Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 August 2
August 2
[edit]Category:NewsNet affiliates
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- The result of the discussion was: keep. Nominator is welcome to refile with a valid reason for deletion. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 04:03, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Speedy delete: Network folded 8/2/2024 Mvcg66b3r (talk) 22:31, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Procedurally oppose. @Mvcg66b3r A defunct organization is not a reason for deletion of a category, especially not grounds for a speedy deletion.Mason (talk) 22:37, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Ashoka Fellows
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- The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 20:48, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Afghanistan Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Bangladesh Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Brazil Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Canada Fellows to Category:Canadian social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Chile Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Egypt Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Finland Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Germany Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka India Fellows to Category:Indian social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Morocco Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Poland Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka South Africa Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Sweden Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka United Kingdom Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka USA Fellows to Category:American social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka USA Fellows-2010 to Category:American social entrepreneurs
- Propose merging Category:Ashoka Venezuela Fellows to Category:Social entrepreneurs
- Nominator's rationale: WP:OCAWARD this is not a defining award. The selection criteria notes that "Ashoka supports social entrepreneurs who have begun to implement their work, have achieved positive impact, and are ready to scale up nationally or internationally". This is more of a network than a defining award. https://www.ashoka.org/en-tr/recommend-ashoka-fellow Mason (talk) 22:17, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- The problem here is, that the root category for ashoka fellows is wrongly associated with the "award" topic. Remove the award association and we are good.
- To merge the ashokas into the social entrepreneurs would make them invisible. Is that Your intent?
- The root category for ashoka is "Social entrepreneurs" rightly anyway. Manorainjan 22:41, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merge, not a defining characteristic. This sort of information belongs in a list where it can be referenced rather than in a category. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:12, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Women association football agents
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- The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 20:49, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose splitting Category:Women association football agents to Category:Association football agents and Category:Women sports agents
- Nominator's rationale: Dual merge; three way intersection between gender, sport, and profession. Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:44, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Dual merge, also per WP:FINALRUNG: in the category tree of Category:Sports agents articles are not only categorized by female but also by nationality. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:15, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:8th-century Indian architects
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- The result of the discussion was: merge and delete respectively; 7th-century is empty so nothing to merge. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 20:49, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:8th-century Indian architects to Category:8th-century architects and Category:Indian architects and Category:8th-century Indian people
- Propose merging Category:7th-century Indian architects to Category:7th-century architects and Category:Indian architects and Category:7th-century Indian people
- Nominator's rationale: Isolated categories that only hold one person. Upmerge for now. Mason (talk) 20:47, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:55, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:16, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- I have removed the article from the 7th-century categories, according to the article the subject built under Vikramaditya II. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:23, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, Category:7th-century Indian architects has been emptied. Liz Read! Talk! 06:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:American anime-influenced Western animated television series
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- The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 20:50, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:American anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:American anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Australian anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Australian anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Brazilian anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Brazilian anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:British anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:British anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Canadian anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Canadian anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Danish anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Danish anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:French anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:French anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:German anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:German anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Irish anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Irish anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Italian anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Italian anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Luxembourgian anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Luxembourgian anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Mexican anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Mexican anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Spanish anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Spanish anime-influenced animated television series
- Propose renaming Category:American anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:American anime-influenced animated television series
- Nominator's rationale: Redundant titles quite obviously created as a result of copying from the parent category title. Western is an unnecessary qualifier here, because (1) it's self-evident from the country, and (2) it's not a defining aspect anyway. Paul_012 (talk) 19:28, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Rename per nom, this would coveer all countries other than Japan. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:48, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Rename "Western" is not needed in this description. Dimadick (talk) 17:16, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- I agree. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 02:52, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Doctor Who audio characters
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- The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 20:52, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: This category primarily consists of characters who debuted and appeared in the main show, with only Charley Pollard, Bernice Summerfield, and Iris Wildthyme not appearing in the main show. Even then, the latter two first appeared in books, with only Pollard having actually debuted in audio dramas. This category as a result seems entirely redundant due to having no clear inclusion criteria separate from any other character category for this franchise. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 18:41, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Delete but move Charley Pollard up into Category:Science fiction radio characters. This category may have been created as a complement to Category:Doctor Who book characters and Category:Doctor Who comic strip characters, but lacks the rationale for those i.e. characters originating in those media. – Fayenatic London 09:12, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Japanese anime-influenced Western animated television series
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- The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 20:52, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Nonsensical category, as anime-influenced animation is by definition non-Japanese. Paul_012 (talk) 18:38, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Delete as self-contradictory. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:49, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Chinese anime-influenced Western animated television series
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- The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 20:52, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:Chinese anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Chinese anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Indian anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Indian anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:Singaporean anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Singaporean anime-influenced animated television series
- Category:South Korean anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:South Korean anime-influenced animated television series
- Propose renaming Category:Chinese anime-influenced Western animated television series to Category:Chinese anime-influenced animated television series
- Nominator's rationale: Obvious errors as these countries aren't in the West. The categories were obviously created in error by contributors copying the parent category title without actually checking what it said. Paul_012 (talk) 18:23, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support per nom. There is no universally agreed definition of the Western world. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:49, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Anime-influenced Western animation
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- The result of the discussion was: merge and rename. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 20:53, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Anime-influenced Western animation to Category:Anime-influenced animation
- Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. Non-defining and unnecessary category layer, leading to a mess of incorrect subcategorisations. The category was at Category:Anime-influenced animation from 2006 until 2017 when it was moved to Category:Anime-influenced Western animation following a CfD where the main argument confusingly surrounded concern over whether animation here could be understood as also including anime, thus making the category self-referential and thus nullifying its purpose, which is, IMO, nonsense. The main article is Anime-influenced animation, and the term's meaning has always been clear. In any case, Category:Anime-influenced animation was later re-created in 2020 because non-Western anime-influenced animation exists. There was no discussion in the previous CfD over whether being Western was actually a defining aspect for a subset of anime-influenced animation, and I'm arguing here that it is not, and the split categories should be merged back to the original title. The film and series subcategories should likewise be renamed (failing that, at the very least they need to be split to remove the Asian subcategories, which are clearly not Western). Paul_012 (talk) 18:18, 2 August 2024 (UTC) – 18:42, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Also, this entire tree needs a lot of clean-up, as it's full of irrelevant articles evidently labelled according to someone's made-up ideas without any attestation. Kungfu Panda? Puss in Boots? How are these anime-influenced in the slightest? --Paul_012 (talk) 18:49, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Rename and merge There is no universally agreed definition of the Western world. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:50, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Urban pop albums by French artists
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. I've added the one entry to its subcats. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 20:58, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: "Urban pop", or where it redirects to urban contemporary music, is considered more of a radio format than a specific genre because those stations play from a variety of genres (R&B, hip hop, Latin music, pop, etc.) targeting for the most part Black audiences, and such stations have been labeled as "urban". The album in this category can be upmerged to the parents. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 17:53, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:28, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Television shows written by John Swartzwelder
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- The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 20:58, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: The category contains articles about individual episodes, not shows. Mr slav999 (talk) 16:28, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. If there were television shows in the category, it would need to be split from the episodes. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:51, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Hotels in Pattaya
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- The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Hotels in Thailand and Category:Buildings and structures in Pattaya. The following parent categories will consequently be deleted as empty: Category:Hotels in Chonburi province, Category:Hospitality companies of Chonburi province, Category:Companies based in Chonburi province, Category:Organizations based in Chonburi province. – Fayenatic London 10:23, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Hotels in Pattaya to Category:Hotels in Thailand
- Nominator's rationale: Only has 1 entry. LibStar (talk) 00:05, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom but to Category:Buildings and structures in Pattaya. The article is already in Category:Hotel chains in Thailand. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:42, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: I've added two more entries. More could be created as redirects to their chains, but there's no point if the category's being deleted. --Paul_012 (talk) 20:28, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- One of the additional entries is a redirect to an article on a fire at the hotel. LibStar (talk) 02:15, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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- If only redirects might be added I suggest we proceed with the merge. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:13, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Pages using LPFM station data without facility ID
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- The result of the discussion was: soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the category's undeletion. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 21:00, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: No longer used in {{LPFM station data}} after the cleanup was completed. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 01:39, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
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Xth-century Indian sculptors
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- The result of the discussion was: delete and merge respectively, nothing to merge in 7th century. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 21:03, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:7th-century Indian sculptors (0) to Category:7th-century Indian artists, Category:7th-century sculptors, and Category:Indian sculptors
- Propose merging Category:8th-century Indian sculptors (0) to Category:8th-century Indian artists, Category:8th-century sculptors, and Category:Indian sculptors
- Nominator's rationale: Procedural follow up to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 July 25#Category:12th-century Indian sculptors. Pinging patricipants Marcocapelle, Smasongarrison. These century cats are isolated and unhelpful for navigation. Qwerfjkltalk 15:27, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom, but not to the third merge target because the articles are already in Category:Indian male sculptors. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:10, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Thanks for following up! Mason (talk) 20:40, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Also, merge the second category to Category:8th-century Indian people rather than Category:8th-century Indian artists because the latter does not exist and it is too early to create it. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:36, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- CommentCategory:7th-century Indian sculptors has been emptied. Liz Read! Talk! 06:04, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Uncategorised film articles
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- The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 21:04, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: This doesn't seem to be used by any template as I couldn't find it in an insource search. As a manual placed category this isn't really useful. Gonnym (talk) 07:30, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Oppose: The category is populated by {{WikiProject Film}} and is used on talk pages. MClay1 (talk) 06:39, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Mclay1, could you help explain the category's function, and the conditions that trigger it? The template was converted to use the common meta template sometime after the category was introduced, and it seems like its functionality may have been abandoned. (I couldn't find references in the current or historical template code, but maybe it used to be in some of the subtemplates deleted in 2016?) --Paul_012 (talk) 03:43, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- I don't know how it actually works, and looking at it again, I've confused this category with Category:Unassessed film articles, so it quite possibly isn't used. In which case, delete. Mclay1 (talk) 07:33, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Mclay1, could you help explain the category's function, and the conditions that trigger it? The template was converted to use the common meta template sometime after the category was introduced, and it seems like its functionality may have been abandoned. (I couldn't find references in the current or historical template code, but maybe it used to be in some of the subtemplates deleted in 2016?) --Paul_012 (talk) 03:43, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Sportspeople by Canadian province or territory and sport
[edit] Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 August 26#Category:Sportspeople by Canadian province or territory and sport
Category:Sportspeople from Japan by prefecture
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- The result of the discussion was: Keep * Pppery * it has begun... 16:07, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:Sportspeople from Japan by prefecture to Category:Japanese sportspeople by prefecture
- Propose renaming Category:Sumo people by prefecture in Japan to Category:Japanese sumo people by prefecture
- Propose renaming Category:Professional shogi players by prefecture in Japan to Category:Japanese professional shogi players by prefecture
- Propose renaming Category:Rugby union players by prefecture in Japan to Category:Japanese rugby union players by prefecture
- Propose renaming Category:Association football people from Japan by prefecture to Category:Japanese association football players by prefecture
- Propose renaming Category:Baseball people by prefecture in Japan to Category:Japanese baseball players by prefecture
- Nominator's rationale: per (many) previous precedents. Moved to full Cfd; split should be at the end and it should by "Foo people by region". Omnis Scientia (talk) 12:30, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose. Which prefecture? What country? Can a Japanese player play in a Baseball team in Bangui (Prefecture)? This creates a problem that the previous naming convention did not have. Gonnym (talk) 13:53, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- I don't see any issue or confusion here. Its for categorizing by birth place or place where they grew up, not where they played. Majority of categories like this are named like that. Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:25, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Procedural close as potential trainwreck per Canadian nomination above. Grutness...wha? 15:33, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose. Which prefecture? What country? Can a Japanese player play in a Baseball team in Bangui (Prefecture)? This creates a problem that the previous naming convention did not have. Gonnym (talk) 13:53, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- As above. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:35, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Olympic Games in fiction
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- The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 21:05, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Not well defining, some of the entries can be moved to Category:Works about the Olympic Games, but not all of them. I also suspect that most of those entries are already in one of those subcategories. (Oinkers42) (talk) 14:22, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Oinkers42: at first sight it seems to be a valid subcategory of Category:Sports fiction. How is this not well defined? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:11, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Seems like a legitimate category. It seems useful to have a fiction category for something that is likely to have many non-fictional works made about it. MClay1 (talk) 02:07, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Oppose Legiimate category, and could be easily populated. Dimadick (talk) 17:18, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Module documentation pages
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- The result of the discussion was: no consensus. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 18:19, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Per my comments at WP:VPT#Adding documentation subpage to module doc pages, populating this category properly requires a lot of effort both now and every future time a new module is created. Since a similar list can be found via CirrusSearch, the existence of this category is an unnecessary and wasteful drain of resources. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:16, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Keep. WLH only includes pages that transclude {{Documentation subpage}} directly. Open any doc page in that list and you'll see that the documentation subpage message appears twice. Pppery is wrong. If the category is deleted then finding documentation subpages will become much harder. Nickps (talk) 17:20, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- I was wrong about that specific point (now removed), but not my broader point: CirrusSearch or frankly even Special:AllPages/Module: since almost half of all module pages are documentation pages should suffice. And what is the value of finding a list of all module documentation pages anyway? That's never been answered. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:22, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Adding Category:Module documentation pages to your watchlist and letting category changes through the filter would allow you to see every new documentation page in your watchlist. The utility of this feature is explained in MediaWiki_talk:Scribunto-doc-page-header#Category:Module_documentation_pages. Nickps (talk) 17:27, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- And why would one want to see every new documentation page on one's watchlist? This still looks like an overengineered solution in search of a problem, causing unnecessary chaos as a result. On the contrary to what you claim, that discussion shows one person who relies on watching template documentation pages and explicitly does not care about module documentaton pages. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:31, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- I know I watch the category. I can't speak for anyone else. If you ask me though, both of the arguments made for Category:Template documentation pages apply to modules because, while vandalism in module space is rarer, those pages are also less frequently visited, so it can be harder to spot. Removing a tool that would help with this process is a step in the wrong direction. Nickps (talk) 17:41, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
And why would one want to see every new documentation page on one's watchlist?
– because one is interested in maintaining module documentation. Keeping it consistent, up-to-date, etc. —andrybak (talk) 17:57, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- And why would one want to see every new documentation page on one's watchlist? This still looks like an overengineered solution in search of a problem, causing unnecessary chaos as a result. On the contrary to what you claim, that discussion shows one person who relies on watching template documentation pages and explicitly does not care about module documentaton pages. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:31, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Adding Category:Module documentation pages to your watchlist and letting category changes through the filter would allow you to see every new documentation page in your watchlist. The utility of this feature is explained in MediaWiki_talk:Scribunto-doc-page-header#Category:Module_documentation_pages. Nickps (talk) 17:27, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Conversely, pages like Module:Category_disambiguation/doc are not listed in the WLH, despite clearly including the template. Nickps (talk) 17:23, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- I was wrong about that specific point (now removed), but not my broader point: CirrusSearch or frankly even Special:AllPages/Module: since almost half of all module pages are documentation pages should suffice. And what is the value of finding a list of all module documentation pages anyway? That's never been answered. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:22, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Re:
populating this category properly requires a lot of effort [...] every future time a new module is created
– /doc pages are populated via preload Template:Documentation/preload-module-doc, so it won't be a lot of effort if {{Documentation subpage}} is added to the preload. —andrybak (talk) 18:02, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Keep. WLH only includes pages that transclude {{Documentation subpage}} directly. Open any doc page in that list and you'll see that the documentation subpage message appears twice. Pppery is wrong. If the category is deleted then finding documentation subpages will become much harder. Nickps (talk) 17:20, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Squares and ball games
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- The result of the discussion was: Merge and I would advice Rockycape to stop WP:BLUDGEONing the process - all that does is annoy other participants and closers without making it more likely to get their way. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:06, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Squares and ball games to Category:Ball games
- Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary/overcategorization Gjs238 (talk) 22:01, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment. Three pages are in this category. This category improves WP readers finding things and is helpful.
Perhaps some changes in the category name such as "Squares court and ball games" would be better.Happy to progress with the existing name. Rockycape (talk) 00:56, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Rockycape: please provide evidence for the existence of a more generic name like "Squares court and ball games". If a more generic name does not exist then merge the category. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:05, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Rockycape: for the existing name it isn't any different. Please provide evidence for the existence of a more generic name like "Squares and ball games". If a more generic name does not exist then merge the category. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:47, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. It feels unnecessary to have a completely separate category for ball games that involve squares, when "Squares" could simply be added as a subcategory of "Ball games".
- Comment. Three pages are in this category. This category improves WP readers finding things and is helpful.
- Nn88nn88 (talk) 00:47, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
Category:Ball games --> Category:Squares and ball games --> Category: Squares
"Squares" from Category: Squares the generic name commonly used. As follows from Wiktionary definition: A sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit. This category includes Hopscotch, Foursquare, Handball (schoolyard game) and Russian four square.Rockycape (talk) 05:56, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Rockycape: I am sorry but Wiktionary is not a reliable source. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:33, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Marcocapelle: Happy to use a online OED reference. Sorry it's behind a paywall. Hmmm - need to give some more thought.
- Rockycape (talk) 00:46, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- Considering the difficulty you have mentioning only one reliable source it is very unlikely that any term is commonly used to describe these three games as a coherent set. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:25, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- Should be ok as it is commonly used and it's 2/2 with the paywall being the problem for the AED. Off to the bricks and mortar library for me and to take a squiz at the dictionary there. Rockycape (talk) 01:06, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
- Macquarie Australian slang dictionary
- Author: general editor James Lambert.
- Imprint: Macquarie University, NSW : Macquarie Library, 2004.
- ISBN: 1876429526
- handball - a common schoolyard game played with a tennis ball which is hit with the hands in a court, consisting usually of either four or six squares, drawn on the asphalt. Four square - The version with four squares also gets called four square
- Should be ok as it is commonly used and it's 2/2 with the paywall being the problem for the AED. Off to the bricks and mortar library for me and to take a squiz at the dictionary there. Rockycape (talk) 01:06, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
- Considering the difficulty you have mentioning only one reliable source it is very unlikely that any term is commonly used to describe these three games as a coherent set. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:25, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
It looks like the Macquarie University reference is of a high standard in addition to backing up the Oxford Dictionary reference(paywall) and the lesser Wiktionary one.Rockycape (talk) 20:57, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
- So it's a definition of handball, played with a tennis ball. Sounds like a ball game. Gjs238 (talk) 10:36, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- ABC
- In the diagram above we would have (A) wall, (B) ball_games, (C) squares.
- The categories are:
- Category:Ball games
- Category:Squares and ball games - you can't play these games without the requisite Squares - just like Squares are essential for Hopscotch. (No ball required for Hopscotch but you get the idea)
- Category:Wall and ball games - you can't play these games without the requisite Wall - just like the Wall is essential for squash. (No racquet required here but you get the idea)
- Category:Ball games
- Category:Wall and ball games exists already
- Category:Squares and ball games is the one we are discussing.
- I did the diagram for my benefit to hopefully be able to explain my rationale.
- We already many, many games in the Ball games category so collapsing either of the above categories is going to be a step backwards in clarity. Rockycape (talk) 10:32, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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- Comment: I tried to follow the above discussion, but Rockycape's arguments are not making any sense to me. How do dictionary definitions for foursquare and handball have anything to do with whether this purported grouping is actually recognised as a distinct class of games? --Paul_012 (talk) 05:05, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, upon rereading their explanation below the diagram (which is mislabelled by the way), I think I understand. Rockycape created this category (Squares and ball games) as an analogue to the existing Category:Wall and ball games. The difference is that "wall-and-ball games" (that category should be renamed for hyphenation by the way) is an established term that has been used by reliable sources, while "squares and ball games" was just made up based on their own original analysis, and the dicdefs were invoked support to support this analysis. Rockycape, please see the Wikipedia policy on WP:No original research. We can't accept such self-created descriptions and categorisations. Merge/delete per nom. --Paul_012 (talk) 05:26, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Looking at the articles, Four square, Handball (schoolyard game) and Downball all seem to be saying that they're synonyms or variations of the same game. Can't tell if Russian four square is even similar or just a shared name. It seems that what really needs to be done here is merging the redundant articles. Then there'd be no issue stemming from the desire to categorise them together. --Paul_012 (talk) 05:26, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merge, there is no evidence that it is a commonly used term by reliable sources. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:39, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment.. I'd like to highlight the nomination reason
- nominated for unnecessary/overcategorization
- nominator proposes MERGE to Category:Ball_games
- Category:Ball_games is already too BIG to be useful (200 articles)
- Category:Ball_games has a manageable (20 sub-categories)
- Being aware of efficiency here can re-list this or we take the discussion to the Category Talk page for a more thorough discussion perhaps . . .
. . . I propose if further discussion does not result in consensus I am happy to concede.
- With respect to moving the discussion can I ask the nominator to withdraw this nomination on the basis of this being necessary and useful categorization. Rockycape (talk) 00:00, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- What sort of more thorough discussion do you envisage? When you have e.g. five reliable sources that consider these games a distinct group you can list them here (not that I expect any), and other than that I don't think there is anything left to discuss. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:05, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- If afforded the extra time, I'd like to focus further discussion on:
- (a) Category:Squares and ball games is not overcategorization
- (b) This discussion should be more about defining characteristic
- (c) This discussion should be different to the notability requirement for articles. Rockycape (talk) 04:11, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- What sort of more thorough discussion do you envisage? When you have e.g. five reliable sources that consider these games a distinct group you can list them here (not that I expect any), and other than that I don't think there is anything left to discuss. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:05, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- With respect to moving the discussion can I ask the nominator to withdraw this nomination on the basis of this being necessary and useful categorization. Rockycape (talk) 00:00, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merge to ball games; that and other existing categories like Category:Wall-and-ball games are sufficient. Walsh90210 (talk) 23:51, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merge to ball games.Rockycape (talk) 06:15, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks all for affording additional time for further discussion: the first task was to find more references and after a visit to the local library there are now three good references as follows:
- foursquare - a children's game for four players in which each player stands in a quadrant of a square court Merriam-Webster dictionary (online) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foursquare#
- handball - Any of various children's games resembling tennis or squash in which players strike the ball with the hand, typically played on a court divided into squares Oxford English dictionary (Online) https://www.oed.com
- handball - a common schoolyard game played with a tennis ball which is hit with the hands in a court, consisting usually of either four or six squares Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary: Complete & Unabridged 2004Rockycape (t • c •g)
(a) Category:Squares and ball games - does not fit Forms of overcategorization - see below:
Forms of overcategorization
- ❌ Trivial characteristics
- ❌ Subjective inclusion criteria
- ❌ Arbitrary inclusion criteria
- ❌ Intersection by year or time period
- ❌ Intersection by location
- ❌ Narrow intersection
- ❌ Miscellaneous categories
- ❌ Mostly overlapping or duplicative
- ❌ Unrelated subjects with shared names
- ❌ By being associated with
- ❌ By opinion or preference of an issue or topic
- ❌ Potential candidates and nominees
- ❌ Award recipients
- ❌ Published list
- ❌ Venues by event
- ❌ Performers by performance
In addition proposed Merge to Category:Ball_games is already too BIG to be useful (>200 articles) Rockycape (t • c •g) 06:10, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
(b) This discussion should be more about defining characteristic for categories and less about (c) notability requirement for articles.
A defining characteristic is something that reliable secondary sources consistently say about a subject. It’s a trait that shows up in descriptions and helps clearly identify what the subject is.
For example, if trusted sources describe a game as being played on "a square court" then "squares" AND "court" are considered defining traits of that subject. Essentially, if these descriptions are common and consistent, then those traits can be used to define the subject.
Since the nominator has nominated this as Merge - I contend Category:Squares and ball games has not met the threshold for requiring Merge as:
- is useful as a category and helps keep the Ball games category more manageable.
- it does not fit overcategorization
- does have defining traits backed up by reliable secondary sources. Rockycape (t • c •g) 06:22, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:19th-century feminists
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- The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 21:06, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: There is no need to have an intersection between political orientation and century. Mason (talk) 02:06, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Weak support, I presume that early feminists are mostly in Category:Suffragists or belong there. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Keep Feminist ideologies have evolved significantly across different centuries; therefore, the intersection between feminism and century is crucial. - The9Man (Talk) 07:00, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- But how is the century*ideology defining at the intersection ? Are people defined by being 19th-century feminists? This is the only category by century. I think an alternative name could be viable, but I don't see how this underpopulated category Category:19th-century feminists (40) is helpful.Mason (talk) 13:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Actually there is Category:18th-century feminists (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Johnbod (talk) 02:56, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- But how is the century*ideology defining at the intersection ? Are people defined by being 19th-century feminists? This is the only category by century. I think an alternative name could be viable, but I don't see how this underpopulated category Category:19th-century feminists (40) is helpful.Mason (talk) 13:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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- Keep as a defining characteristic of the individuals named. One reason there are so few is that the social cost of being an overall true feminist in the 1800s, and not only those who supported the vote, was substantial. Rarity does not mean it isn't a viable topic, just the opposite. That same rarity makes these individuals even more unique in their approach and support of their fellow women. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:06, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- No one is saying rarity is not defining. I don't think having an isolated category is helpful here. How would the keeps feel about an alternative name that doesn't include century? Like Early feminists or premodern feminists? Mason (talk) 04:15, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Early or premodern are rather ambiguous concepts though. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:06, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- I just added another entry, this is a defining category. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:26, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, but @Randy Kryn, do you have suggestions that could avoid using the term century? The challenge with 19th-century, is that is that there is only 1 century. The norm is to not create 20th or 21st century for activists, so an alternative name would be extremely helpful. Mason (talk) 23:26, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- I just added another entry, this is a defining category. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:26, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- No one is saying rarity is not defining. I don't think having an isolated category is helpful here. How would the keeps feel about an alternative name that doesn't include century? Like Early feminists or premodern feminists? Mason (talk) 04:15, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the ping. '19th-century' seems fine as a historical era-descriptor. The concept of 19th century feminists is interesting and descriptive. 18th century feminists may be a good essential category as well, tracking encyclopedically the "early" progress and social instinct of activist women such as Mary Wollstonecraft. 20th and 21st century would be a very full list, so they could be created or not. But 19th century notables, yes, it works on several levels. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:38, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, @Randy Kryn so you do not have any alternative suggestions for a name? Mason (talk) 22:31, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- The present name is fine, as I said above. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:20, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, @Randy Kryn so you do not have any alternative suggestions for a name? Mason (talk) 22:31, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the ping. '19th-century' seems fine as a historical era-descriptor. The concept of 19th century feminists is interesting and descriptive. 18th century feminists may be a good essential category as well, tracking encyclopedically the "early" progress and social instinct of activist women such as Mary Wollstonecraft. 20th and 21st century would be a very full list, so they could be created or not. But 19th century notables, yes, it works on several levels. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:38, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Comment: We already have Category:First-wave feminism, etc. as subdivisions of the movement, but I'm not sure whether having Category:First-wave feminists and such would be a good idea. Biographies probably won't lend themselves to neatly fit such divisions. --Paul_012 (talk) 05:38, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Keep There is no category about political ideologies that could not benefit by a subcategorization by century. This is one of the best aspects of Wikipedia's categorization. 17:20, 3 August 2024 (UTC)Dimadick (talk)
- Keep – I don't understand the issue. It's defining that they were feminists in the 19th century. Whether or not 20th and 21st century categories should also exist, I don't know, but either way I don't think it's an issue to keep this one or Category:18th-century feminists. Mclay1 (talk) 01:56, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- Keep this & the 18th-century one, to stop these pioneers getting lost in the huge later cats, divided by country etc. Johnbod (talk) 02:56, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:1370 in Brussels
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- The result of the discussion was: Merge to centuries. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:04, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:1370 in Brussels to Category:History of Brussels and Category:1370 in Europe
- Propose merging Category:1511 in Brussels to Category:History of Brussels and Category:1511 in the Holy Roman Empire
- Nominator's rationale: merge, isolated single-article categories, not helpful for navigation. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:15, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I will tag Category:1511 in Brussels.
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- Support per nom. Johnbod (talk) 03:38, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support except, instead of Category:History of Brussels, they should upmerge into the appropriate century subcategories, Category:14th century in Brussels and Category:16th century in Brussels respectively, which have greater scope for potential expansion. Also delete the decade categories Category:1370s in Brussels and Category:1510s in Brussels so the single articles don't get added there. MClay1 (talk) 16:20, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Is this okay with you, @Johnbod and Marcocapelle? HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 03:19, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- 16th century is okay when Brussels had become the capital of the Habsburg Netherlands. I am a bit hesitant about the 14th century when that was not yet the case. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:22, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- ok, or as Marco suggests. Johnbod (talk) 12:48, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Is this okay with you, @Johnbod and Marcocapelle? HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 03:19, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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- support upmerge into the appropriate century subcategories, Category:14th century in Brussels and Category:16th century in Brussels . LibStar (talk) 06:27, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
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Museum collections
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- The result of the discussion was: rename as nominated. This is a sprawling discussion, centering around whether we should have a standard, and, if so, what that standard should be. While some people argued that there is no need for standardization – primarily because some museums have multiple collections, and some have only one collection – they were in a clear minority. Those in favor of standardization argued that having consistency is a good thing in its own right. This brings us to deciding whether to standardize singular or plural. A clear majority of people agreed with using singular, arguing that it was more grammatical; many found Johnbod's arguments persuasive. Therefore, there is clear consensus to have a standardize, and rough consensus that the standard should be singular. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 18:33, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Allen Memorial Art Gallery to Category:Collection of the Allen Memorial Art Gallery
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Allen Memorial Art Museum to Category:Collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales to Category:Collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to Category:Collection of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Derby Museum and Art Gallery to Category:Collection of Derby Museum and Art Gallery
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Herbert Art Gallery and Museum to Category:Collection of the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Lancashire Museums to Category:Collection of Lancashire Museums
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of M – Museum Leuven to Category:Collection of M – Museum Leuven
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of National Galleries Scotland to Category:Collection of National Galleries Scotland
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of National Museums Scotland to Category:Collection of National Museums Scotland
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of North Lincolnshire Museum to Category:Collection of North Lincolnshire Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Palazzo Abatellis to Category:Collection of the Palazzo Abatellis
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Palazzo Pitti to Category:Collection of the Palazzo Pitti
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of Pinacoteca di Brera to Category:Collection of the Pinacoteca di Brera
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of The Collection (Lincolnshire) to Category:Collection of the Lincoln Museum, Lincolnshire
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of York Art Gallery to Category:Collection of York Art Gallery
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Accademia Carrara to Category:Collection of the Accademia Carrara
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Albertina, Vienna to Category:Collection of the Albertina, Vienna
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Art Gallery of Ballarat to Category:Collection of the Art Gallery of Ballarat
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales to Category:Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario to Category:Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia to Category:Collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia to Category:Collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago to Category:Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Art Museum of Estonia to Category:Collection of the Art Museum of Estonia
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art to Category:Collection of the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Ateneum to Category:Collection of the Ateneum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Australian War Memorial to Category:Collection of the Australian War Memorial
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Bangkok National Museum to Category:Collection of the Bangkok National Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Bardo National Museum (Tunis) to Category:Collection of the Bardo National Museum (Tunis)
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts to Category:Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Doria Pamphilj Gallery to Category:Collection of the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum to Category:Collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Fuglsang Art Museum to Category:Collection of the Fuglsang Art Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Galleria Borghese to Category:Collection of the Galleria Borghese
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica to Category:Collection of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria to Category:Collection of the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche to Category:Collection of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marches
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Galleria Sabauda to Category:Collection of the Galleria Sabauda
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Galleria dell'Accademia to Category:Collection of the Galleria dell'Accademia
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Galleria nazionale di Parma to Category:Collection of the Galleria nazionale di Parma
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Gallerie dell'Accademia to Category:Collection of the Gallerie dell'Accademia
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Geelong Gallery to Category:Collection of the Geelong Gallery
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister to Category:Collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum to Category:Collection of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Gothenburg Museum of Art to Category:Collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Groeningemuseum to Category:Collection of the Groeningemuseum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Hull and East Riding Museum to Category:Collection of the Hull and East Riding Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Hunan Museum to Category:Collection of the Hunan Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Hunan Provincial Museum to Category:Collection of the Hunan Provincial Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Israel Museum to Category:Collection of the Israel Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum to Category:Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Kröller-Müller Museum to Category:Collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum to Category:Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Kunstmuseum, The Hague to Category:Collection of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Lady Lever Art Gallery to Category:Collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Louvre to Category:Collection of the Louvre
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum to Category:Collection of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Moderna Museet to Category:Collection of the Moderna Museet
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to Category:Collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museo Bardini to Category:Collection of the Museo Bardini
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museo Correr to Category:Collection of the Museo Correr
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía to Category:Collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo to Category:Collection of the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museo del Prado to Category:Collection of the Museo del Prado
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museo di Capodimonte to Category:Collection of the Museo di Capodimonte
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya to Category:Collection of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen to Category:Collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museum Ludwig to Category:Collection of the Museum Ludwig
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to Category:Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent to Category:Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) to Category:Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon to Category:Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museum of Grenoble to Category:Collection of the Museum of Grenoble
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Museum of London to Category:Collection of the Museum of London
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée Carnavalet to Category:Collection of the Musée Carnavalet
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée Condé to Category:Collection of the Musée Condé
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée Gustave-Moreau to Category:Collection of the Musée Gustave-Moreau
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée Jacquemart-André to Category:Collection of the Musée Jacquemart-André
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Neuchâtel) to Category:Collection of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Neuchâtel)
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée d'Arts de Nantes to Category:Collection of the Musée d'Arts de Nantes
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée d'Orsay to Category:Collection of the Musée d'Orsay
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée des Augustins to Category:Collection of the Musée des Augustins
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy to Category:Collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon to Category:Collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris to Category:Collection of the Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Archaeological Museum, Naples to Category:Collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Naples
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Archives of Thailand to Category:Collection of the National Archives of Thailand
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Gallery (Norway) to Category:Collection of the National Gallery (Norway)
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Gallery Prague to Category:Collection of the National Gallery Prague
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Gallery of Art to Category:Collection of the National Gallery of Art
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Gallery of Australia to Category:Collection of the National Gallery of Australia
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Gallery of Canada to Category:Collection of the National Gallery of Canada
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Gallery of Denmark to Category:Collection of the National Gallery of Denmark
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Gallery of Victoria to Category:Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich to Category:Collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Museum Cardiff to Category:Collection of National Museum Cardiff
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Museum in Prague to Category:Collection of the National Museum in Prague
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico) to Category:Collection of the National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Museum of Beirut to Category:Collection of the National Museum of Beirut
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Museum of Qatar to Category:Collection of the National Museum of Qatar
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Museum of Serbia to Category:Collection of the National Museum of Serbia
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Museum of Singapore to Category:Collection of the National Museum of Singapore
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Museum of the Philippines to Category:Collection of the National Museum of the Philippines
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London to Category:Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the National Roman Museum to Category:Collection of the National Roman Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Nationalmuseum Stockholm to Category:Collection of the Nationalmuseum Stockholm
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Naval Museum of Madrid to Category:Collection of the Naval Museum of Madrid
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to Category:Collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the New Art Gallery Walsall to Category:Collection of the New Art Gallery Walsall
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the North Carolina Museum of Art to Category:Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Norton Simon Museum to Category:Collection of the Norton Simon Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History to Category:Collection of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek to Category:Collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille to Category:Collection of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Petit Palais to Category:Collection of the Petit Palais
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Powerhouse Museum to Category:Collection of the Powerhouse Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Pushkin Museum to Category:Collection of the Pushkin Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Randers Museum of Art to Category:Collection of the Randers Museum of Art
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam to Category:Collection of the Rijksmuseum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp to Category:Collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium to Category:Collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Royal Ontario Museum to Category:Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Russian Museum to Category:Collection of the Russian Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Salar Jung Museum to Category:Collection of the Salar Jung Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Science Museum, London to Category:Collection of the Science Museum, London
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Scott Polar Research Institute to Category:Collection of the Scott Polar Research Institute
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Skagens Museum to Category:Collection of the Skagens Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Strada Nuova Museums to Category:Collection of the Musei di Strada Nuova
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Städel to Category:Collection of the Städel
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum to Category:Collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Tretyakov Gallery to Category:Collection of the Tretyakov Gallery
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Uffizi to Category:Collection of the Uffizi
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Van Gogh Museum to Category:Collection of the Van Gogh Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Vatican Museums to Category:Collection of the Vatican Museums
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum to Category:Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Villa Giulia to Category:Collection of the Villa Giulia
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Wadsworth Atheneum to Category:Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum to Category:Collection of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Wallraf–Richartz Museum to Category:Collection of the Wallraf–Richartz Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library to Category:Collection of the Winterthur Museum, Gallery and Library
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Worcester Art Museum to Category:Collection of the Worcester Art Museum
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Yale Center for British Art to Category:Collection of the Yale Center for British Art
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Yale University Art Gallery to Category:Collection of the Yale University Art Gallery
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the York Archaeological Trust to Category:Collection of the York Archaeological Trust
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the York Museums Trust to Category:Collection of the York Museums Trust
- Propose renaming Category:Collections of the Yorkshire Museum to Category:Collection of the Yorkshire Museum
- Nominator's rationale: Subcategories of Category:Museum collections for individual museums currently use a mixture of the styles "Collection of [the Foo Museum]" and "Collections of [the Foo Museum]". I propose to standardize to "Collection", singular, as that seems more logical; the article Collection (museum) mostly refers to a museum as having a "collection" as opposed to "collections", plural – although "Very large museums will often have many sub-collections, each with its own criteria for collecting. A natural history museum, for example, will have mammals in a separate collection from insects." Even in those cases, though, it's still idiomatic to refer to the collection of, say, the British Museum – see this Ngram. Ham II (talk) 06:43, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose It is indeed correct to use a plural categroy name when a museum has multiple named collections, often each with their own subcategory. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 07:58, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose As Andy. Collections in plural (for all but the smallest museums) is correct. Especially for our use, where we regularly have subcategories to more specific collections. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:27, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose for the reasons expressed above. I think it would be better to standardize using "Collections", since it is not uncommon for museums to have multiple collections. — SGconlaw (talk) 14:27, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
Oppose and standardize 'Collections' per Sgconlaw. For example, I often refer to Wikipedia's topic collections and not overall 'collection of articles'. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:33, 14 July 2024 (UTC)- Strong support I'm very puzzled by these opposes - most from people not known for activity in this area. To "standardize using "Collections", since it is not uncommon for museums to have multiple collections" is just NOT an option, as many museums don't have multiple named options. We can indeed use named subcategories though pretty few museum categories actually do so - one exception is Category:British Library. We normally sub-categorize by type of object, area they are from etc. You will very very rarely hear museum people talk about "our collections" rather than "our collection". If, like me, you work a lot in this area, including categories, it is a complete pain to have to keep experimenting to see which form is used by us. Johnbod (talk) 22:07, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Johnbod, that sounds like an argument against the proposal to make everything match. The British Library has many collections, so it should stay at Category:British Library collections (in the plural), and museums that only have one collection should use the singular. Do you really want Category:British Library collections to be renamed to the singular? WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:00, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, for consistency, which is important here. Alternatively the intermediate Category:British Library collections could just be cut out, and the 15 named collection sub-cats just come off the main BL category. But that will rather mess up parent categories like, in this case Category:Manuscripts by collection. Johnbod (talk) 13:14, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I intend to look at library collections in another nomination. With museums that could be said to have multiple collections, it's better to subdivide by object type and/or the geographical area where the objects are from, rather than by discrete sub-collection, and for the most part that's what we do. There is the added complication of several museums having multiple locations, and that is something that does show up in categorization. But we don't tend to have the equivalent of Category:Burney Collection and Category:Harleian Collection within Category:British Library collections for museums. Ham II (talk) 09:39, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Johnbod, that sounds like an argument against the proposal to make everything match. The British Library has many collections, so it should stay at Category:British Library collections (in the plural), and museums that only have one collection should use the singular. Do you really want Category:British Library collections to be renamed to the singular? WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:00, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support, will take Johnbod's word for this when it comes to museum information. I personally use 'collection' when discussing Wikipedia ("Wikipedia's spaceflight collection", etc.) but that's a personal choice. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:27, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- support like Johnbod, i'm confused about the opposition here. his argument makes sense to me. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 07:32, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: It would be clearer (and more in-line with usual category naming schemes) to have these categories titled as Category:
ItemsObjects in the collection of Foo Museum. But I'm not sure it's a net benefit with the increased wordiness. --Paul_012 (talk) 04:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC), 12:13, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Perhaps Category:Items of Foo Museum suffices. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:10, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- "Objects" is the correct term, used by museums themselves. "Items" is actually a good deal less clear and adds nothing. Johnbod (talk) 12:35, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the correction. I'm not familiar with the exact wording, but you probably get my intent. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:13, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Johnbod: what is your opinion about Category:Objects of Foo Museum? It seems to me that most articles are about an object rather than about a collection. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:08, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Certainly they mostly are (though again, the British Library has some about actual collections), but I don't really see the need. "Collection of ..." seems very readily comprehensible. Johnbod (talk) 15:51, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- If we were to go with "Objects" it should be "Objects in the Foo Museum", not "Objects of the Foo Museum", for consistency with subcategories; "Paintings of", "Drawings of" and "Photographs of" would sound like depictions of the buildings.
I don't think "Objects" is ideal for art collections. "Collection(s)" is more all-encompassing; we just need to pick a side on the question of singular versus plural. It's the categories, rather than the articles, that are about a collection – which is an argument for "Collection" being in the singular in each category name. Ham II (talk) 18:53, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:56, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Johnbod: what is your opinion about Category:Objects of Foo Museum? It seems to me that most articles are about an object rather than about a collection. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:08, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the correction. I'm not familiar with the exact wording, but you probably get my intent. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:13, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- "Objects" is the correct term, used by museums themselves. "Items" is actually a good deal less clear and adds nothing. Johnbod (talk) 12:35, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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- 'Collection', per Ham. Museums collect and build collections, and then they either display the diverse works and objects collected or store them. Works differ from objects in important ways, although both are included in institutional collections. Randy Kryn (talk) 02:59, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose. For what its worth I'm also a museum professional and frequently talk about the Collections in plural, in a situation where the term refers to all the things in museum institution. I can see a situation where where there is a subcategory of the above naming e..g 'Archaeology collection of...' or 'Natural Sciences collection of...' where the singular makes more sense. But for these broad, high level categories I prefer plural. Personal take. Zakhx150 (talk) 10:39, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Came here from aforementioned notification (thank you!). I don't think this is a situation where it can be standardized because the situation of the Met or the British Museum is very different to that of a small museum with one collection. The collections are within the broader collection, yes, but purely singular won't work if there isn't the option for both. Star Mississippi 13:26, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the response. If one can say "the collections are within the broader collection" then collection in the singular is acceptable, though. The Met's webpage for searching its holdings is titled "The Met Collection" and the British Museum's is titled "Explore the collection". It would seem that purely singular is viable for both larger and smaller institutions, and purely plural works less well for the smaller ones. Ham II (talk) 14:02, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Support for consistency. Not all museums will have multiple collections, but multiple collections could be said to be part of one broader collection. Mclay1 (talk) 15:33, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support bc it's grammatically correct (to my ear at least) to say "my collection of collections is kept in this room" and/or "LACMA's art collection was extended by Eli and Edythe Broad's extensive contemporary collections". Collection is an umbrella word here. Plus I think(?) we have a policy in favor of singular when it's a debate between plural and no plural (as in bond market v bond markets).
jengod (talk) 17:48, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- Weak support. Collection of... does make logical sense, indicating that these are topic categories (their contents are about the collection of such-and-such museum) rather than set categories (contents are instances of collections themselves, which most are not). It's a bit difficult to grasp in the first instance, but given the lack of support for the alternative set category approach (Objects/works in the collection of..., as I suggested above), singular Collection of... seems like the best solution. --Paul_012 (talk) 09:59, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:American veterans activists
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- The result of the discussion was: reverse merge. No prejudice against a rename discussion for the Veterans' rights activists tree. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 21:07, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:American veterans activists to Category:American veterans' rights activists
- Nominator's rationale: Overlapping categories Mason (talk) 03:40, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Merge orreverse merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:54, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Considering the discussion below I'm striking "merge or". Marcocapelle (talk) 16:22, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose. It is unclear that the articles in American veterans activists would be properly categorized in American veterans' rights activists if this merge occurs. Semper fi! FieldMarine (talk) 14:55, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Can you @FieldMarine explain how are these are not overlapping categories? This is the only category for veterans activists. What are these activists advocating for that isn't covered by rights? Mason (talk) 23:22, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Mason, there are many types of activists beyond just advocating for "rights". With the merge, it is unclear if everyone in the category to be eliminated fits in "rights" advocacy, nor does it allow for more complete capturing of veterans activists in the future. There's also two cat scheme connections here with the current setup. Category:American veterans activists as subcat of Category:American activists and Category:American veterans' rights activists as subset of Category:Veterans' rights activists by nationality. Semper Fi! (talk) 11:24, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, I understand all that it would be unclear, that is why I am asking. @FieldMarineDo you have any example of an American veterans activist who does not fit into the "rights" advocacy bucket? Please be specific because I don't see how they aren't fully overlapping right now. Mason (talk) 11:53, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Mason, in checking the first three, I do not see the word "rights" mentioned at all. I do see advocacy mentioned. In one case I see suicide prevention, which fits with advocacy not "rights". Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 13:13, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, let me rephrase. I'm asking because I am trying to understand how this category is substantively and meaningfully different. It would be extremely helpful for you (as the category creator) to provide concrete examples of why you think these categories are unique. I'm not opposed to reverse merging, however, reverse merging would eventually lead to renaming and reparenting a lot of other sibling categories. Hence, I'm trying to understand if this distinction is fundamentally meaningful. Suicide prevention is useful, but it doesn't really seem from looking at the categories that this group is unique other than they don't seem to have mentioned activism for rights specifically, but still they are advocating for veterans to have a better life. As a counter example, we don't have both a disability activists category and a disability rights activists category. They are highly overlapping because the core element is advocacy on behalf of disabled people. Mason (talk) 23:14, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with the issue raised about the possible disruption to the sibling categories with a merge or reverse merge for the reason I mention above – right now as separate subcats they are aligned with the parent cats. As for the counter example, "We don't have both a disability activists category and a disability rights activists category." I am not aware there's such a thing as a "disability activist", so it is unclear how that could ever be a cat. However, veterans activists do exist. Also of note to this discussion, the "disability rights activist" cat is a subcat of a higher-level activist cat.
Rights has a specific meaning and there are veterans activists who advocate beyond "rights". None of the articles in this category mention veterans rights at all. The veteran suicide issue is a good example because it encompasses a wide range of activists, well beyond advocating for rights. In my opinion, straying away from meanings or taking a loose view invites an improper or unmeaningful cat scheme. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 13:18, 27 July 2024 (UTC)- For the record, there are autism activists as well as people raising awareness about specific disabilities. However, I don't understand why you keep not addressing my request for concrete examples. As I stated above: "Suicide prevention is useful, but it doesn't really seem from looking at the categories that this group is unique other than they don't seem to have mentioned activism for rights specifically, but still they are advocating for veterans to have a better life." I'm trying to understand if we need two categories. From what you@FieldMarine have written, it does not seem that we do. Mason (talk) 20:46, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Another example is someone providing comic relief about a soldier's life, so that others that did not serve may better understand the military, or even provide entertainment to soldiers themselves. Another example is organizing a Harley motorcycle parade in a show of support for the fallen. Or building a memorial to honor veterans. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 23:27, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Mason, there are many types of activists beyond just advocating for "rights". With the merge, it is unclear if everyone in the category to be eliminated fits in "rights" advocacy, nor does it allow for more complete capturing of veterans activists in the future. There's also two cat scheme connections here with the current setup. Category:American veterans activists as subcat of Category:American activists and Category:American veterans' rights activists as subset of Category:Veterans' rights activists by nationality. Semper Fi! (talk) 11:24, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Reverse merge and move Category:Veterans' rights activists (and all its subcategories accordingly) to Category:Veterans activists, which encompasses veteran's rights. I presume there are more activists involved in general advocacy for veterans than those specifically advocating for rights. There is no Wikipedia article for veterans' rights, and I can't find much about it from a quick web search – it feels like a very American term. Veterans activists would be more global. Mclay1 (talk) 15:45, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- I support Reverse merge as I don't believe including rights in the name fully captures the category. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 23:32, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reverse merge. I think the second title is better. Omnis Scientia (talk) 11:40, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Cochise County conflict
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- The result of the discussion was: Split as nominated, without prejudice against further discussions to upmerge the resulting categories further. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:02, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Per WP:COPSEP, this should be split into a non-people and people category, enabling the people to be places in such categories as Category:19th-century people by conflict, etc. --woodensuperman 12:17, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with nom on their rationale, but rather split between Category:History of Cochise County, Arizona and Category:People from Cochise County, Arizona as there wasn't a clearly defined Cochise County conflict and it is not a defining characteristic of the articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:27, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Woodensuperman: thoughts? HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 03:30, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- It's not a subject I'm familiar with, I note there is an article on Cochise County Cowboys though. --woodensuperman 08:36, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Woodensuperman: thoughts? HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 03:30, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Perhaps a Category:Cochise County Cowboys is viable, but that can be created at editorial discretion regardless the outcome of this discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:26, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:People with Asperger syndrome
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- The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 21:11, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: and also manually merge where needed to categories in Category:People on the autism spectrum. Many of these are already there, I would say. In some cases, I can't find sources which say they were diagnosed with it; in which case purge. Omnis Scientia (talk) 20:24, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Manually merge, Asperger syndrome has been merged into Autism Spectrum Disorder. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:37, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Marcocapelle, I guess you mean medically and NOT the articles
. Just for clarification for other users. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:34, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Marcocapelle, I guess you mean medically and NOT the articles
- Keep per previous discussion Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 November 22#Category:People with Asperger syndrome/on the autism spectrum Mason (talk) 23:17, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- The previous discussion was mainly about parent Category:People on the autism spectrum. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:22, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison, as Marco noted, that was about the parent cat. I'm not in favor of deleting that since that is the actual diagnosis. This one is obsolete and the articles are in both subcats of the parent category and the Asperger's category. Omnis Scientia (talk) 09:57, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Fair enough. My concern is that Asperger syndrome has been a diagnosis that reflects a constellation of symptoms that aren't defunct (a.k.a. they'd have an asd diagnosis if diagnosed today). Would the intent to be for anyone with an Asperger syndrome diagnosis to be included under the broader autism spectrum diagnosis? Mason (talk) 11:57, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison, yes, in cases there is proof that the person had a diagnosis. Its a tricky subject, definitely. Hence why I said purge where there is no proof and only speculation. Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:08, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok that's helpful. I was pretty sure that's what you meant. But I wanted to make sure that we wouldn't be purging people with Asperger just because they were diagnoses in a less modern era. (or for someone to reinterpret this cfd at a later date with that interpretation). I would not be opposed as we make it really clear in the category description that this category is to include historical diagnoses. However, I think that WhatamIdoing makes a good point. So I'm conflicted. Mason (talk) 23:22, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison, yes, in cases there is proof that the person had a diagnosis. Its a tricky subject, definitely. Hence why I said purge where there is no proof and only speculation. Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:08, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Fair enough. My concern is that Asperger syndrome has been a diagnosis that reflects a constellation of symptoms that aren't defunct (a.k.a. they'd have an asd diagnosis if diagnosed today). Would the intent to be for anyone with an Asperger syndrome diagnosis to be included under the broader autism spectrum diagnosis? Mason (talk) 11:57, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Keep and leave it alone. In particular, this isn't just a "people who meet an official diagnostic category" thing. Being an Aspie is a self-concept for some people. There is a generation of people for whom having Asperger's instead of autism is a core belief about themselves. Yes, it's true that the industry has said they don't want to use the name of that eugenicist any longer, and that they think it's politically valuable to put all the high-functioning folks in the same diagnostic category as the people who are so disabled they can't safely be left unsupervised for five minutes. But it's also true that there are people who still self-identify has having Asperger's and who reject the idea that they actually have autism. We should not be imposing beliefs on these people. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:00, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Do you know if that applies to any of the people who have Wikipedia articles in the category? MClay1 (talk) 10:41, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Keep per WhatamIdoing's explanation. Dimadick (talk) 17:15, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Pages using FM station data without facility ID
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- The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 23:04, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: No longer used by {{FM station data}} now that the cleanup has been completed. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 22:23, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Delete per nom; author request. --Paul_012 (talk) 04:24, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Pages using AM station data without facility ID
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- The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 23:04, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: No longer used by {{AM station data}} after the cleanup was completed. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 22:27, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Delete per nom; author request. --Paul_012 (talk) 04:23, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:2022 establishment in Venezuela
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- The result of the discussion was: withdrawn. Going to CFDS. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 17:11, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Obvious duplicate categories. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 12:53, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Speedy Merge Per WP:C2C. - RevelationDirect (talk) 14:19, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Families by person
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- The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure). Queen of Hearts talk 23:04, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:Abu Bakr family (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Category:Family of Abu Bakr
- Propose renaming Category:Muhammad Ali family (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Category:Family of Muhammad Ali
- Propose renaming Category:Bo Xilai family (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) to Category:Family of Bo Xilai
- Nominator's rationale: The subcategories of Category:Families by person are inconsistently named in the forms "Full Name family" and "Family of Full Name". "Full Name family" sounds awkward and doesn't match the titles of articles, which seem to usually be in the form "Family of Full Name" (e.g. Category:Lyndon B. Johnson family vs Family of Lyndon B. Johnson). The natural way you would refer to the family of a person named John Smith is either "the family of John Smith", "John Smith's family" or "the Smith family" but never "the John Smith family". "Full Name family" also doesn't work well for people named mononymously (e.g. Category:Family of Aaron vs "Aaron family") or people with titles or suffixes in their name. Following the recent CfD for Category:Family of Boris Johnson, there seemed to be consensus that "Family of Full Name" is better.
- (Note there are also many other categories named in form "Surname family", e.g. the subcategories of Category:American families. The only difference with some of these full name family categories is that the surname would be too ambiguous to be used alone, although I'd argue the same is true of many of the surname family categories. Why does Category:Abbott family refer exclusively to that particular American family and not the family of former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, for instance?) MClay1 (talk) 11:00, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support (as creator of some) The subcategories of Category:Families by person are inconsistent and, while I don't have a preference for one naming format over another, the nominator does so I'll defer. (Also agree that some of the other family category names don't follow WP:GLOBAL, although how we rename them will depend on whether multiple people in the family are independently notable.) - RevelationDirect (talk) 11:09, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support (as creator of the one for Muhammad Ali) per nomination, with the exception of how to handle "Surname family", which would be more complicated and deserves a separate process. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 17:06, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, I agree. Mclay1 (talk) 08:12, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support (I got pinged so I must have created some of these back in the day) Seems reasonable.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:19, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support The scope becomes much clearer in this format. Dimadick (talk) 17:22, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support per nom. Ham II (talk) 16:07, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Etsu Patigi
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- The result of the discussion was: soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the category's undeletion. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 23:06, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: delete, the articles already link to each other directly. No merge needed, the articles are already in Category:Nigerian traditional states and Category:Nigerian traditional rulers. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:04, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Zazzau
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- The result of the discussion was: soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the category's undeletion. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 23:07, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: delete, redundant category layer with only the eponymous article and a subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:02, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Brazilian Armed Forces
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- The result of the discussion was: redirect to Category:Military of Brazil. (non-admin closure) Queen of Hearts talk 23:08, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: The only article in this category is Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces, which is also in Category:Military of Brazil, to which this category is redundant. Category:Brazilian Armed Forces is also improperly categorised - its only parent is itself. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 05:44, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Soft redirect to Category:Military of Brazil to aid navigation and prevent recreation. MClay1 (talk) 11:10, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Delete or redirect as duplicate. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:29, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Redirect as duplicate. Gjs238 (talk) 15:09, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment I suppose the category could be retained and a tree setup such as Category:Canadian Armed Forces Gjs238 (talk) 15:11, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
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