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Category:Japanese priestesses

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Japanese Shinto priestesses. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename, follow-up on this earlier discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support if you actually mean Category:Japanese Shinto priestesses and simply spelled wrong: do not support if you really mean Category:Japanese Shinto princesses as you spell it now.--Aciram (talk) 21:37, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • A subconscious mistake, as most of the priestesses (especially in the subcategory) were princesses. Thanks for noting it. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:21, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Support per nom. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:04, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Zombies and revenants in popular culture

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 February 23#Category:Zombies and revenants in popular culture

Category:United States military war crimes

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging:
Nominators' rationale: I'm not completely sure if this distinction is needed? I have not seen any other subcategories within Category:War crimes committed by country further subdivided into another subcategory for the military. I think it can be readily assumed that national categories for war crimes were committed by the official armed forces of that nation-state by default. AHI-3000 (talk) 04:38, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I have tagged the categories.
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Merge per nom. I don't really see the need for this distinction, especially since there is quite a bit overlapping between all of these categories. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:05, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fairies and sprites in popular culture

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The result of the discussion was: rename as nominated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:42, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Fictional fairies and sprites to Category:Fictional fairies
Nominators' rationale: I think category titles should be more short and concise, no need for redundant "Fictional Xs and Ys" naming patterns. Besides, Category:Fictional deities and spirits became Category:Fictional spirits, Category:Fictional demons and devils became Category:Fictional demons, and well see the related discussion about Category:Fictional zombies and revenants below. AHI-3000 (talk) 04:47, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I have tagged the category.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 20:51, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Expanding this nomination - propose renaming all of the following categories:
Nominators' rationale: For the same reasons I nominated Category:Fictional fairies and sprites. Also see this discussion about Category:Zombies and revenants in popular culture. AHI-3000 (talk) 02:30, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Albums recorded at the Tower Theater (Pennsylvania)

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: There is no need for geographic qualifier. Keystone18 (talk) 20:50, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Peoples of the Arctic

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose deleting Category:Indigenous peoples in the Arctic
  • Propose deleting Category:Culture of the Arctic by ethnic group
  • Propose deleting Category:Fictional indigenous people of the Arctic
Nominator's rationale: delete, Arctic is a very useful concept in physical geography, but not so much in social geography. Here it merely combines completely unrelated peoples. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:36, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:People by intelligence agency

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:People by intelligence agency to Category:Spies by intelligence agency
Nominator's rationale: For the sake of consistency with both other subcategories of Category:Spies, along with the fictional counterpart Category:Fictional spies by intelligence agency. AHI-3000 (talk) 04:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: i've fixed the CfD tag.
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Category:Fictional spies by nationality

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The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming all of these subcategories within Category:Fictional spies by nationality (but not "Category:Fictional spies by nationality" itself):
Nominator's rationale: For the sake of consistency with both other subcategories of Category:Fictional spies, along with the real-life counterpart Category:Spies by nationality. AHI-3000 (talk) 04:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I've corrected the CfD tags on the categories.
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Category:Yakut goddesses

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Content should come before categories. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 08:10, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge for now, only one article in the category is not helpful for navigation, without objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:51, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. If I can still say sth, there's at least one more article to be added to this cat. I just haven't gotten around to it yet bc I'm busy with other articles. In fact, I was getting ready to edit an unrelated page when I saw this message.Hse643 (talk) 01:49, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge for now with no prejudice against recreation if the category can be appropriately populated. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:46, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Arab diaspora in Canada

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:33, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, next to Arabs all sorts of Middle Eastern ethnic minorities are included in this tree, to such an extent that the category almost coincides with its Middle Eastern parent. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:43, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:West Asian diaspora in Canada

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:25, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OVERLAPCAT. There is much overlap between these two categories, with much of the content being placed in both categories. This hurts more than it helps in terms of navigation, and in the long run it can only lead to confusion for both readers and editors. Place Clichy (talk) 17:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Universities and colleges by type

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Universities and colleges by subject. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 08:11, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: As specified in the brief description sentence, this category is for universities and colleges "by type of subject matter taught". It notably does not contain subcategories like Category:Deaf universities and colleges‎ or Category:Women's universities and colleges‎, which are types of a different sort. Renaming would help make this clearer and enable easier browsing. ((u|Sdkb)) talk 17:20, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Target?
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People from Dorchester, Boston

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The result of the discussion was: Merge * Pppery * it has begun... 21:30, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose merging:
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:OCLOCATION and previous Cfd. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:42, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep Dorchester is more like the Bronx than the LES or the others voted upon in December because it was an independent town for 240 years and has distinct boundaries.--User:Namiba 21:59, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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@Place Clichy, what do you think about this one? Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:25, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Christian religious leaders in Scotland

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The result of the discussion was: partial merge to Category:Christianity in Scotland. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:35, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Partial merge, just moving up the Clergy subcat. Remove David I of Scotland; I have instead added the more specific article David I and the Scottish Church to Category:Christianity in Scotland. – Fayenatic London 16:38, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Christian clergy in Belgium

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The result of the discussion was: implement the nomination. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:19, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The "Christian clergy in Foo" categories are intended for categories by country of work, encompassing expatriates as well as nationals. The nominated "Christian clergy" categories are an unnecessary layer as they only include "Bishops in Foo", which are already in the parent Category:Christian clergy by country of work via Category:Bishops by country of work. Likewise, the nominated "[Christian] religious leaders" categories are similar unnecessary layers with only one subcat. – Fayenatic London 10:39, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:West Semitic deities

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 02:33, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, trivial intersection of mythology and language family. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Semitic cultures had different deities than the Sumerians, the Hittites, etc. Dimadick (talk) 08:56, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Category is meaningful. Not all gods were worshiped by the same people even if some were adopted by other cultures. West Semitic peoples had their own gods aside from those they adopted from neighboring cultures who are distinct enough to have their own category. Lumping differing people and cultures together simply because they inhabit the same area and ignoring any differences is disrespectful. And yes language would definitely be a factor separating these peoples and cultures. In fact it was probably the major difference (hard to identify with your neighbors when you can't understand them and they worship differently named gods in different ways, along with all the other cultural differences). As someone who appears to have zero knowledge of the religions of the ancient Near East, you should not be nominating this cat for deletion.Hse643 (talk) 02:29, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hebrews

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 February 23#Category:Hebrews

Category:16th-century poets from the Colony of Santo Domingo

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge for now. There's only one person in this category, which is unhelpful for navigation Mason (talk) 05:43, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Gang of Youths members

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Gang of Youths. Discussion of categorization of David Le'aupepe can take place at Talk:David Le'aupepe. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:39, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation to only have one band member; Per the guidance on the parent category Category:Musicians by band "Musicians by their bands, whether previous or current members. Categories should not be created when only one member has an article." Mason (talk) 03:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:SMALLCAT and WP:LOCALCONSENSUS. This seems like a local consensus that has no actual consensus or discussion and is contrary to smallcat. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Small cat is depreciated. Mason (talk) 05:44, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Dick Dale and the Del-Tones members

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation to only have one band member; Per the guidance on the parent category Category:Musicians by band "Musicians by their bands, whether previous or current members. Categories should not be created when only one member has an article." Mason (talk) 03:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Diablo Swing Orchestra members

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation to only have one band member; Per the guidance on the parent category Category:Musicians by band "Musicians by their bands, whether previous or current members. Categories should not be created when only one member has an article." Mason (talk) 03:16, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Cobra Starship members

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Unhelpful for navigation to only have one band member; Per the guidance on the parent category Category:Musicians by band "Musicians by their bands, whether previous or current members. Categories should not be created when only one member has an article." Mason (talk) 03:15, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:1958 establishments in Zambia

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The result of the discussion was: speedy merged, since the existence of this category was also template-generating a redlinked "1958 in Zambia" category that I could neither create nor fix any other way but had to eliminate regardless. Bearcat (talk) 14:57, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping category Mason (talk) 02:24, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Townships found in Mzuzu

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete as nominated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 21:37, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping category. The only page in here is a town, not a township. These were all created by the same user. Mason (talk) 02:13, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Anti-war video games

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 February 23#Category:Anti-war video games

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