Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 June 16

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:14, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:Kingdoms of old Sri Lanka (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Duplicate of Category:Kingdoms of Sri Lanka. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 23:34, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, as per nom. Dan arndt (talk) 06:05, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. --Just N. (talk) 14:02, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:14, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:Towns in Kalutara (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: It is I’ll-defined and already served by Category:Populated places in Kalutara District Dan arndt (talk) 22:20, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete -- we moved "towns" to "populated places" to avoid the POV issue of which places are towns. Peterkingiron (talk) 21:25, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Category has been emptied. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:34, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:13, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:Towns near Bellapitiya (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: It is ill defined and already served by Category:Populated places in Kalutara District. Dan arndt (talk) 22:16, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Obvious WP:SUBJECTIVECAT. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 23:18, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per this precedent. - RevelationDirect (talk) 23:44, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete -- we moved "towns" to "populated places" to avoid the POV issue of which places are towns. Peterkingiron (talk) 21:25, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. --Just N. (talk) 14:03, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: withdrawn (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 15:28, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose merging Category:Male dancers from Catalonia to Category:Dancers from Catalonia

:Nominator's rationale: Category with just one entry. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:02, 16 June 2021 (UTC) Nominator requests this CFD be closed. I am withdrawing the nomination....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:08, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: merge all except Category:Translators of the Quran into Bengali. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:11, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose merging Category:Translators of the Quran into Adyghe to Category:Quran translators and Category:Adyghe language
• Propose merging Category:Translators of the Quran into Assamese to Category:Quran translators and Category:Translators to Assamese
• Propose merging Category:Translators of the Quran into Bengali to Category:Quran translators and Category:Translators to Bengali
• Propose merging Category:Translators of the Quran into Esperanto to Category:Quran translators and Category:Translators to Esperanto
• Propose merging Category:Translators of the Quran into Kabardian to Category:Quran translators and Category:Kabardian-language writers
• Propose merging Category:Translators of the Quran into Oromo to Category:Quran translators and Category:Translators to Oromo

Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, only one article in each of these categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:31, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose as biographical categorizations there is substantial room for growth in all of these categories. Without too much effort I was able to find several articles appropriate for Category:Translators of the Quran into Bengali. Inter&anthro (talk) 20:24, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge All Except Bengali These do not currently serve any possible navigational purpose and in fact make it harder by creating such narrow categories for just 1 article each. (No objection to recreating any if they get up to 5+ articles.) - RevelationDirect (talk) 23:46, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge (except Bengali). We normally expect 5 articles for a category, but most have one and will probably always have one. Peterkingiron (talk) 21:28, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Such a lot of small languages. How to avoid complete loss of overall view? --Just N. (talk) 14:36, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge (except Bengali). Seems the best approach. --Just N. (talk) 14:37, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:09, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:Bests schools in Horana (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Subjective category, not well defined. Eostrix  (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 16:11, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, is highly subjective and is already served by Category:Schools in Kalutara District. Dan arndt (talk) 22:10, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete' Crazy subjective. - RevelationDirect (talk) 23:51, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nominator....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 19:11, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, fails Wikipedia:Categorization dos and don'ts. Dan arndt (talk) 06:04, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. --Just N. (talk) 14:38, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete. 03:08, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

• Propose deleting Category:Video games with diacritics in their titles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Not a defining attribute of a video game, also not a dictionary. Eostrix  (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 15:31, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Obvious WP:SHAREDNAME. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 23:16, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Clear WP:SHAREDNAME. - RevelationDirect (talk) 23:50, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment This category has been emptied. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:38, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. --Just N. (talk) 14:39, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete; disperse contents. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 02:05, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose deleting Category:Flemish Calvinist and Reformed theologians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Disperse and delete. This is a procedural nomination as a follow-up to Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_May_26#Category:Flemish_theologians which omitted this sub-cat.– Fayenatic London 07:33, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Support, per precedent. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:31, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Rathfelder (talk) 22:17, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Just N. (talk) 14:40, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:07, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose merging Category:Animators from San Antonio to Category:People from San Antonio

Nominator's rationale: Dual merge to Category:Animators from Texas. This WP:SMALLCAT has only two articles. User:Namiba 01:50, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nominator....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:07, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge per nom. - RevelationDirect (talk) 23:52, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge per nom. -- Just N. (talk) 14:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: merge as nominated and to Category:Clubhouses in West Virginia. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:06, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose Upmerging Category:Knights of Pythias buildings in West Virginia to Category:Knights of Pythias buildings

Nominator's rationale: Per WP:NONDEFINING (WP:SMALLCAT)

No conceptual objection to this category for fraternal lodges of the Knights of Pythias but it only contains 2 articles with little growth potential. This is not "part of a large overall accepted sub-categorization scheme" as there are no other state subcategories and, with only 35 articles in the USA, expanding this state level breakdown would create a whole anemic category tree. Both articles are already under multiple West Virginia categories so only the single merge target is needed. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:08, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that a standalone category is not warranted, but what about renaming and repurposing it as something like Category:Fraternal orders in West Virginia and grouping it with the other articles about fraternal orders like the Masons in the state?--User:Namiba 15:37, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• There is not even a Category:Fraternal orders in the United States yet. If we would go that direction I would rather expect a set category Category:Fraternal orders based in the United States. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:28, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• @Namiba: We have Category:Clubhouses in West Virginia which in practice serves almost the same function since most of these articles are about lodges that had a dedicated building. - RevelationDirect (talk) 23:42, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Dual merge to Category:Knights of Pythias buildings and Category:Clubhouses in West Virginia per above discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:53, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Dual merge per Marcocapelle. --Just N. (talk) 14:50, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:05, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Propose Upmerging Category:Fire departments in Westchester County, New York to Category:Fire departments in New York (state)
• Propose Deleting Category:Christianity in Westchester County, New York

Nominator's rationale: Per WP:NONDEFINING (WP:SMALLCAT & WP:OVERLAPCAT, respectively)

There are only 2 articles in the fire department category and grouping them by county is not really meaningful and there are no other county breakdowns anywhere under Category:Fire departments of the United States. The only thing under the Christianity category is Category:Churches in Westchester County, New York which is already well categorized under both the county and Christianity. There are no other county level breakdowns under Category:Christianity in New York (state). Neither is "part of a large overall accepted sub-categorization scheme". - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:08, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Support --Just N. (talk) 14:51, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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