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Category:Fictional male detectives

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:14, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:OCEGRS, trivial intersection between gender and occupation of fictional characters. Fictional male detectives is not a notable topic in its own right. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:57, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Per WP:OCEGRS we avoid gendered categories. This is not a special case where it should be allowed. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:33, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
William Allen Simpson (talk) 14:49, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Detectives and criminal investigators

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:14, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename per earlier discussion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_February_21#Category:Fictional_detectives and per main article Detective. Move content that does not belong in a detectives category to parent Category:People in law enforcement. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:35, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Wahspsneh, LaundryPizza03, Zxcvbnm, Bduke, William Allen Simpson, and Dimadick: pinging participants to previous discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:40, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • We don't do spurious nominations like this. None were tagged. Need a separate nomination after this concludes.
    William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:56, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Virtue

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 March 13#Category:Virtue

Category:Student religious organisations in Norway

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The result of the discussion was: merge all. bibliomaniac15 18:40, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCATs with only 1 entry. Re-nominating after Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_February_23#Category:Student_religious_organizations_in_Denmark where Estopedist listed these countries (using the other spelling) but did not tag the pages. – Fayenatic London 16:46, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Fayenatic london Thanks. I cannot understand why English specialists don't make a deal: we use always "organizations" or always "organisations". Such spelling discussions are really waste of time Estopedist1 (talk) 16:52, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Literature of Kievan Rus

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:20, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: As noted at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 March 4#Category:East Slavic literature, it is a child of Category:East Slavic literature (currently proposed to be renamed Category:Old East Slavic literature), but a parent of Category:East Slavic manuscripts. Seems like a needless layer in between. Besides, Category:Literature of Kievan Rus is a WP:SMALLCAT that has almost exactly the same contents as Category:East Slavic manuscripts, and as a child of Category:Kievan Rus culture along with Category:Old East Slavic, which @Marcocapelle: proposed as the new parent of Category:Old East Slavic literature, I think it serves no further special purpose as a separate category, and has no added value. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 16:33, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment you're not in a position to keep that promise since it is dependent on the success of another nomination. There's a procedural problem here. Laurel Lodged (talk) 08:20, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Please wait. As others have replied and Laurel noted, this was paired with a previous nomination. It should never have been done separately. As I wrote then, such impatience may result in no consensus.
William Allen Simpson (talk) 01:54, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm relatively new to CfD, I hadn't foreseen this problem. In recent days I've begun making some notes on which categories to nom for CfD, CfR or CfM and in what order, to prevent dependence problems like this. Unlike with Category:Rulers, I'm also trying to work bottom-up rather than top-down now; it's a better way to set precedents for future noms. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 23:28, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Qwerfjkl: I see that 20 March you closed Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_March_12#Category:East_Slavic_literature as Rename (as expected, thanks!). This morning JJMC89 bot III completed the move. Articles such as Tale of the Destruction of the Rus' Land have now also been moved from "Literature of Kievan Rus" to "East Slavic literature" to Category:Old East Slavic literature. So I guess we can close this CfM now? Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 16:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Nederlandse Leeuw, this CfD has already been closed. No further action is necessary. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:29, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I thought you would include this text here in the cyan box, but alright. Thanks again! Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 16:31, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wikipedians in Barbuda

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:22, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redundant to Category:Wikipedians in Antigua and Barbuda, which contains only this category and the same user. Also has too few people to support a location category per precedent. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:12, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This category is to be used for the “Wikipedians in Barbuda” user box. CROIX (talk) 18:16, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That would be Template:User Barbuda. It currently uses both user categories. – Fayenatic London 20:41, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Estonian surveyors and land managers

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:25, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. Estopedist1 (talk) 13:01, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Academic staff in Canada, Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania and South America

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The result of the discussion was: rename. I can't imagine relisting this is going to bring about any clearer consensus, so I'm closing this as rename in line with previous discussions.​ (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:29, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming
etcetera
The full list of nominated categories is on the talk page
Nominator's rationale: rename, this is follow-up on Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_January_3#Academics_in_Europe and Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_January_29#Academic_staff_in_Africa_and_Asia. Faculty is ambiguous: it may well refer to an organizational unit of a university rather than to people. On the other hand academic staff is entirely clear. So far Europe, Africa and Asia have been changed. I have now nominated all remaining countries except the United States. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:03, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Fayenatic london, Justlettersandnumbers, David Eppstein, Piotrus, Santasa99, Joy, Jonathan A Jones, Oculi, Doprendek, Necrothesp, No such user, Robminchin, ElKevbo, Waggers, Place Clichy, Peterkingiron, and William Allen Simpson: pinging contributors to previous January 3 discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:24, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wondered why this "British English" falsehood is repeated, even after being debunked. UC Irvine, where David Eppstein is a professor of computer science, uses:
    1. "Faculty and staff" for engineering;
    2. "Academic staff" for humanities;
    3. "Academic personnel" for the Provost and others who run the university.
  • Is this the source of irrational argument: the STEM-humanities culture war? The "globalists" (Doctors of Arts) use "Academic staff", and the administration (also PhDs) who hire professors, pay salaries, and govern departments are "Academic personnel".
William Allen Simpson (talk) 13:36, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Humanities at UCI uses faculty: Faculty. So does UCI in general: faculty.uci.edu. Not that this is at all relevant to this discussion. Oculi (talk) 15:41, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      • As the links show, the use of "faculty" is a cascading tab under either "Faculty and staff" or "Academic staff", demonstrating use of the word "staff" at the institution. Faculty is not the issue. The assertion was that "academic staff" was somehow forcing "British English" upon us. To the contrary, this is widespread outside Britain as well.
        William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:55, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Apologies, this was a copy-paste error. The link now directs to the intended list with Canada, Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania and South America. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:40, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • This discussion is about the specific regions listed. The practices of other regions are out of scope. Moreover, many notable people are associated their entire lives with a university, but are not "faculty" or a "professor". Professors, lecturers, researchers, and other professionals are all "academic staff". (Many secretaries are working on (or have) advanced degrees, so I'm happy to include any notable secretaries within the scope.) Don't duplicate endless layers of heirarchy and niche titles that subsume university personnel. As a personal note, I've been active at various universities over the years, as anybody who checked my name might notice. Never as faculty, but I've more "pubs" than most full professors.
    William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:34, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Depictions of people on film

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 March 13#Category:Depictions of people on film

Category:British India emigrants to the United States

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:31, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: These two categories seem to plainly be covering the same subject; no need to keep both. —Ganesha811 (talk) 16:54, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Works by gender

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The result of the discussion was: split. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:32, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: split such that the categories by gender are clearly about the topic men and women, in line with the parent Category:Works by topic. Works and books about individual people belong in the (already existing) biographical categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:53, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:Modeling in France

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:33, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unique category name ("Modeling in Foo"). Redudant in Wikipedia category system Estopedist1 (talk) 10:24, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Muslim politicians

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The result of the discussion was: delete. bibliomaniac15 18:48, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:G4, WP:OCEGRS. Note that we do not yet have Category:Christian politicians, but previously deleted Category:Jewish politicians is back again, too.
Under Category:Politicians by political orientation. Muslim is not a political orientation.
2021 re-creation after deletion:
  1. Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 November 21#Politicians by religion
  2. Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 August 4#Category:Politicians by religion
William Allen Simpson (talk) 12:53, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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  • @Fayenatic london: apart from American and British, this subcategorisation is going to lead to very tiny subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:05, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • There are 13 Dutch according to PetScan.[1] Granted, currently only 1 person in each of Belgian, German, Norwegian and Swedish, 2 Canadian, 3 Finnish, and 5 Australian, but these have potential to grow. – Fayenatic London 12:24, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • I do not know whether a Filipino category would be useful. The category intersection brings up members of parties there which are "influenced by Christian democracy and Islamic democracy." I suggest allowing such party categories to remain in Category:Politicians of Islamic political parties, but not building a Filipino Muslim category without further prior discussion. – Fayenatic London 12:24, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Even if (though) the US House of Representatives, or its media coverage, has the IMHO deplorable habit of sticking an infamy stamp on the forehead of its perceived minority members regardless of their actual political positions, I don't think this is either a general practice in the rest if the democratic world or a desirable defining factor for politicians categorization anyway. 20:46, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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Category:Country name changes

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The result of the discussion was: delete. If anyone is seeking to make a list, see Geographical renaming#Countries. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:37, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Virtually random, trivial category. "Siam" is called "Thailand", "Persia" is "Iran", etc. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:59, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
PS: While we're at it, we could rename List of administrative division name changes to List of renamed administrative divisions according to the commonly established practice in Category:City name changes. Incidentally, I can't help but laugh that we're discussing renaming categories and lists about renaming. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 14:08, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
PPS: A lot of Lists of renamed places in Category:Geographical renaming can be moved into my proposed Category:Lists of renamed places as well. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 14:17, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
PPPS: If we decided to listify (which could still be done regardless of what we do with this category and the other categories and lists), I suggest we start with Geographical renaming#Countries. That should save us a whole lot of trouble! Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 14:57, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:People associated with the United States Capitol

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The result of the discussion was: rename & reparent. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:39, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:OCASSOC. If kept, rename to Category:Artists associated with the United States Capitol and re-parent to Category:Artists, as a more concrete association. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:11, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
William Allen Simpson (talk) 11:54, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:People associated with Stonehenge

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 March 13#Category:People associated with Stonehenge

Category:Estonian fishers

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:46, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. Estopedist1 (talk) 07:58, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sindhi-speaking countries and territories

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:47, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT. It essentially contains Sindh, again Sindh, and States of India by Sindhi speakers (which is about demographics, not official language status). The full list of countries is: Pakistan and India. That's it. That doesn't merit a category. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 03:37, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Regions of Ukraine by language

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:48, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT, has only 2 items, both of which I have just nominated for also being a SMALLCAT with only 1 item.
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Category:Raions of Ukraine by language

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:47, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT, has only 1 item. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 00:38, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hungarian-speaking raions of Ukraine

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:48, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT, has only 3 items. WP:ARBITRARYCAT, the Hungarian language has no official status in these raions or anywhere else in Ukraine, and is not spoken by a majority in any raion or other territory in Ukraine. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 00:35, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I nominated Category:Countries and territories by language for renaming to Category:Countries and territories by official language for a variety of reasons yesterday, including the fact that demographics change constantly, and reliable sources are often hard to come by. In the case of Ukraine, it has held only one countrywide census in 2001, so what the current situation in Berehove Raion is 22 years later is anyone's guess. In its capital city Berehove, Hungarians only made up 48% in 2001, for example; and urbanisation and other factors tend to favour a country's official or primary language in a city and its surroundings over the course of decades. I think linguistic categorisation of countries and territories should only be based on official language status to avoid endless maintenance issues and reliable sources disputes. You might want to give that nomination a look; you made or were involved with similar nominations in the past several years. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 11:43, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Incidentally, I nominated Category:Countries and territories by language for renaming to Category:Countries and territories by official language for a variety of reasons yesterday, including constantly changing demographics and the need to focus on official language status instead; you might want to take a look at it. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 11:43, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:48, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT, has only one item. (Edit) It's the only region in Ukraine where Russian has co-official status; this number is not expected to grow, so this category is not expected to grow. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 00:29, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Multi-sailed windmills

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Windmills. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:29, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose Renaming Category:Multi-sailed windmills to Category:Windmills with more than four sails
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:CATNAME
When I saw this at the bottom of an article, I was baffled since I believe all intact windmills have more than 1 sail. But the category header explains the intent:
This category is for traditional windmills with more than four sails. It is not for Mediterranean windmills with jib sails.
The current category name just isn't clear enough to aid navigation. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:02, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Besides the category you created, this doesn't seem to be a common term though. We have no Multi-sailed windmill article that would have reliable off Wikipedia sources and ground this category without requiring an explanation. RevelationDirect (talk)
@RevelationDirect: - there's plenty of book sources that use the term. Not sure that we need a separate article though. This can be covered adequately in the windmill article. I'll add something there in due course. Mjroots (talk) 11:56, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
When that happens, a section redirect can stand in for a main article. - RevelationDirect (talk) 12:03, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedia categories named after insurance companies

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:30, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose Deleting Category:Wikipedia categories named after insurance companies
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:PROJCATS, WP:OVERLAPCAT, and an extension for WP:C2E, author's request
10 years ago when I created this category, I hadn't closely read the editing guidelines and was basing my category work off of what I saw other editors doing. So, when I created Category:State Farm and Category:GEICO I also blindly created this one too. There was no intended purpose I had in mind.
While the real world behavior of insurance companies is quite controversial, I don't recall the Wikipedia categorization of insurance articles being contentious so I can't think of what administrative purpose is served here. And, besides, you can still find all these same categories under Category:Insurance companies.
While we're past the 6 month mark for speedy deletion at the author's request, I'd still like to clean up my mistake. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:02, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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