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Category:Roads in Orillia

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The result of the debate was Speedy delete c1, empty for 4 or more days. NawlinWiki 14:24, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Roads in Orillia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

An empty category with no need to exist, as Orillia itself barely merits note, let alone an entire list of the roads within it. 74.13.36.27 23:05, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Top Grossing films

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 02:13, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Top Grossing films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete as nom. Users may come and go, but categories should be worth keeping forever. This ain't it. Brought to you by EJBanks (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), this category is miscapitalized in title, ambiguous, broad and pointless. I particularly love (sarcasm/irony, folks) the description: "Top Grossing Films of all Time." All time? All time, eh? Inflation tells us today's dollar could be worth less and less. Be whatever. Here's the real issue: success isn't a great thing for a category. I mean, really. If films were successful, the industry wouldn't be what it is today. This category uses a subjective status to link tons of otherwise unrelated films. Still, even though that's point and the reason for deletion...there's something else. This is the third or forth category by EJB submitted in the past two days. One use even called one of this guy's categories "an abomination". What the hell are gonna do about this user? Ace Class Shadow; My talk. 22:37, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Henley Royal Regatta Races

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The result of the debate was rename. Timrollpickering 02:11, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Henley Royal Regatta Races to Category:Events at Henley Royal Regatta
  • Rename, The category is for the events (i.e. trophies) contested at Henley Royal Regatta e.g. the Grand Challenge Cup for eights. The current name Henley Royal Regatta Races implies that the category is for specific races in the event's history e.g. the 1948 final of the Grand Challenge Cup. The suggested change of name is consistent with Henley Royal Regatta's own use of the term 'Event' and 'Race' James of Putney 22:16, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Rename agreeing with James of Putney. --Bduke 03:00, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Emigrants

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Timrollpickering 02:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Emigrants into Category:Expatriates
Category:Emigrants by nationality into Category:Expatriates by nationality
Category:Canadian emigrants into Category:Canadian expatriates
Category:English emigrants into Category:Expatriates from the United Kingdom (??not British expatriates)) Mayumashu 05:03, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Category:German emigrants into Category:German expatriates
Category:Irish emigrants into Category:Irish expatriates
  • Merge Category:Emigrants and its subdirectories into Category:Expatriates - Checking my dictionary, I could not find a meaningful difference between the words "emigrant" and "expatriate". Therefore, I suggest that these two category structures should be merged into Category:Expatriates, which is the older of the two parent categories. Since categories do not exist for the Irish and English expatriates, I suggest renaming the emigrant categories accordingly. Dr. Submillimeter (an American expatriate/emigrant in the United Kingdom) 21:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
  • No one seriously proposes creating every XX expatriates in YY category. Zimbabwean expatriates in North Korea, Fijian expatriates in Turkmenistan, etc. are not likely to have any notable members (or even any non-notable members) and should only be created where needed. However, in the cases where subcategorisation is needed because the parent category is too large (as will definitely be the case for countries which send many emigrants, like Philippines, or receive many immigrants, like Canada), then making subcategories based on the destination (in the "Foolander expatriates" case) or the nationality (in the "Expatriates in Fooland" case ) makes perfect sense --- there's not really any other sensible way to divide them. cab 23:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment, as I understand it, an expatriate is someone who lives in a country where they are not citizens. Often there is a work-related reason for this, such as serviceman stationed abroad, etc. An emigrant, on the other hand, is someone who moves to a foreign land, intending to eventually become naturalized citizens of that land. So emigrants are only expatriates until they become naturalized citizens, but many expatriates eventually return to their homeland. -- ProveIt 02:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • This is also my understanding, and so we don't really know who is an emigrant unless we know their intentions or what passport(s) they hold; or likewise who is an expatriate, so perhaps all such cats should be deleted (or marked Prove It). roundhouse 03:32, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - ProveIt, could you provide the source for your information? I was unable to find such a difference between "expatriate" and "emigrant". I also generally agree with roundhouse; determining who "plans to be naturalized" and who "lives in a foreign country with no plans to be naturalized" is going to be difficult. Moreover, the difference between the two groups of people includes a significant gray area. For example, I know many people who currently hold permanent positions at organizations outside their home countries. However, these people do not necessarily have plans to become citizens of the countries that they work in. Are such people "emigrants" or "expatriates"? I can also develop other examples. It would be best not to attempt to differentiate between "emigrant" and "expatriate" and to just choose one term. Dr. Submillimeter 10:38, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose "Emigrant" implies a greater degree of separation than "expatriate". If one takes a job abroad for a fixed term with an absolute intention of returning to one's home country one is an expatriate, but not an emigrant. Pinoakcourt 11:22, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Emmigrants are immigrants from the perspective of the Country from which they come (immigrants are from the perspective of the Country to which they go). Expatriates are neither! They are living in another country for a period of time only, never fully "leaving" their nationality. All are appropriate and helpful categories, different from each other. Pastorwayne 14:32, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge, per nom. Expatriots are by definition non-citizens. Emigrants eventually become citizens. If one is going to be categorizing people on the basis of nationality, then the question of citizenship is not a trivial distinction. If it's not clear if someone should be called an emigrant or an expatriot, then rather than trying to divine intent, it's best to just say that they are expatriots until the moment they are granted citizenship. Clearly, some sort of expatriots category is needed. On the other hand, the emigrants category is really nothing more than a special case, it is the first generation of People of Fooian descent. The day they get their citizenship, they stop being Fooian expatriots and start being Fooian-Americans, or Fooian-Canadians or wherever they happen to live. Thus I would argue that the emigrants category is not actually needed. -- ProveIt 18:57, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
    • In many cases, "Foovian-Americans" is used expansively for referring to anyone with a greencard, or even anyone with an immigrant visa to the US. Also, "expatriate" not "ex-patriot". cab 06:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge per ProveIt. Nationality, ex-nationality, country of residence. This all seems to be getting out of hand. Next thing you know we'll be categorizing people by countries they vacation in. Oh-oh! I've jinxed it. -- Samuel Wantman 05:39, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge and Rename: I'd suggest "People living outside their country of citizenship" or a less-unwieldy version of same. As pointed out above in many "Oppose" votes, either name "Emigrants" or "Expatriates" implies generally different things about the person; the former that they are intending to stay in their new country, the latter that they are only transient residents. But if you keep the categories separate, how do you make the judgment call on moving them from one category to the other? How do you verify this at all?cab 06:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
the answer is only where the individual's new citizenship is referenced (particularly when disputed) should they be categorized as emigrant - otherwise they would be listed as expat. Mayumashu 13:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Your suggestion doesn't match real world usage of the words. Try mexican expatriates (~500 ghits) vs. mexican emigrants (~21000 ghits) for an example of what I mean (regardless of the fact that huge numbers of Mexicans outside of Mexico do not have citizenship). On the flip side of the coin, some people like Mike Rowse (a former Brit who took up Chinese citizenship in Hong Kong) continue to be referred to as "expatriates" in the media. There's no sharp line "emigrants have citizenship and expatriates don't." Also, in reply to your comment, a fifth generation Dutch-American is clearly not an emigrant (unless he emigrated from America to the Netherlands or some third country), thus implying that "Dutch American" should not be a subcategory of either "Emigrants" or "Expatriates". cab 21:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
so having immigrants/emigrants a sub-category of expatriates addresses that the colliquial use of expat as both citizens and non-citizens is legit as the ghits evidence suggests (perhaps more in the case of American English and involving migration in the Americas) and formal use of emigrant/immigrant by having the two lists connected but separate. i m still convinced this is better than merging to two given the prevalence of using citizenship to categorize people on wikip. and i absolutely agree with you that neither emigrant nor expat cat pages should be linked with "fooian american" pages, as i believe at present they are not Mayumashu 07:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Expats do not become citizens of the country they reside in - this distinction can be clearly made and blurring it unnecessary. one of the main bases for categorising people on wikipedia is by nationality, residency has also become a legitimate basis however ('people from foo' vs 'natives of foo' debate). I think that both are legitimate. of course, emigrants were for some time expats so making the former a sub-cat of the later makes sense. finally, the difference between 'Fooian-Americans' and 'fooian emigrants/immigrants' is that the former is not very stringently defineable (can include non-immigrants, people with partial heritage, and of any number of generation - how Dutch is a fifth generation "Dutch-American" for instance) where the later is clearly defined on nationality and can be linked to both the emigrating and immigrating countries, providing for useful linking Mayumashu 13:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose per Mayumashu etc. "People living outside their country of citizenship" is also unacceptable as it potentially includes vast numbers of people without requiring that residence is significant in time or achievements, and conveys too little information about the nature of that residence. Chicheley 14:12, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Concur. >Radiant< 14:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose this muddling of different concepts. Wouldn't object to deleting the lot though. Piccadilly 19:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose and offer alternative merge. There is a difference between a business person or athlete who works overseas part of the time (an expat), and a pioneer who left one country to break new ground in another (an emmigrant). What we should actuall do is merge to Category:Immigrants by nationality since every emmigrant is also an immigrant, and we already have much better immigrant cats. So merge take the English emmigrants, find out where they move to and move them into cats like Category:English immigrants to Canada. That's where they belong.Kevlar67 01:50, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Comment - this alternative only brings down the scheme. it s true that emigrants are equally immigrants but having both Cat:Fooian emigrants and Cat:Immigrants to Fooian completes the scheme allowing for lists of both the countries em/immigrants have left and the ones they ve gone to. the only trouble is deciding where a cat should be for instance Cat:Korean immigrants to Spain (ie. "arriving") or Cat:Korean emigrants to Spain ("leaving") - i prefer the former for immigration is typically either self-induced or a move that results in a better life (although not always) Mayumashu 05:01, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - Although I do not want to do this now, what if we merged these categories using "emigrant/expatriate" in place of "emigrant" or "expatriate"? This way, we avoid the semantics issues (where some people think emigrants are mislabeled as expatriates or vice-versa) and we do not need to guess the intentions of living people (who may or may not decide to stay in their countries of residence). Dr. Submillimeter 22:52, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Non-combatant people of World War I

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 02:08, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Non-combatant people of World War I (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Delete - The term "non-combatant" is too vague in the given context. This could refer to military personnel who did not actually engage in combat, people who avoided military service, or any civilians who influenced the war (e.g. politicians such as Woodrow Wilson, anti-war protestors, spies, etc.). Given the vague nature of the category's title, it should be deleted. Dr. Submillimeter 21:03, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - the category only has 1 article, Titus Lowe, and it is not clear why he is included (he was lecturing in Paris in 1916-18 - do we conclude that anyone lecturing in Paris during WWI was a person of WWI?). roundhouse 23:42, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
  • He was serving with the YMCA, which was a non-combatant participant in WWI. He participated in the war, but was not a combatant. This cat distinguishes between those who faught the war from those who were involved but did not fight. Pastorwayne 14:36, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Non-defining characteristics. Large parts of WW1 armies were non-combatants soldiers in classical meaning of the word combatant (as opposed in the Geneva convention). Pavel Vozenilek 03:16, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete; suggest People of World War I and subcategories suffice. David Kernow (talk) 11:02, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, per nom. That could quite possible mean that every famous individual living during that time could be put here.
  • Comment None of you seem to be reading the inclusion criteria in the cat.! Vote on the value of that, not what you think it could be!! Thanks. Pastorwayne 12:26, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per above. "Participated" is undefined. Doczilla 13:26, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. WWI was an industrial war, in which huge swathes of the population of combatant states were mobilised to run transport systems, build ships, work in munitions factories etc. "Participated" is therefore a term which could be applied to most of the adult citizens of the combatant states, and is not a distinguishing characteristic. The category could of course be more tightly definied, but it would then cause problems for WP:CAT's guidance that "unless it is self-evident and uncontroversial that something belongs in a category, it should not be put into a category": the self-evident categ title conflicts with the definition.
    I'm afraid that this is yet another example of the fundamental flaw of Pastorwayne's approach to category creation, which appears to involve looking at an individual article and thinking up categories which could be created to accommodate it, rather than looking at the existing category system to see what is the appropriate category and then considering whether any sub-categorisation is needed. --BrownHairedGirl 11:33, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Fictional Transgender characters

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The result of the debate was no consensus to merge; rename to Category:Fictional transgendered people. Timrollpickering 02:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Fictional Transgender characters into Category:Fictional LGBT characters
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Category:Metafictionally-aware characters

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 02:03, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Metafictionally-aware characters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Non-defining or trivial characteristic. (trogga) 20:58, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Weak Keep I'm not so sure that this is a trivial characteristic... I dunno. EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:02, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Week Keep, interesting and somewhat defining characteristic. ~Zythe 01:22, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. This is a trivial characteristic for most. Yes, in many cases, it is a defining quality. However, many characters have broken the fourth wall at times as a one-time gag or as promotional material. Think how often a character like Batman used to say, "Hey, kids, drink your milk." It will end up being a source of great argument. Doczilla 18:20, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I seriously doubt anyone would consider an advertisement to be breaking the fourth wall. I know one of the characters in the category, Deadpool, is actively aware that he is a comic book character (example). EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:21, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: Superman would be a better example, thanks. Anyway, perhaps we shouldbetter define "metafictional awareness". Breaking the fourth wall may be common, but if it's a "one-time gag", "advertizement" or such, how can we really say a character is "metafictionally aware"? I think if we get a better lock on awareness versus wall breaking, this category can be kept, though I'm reserving for now. Ace Class Shadow; My talk. 18:53, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, possibly listify. I think the above is exactly the problem. Even if suitably strict inclusion criteria were found, the inclusion of a character in this category would require a citation or several. However, categorization cannot be directly supported by references. This is a key reason for the restriction of categories to defining characteristics. -- Visviva 08:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, far too common in contemporary fiction, hence not a defining characteristic. >Radiant< 14:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Query Could you please cite some recent examples? I'm unfamiliar with there being a recent swell in this particular concept. The category itself only has 36 entries (including the sub-cat, minus lists), which doesn't strike me as nearly the common concept that it has been made out to be. EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:08, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not even worth a list. --- Skapur 02:55, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
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Category:American Dad episodes

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The result of the debate was Speedy Rename Pretty clear-cut. EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:40, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Category:American Dad episodes to Category:American Dad! episodes
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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 02:00, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Delete, as categorization by non-defining characteristic. The best thing would be to listify in the A38 road article. -- ProveIt 17:42, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 01:59, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Delete, in favor of Category:Towns in Virginia, Category:Augusta County, Virginia. -- ProveIt 17:19, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was rename. Timrollpickering 01:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Rename to Category:Logging railroads in the United States. -- ProveIt 17:11, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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Category:Mansfield class destroyers

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 01:51, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Mansfield class destroyers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete: I created this category in June, but it is now empty and no longer needed. The parent article Mansfield class destroyer was moved to the sharper named Hawthorn M class destroyer to reflect the fact that Hawthorn was the builder of this variant of the M-class. Regardless of the builder, all M-class destroyers are cat'ed under Category:M class destroyers (1913). --Kralizec! (talk) 17:06, 31 December 2006 (UTC) Delete Empty cats clutter. --- Skapur 02:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was rename. Timrollpickering 01:50, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Rename to Category:Western Michigan University presidents, convention of Category:American university presidents. -- ProveIt 16:50, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was delete/merge & redirect. Timrollpickering 01:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Delete in favor of Category:Tennis players. -- ProveIt 16:44, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was rename. Timrollpickering 01:43, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Rename to Category:Nickelodeon Australia shows, or Merge into Category:Nickelodeon shows. -- ProveIt 16:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Closing vote (in the absence of anything else to decide between the two) to rename
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The result of the debate was delete & redirect. Timrollpickering 01:40, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Delete, and Redirect into Category:Films. -- ProveIt 16:09, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was merge/rename. Timrollpickering 01:35, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

People who play the tuba are tubists. Category:American tuba players should be merged with Category:American tubists. Category:Tuba players should be renamed Category:Tubists. — WiseKwai 16:06, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Merge and Rename per nom (support from a tubist) - NDCompuGeek 19:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Merge & rename per nom.`Bakaman 04:30, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Merge & rename per nom. Greg Grahame 01:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 01:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Delete as categorization by subjective inclusion criterion. -- ProveIt 16:02, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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North, South, East, and West

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 01:31, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:South (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:North (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:East (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:West (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Trivial characteristic. The fact that something takes its name from being south of something else does not provide an adequate basis for a category. Those who do want this information can use Special:Prefixindex. Ergo, please delete. -- Visviva 15:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was merge. Timrollpickering 01:24, 7 January 2007 (UTC).
Category left as {{categoryredirect}}. David Kernow (talk) 03:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Merge into Category:People from New York City, convention of Category:People by city in the United States. -- ProveIt 15:29, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 01:22, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Delete, as nominee category. -- ProveIt 14:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was rename. Timrollpickering 01:20, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Merge / Redirect into Category:Fictional musical groups. -- ProveIt 14:34, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Merge and redirect per nom. Doczilla 17:56, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Comment I am not sure I would call some of the modern bands musical unless there is no distinction betweeen noise and music. --- Skapur 03:08, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was delete per discussion; recreate if/when needed. David Kernow (talk) 03:58, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Rename to Category:Jehovah's Witnesses articles by importance, spelling counts. -- ProveIt 14:01, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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Category:Hindu martyrs

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The result of the debate was keep. Timrollpickering 01:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Hindu martyrs (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Inherent POV problematic. What it means 'to defend Hinduism' cannot possibly have an NPOV definition. Also other 'martyr' categories have severe POV problems (like categorizing Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale as a 'Sikh martyr'). Possibly the entire Category:Martyrs should be reviewed. Soman 14:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Keep - bad faith nom. The point of martyrs is to die for something, and this nom smells of anti-Hindu bias. This category was created after I noted that there was Category:Sikh martyrs, and Category:Martyrs. There is ample proof to prove that Sant Bhindranwale was a martyr for Sikhs and Hakikata Rai was a martyr for Hindus, as was AbhimanyuBakaman 17:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Keep--D-Boy 19:21, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Keep - I can understand the POV propensity for labeling someone a martyr (i.e. those who die in martyrdom operations), but it would be more sensible to first discuss whether questionable individuals marked in this category belong here rather than earmarking the ENTIRE category for deletion. --MerkurIX(투고) 16:03, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Keep - Deleting the martyrs category ? Amazing. Freedom skies| talk  18:31, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Right-wing American propaganda films

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 01:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Right-wing American propaganda films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

delete - Like its counterparts, Category:Left-wing American propaganda films and Category:American Vietnam War propaganda films -- both of which are currently up for discussion/deletion -- this subcat is a poorly-defined, highly-subjective POV magnet. Basically, any film with a right-wing POV is likely to be labelled "propaganda". That term then loses its meaning -- and films that are so-categorized are tarred with a pejorative label. Cgingold 13:48, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Jehovah's Wintesses articles by quality
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The result of the debate was no consensus to delete; rename to Category:Jehovah's Witnesses articles by quality. Timrollpickering 01:05, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Jehovah's Wintesses articles by quality (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete misspelled category. Category is unpopulated anyway, indicating it is either unneeded or redundant to some other category anyway. Doczilla 10:26, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Miscellaneous Vancouver categories

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Timrollpickering 00:59, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Miscellaneous Vancouver articles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Burnaby, British Columbia articles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Delta, British Columbia articles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Richmond, British Columbia articles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Vancouver articles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:West Vancouver, British Columbia articles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete, none of these categories make much sense. They are all redundant as Category:Vancouver, Category:Greater Vancouver Regional District, and Category:Cities in British Columbia all exist, to name a few. Most of these cities already have their own categories (i.e. Category:Burnaby, British Columbia). All the nominated categories only appear on talk pages. I could find no precedent for anything similar for any other similar topic (i.e. New York City, Toronto, etc.). It appears that these may have something to do with the Wikiproject Vancouver, but no other wikiproject I reviewed seems to duplicate categories in this way. Agent 86 10:28, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Category:America's Cup participants
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The result of the debate was rename. Timrollpickering 00:48, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:America's Cup participants to Category:America's Cup
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The result of the debate was rename to Category:ÆON Group. Timrollpickering 00:44, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

rename. this is company group, and MOS:TM.--Wenis4 09:20, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Roman Catholic dioceses of Oceania

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The result of the debate was rename. Timrollpickering 00:42, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Roman Catholic dioceses of Oceania to Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Oceania
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Category:Gu of Seoul

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The result of the debate was keep. Timrollpickering 00:40, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Gu of Seoul
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Category:Civil Air Patrol

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Timrollpickering 00:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Civil Air Patrol to Category:United States Civil Air Patrol
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Category:Euromalay celebrities

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 00:35, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Euromalay celebrities (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
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Category:Air National Guard

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The result of the debate was rename. Timrollpickering 00:34, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Air National Guard to Category:United States Air National Guard
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Category:Military operations in Saudi Arabia

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 00:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Military operations in Saudi Arabia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete, military operations are not actually categorized by location, for the various reasons summarized here. Category:Battles involving Saudi Arabia and Category:Wars involving Saudi Arabia already exist. Kirill Lokshin 04:23, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Actor's who portray Comic Book characters
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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 00:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Actor's who portray Comic Book characters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete, Overly broad category that leads to creation of tenuous, at best, and trivial linkages of actors. J Greb 03:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Medical colleges in Bangladesh

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 00:27, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Medical colleges in Bangladesh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Redundant category, with existence of Category:Schools of Medicine in Bangladesh. Aditya Kabir 03:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Universities in Bangladesh

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 00:25, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Universities in Bangladesh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Redundant category, with the existence of Category:Universities and colleges in Bangladesh, Category:Colleges in Bangladesh, Category:Private universities in Bangladesh and Category:Public universities of Bangladesh.. Aditya Kabir 03:47, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Delete per nomBakaman 05:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Delete to be consistent with other countries --- Skapur 03:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Computer and video games featuring cooperative gameplay

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The result of the debate was rename. Timrollpickering 00:23, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Computer and video games featuring cooperative gameplay to Category:Cooperative computer and video games
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Category:Left-wing American propaganda films

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 00:19, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Left-wing American propaganda films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Blatantly biased title. Does not fit WP:NPOV. LGagnon 03:02, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Delete as POV. Take for example Bowling for Columbine, is it a true American documentary that correctly depicts America, or is it quazi-communist America-bashing propaganda? One's opinion on the issue, like one's opinion on the other films in this category, depends not on objective criteria, but on one's preconceived political opinion. --Ezeu 03:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC).
Comment: If "propaganda" must automatically imply "lies", does that mean that only Nazi apologists can claim that Why We Fight was propaganda? GCarty 14:48, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Delete as per nom. - Aditya Kabir 03:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Delete as per nom - left-wing is in the eye of the beholder, and means different things to different people. Orderinchaos78 04:49, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Delete - I am so happy to see this nomination! Not only do I agree entirely with the comments that have already been made -- I also feel they apply to two other subcats of Category:American propaganda films, namely Category:Right-wing American propaganda films, which I have just added to this list, and Category:American Vietnam War propaganda films, which I proposed for deletion several days ago. (please share your comments there as well)
My further comments are as follows: this subcat is a poorly-defined, highly-subjective POV magnet. Basically, any film with a left-of-center POV is likely to be labelled "propaganda". That term then loses its meaning -- and films that are so-categorized are tarred with a pejorative label.
Cgingold 14:01, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Delete as POV. Doczilla 17:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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Category:Wars involving Africa

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The result of the debate was rename to Category: Wars involving the states and peoples of Africa. Timrollpickering 00:18, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Wars involving Africa to Category:Wars in Africa

Category: Wars involving the states and peoples of Africa

  • Rename. Recently an array of categories were renamed after this Cfr. The category that specifically refers to Africa is now inappropriately named. "Wars involving Africa" has little meaning, whereas "Wars in Africa" is spot on. For example "wars involving Africa" could include eg. the Burma Campaign or the Battle of Monte Cassino where many Africans were involved, whereas that is not the intention of this category. In some cases "Wars involving ..." is better than "wars in ...", eg. "wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America". But in this case "wars in ..." is better. Ezeu 02:22, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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Category:Crime suspects

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The result of the debate was delete. Timrollpickering 00:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Crime suspects (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete If the suspicion dfdn't lead to anything that gives reason to put the person into a more concrete category it probably isn't worth adding a category for. This category could potentially group a huge range of unrelated people, and it casts a black mark while being highly uninformative. It also potentially gives rise to libel issues. Twittenham 01:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Delete per WP:BLP and not an incredibly useful category anyway Orderinchaos78 04:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Delete and salt excessively broad, potentially libelous category that has, in several forms, been deleted before. Doczilla 17:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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