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Category:Hilary Duff movies

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 05:05, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we honestly want a category for every movie actor in existence, nor do we want movies to belong to a category for each actor which starred in them. Better served by listing the movies in the Hilary Duff article. See also the CFDs on Category:Movies Rated PG and Category:Diana Ross movies Jdavidb 23:51, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • We seem to have come to a consensus earlier that grouping films by director was appropriate, but grouping by actor wasn't. -The Tom 23:09, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
That seems to smack of Auteurism, a decidedly POV approach to film. It would appear the most appropriate course is to either not categorize films by any personality, but rather include links to them as lists within the articles on each member of cast or crew; or else, allow categorization by everyone from director to gaffer (with "star-worship" surely a more common basis for film study than "laborer-worship"). In that case, the action here would be to rename to something along the lines of Category:Films of Hilary Duff since a) "movie" is slang and b) "works of foo" is the standard format (n.b., "Films starring Foo" would be incorrect, as Foo may not always be the *star*, and may not even always be acting but rather directing, writing, etc. Also note, the question of whether "Hilary Duff is a fluff" is not a valid ground for either keeping or deleting anything about her, i.e. that is also POV reasoning. 12.73.198.38 12:58, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Categories are needed to relate a set of articles that have no other easy to make connection. So "Films made in Germany" or "Films made in 1943" would be legitimate categories. But a bunch of films featuring the same person should all be found in a list under that person's article. So "Films featuring Hilary Duff" should be a subsection of the Hilary Duff article, not a category. MK2 03:47, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Golkar

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 06:20, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Empty category. The political party does not merit a category at the moment. Furthermore, the anon who created it reproduced a notice letter (probably hoax) claiming that some of the party members supported the nomination of a guy as a S. Jakarta mayor for 2007. Delete. *drew 22:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Iranian ethnic groups to Category:Ethnic groups of Iran

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The result of the debate was Rename. ∞Who?¿? 05:07, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to standard form Category:Ethnic groups of Iran. (note that there is also category:Iranian peoples for groups in any country which speak a variety of the Persian language. This category is just for groups in the state of Iran.) CalJW 22:12, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Rename. No argument.
    siafu 01:51, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Repressed Wikipedia Users

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 05:09, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be a joke category, it only contain one users talk page, wich include a "plea for help" against repression concerning the deletion of one of his joke articles. Delete. --Sherool 21:12, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete; nonsense. -WindFish 09:20, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. BJAODN.
    siafu 01:52, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply
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Category:War Criminal

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 05:10, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Empty category. Mis-capitalized. Mis-pluraled (no 's' at the end). And potential POV issues with it even if it was properly named. 4 strikes and it's out? TexasAndroid 20:46, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedia Users to Category:Wikipedians

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The result of the debate was Delete or merge remaining. ∞Who?¿? 05:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nonstandard category name. TexasAndroid 19:48, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete both. Elitist, and otherwise useless, vanity category(-ies). 12.73.195.79 20:32, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Umm. The second one is the high level category for all other categorization of Wikipedians. It has an extensive sub-category tree. To delete it would orphan everything under it, and IMHO is a really bad idea. TexasAndroid 20:39, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
My point is, the "Wikipedian" categories are all nothing but trivial vanity pages, and should all be deleted. Just designating people as "Wikipedians" (as vs. non-Wikipedians) is elitist in the extreme and quite POV; some of us who visit/contribute to this site would never presume to classify ourselves as other than contributors and human beings. If you want a category for article contributors linking to their user pages, so others can check out their credentials, that would make sense. But even user page content isn't restricted to a didactic documentation of qualifications to write/add to/correct Wikipedia plus a small personal biography; there's tons of fluff and fancruft and self-aggrandizement. To continue extrapolating outward from that sort of crap only makes Wikipedia (and "Wikipedians") look even more juvenile, frivolous and cliquish than many of the articles (or lack of them) already makes it appear to the average person. 12.73.194.233 13:12, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Indoor arenas by nationality to Category:indoor arenas by country

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The result of the debate was Rename. ∞Who?¿? 05:15, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A subcategory of category:categories by country. — Instantnood 19:13, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comment You mean Category:Indoor arenas by country, surely? Hiding talk 20:03, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename Since category names can only begin with a capital letter there is no difference. CalJW 00:23, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Rename then if you are sure. I just want to make sure correct procedure is followed. Hiding talk 09:34, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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category:sports venue in Foo to category:sport venue in Foo

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The result of the debate was Keep. ∞Who?¿? 05:17, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

As per local usage (like transport/transportation). In Commonwealth English sport is not spelt with the s.

Categories affected:

 — Instantnood 19:13, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose I'm an advocate of avoiding inappropriate usage of American English, but I don't think this is anything of the kind. While in the UK we certainly say "sport" rather than "sports" for sporting activities generally, we also say "sports venues" (check usage on the BBC site for example) - or occasionally "sporting venues", but I think that is perhaps a little old-fashioned. If there are any countries where this is not the case they can be changed, but is there clear evidence that there are? CalJW 21:05, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose in those cases where the correct term is sports venue - such as Australia, India, New Zealand, pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom... (don't know about the others, but I advise checking). To be honest, I didn't realise that the US (or anywhere else) used the term "sport venue" which - to me at least - sounds horribly stilted. Grutness...wha? 01:01, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The U.S. doesn't. The idea behind this proposal is that these ones should be changed because Commonwealth English does. CalJW 01:53, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, it's exactly the opposite. The idea behind all the opposition is that these ones should remain as they are because Commonwealth English does. Grutness...wha? 07:04, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If you think it through again, you'll find you are the one who is mistaken I think wha?
Ah... right. Failed to parse one of my own sentences correctly. Commonwealth English does think it's stilted, and Commonwealth English does use the S. :) Grutness...wha? 22:55, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I am not too sure if this is really an issue of Commonwealth English usage, but Singapore, a Commonwealth country, tends to say "sports venues". "sport venues" somehow dosent sound grammatically correct.--Huaiwei 12:09, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I think we've heard from enough people from enough Commonwealth English-speaking countries to determine that "Sport venue" isn't really standard anywhere. -The Tom 23:11, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Bhoeble 13:09, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Comedy books to Category:Humor books

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The result of the debate was Reverse merge. ∞Who?¿? 05:30, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merge newly created category:comedy books into pre-existing category:Humor books. Also "comedy books" sounds weird. Book stores have a Humor section, not a Comedy section. MakeRocketGoNow 18:22, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose Reverse merge instead because "comedy" is neutral between British and American English, but humo(u)r isn't. The older category is hardly bursting with content, and almost of much of what little there is, is "humour" as is "humor" CalJW 20:57, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • As per CalJW, reverse merge, for the reasons stated, although I'd be happy with the neutral "Humorous books" (though that may be a more POV title). Neutral English terms are better where possible. Grutness...wha? 01:04, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per nominator. Humor is the common name of the genre. Christopher Parham (talk) 05:14, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Mightn't "Comedic books" make the best grammatical sense? -The Tom 23:08, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reverse merge as per Grutness. Bhoeble 13:10, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians in Kingdom of León

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 05:32, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Appears to have been created to hold one person. TexasAndroid 17:33, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. Normaly I'm all for Wikipedian categories, even with just one member. However this category doesn't make any sense. The
    Leon (province)). Going by the users userpage it's either a joke, or a political statement (seperatism). Hard to tell sometimes. --Sherool 18:27, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Keep Could be very educational if presented in the correct way. Mirlin 12:28, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. There is no longer a Kingdom of León. If there were something worth mentioning on say,
    siafu 02:36, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Wikipedians on Break/Holiday

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 06:07, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Empty category. TexasAndroid 17:25, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete; we don't need to see who's on holiday. -WindFish 09:21, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep. Could be useful. Suppose I was hoping to collaborate on an article with Wikipedian_X and Wikipedian_Y. This category, properly used, could inform me that one or both were taking a WikiBreak (which I assume was the intended purpose). -Seth Mahoney 17:57, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Not useful as a category.
    Cuñado - Talk 21:50, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply
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Category:2100 deaths

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 06:09, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Again, too far in the future to be a useful category, IMHO. TexasAndroid 16:24, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. For all we know, the world will end next week and there won't be any deaths in 2100.
    siafu 18:43, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Delete per
    talk 22:54, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply
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Category:2240

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 06:09, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Way too far in the future for the category to be useful. The one entry,

2240, is also in Category:Years in the future, which IMHO is sufficient. TexasAndroid 16:15, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply
]

  • Delete per nom.
    talk
    05:47, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
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Category:U.S. metropolitan areas to category:Metropolitan areas of the United States

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The result of the debate was Merge. ∞Who?¿? 06:10, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This was the only abbreviated category in the United States menu and I was going to nominate it for renaming until I discovered that category:Metropolitan areas of the United States already exists. So merge into that instead. CalJW 11:19, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Airports in Foo

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The result of the debate was Speedy delete. ∞Who?¿? 20:16, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A misinformed anon created this category just to ask what it is. Speedy delete. --Huaiwei 09:17, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Bad popes

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 06:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously POV. -- Beland 07:01, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:London shops to category:Shops in London

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The result of the debate was Rename. ∞Who?¿? 06:12, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This category is not in the standard form for categories of man made places. Rename category:Shops in London. CalJW 06:48, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Towns in Slovakia to Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia

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The result of the debate was Rename. ∞Who?¿? 06:13, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that no distinction is made between towns and cities in Slovakia, and this category includes the largest settlements in the country. In these circumstances the standard policy is to use the form Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia.

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Category:Charismatic religious leaders

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The result of the debate was No consensus (no change). ∞Who?¿? 20:12, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

By who's measure, reference or citation, the included people in the list are considered "charismatic"? This is contradictory with NPOV. Delete. ZappaZ 02:01, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Important: Many people are voting based on an incorrect assumption that "charismatic" in the title is intended to convey whether the leader in question "has charisma", in the sense of personal magnetism. It instead refers to whether the leader's authority meets the sociological definition of charismatic authority, a different thing altogether from personal charisma. Please make sure you understand what the difference is before you vote.
It doesn't make any difference. Academics do not own common English words. The category system is a navigation tool, and the terms used must be as clear as possible. CalJW 07:04, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
"When assigning an article into categories... The topic may be associated with a geographic area, a historical period, an academic subfield..."* Sorry, I'm just not having any luck finding these policies that people seem to be referring to that say categories must be deleted if they use words in their academic senses, or that if there is some perceived problem with a category's name, deletion rather than renaming must be the solution. Well, then, I guess we'd better delete Category:Type-M stars, since the average Joe doesn't know what that academic distinction means. -- Antaeus Feldspar 14:44, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Slovak regions to category:Regions of Slovakia

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The result of the debate was Rename. ∞Who?¿? 06:16, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to the "of" form, which is standard for subdivisions: category:Regions of Slovakia CalJW 01:58, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Love songs

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 06:15, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Highly nonspecific and non-maintainable. --FuriousFreddy 01:50, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete CalJW 01:58, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nominator LiniShu 01:20, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nominator and LiniShu -WindFish 09:21, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Sounds like a good category to me, especially since there are SO many of them, and so many different ways to sub-categorize, including love song writing, love song instrumentals, love song artists, ... the variety is quite endless. Mirlin 12:24, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Hopelessly vague, and really not worth subcategorising. Bhoeble 13:11, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Uniterranism

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The result of the debate was Delete. ∞Who?¿? 06:18, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Only two articles, one of wich is of somewhat dubious notability. Anyway at first I was going to suggest merging it with Category:Unitarianism (not the biggest of cats either) becuse I thought it was a mis-spelling, but aparently they are two seperate things, this one aparently deals with things related to the Uniterran Church, and currently there seems to be rather few things of note other than the article about the church itself and a 2 year old holiday they "invented". I say delete this category at this time. If more articles about uniterranism appear it can always be recreated at a later date. --Sherool 01:02, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. The topic just isn't broad enough. Also, the article about the holiday should probably be merged.--Pharos 07:11, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP. As for the category, well more and more articles WILL be added. Not only by me but others who profess the faith. Starting the category now will ensure they have a place to put them, but if you and others insist upon weeding it out now because it is not large enough yet, then you have that power. How many times will we have to create the category only for you and others to mark it for deletion because you feel there are not enough articles? 10 times? 30 times? 3000 times? I suppose editing 2,800 some odd articles does have a way of making you feel powerful, powerful enough to quash something that perhaps you yourself may not fully agree with, but like I said, that is your power. I can only humbly submit to whatever is decided.Mirlin 08:19, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment.There is only so much that can be written about any religion that is only 3 years old; the situation would be the same, with, say, Christianity at that age. I suggest that you focus on improving the Uniterran Church article, adding all relevant info, and only split stuff off if that becomes inordinately long. Don't spead yourself too thin.--Pharos 14:55, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - as mentioned, having an article (Though it is at least a decent article) is borderline to vanity enough; having an entire category just seems to border absurdity. (In a joking fashion, I did laugh that the religion is only three years old, and clergy must apparently undergo a rigorous three-year training session ;) ). I'd also side with Pharos in suggesting that you focus on making the single article on the faith superb, and not create new sub-par articles for each aspet of the faith. Readers are likely to read the entire initial article, but are much less likely to actually go read tangents off of it. Sherurcij 16:33, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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