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Category:Chemical reactions of ethers

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 16:32, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Need to set a precedent for the names of categories of chemical reactions specific to organic functional groups. E.g. Category:Reactions of esters. These are already within Category:Chemical reactions so we already know they are chemical reactions. Michael7604 (talk) 22:34, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional elementary school students

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 16:32, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, attending school is a pretty trivial characteristic of children. If kept, rename to Category:Fictional elementary school pupils. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:18, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. If anything it would be more notable if a child weren't attending school Mason (talk) 01:54, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Being a school student can be a defining trait for many fictional characters, especially the children in works such as The Simpsons or South Park. AHI-3000 (talk) 05:40, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dimadick: What do you think about this nomination? AHI-3000 (talk) 05:45, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I honestly do not consider it a particularly notable trait, with the exception of works which have a specific school setting. I have come across several child characters who are nearly always depicted during their free time for school or during their vacations. Nearly all of The Famous Five series takes place while the nominal school children are vacationing. Dimadick (talk) 10:12, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Superhero schools

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Category:Faculty by university or college in North America

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Academic staff by university or college in North America. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:24, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename following parent Academic staff by university or college, siblings for all other continents, and subcats for every country except the United States. The parent was renamed at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_May_7#Category:Faculty_by_university_or_college following Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_January_3#Academics_in_Europe, Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_January_29#Academic_staff_in_Africa_and_Asia and Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_March_5#Academic_staff_in_Canada,_Central_America_and_the_Caribbean,_Oceania_and_South_America. – Fayenatic London 19:41, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional schoolchildren

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Category:Chess gambits

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Category:Mythological nurses

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:30, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Extremely small category. In theory upmerge for now, but the only page is already in Characters in Greek mythology Mason (talk) 04:38, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are several (many?) mythological "nurses" i.e. nursemaids, these include:
And there are undoubtedly more. Seems like a plausibly useful category. Paul August 15:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nursemaids (which are more like wetnurses) are not the same as nurses, who are medical professionals. Mason (talk) 23:52, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not in an ancient Greek context. Paul August 01:50, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But this category is broader than Ancient Greece, it says "Category:Mythological nurses", not "Category:Mythological nurses in Ancient Greece". If it stays, it should be renamed to nursemaids or wetnurses or something to that effect. Mason (talk) 22:00, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would be in favour of renaming the category to "Nurses in Greek mythology" (or similar), and recategorising it accordingly, but I still think "nurses" is preferable to "nursemaids" or "wet-nurses", per my comment below. – Michael Aurel (talk) 03:27, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If we keep this category then I suppose that would be a better name, although I do think the term "nurse' would probably apply in any ancient context. Paul August 01:48, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would expect so. I also wouldn't be opposed to retaining the current title and adding mythological figures from other cultures. – Michael Aurel (talk) 11:42, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Tajikistani people by occupation and location

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Category:Korean kings

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The result of the discussion was: (up)merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 16:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining use of "king" per category description: "A category of Silla monarchs who used "king" as the regnal title." The category creator has made a lot of these kinds of category, despite warnings. Mason (talk) 05:28, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Roman Catholic theologians

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Category:Sufi tekkes in Albania

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The result of the discussion was: reverses merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:43, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, overlapping categories, see article Khanqah to which Tekkes redirects. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:29, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom Mason (talk) 21:38, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Khanqahs by country

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Sufi shrines. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 18:44, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:Khanqahs by country to Category:Khanqahs
Nominator's rationale: Only two categories in here and there doesn't exist a category called Khanqahs Mason (talk) 21:09, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:James Matisoff

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The result of the discussion was: Merge Category:Terms coined by James Matisoff, delete the rest. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:50, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Small category where not much in this category is defining or helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 19:48, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Not defining. Mason (talk) 19:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • If kept, Propose merging Category:Works by James Matisoff to Category:James Matisoff
Nominator's rationale: Not helpful for navigation to only have one work in here. Mason (talk) 19:45, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Edo literature

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Category:People of Soviet descent

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The result of the discussion was: Merge Category:People of Soviet descent, no consensus on Category:Israeli people of Soviet descent * Pppery * it has begun... 17:43, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only has one category layer which, in turn, has people already listed as descended from constitutent countries within the Soviet Union. Delete both. Omnis Scientia (talk) 16:31, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom Mason (talk) 19:39, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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@Marcocapelle, but isn't the "Israeli people of Soviet descent" quite vague? It doesn't tell where they are from or whether they are Jewish or not even. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:35, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Surnames of Jewish origin

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The result of the discussion was: No consensus Closing per author acknowledgement. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:58, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Parent categories are Category:Jewish names and Category:Jewish families. Main article is Jewish surnames. There is no such thing as a surname of Jewish origin. These are names adopted by Jewish people via assimilation or which they were forced to adopt in exchange for freedom and, hence, have a VERY diverse origin. The previous form "Jewish surnames" is a better description of the contents of this category. Omnis Scientia (talk) 16:04, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: @Qwerfjkl, I don't remember commenting on that one but I have and I completely forgot about it! Is opening a Cfd on a previously discussed category is not allowed/frowned upon? Asking so I can be more careful in the future. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:32, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Omnis Scientia It depends. In this case the previous discussion was closed as no consensus, so it could be okay, just make sure to avoid a rehash of the previous discussion e.g. by including counterpoints. Qwerfjkltalk 17:36, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Will do. Thank you! Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:37, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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@Smasongarrison, pinging you for a consensus. What do you think? Omnis Scientia (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't really have an opinion, but perhaps @Marcocapelle does? Mason (talk) 17:08, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Marcocapelle, pinging for your opinion. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:53, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • "of Jewish origin" is a lot more informative. For illustration, I think that Adler (surname) should be purged because while this surname may have been used by some Jews it is not an original Jewish name. On the other hand names rooted in the Hebrew Bible may surely be kept. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:03, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    A fair point, if you look at it that way. Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:48, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Qwerfjkl, as nominator, you can close this as no consensus if you want to. No need to relist. Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:49, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:United Airlines Flight 93 victims

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Category:Educational facilities

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 16:41, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping/non-defining category. These are all school-related things, but it's unclear to me how they really differ. Full disclosure, this category was original just in Category:educational buildings, but it contained lots of non-buildings, so I moved it up a level. Mason (talk) 23:42, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It was actually originally in Category:Education, though it's been 16 years so I don't remember exactly what pages were put into it at the time. I imagine I intended it to include pages for educational areas or units that were not in themselves buildings.
As such, being moved to Category:Educational buildings was probably not a good idea. I'm also not sure what "Educational environment" designates. Why not just put it up in Category:Education where it was originally?
-- Powers T 00:27, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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American college football bowl seasons

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Category:Irish arachnologists

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Arachnologists. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 16:45, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Merge for now, as it only contains 1 page. – Fayenatic London 16:41, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Uzbekistani people by occupation and location

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 16:46, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one category in here, which is unhelpful for navigation Mason (talk) 03:23, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose merging Category:Uzbekistani sportspeople by location to Category:Uzbekistani sportspeople
  • Propose deleting Category:Uzbekistani people by occupation and location

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Category:Halls

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The result of the discussion was: split. between Category:Rooms and Category:Building types. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:18, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Non defining. If kept, it needs to have more parent categories Mason (talk) 04:29, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Mythological Greek royalty

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Category:Marine fauna researchers of the Gulf of California

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Researchers of marine fauna of the Gulf of California. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:13, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Make it clearer the the research topic is Marine fauna of the Gulf of California Mason (talk) 21:04, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fred Crisman

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:14, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only two pages in this eponymous category, which isn't helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 14:24, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete as nominated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:12, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata only existed within one century. Merge/delete per precedent at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 15#Category:Establishments in Gran Colombia by century. Manually merge parent categories for C19 onto target cats. The remaining categories should probably be renamed "Río" using a diacritic, but that can be done afterwards. – Fayenatic London 14:00, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Pre Anuradhapura period in fiction

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Pre Anuradhapura period. Unopposed for a week. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:12, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:56, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Treaties of British Ceylon

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge to Category:Treaties of Sri Lanka and Category:British Ceylon. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:11, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:29, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dual merge per Fayenatic London. Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:50, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:British Ceylon in fiction

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:British Ceylon with no prejudice against recreation if the category can be appropriately populated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:10, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:28, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:20th-century Soviet television series debuts

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:09, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete per precedent at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 28#Category:20th-century establishments in the Soviet Union, this is uncontroversial clean-up. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:52, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom Mason (talk) 13:47, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Microscopic discoveries by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:09, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: No other category like this exists. We don't have a scientific discoveries category. Mason (talk) 05:15, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Upper Paleolithic discoveries

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:09, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This category is being used incorrectly. This is for when the discovery was, not what the period from which the discovery was found Mason (talk) 05:09, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:17th-century FOO historians

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The result of the discussion was: merge as nominated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:08, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one person in each of these categories, and it's unhelpful for navigation at this time. For each category, I tried to find additional members. Mason (talk) 01:49, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per nom. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:05, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Single-article Malacologists by nationality categories

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The result of the discussion was: merge as nominated with no prejudice against recreation if the category can be appropriately populated. (non-admin closure) HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 17:06, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCATs: All of these categories have only a single article each, no clear evidence there will be more articles in the near future in any of them. (Note: I previously nominated Category:Montenegrin Malacologists alone for renaming, but I've since changed my mind and followed Marcocapelle's suggestion to merge instead. See here for previous discussion) Monster Iestyn (talk) 02:01, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support merge for now. I'd be happy to see these categories grow enough to become needed, but until then upmerge for now. Mason (talk) 02:50, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.