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Category:Colonial History of Nepal

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:01, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Category created for POV-pushing, compare this edit. I removed the category from some battle articles that didn't say anything about "colonial history" [1][2][3] and undid the edits to Prithvi Narayan Shah; the sole remaining article currently so categorized is nominated for deletion and also has POV-pushing issues. Huon (talk) 21:31, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Colonial History

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:03, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Duplicate of Category:History of colonialism. Huon (talk) 20:22, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:LGBT heroes

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 09:38, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redundant single-entry parent for Category:LGBT superheroes. The parent category Category:Heroes specifically states that it is for "types of heroes and cultural and literary theories surrounding the hero, not for specific heroes", but the "LGBT superheroes" subcategory is listing specific superheroes -- so this is not an appropriate categorization genealogy on that side, and when it comes to the Category:Fictional LGBT characters by occupation category, there's no reason why the superheroes category can't just be directly filed there instead of needing this as an intermediate step. Bearcat (talk) 18:29, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Seasons in African football

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The result of the discussion was: merge Category:Years in African football to Category:Seasons in African football. MER-C 10:29, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Basically there is no need to have this category (and its subcategories) since we already have Category:Years in African football, which is the main category about African football's seasons. Moving the articles from this category to the other shouldn't be hard since there aren't many articles linked to it; so I believe merging it is the right thing to do (or just deleting it). Ben5218 (talk) 17:44, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page discussions. GiantSnowman 08:28, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge 'Years' into 'Seasons' to match the European precedent. GiantSnowman 08:29, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment -- The reason we have seasons for European football is that it is a winter sport, with a season running from August to May. The right solution for Africa will depend on when the game is played. Where this is the southern winter, the season will fit with the year, so that we could have either. In principle we should not have multiple parallel trees. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:17, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Peterkingiron: - not everywhere in Europe, for example many Scandinavian and Baltic countries which run a calendar year season... GiantSnowman 12:54, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Identity based provinces of Nepal

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Proposed states of Nepal. MER-C 09:43, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Real category of conceptual entities. Political POV pushing. Usedtobecool ✉️  14:57, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge to Category:Proposed states of Nepal which is a better place for the articles in this category. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:36, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per Marcocapelle; that said, that category also seems to be incorrectly named and needs renaming as well, since Nepal's first-order subdivisions are actually called provinces and not states — but they should still be grouped together pending the fix. The fact that a proposed but unrealized province or state might happen to correspond to the traditional territory of an ethnic group does not make that proposal an "identity-based province" — if reliable sources haven't already grouped them that way and discussed them in that context for us, then it's not our place to label them that way in our editorial voice. "Identity politics" is a loaded term with political baggage, not a neutral or objective descriptor. Bearcat (talk) 21:33, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Nepa valley

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 09:38, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Not a valid category. Has one article, I'm getting that deleted too. Usedtobecool ✉️  14:55, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:PKF

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:13, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only 1 eponymous article Rathfelder (talk) 12:26, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Moore Stephens

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:15, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only 1 eponymous article. Rathfelder (talk) 12:24, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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United States locations

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to "by state or territory". Timrollpickering (Talk) 10:03, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Note There are perhaps hundreds of categories that would fit here. I suspect I ought to put a CFR2 note on all of them for the sake of notice and discussion, right? —GoldRingChip 18:44, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: "Non-state" locations, such as Washington, DC and Guam, and obsolete territories don't currently fit in these categories so they sometimes get left out or other times get put in a territorial or "insular area" pot. While technically accurate, it's WP:OCLOCATION (over-categorization) and "location" is sufficient to include them all. —GoldRingChip 18:44, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep - 'by state' is the obvious way to subcat US categories, much as 'by country' is the obvious way to subcat global categories. There will always be historical and geographical anomalies. Oculi (talk) 15:39, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @GoldRingChip: In many cases I have seen non-state locations sorted with a + sortkey within a by-state category, and this seems pretty convenient. See for instance how this works out in Category:Protestantism in the United States by state. Unfortunately, such subcategories are sometimes moved back to the unsorted mother category. If we make a guideline that this should be the way to treat this issue, this removes the need for a "by location" category. Place Clichy (talk) 21:37, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename to "...state or territory... per above discussion. "State/Territory" is very nicely and neatly defined, dividing the US into 50+ discrete areas. "Location" is not. Note also that "Category:Categories by location of the United States" is a very peculiar proposed name, and suggests that the US moves from place to place. Grutness...wha? 04:32, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Preferred option: keep "by state" categories" and place a guideline that such categories should include non-state areas such as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and insular areas of the United Stated with a + sortkey. Second preferred option: rename to use "...by state or territory". Place Clichy (talk) 21:37, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose "state" is a well-defined, well-established descriptor, and "location" is confusingly vague. I'm accepting of "state or territory", but I still prefer just "state", as there are so few exceptions that it's hardly worth the rename. Googol30 (talk) 08:56, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
by state/territory or by location
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  • For what it's worth, I prefer the current by state convention to the proposed by state or territory option. The proposal doesn't help with the most common situation, which is where to place Washington, D.C. categories. Still no objection to using by location categories as parent categories where there's a need. - Eureka Lott 18:44, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • DC categories quite often subcats of "by state" categories (incorrectly but effectively). As for territories, as well as the likes of Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the USVI, it's possible that events in historic territories (e.g., Indian Territory, Dakota Territory) could be included under their contemporary locations. I'm still opposed to the idea of "...by location" categories, as it leaves the door open to a lot of non-standard subcategories (random possibilities - "...west of the Mississippi", "...on the northwestern frontier", "...in the Bible Belt"). Grutness...wha? 01:44, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment "by location" could easily just be a parent category of "by state".★Trekker (talk) 19:57, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • oppose this would not be helpful to readers. The US legally, culturally, politically, socially, etc. consists of 50 states plus other entities. Changing this here would make WP look silly. If and when needed, create 'by location' parent categories for states, insular territories, cities, counties and so on. Hmains (talk) 04:52, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Films about individual people

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The result of the discussion was: merge manually, to consider whether subcategories may be more appropriate. Category:Films based on real people seems to have been mostly ignored in this discussion, so it has been relisted on today's CFD. MER-C 10:27, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: And the difference is what exactly? Absolutely no need for two separate categories. If this is just for films that feature an individual as a character as opposed to films that actually tell their story, I'd question the need for such categories anyway. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:28, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That wouldn't make the film about the historical figure. Bearcat (talk) 16:45, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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  • Keep A film can easily be about a human being while not actually showing events of that persons life. Just look at someone like Jesus, there are films about Jesus that don't feature any of the actual events of his life.★Trekker (talk) 19:45, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • While that occasionally happens, for most films it will be very difficult if not impossible to make a clear cut distinction because there is always some amount of interpretation involved in biographical films. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:44, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Also supporting Merge and diffuse. While renaming and putting all Category:Films about person categories in there as a non-diffusing cat would be my prefered outcome, I consider merging and diffusing almost as good an outcome. --Trialpears (talk) 09:21, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Just so I'm not misunderstanding this: Do you mean that Category:Films about Billy the Kid‎, Category:Films about Fred Rogers‎,Category:Films about Julius Caesar‎ and Category:Films about Muhammad‎ should be placed in Category:Biographical films? --Trialpears (talk) 00:06, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Should have pinged Newshunter12. --Trialpears (talk) 00:26, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Trialpears I should have mentioned that I believe many entries should be stripped out of the combined category. This isn't IMDB and we don't need categories listing every production on these people, which seems like fancruft to me. Newshunter12 (talk) 00:34, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Twin people from the United States

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The result of the discussion was: reverse merge. MER-C 09:40, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge or reverse merge, the two categories have an overlapping scope. I have tagged both categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:17, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Agree with Fayenatic London that a reverse merge would be more consistent within this tree. Probably the whole tree needs to be nominated at some point to be renamed to fooian twins, but that will be for another time. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:05, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Europe-wide organizations

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The result of the discussion was: keep. I don't see enough support to call this "no consensus", but this close is without prejudice to speedy renomination, given how stale this is now. (non-admin closure) DannyS712 (talk) 06:15, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Disambiguation from Category:Disability organizations based in Europe (recently created by Oculi), and from Category:Medical and health organizations based in Europe respectively. The other nominated category Category:International medical associations of Europe is clearly distinguished from its parent Category:Medical associations based in Europe, but should be updated to "based in". – Fayenatic London 11:44, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I couldnt find a more appropriate place to put them. I'd be perfectly happy with "cross-European" rather than Pan-European. There are some categories for Pan-American organisations. But I think "International organizations" is a bit vague, and misses a defining characteristic of the organizations I am thinking about. Rathfelder (talk) 20:01, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as nom -- These appear all to be Europe-wide organisations; and in Europe the British English spelling should be used

If others wish, I would support renames to "Pan-European". I am not clear what the distinction between the second and third items is (the 3rd being a subcat of the 2nd) and might support merging these to (say Category:Pan-European medical and health organisations. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:46, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Rename to Category:Cross-European disability organizations. Pan-European has a distinct meaning and shouldn't be used to avoid ambiguity, international organizations imply a slightly different scope than intended leaving cross-European as the best alternative. --Trialpears (talk) 14:49, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The present categories are clear in their meaning and there is no benefit in renaming any of these. Newshunter12 (talk) 23:42, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. "European X organisations" is accepted as a term for an organisation with a focus on X in the scope of Europe. "based in" refers to headquarters location not scope; some organisations based in Europe have a global scope (e.g. IAEA), some have a non-European scope (e.g. OPEC), some have a specifically European scope (e.g. EU, Council of Europe). Only organisations with a European scope are specifically European; IAEA and OPEC are not specifically European organisations despite being headquartered in Europe. "Pan-European" or "Cross-European" suggestions, I don't agree with those, since while those terms exist they are rarely used, the "Pan-" and "Cross-" prefix is not necessary to make the meaning clear. Given opposition to "based in Europe", I oppose "International medical associations based in Europe" too; I would support renaming "International medical associations" to "European medical associations", but I don't think it is essential. I think the status quo here is adequate. SJK (talk) 21:47, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Addendum: I do however agree with changing "organization" to "organisation". The EU officially prefers British spelling to American, as do all countries in Europe which have English as an official language. Maybe in some European countries where English is not the official language, American English is more popular, but there is nothing official about that, so what is officially enshrined must take precedence over what is merely an informal practice. @Rathfelder: why should we expect the EU style guide for English to "shortly change"? Even with Brexit, Ireland remains a member, and Ireland spells most words the same as the British do. Maybe if Ireland were leaving too, it would be a different story, but there are no signs Ireland plans to do that. Plus, Engish is an official language in Malta too, and Malta uses British spelling as well. So long as all EU members states which have English as an official language prefer British spelling, the EU will prefer British spelling, and the withdrawal of one of those states makes no difference to that when the other two remain. SJK (talk) 21:52, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Organization is perfectly proper English spelling. Rathfelder (talk) 21:56, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • In British English, while both "organization" and "organisation" are acceptable, "organisation" is preferred. I'm pretty sure the same is true for Irish English and Maltese English as well. The EU's English style is based on the language preferences of its officially-English-speaking member states (Ireland, Malta, and for the time being UK), and so it also prefers "organisation" to "organization". SJK (talk) 22:01, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the more important part here is consistency and as currently all subcats of Category:International organizations based in Europe use organization a move wouldn't be beneficial. My experience living in Sweden is that none of the spellings really are preffered with American media being more prevallent than British and an education system that doesn't prescribe either. I think the same is the case for the rest of mainland europe as well. Since the z version is acceptable in all engvars while the s version is not the z version should be used. I don't however think this question should be discussed in this prolonged CfD and let the focus be on the based in/cross/pan dispute. No problem with another CfD on the matter though. --Trialpears (talk) 21:08, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:American genderqueer novelists

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The result of the discussion was: merge as nominated, without prejudice against creating Category:American non-binary writers when that appears likely to be useful. – Fayenatic London 10:29, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only 4 articles in the category. It's too specific of a category. We currently don't even don't subcategorize non-binary people by nationality, let alone by nationality, occupation and specific gender identification. JDDJS (talk to mesee what I've done) 16:00, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename to Category: American non-binary novelists. This category was created back when “genderqueer” was the umbrella term used for all non-binary people on Wikipedia, and I strongly support renaming to match the updated norms. (The renamed category could also include Carole LaFavor and possibly others.) However, I’m opposed to outright deletion given that “American male novelists” and “American female novelists” are valid existing categories—small size alone is not grounds for deletion of a category with potential to grow, see WP:SMALLCAT. Absternr (talk) 23:15, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Carole LaFavor is (according to her article) a woman (e.g. in Category:American women activists). Surely the article belongs (just) in Category:American women novelists. DexDor (talk) 09:48, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
How many entries would it even have under that though? Non-binary writers only has 30 something articles. JDDJS (talk to mesee what I've done) 01:56, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American photographers by subject

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The result of the discussion was: merge. – Fayenatic London 08:14, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: No need for this intermediate category as there is only a single subcat, which should be upmerged to Category:American photographers. Anomalous+0 (talk) 12:33, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Children of Charlemagne

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The result of the discussion was: do not merge. MER-C 09:42, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, we usually categorize nobility by family or dynasty, and it is not clear why we do not do that in this case. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:25, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Funeral homes in fiction

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The result of the discussion was: keep but prune. Renaming should take place in a new nomination. MER-C 10:24, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:NONDEF, in the large amount of these articles, the funeral home only plays a minor role in the plot. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:20, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award

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Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 July 28#Category:Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award