologists and Category:Croatian people in health professions
Propose merging Category:Italian sexologists to Category:Sexologists and Category:Italian people in health professions
Propose merging Category:Latvian sexologists to Category:Sexologists and Category:Latvian people in health professions
Propose merging Category:Portuguese sexologists to Category:Sexologists and Category:Portuguese people in health professions
Propose merging Category:Serbian sexologists to Category:Sexologists and Category:Serbian people in health professions
Propose merging Category:Swiss sexologists to Category:Sexologists and Category:Swiss people in health professions
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. Sole article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 19:38, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination --Estopedist1 (talk) 07:51, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:46, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Icelandic blind people
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Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. Sole article to be upmerged to parent category/categories. Estopedist1 (talk) 19:38, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Estopedist1: for the closer of the discussion you need to specify exactly to which categories you propose this to be merged. See merge proposals from other editors. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:56, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I updated the nomination --Estopedist1 (talk) 07:54, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Question How many individuals are needed to not qualify as small category? I was able to find several more blind people who should have been in their respective national categories. Mason (talk) 21:33, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Most editors require at least 5 articles in a category. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:25, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I was able to populate most of the categories with 5+ people with very little effort. I vote that we keep all of the categories were there are at least 3 people in them. Mason (talk) 23:56, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/upmerge. A large structure of neer-empty categories is more troublesome than it is useful in terms of navigation. Place Clichy (talk) 13:47, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Television episodes about the Crusades
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Nominator's rationale:merge per WP:SMALLCAT, currently only one article. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:06, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge — as the only article is a Doctor Who, not really about the Crusades as such, merely takes place during that time and place. William Allen Simpson (talk) 10:30, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to Category:Television episodes set during the Crusades - This should be re-categorized under Category:Television episodes by period of setting, per User:William Allen Simpson's comments above. I have a feeling there are potentially a LOT more of these. While I would likely not oppose the entire "by setting" tree to go, as it does exist, this would seem to be a valid part of it. - jc37 06:24, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
If and only if we eventually discover that a tree is not needed by a significant number of smaller nominations such as this, then nominate the larger tree.
Large nominations are a terrible idea. They nearly always result in no consensus, so then we have to split them into smaller nominations anyway.
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Note: There is now also a Robin Hood episode redirect. – FayenaticLondon 14:30, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The role of the Crusades is very small here, better purge this redirect before merging. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:37, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Jc37: Category:Television episodes set during the Crusades would suggest everything set in the 12th and 13th century can be put in the category, is that your intention? Marcocapelle (talk) 20:42, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Category:Television episodes set during the Crusades, that is too ambiguous. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:37, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge As nominated. It's hard to imagine a single episode being about the crusades based on travel time. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:20, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Jagoi
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Nominator's rationale:Jagoi redirects to Dances of Manipur, so it makes sense to do the equivalent for categories. We could also reverse merge, but then Category:Jagoi would look weird within Category:Dances of India where Category:Dances of Indian state Foo is the norm. Pichpich (talk) 17:56, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"Jagoi" is any dance of Meitei culture. But all the dances of Manipur are not under Meitei culture. So, if you want to move the category name, please change it to Category:Dances of Meitei culture or Category:Meitei cultural dances or Category:Meitei dances. The wikipedia page Jagoi redirects to Dances of Manipur because there's still no separate article for Meitei dances (which I am planning to create in the near future). --Haoreima (talk) 18:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Not all articles are about Meitei culture. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:38, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Manual Merge — if any are not appropriate to the target, recategorize. The original nomination was based upon a redirected main article Jagoi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), but that was substantially changed during discussion. William Allen Simpson (talk) 08:17, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's rationale: Unclear what the purpose of this category is. If there is an issue with a page a bug report should be opened and it will eventually be handled. Gonnym (talk) 14:29, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unless someone comes forward with a purpose. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:21, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Articles with disproportional geographic scope
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Propose deletingCategory:Articles with disproportional geographic scope (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Articles with disproportional geographic scope from February 2023 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Articles with disproportional geographic scope from March 2023 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Maintenance category generated by ((Over coverage)), which was merged to ((Globalize)) following a TFD. ((Globalize)) has its own maintenance category, so this is now unused and not needed. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 12:35, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — why exactly have folks forgotten about "What links here"? William Allen Simpson (talk) 16:15, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment We have lots of monthly clean up categories that are automatically created each month by User:AnomieBOT and never used like this one. I just deleted 35 unused categories for the month of February 2023. Once a category gets tagged to be created each month, I'm not sure how to get it off AnomieBOT's list if it isn't used by our editors. LizRead!Talk! 20:46, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete per G8, was populated by a template that no longer does so. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 10:17, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hit singles not on Spotify
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Nominator's rationale:WP:SMALLCAT for a trivial characteristic. As always, the category system is not just a playground for making lists of just anything you want to make a list of -- we categorize topics on their defining characteristics, not just on every random factoid anybody can think of. It's also a transient characteristic that can change in the future, with songs being added to Spotify that weren't there before or being pulled from Spotify for one reason or another, making it effectively unmaintainable even if there were a vaild argument in favour of it. Plus, given the sheer number of music streaming platforms that exist now, this would lead to extreme category bloat as we created parallel categories for Deezer and Tidal and Apple Music and YouTube and Bandcamp and Google Play and SoundCloud and and and... Bearcat (talk) 12:21, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes there are many parts of wikipedia that are transient.
Streaming is now the primary way that people listen to music, and Spotify is the biggest audio streaming platform.
If a song is considered important enough to merit its own page on wikipedia, you might expect readers will want to go and listen to the song to check it out.
Of course the hope is that these songs will be highlighted and the rights owners will make the songs available and then maybe even remove the category themselves. Earlpurple (talk) 16:35, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's not the job of the Wikipedia category system to express dissatisfaction with other websites or companies. We categorize topics on the basis of their defining characteristics, not on the basis of wanting to light a fire under another website's ass. Bearcat (talk) 16:12, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, categories with "not" in the name are usually a bad idea and this is no exception. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:39, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as clearly non-defining characteristic. Pichpich (talk) 22:27, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sportspeople of Latin American descent
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Propose deletingCategory:Sportspeople of Latin American descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deletingCategory:Sportspeople by Latin American country of descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deletingCategory:American sportspeople of Latin American descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deletingCategory:Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deletingCategory:Argentine sportspeople of Latin American descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: recent proliferation of tiny categories with unusual and irrelevant hierarchical organization. Wikipedia:Category naming does not provide for by region encapsulating by country.
Summary: There's no rhyme nor reason for this convoluted tree, entangled with others, very few articles. Continuing removals after categories were emptied by previous discussions.
Support, trivial intersection between descent and occupation. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:53, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The goal should be to make things easier to find. This does the opposite and creates confusion. Pichpich (talk) 17:58, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the precedent of previous discussions. Regional/continental intersections at that level are a bad idea, and likely to be used only as a privacy for race. Place Clichy (talk) 13:51, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Possibly Keep the second as a useful container. Not sure about American, but delete the rest. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:10, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sportspeople of South American descent
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Propose deletingCategory:Sportspeople of South American descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deletingCategory:Sportspeople by South American country of descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deletingCategory:American sportspeople of South American descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose deletingCategory:Canadian sportspeople of South American descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: recent proliferation of tiny categories with unusual and irrelevant hierarchical organization. Wikipedia:Category naming does not provide for by region encapsulating by country.
Summary: There's no rhyme nor reason for this convoluted tree, entangled with others, very few articles. Continuing removals after categories were emptied by previous discussions.
Support, trivial intersection between descent and occupation. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:54, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The goal should be to make things easier to find. This does the opposite and creates confusion. Pichpich (talk) 17:58, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the precedent of previous discussions. Regional/continental intersections at that level are a bad idea, and likely to be used only as a privacy for race. Place Clichy (talk) 13:52, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete provided something is retained as a container parent for the tree. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:12, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Finnish garrisons
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