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Categories for discussion (CfD) is the central venue for discussing specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories and stub types in accordance with the guidelines for categorization, category naming and stub articles.
For detailed instructions about using CfD, see "How to use CfD" below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:
- Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see "Speedy renaming and merging" below.
- Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open at least seven days and are closed once a rough consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.
Except in uncontroversial cases such as reverting vandalism, do not amend or depopulate a category once it has been nominated at CfD as this hampers other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.
When a category is renamed or merged with another category, in limited circumstances it may be helpful to leave an instance of the {{Category redirect|...}} template on the category's former page. See "Redirecting categories" below for more information.
Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a CfD request that is limited in scope to renaming, as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the request closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of a CfD move discussion to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines. CfDs involving deletion should be reviewed at Wikipedia:Deletion review.
Scope[edit]
CfD is intended only for specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories or stub types. For general discussion about how to improve the category system, use other appropriate venues such as Wikipedia talk:Categorization, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and any relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.
Current discussions[edit]
Discussions awaiting closure[edit]
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- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 March 25 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 March 24 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 March 22 (1 open)
See also the list of individual discussions awaiting closure here and the list of full open discussions awaiting closure here.
How to use CfD[edit]
Nomination procedure[edit]
Twinkle[edit]
You may use Twinkle to facilitate CfD nominations. To install Twinkle, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and check "Twinkle" in the "Browsing" section. Use the now-installed "XfD" (Start a deletion discussion) tab while viewing the page you want to nominate.
Twinkle only allows you to nominate a single category or stub template. For bundled nominations including multiple categories, or if you prefer not to use Twinkle, follow the manual steps below.
Manual nominations[edit]
I | Preliminary steps.
Before nominating a category:
In the following special cases:
For further information, see Wikipedia:Categorization and Wikipedia:Manual of Style. |
II | Edit the category.
Add one of the following templates at the beginning of the category page (not the talk page) of every category to be discussed. For nominations involving large numbers of categories, help adding these templates can be requested here.
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III | Create the CFD section.
Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries. Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) to copy and paste one of the templates below. When inserting category names into these template's parameters, except the
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Stub types[edit]
I | Preliminary steps.
In general, a stub type consists of a stub template and a dedicated stub category. Before nominating a stub type for deletion, merging or renaming:
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II | Edit the template.
Add one of the following tags at the beginning of the template to be discussed.
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III | Create the CFD section.
Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries. Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) and paste the following text (remember to update the default parameters):
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Notifying interested projects and editors[edit]
In addition to the steps listed above, you may choose to invite participation by editors who are likely to be informed about a nominated category. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing. In addition, to help make your messages about the CfD discussion clear, avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations, link to relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the discussion itself.
- Notifying related WikiProjects
WikiProjects consist of groups of editors who are interested in a particular subject. If a nominated category is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, consider adding a brief, neutral note on their talk page(s) about the nomination. You may use {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2022 May 20|CfD section name}} ~~~~
or write a personalized message.
Tagging the nominated category's talk page with a relevant WikiProject's banner will include the category in that WikiProject's Article Alerts if they subscribe to the system. For instance, tagging a nominated category with {{WikiProject Physics}} will add the discussion to Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.
- Notifying substantial contributors to the category
While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and main contributors of the category that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, check the category's page history or talk page. You may use {{Cfd notice}}
to inform the category's creator and all other editors.
- Notifying other interested editors
It may be helpful to invite other subject-matter experts by posting a message on the talk page of the most closely related article, such as Protein family for Category:Protein families. You may use {{Cfdnotice}}
for this.
Closing procedure[edit]
After seven days, someone will close the discussion according to the consensus that formed or, if needed, relist it to allow more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and, except in the case of a "keep" or "no consensus" outcome, implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented.
Redirecting categories[edit]
In general, an unpopulated category should be deleted (see speedy deletion criterion C1) because it is not useful for navigation and sorting. In limited circumstances, and because categories cannot be redirected using "hard" redirects (i.e. #REDIRECT[[''target'']]
), we use a form of "soft redirect" to solve the issue. You can "create" a category redirect by adding {{Category redirect|target}}
to the category page. Bots patrol these categories and move articles into the "redirect" targets.
In particular, category redirects are used at the former category name when we convert hyphens into en dashes (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations). It is also helpful to set up category redirects from titles with plain letters (i.e. characters on a standard keyboard) where the category names include diacritics.
A list of redirected categories is available at Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories.
Speedy renaming and merging
Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested only if they meet a speedy criterion, for example WP:C2D (consistency with main article's name) or WP:C2C (consistency with established category tree names). Please see instructions below.
- Determine which speedy criterion applies
- Tag category page with
{{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
- List request along with speedy criteria reason under "Current requests" below on this page
Please note that a speedy request must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points, but only at a full discussion at WP:Categories for discussion.
Request may take 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the speedy criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.
Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g., "patent nonsense", "recreation") can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}
with no required delay. Empty categories can be deleted if they remain empty 7 days after tagging with {{db-empty}}. Renaming under C2E can also be processed instantly as it is a variation on G7.
To oppose a speedy request you must record your objection within 48 hours of the nomination. Do this by inserting immediately under the nomination:
- Oppose, (the reasons for your objection). ~~~~
You will not be able to do this by editing the page WP:Categories for discussion. Instead, you should edit the section WP:Categories for discussion#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here or the page WP:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here (WP:CFDS). Be aware that in the course of any discussion, the nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience – you may need to search WP:CFDS to find the new location. Participate in any ongoing discussion, but unless you withdraw your opposition, a knowledgeable person may eventually bring forward the nomination and discussion to become a regular CFD discussion. At that stage you may add further comments, but your initial opposition will still be considered. However, if after seven days there has been no support for the request, and no response from the nominator, the request may be dropped from further consideration as a speedy.
Contested speedy requests become stale, and can be untagged and delisted after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}
. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at WP:Categories for discussion (CfD) in accordance with its instructions.
If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.
Speedy criteria[edit]
The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:
C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes[edit]
- Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under C2C. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
- Appropriate conversion of hyphens into en dashes or vice versa (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).
- Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing conjunction (e.g. Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads). This does not include changing the plurality of a noun when such the distinction between topic and set categories is uncertain.
C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices[edit]
- Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
- Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.).
C2C: Consistency with established category tree names[edit]
Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Category names
- This should be used only where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
- This criterion should be applied only when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case then the category in question must be brought forward to a full Cfd nomination.
- This criterion will not apply in cases where the category tree observes distinctions in local usage (e.g. Category:Transportation in the United States and Category:Transport in the United Kingdom).
C2D: Consistency with main article's name[edit]
- Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous page (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
- This applies only if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is:
- unambiguous (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); and
- uncontroversial, either because of longstanding stability at that particular name, or because the page was just moved (i) after a page move discussion resulted in explicit consensus to rename, or (ii) unilaterally to reflect an official renaming which is verified by one or more citations (provided in the nomination). C2D does not apply if the result would be contrary to guidelines at WP:CATNAME, or there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result, or it is controversial in some other way.
- This criterion may also be used to rename a set category in the same circumstances, where the set is defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.
- Before nominating a category to be renamed per WP:C2D, consider whether it makes more sense to move the article instead of the category.
C2E: Author request[edit]
- This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
- The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.
C2F: One eponymous article[edit]
- This criterion applies if the category contains only an eponymous article, list or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories, where applicable. Nominations should use
{{subst:cfm-speedy}}
(speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article).
Admin instructions[edit]
When handling the listings:
- Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
- With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
- Make sure that there is no opposition to the listing; if there is a discussion, check if the opposing user(s) ended up withdrawing their opposition.
If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed or merged – follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is to Rename, Merge, or Delete"; to list it for the bots, use the Speedy moves section.
Applying speedy criteria in full discussions[edit]
- A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
- The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed here, and
- No objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.
- If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been as a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.
Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here[edit]
If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.
If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.
Use the following format on a new line at the beginning of the list:
* [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
(The four ~ will sign and datestamp the entry automatically.)
If the current name should be redirected rather than deleted, use:
* REDIRECT [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
To note that human action is required, e.g. updating a template that populates the category, use:
* NO BOTS [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
Remember to tag the category page with: {{subst:Cfr-speedy|New name}}
A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 04:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC). Currently, there are 79 open requests (. )
Administrators and page movers: Do not use the "Move" tab to move categories listed here!Categories are processed following the 48-hour discussion period and are moved by a bot. |
Current requests[edit]
Please add new requests at the top of the list, preferably with a link to the parent category (in case of C2C) or relevant article (in case of C2D).
- Category:India law templates to Category:India law navigational boxes – C2C: for consistency with parent categories Category:India navigational boxes and Category:Law navigational boxes —andrybak (talk) 21:00, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Film scores by woman composer to Category:Film scores by women composers – C2C: To match other similar categories, such as Category:Operas by women composers gobonobo + c 19:11, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Ukrainian football clubs 2022-23 season to Category:Ukrainian football clubs 2022–23 season – C2A the old hyphen/dash thingLe Deluge (talk) 11:10, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:DE-FlixTrain templates to Category:Flixtrain templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:29, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:DE-InterCity templates to Category:Intercity (Deutsche Bahn) templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:28, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Bishops of Ross to Category:Bishops of Ross (Scotland). – C2D, per Bishop of Ross (Scotland) and not Bishop of Ross (Ireland). TSventon (talk) 06:21, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:The Avengers (TV programme) screenshots to Category:The Avengers (TV series) screenshots – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 23:51, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:The Avengers (TV programme) episodes to Category:The Avengers (TV series) episodes – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 23:51, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:The Avengers (TV programme) characters to Category:The Avengers (TV series) characters – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 23:51, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:The Avengers (TV programme) to Category:The Avengers (TV series) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 23:50, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Occitanie railway station stubs to Category:Occitania (administrative region) railway station stubs – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:43, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Occitanie building and structure stubs to Category:Occitania (administrative region) building and structure stubs – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:43, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Railway stations in Lot to Category:Railway stations in Lot (department) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:40, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:French legislative constituencies of Lot to Category:French legislative constituencies of Lot (department) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:40, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:French legislative constituencies of Ariège to Category:French legislative constituencies of Ariège (department) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:39, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Villages in Occitanie to Category:Villages in Occitania (administrative region) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:37, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Communes in Occitanie to Category:Communes in Occitania (administrative region) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:37, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Cities in Occitanie to Category:Cities in Occitania (administrative region) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:37, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:French legislative constituencies of Tarn to Category:French legislative constituencies of Tarn (department) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:34, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Railway stations in Tarn to Category:Railway stations in Tarn (department) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:34, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:RER stations in Hauts-de-Seine to Category:Réseau Express Régional stations in Hauts-de-Seine – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:15, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Bishops of Brechin (Pre-Reformation) to Category:Bishops of Brechin (pre-Reformation) – C2A: "pre" should not be capitalized. See for instance Category:Bishops of Edinburgh (pre-1689). HandsomeFella (talk) 09:02, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Pre-Reformation Bishops of Ross to Category:Pre-Reformation bishops of Ross (Ireland) – C2A per MOS:TITLES and C2D Bishop of Ross (Ireland). HandsomeFella (talk) 09:02, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- HandsomeFella, this should be Category:Pre-Reformation bishops of Ross (Ireland) – C2A and C2D Bishop of Ross (Ireland). The category contains Irish bishops, not Scottish bishops and was originally put in 'Category:Bishops of Ross (Ireland)'. TSventon (talk) 06:36, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- Request amended. Thanks. HandsomeFella (talk) 07:44, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- HandsomeFella, this should be Category:Pre-Reformation bishops of Ross (Ireland) – C2A and C2D Bishop of Ross (Ireland). The category contains Irish bishops, not Scottish bishops and was originally put in 'Category:Bishops of Ross (Ireland)'. TSventon (talk) 06:36, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Turin metropolitan railway network templates to Category:Turin Metropolitan Railway Service templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 07:13, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Turin metropolitan railway network to Category:Turin Metropolitan Railway Service – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 07:13, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Lindenwood Lions basketball players to Category:Lindenwood Lions men's basketball players – C2C/C2D. Lindenwood no longer uses 'Lady' in any of their team names. SportsGuy789 (talk) 23:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey to Category:Lindenwood Lions women's ice hockey
- Category:Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey players to Category:Lindenwood Lions women's ice hockey players
- Category:Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey seasons to Category:Lindenwood Lions women's ice hockey seasons
- Category:Big Brother (Swedish television series) to Category:Big Brother (Swedish TV series) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 22:09, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Lists of mass media franchises to Category:Lists of multimedia franchises – C2E: Used wrong term when creating it. ★Trekker (talk) 13:00, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:NFL team maps to Category:National Football League team maps – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:52, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Denmark location map templates to Category:Denmark location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:44, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Czechoslovakia location map templates to Category:Czechoslovakia location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:44, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Czech Republic location map templates to Category:Czech Republic location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:44, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Cyprus location map templates to Category:Cyprus location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:44, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Cuba location map templates to Category:Cuba location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:44, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Croatia location map templates to Category:Croatia location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:44, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Colombia island location map templates to Category:Islands of Colombia location map modules – C2B: Also C2D with Category:Islands of Colombia. Gonnym (talk) 10:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Colombia department location map templates to Category:Departments of Colombia location map modules – C2B: Also C2D with Category:Departments of Colombia. Gonnym (talk) 10:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Colombia location map templates to Category:Colombia location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Chile location map templates to Category:Chile location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Canada location map templates to Category:Canada location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Cambodia location map templates to Category:Cambodia location map modules – C2B. Gonnym (talk) 10:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
Opposed requests[edit]
- Category:Cannibalism in fiction to Category:Fiction about cannibalism – C2C NeoBatfreak (talk) 07:29, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- NeoBatfreak, Category:Fiction by topic prefers "in fiction" (53 examples) to "Fiction about" (11 examples), so I don't think this should be speedied. TSventon (talk) 07:41, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:American children's animated drama films to Category:Animated drama films – Someone vandalized the films' pages and replaced the "Animated (genre) films" categories with these categories. 2602:43:1A8:6F00:F003:3DB7:63B8:226D (talk) 03:06, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:American children's animated superhero films to Category:American animated superhero films – Someone vandalized the films' pages and replaced the "Animated (genre) films" categories with these categories. 2602:43:1A8:6F00:F003:3DB7:63B8:226D (talk) 03:06, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:American children's animated science fiction films to Category:American animated science fiction films – Someone vandalized the films' pages and replaced the "Animated (genre) films" categories with these categories. 2602:43:1A8:6F00:F003:3DB7:63B8:226D (talk) 03:06, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:American children's animated science fantasy films to Category:American animated science fantasy films – Someone vandalized the films' pages and replaced the "Animated (genre) films" categories with these categories. 2602:43:1A8:6F00:F003:3DB7:63B8:226D (talk) 03:06, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:American children's animated space adventure films to Category:Animated space adventure films – Someone vandalized the films' pages and replaced the "Animated (genre) films" categories with these categories. 2602:43:1A8:6F00:F003:3DB7:63B8:226D (talk) 03:06, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:American children's animated musical films to Category:American animated musical films – Someone vandalized the films' pages and replaced the "Animated (genre) films" categories with these categories. 2602:43:1A8:6F00:F003:3DB7:63B8:226D (talk) 03:06, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose this batch, while this may be a reason to rename or merge, it is not a speedy criterion. At least there needs to be a discussion whether this was true vandalism. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:55, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Hostage negotiators to Category:Crisis negotiators – C2D: per Crisis negotiation. 1857a (talk) 15:17, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
- @1857a: shouldn't Category:Crisis negotiators become a parent category of Category:Hostage negotiators? Marcocapelle (talk) 01:47, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Sunrise (company) to Category:Bandai Namco Filmworks – As of 2022, Sunrise Inc. has been renamed to Bandai Namco Filmworks, albeit the Sunrise brand still exists. Ridwan97 (talk) 07:41, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Sunrise (company) people to Category:Bandai Namco Filmworks people – To reflect the Bandai Namco Filmworks name usage. Ridwan97 (talk) 07:41, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Seafaring films to Category:Seamanship films – C2D: Seafaring is a redirect. UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:48, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose UnitedStatesian, the meanings of wikt:seafaring and wikt:seamanship are different, so a "Seamanship film" would be about skill in operating a vessel at sea. I can find the phrase "Seafaring film" but not "Seamanship film" via Google and Google books. TSventon (talk) 07:41, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
On hold pending other discussion[edit]
- Category:Lines of Kintetsu to Category:Lines of Kintetsu Railway – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:39, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Stations of Kintetsu to Category:Stations of Kintetsu Railway – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:38, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- NO BOTS Category:Kintetsu succession templates to Category:Kintetsu Railway succession templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:38, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- NO BOTS Category:Kintetsu line templates to Category:Kintetsu Railway line templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:38, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- NO BOTS Category:Kintetsu templates to Category:Kintetsu Railway templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:38, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Kintetsu diagrams to Category:Kintetsu Railway diagrams – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:37, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose As the main article is arguably Kintetsu Group Holdings so it would need a full discussion on whether to further refine it to "railway" as the group also owns other businesses such as department stores, etc. However, that would also disqualify the other ones from speedy move and require a full discussion. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:51, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Pending the outcome of this discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:36, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
Moved to full discussion[edit]
- Category:19th-century historians of the Ottoman Empire to Category:19th-century Ottoman historians – C2B. Rathfelder (talk) 12:58, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:18th-century historians of the Ottoman Empire to Category:18th-century Ottoman historians – C2B. Rathfelder (talk) 12:58, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:17th-century historians of the Ottoman Empire to Category:17th-century Ottoman historians – C2B. Rathfelder (talk) 12:57, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:16th-century historians of the Ottoman Empire to Category:16th-century Ottoman historians – C2B. Rathfelder (talk) 12:57, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:15th-century historians of the Ottoman Empire to Category:15th-century Ottoman historians – C2B. Rathfelder (talk) 12:56, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- What established naming convention are you citing? If Category:Ottoman historians is the one, then I don't think a category you created a few days ago which itself seems out of place, works here (seeing as how its parent is Category:Writers of the Ottoman Empire). Gonnym (talk) 15:30, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:19th-century historians by nationality and the like all just use the adjective, except for Georgia and the Holy Roman Empire. Rathfelder (talk) 22:31, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- See also Oculi's comment further down (favouring "from"). Marcocapelle (talk) 18:43, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- That refers to the Russian Empire where the adjective is ambiguous. Rathfelder (talk) 22:33, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- 'rename instead to Category:19th-century historians from the Ottoman Empire etc.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:19, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Archaeologists of the Ottoman Empire to Category:Ottoman archaeologists – C2C: To match Category:Archaeologists by nationality and make it clear this is their nationality, not their field of operations. Rathfelder (talk) 12:53, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose "Ottoman" has a very specific meaning, and does not easily or always mean residents/subjects of the Ottoman Empire. Much better would be Category:Archaeologists from the Ottoman Empire. This whole tree needs some work.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:19, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Ottoman historians to Category:Historians of the Ottoman Empire – C2C. Rathfelder (talk) 22:30, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose, this one should be "from" because "of" may imply the Ottoman Empire is the subject of these historians rather than their citizenship. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:28, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Its not obvious how to distinguish these, but perhaps it would be better to leave it as Category:Ottoman historians? Rathfelder (talk) 12:04, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- That is also a possibility. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:19, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Withdraw this. Rathfelder (talk) 12:55, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- It is better to change it to Category:Historians from the Ottoman Empire (cf Category:Historians from the Russian Empire). Oculi (talk) 13:45, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose The proposed form would make it seem this is what they studied. Much better to use Historians from the Ottoman Empire.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:19, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:03, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Professors of the University of Cambridge to Category:Professors at the University of Cambridge – CDC and C2D Charlie A. (talk) 08:30, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Comment Charlie Awesome, I don't think this should be done as a speedy change as the existing name follows the pattern of its parent Category:Academics of the University of Cambridge and of two similar categories, Category:Statutory Professors of the University of Oxford and Category:Professors of Gresham College. TSventon (talk) 14:26, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- I can accept doing the non-speedy route, but I did some scouting around before posting this request and came to a different conclusion to you. Here is what I found:
- In article space: List of professorships at... (6 articles, all "at institution"); List of professors at... (1 article, "at institution"); List of professors(hips) of (or in)... (no articles)
- In category space: professors of (154 categories, 149 "of subject", 3 "of institution", 2 "of nation/nationality"); professorships in (34 categories, all "in subject"); professorships at (16 categories, all "at institution"); professorships of (1 category, "of subject"); professors in (3 categories, 2 "in country", 1 "in subject"); professors at (2 categories, both at institution, coi: I made them)
- There's also Category:Professors of Dutch History at University College London, Regius Professors of Engineering in Edinburgh University. The parent category of Category:Statutory Professors of the University of Oxford is Category:Professorships at the University of Oxford.
- My conclusion was that there isn't a uniform existing practice, but in general practice seems to be: "of for specific subject (in categories about a single post), in for generic subject (about several posts), at for institution" – with lots of exceptions.
- And the reason for trying to work the above out was wanting to use a subtly different format specifying subject and institution, in order to avoid replicating anything like Category:Historians of the University of Oxford, which is ambiguous.
- Charlie A. (talk) 15:46, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Charlie Awesome, we might be able to agree that the current names are inconsistent. I don't object to tidying them, but think a full discussion would be better. The categories for professors of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge are unusual as full professors at Oxford and Cambridge are (or used to be) a minority of the notable teaching staff. Gresham College is also unusual.
- For what it's worth, I would say that the parent categories of Category:Statutory Professors of the University of Oxford are Category:Professorships at the University of Oxford and Category:Academics of the University of Oxford. TSventon (talk) 16:37, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- No problem – I'll withdraw the speedy request and submit a leisurely replacement. Charlie A. (talk) 17:35, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Charlie Awesome, can you ping me when your full CfD request is ready? You could leave this request up for a couple of days to see if anyone else has am opinion. TSventon (talk) 18:19, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- @TSventon: done – am happy to go straight to discussion, you're right this probably isn't clear enough for speedy. Charlie A. (talk) 19:00, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Charlie Awesome, as this is now at full CfD here, the nomination should be moved to the Moved to full discussion section below. Did you notice criterion C2E Author request, which could have applied here? Your nomination only changes Cambridge categories, creating inconsistency with other universities. I would have suggested nominating a set of categories like those for professors of Oxford, Cambridge and Gresham College. Alternatively, Category:Historians of the University of Oxford could be unambiguously renamed Category:Historical scholars of the University of Oxford without requiring a change to naming conventions. TSventon (talk) 21:39, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- @TSventon: I noticed, but I wasn't 100% sure no-one else had made a change, thought the other two criteria would be enough, so didn't bother to look at edit histories to confirm. I don't agree that this change creates any more inconsistency than already exists, but I'd very much welcome renaming of the other categories as you suggest. Perhaps you could bring that up at the full discussion? Finally, I wouldn't recommend the name change to the Oxford historians category, as it then creates a different inconsistence with Category:Historians – I think the best way out of that one is a change of preposition too. Charlie A. (talk) 21:55, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Charlie Awesome, as this is now at full CfD here, the nomination should be moved to the Moved to full discussion section below. Did you notice criterion C2E Author request, which could have applied here? Your nomination only changes Cambridge categories, creating inconsistency with other universities. I would have suggested nominating a set of categories like those for professors of Oxford, Cambridge and Gresham College. Alternatively, Category:Historians of the University of Oxford could be unambiguously renamed Category:Historical scholars of the University of Oxford without requiring a change to naming conventions. TSventon (talk) 21:39, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- @TSventon: done – am happy to go straight to discussion, you're right this probably isn't clear enough for speedy. Charlie A. (talk) 19:00, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Charlie Awesome, can you ping me when your full CfD request is ready? You could leave this request up for a couple of days to see if anyone else has am opinion. TSventon (talk) 18:19, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- No problem – I'll withdraw the speedy request and submit a leisurely replacement. Charlie A. (talk) 17:35, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- I can accept doing the non-speedy route, but I did some scouting around before posting this request and came to a different conclusion to you. Here is what I found:
- Comment Charlie Awesome, I don't think this should be done as a speedy change as the existing name follows the pattern of its parent Category:Academics of the University of Cambridge and of two similar categories, Category:Statutory Professors of the University of Oxford and Category:Professors of Gresham College. TSventon (talk) 14:26, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Kintetsu to Category:Kintetsu Railway – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 10:37, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose As the main article is arguably Kintetsu Group Holdings so it would need a full discussion on whether to further refine it to "railway" as the group also owns other businesses such as department stores, etc. However, that would also disqualify the other ones from speedy move and require a full discussion. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:51, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:36, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Fictional characters with multiple personalities to Category:Fictional characters with dissociative identity disorder – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 09:56, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose Multiple personalities in a fictional context does not necessarily indicate that they have a mental disorder, as it does in real life. For example, Pyra/Mythra from Xenoblade is an example of a character who has multiple personalities due to magic, and on purpose. Robots can also have multiple personalities simply because they are programmed to. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:36, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- The category states
The main article for this category is Dissociative identity disorder
. is in two "dissociative identity disorder" parent categories, and multiple personalities redirects to Dissociative identity disorder. This cannot be any more C2D than this. Gonnym (talk) 12:43, 25 April 2022 (UTC)- Well, looking at the category's contents it very clearly does not match up to what its explanation describes it as. I also think that making the scope smaller would unnecessarily exclude some characters for no reason. Either way it needs a more complete discussion. It might require a split or subcategory rather than a move. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:45, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- The category states
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:05, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose Multiple personalities in a fictional context does not necessarily indicate that they have a mental disorder, as it does in real life. For example, Pyra/Mythra from Xenoblade is an example of a character who has multiple personalities due to magic, and on purpose. Robots can also have multiple personalities simply because they are programmed to. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:36, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Fictional characters with body dysmorphia to Category:Fictional characters with body dysmorphic disorder – C2D: per Body dysmorphic disorder. Gonnym (talk) 09:55, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose As the category states that it encompasses several disorders including body dysmorphic disorder, anorexia and bulimia. The scope should be discussed in greater detail if it is to be changed. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:44, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Yet again you oppose something that is C2D. body dysmorphia redirects to Body dysmorphic disorder. Feel free to split the contents to more specific categories, but the current name is incorrect and your opposition is not supported by the guideline. Gonnym (talk) 12:48, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:05, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose As the category states that it encompasses several disorders including body dysmorphic disorder, anorexia and bulimia. The scope should be discussed in greater detail if it is to be changed. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:44, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Category:Restaurants in Hollywood history to Category:Restaurants in Hollywood, Los Angeles history – C2D: Probably can also lose the "history" part per C2C as the "Restaurants in" category does not use that as far as I can tell. Gonnym (talk) 10:10, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
- Looks like a problem category... the aim of the category seems to be for former restaurants, in which case Category:Defunct restaurants in Hollywood, Los Angeles would probably be more appropriate, per Category:Defunct restaurants in Greater Los Angeles - though if so it'd need a full CFD rather than a speedy nom. BUT there are about three existing restaurants in there... along with a movie and a person. It's all a bit odd. Grutness...wha? 09:08, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:45, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- Looks like a problem category... the aim of the category seems to be for former restaurants, in which case Category:Defunct restaurants in Hollywood, Los Angeles would probably be more appropriate, per Category:Defunct restaurants in Greater Los Angeles - though if so it'd need a full CFD rather than a speedy nom. BUT there are about three existing restaurants in there... along with a movie and a person. It's all a bit odd. Grutness...wha? 09:08, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
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