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July 7

Category:High school fight songs

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Kbdank71 14:56, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:High school fight songs to Category:Fight songs
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Single-item category, likelihood of expansion is low, no need to split off the one article from the parent.
talk) 23:56, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:NHL fight songs

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 14:57, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:NHL fight songs to Category:National Hockey League fight songs
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Expand the abbreviation.
talk) 22:16, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:NFL fight songs

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 14:57, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:NFL fight songs to Category:National Football League fight songs
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Expand the abbreviation.
talk) 22:14, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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  • I wasn't sure about that cat. There is no
    talk) 08:47, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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  • You can but I'm not up to making the nomination.
    talk) 01:41, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:MLB fight songs

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 14:57, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:MLB fight songs to Category:Major League Baseball fight songs
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Expand the abbreviation.
talk) 22:13, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Major League Baseball music

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Kbdank71 14:58, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Major League Baseball music to Category:Major League Baseball media
Nominator's rationale: Merge - category is not needed to hold the single subcat; unnecessary layer of categorization.
talk) 22:12, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Rugby songs

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Kbdank71 14:58, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Rugby songs (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete - overly broad inclusion criterion. There literally is no known song that couldn't be sung after a rugby match, therefore every song article is eligible for inclusion in this category.
talk) 22:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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  • What is the objective definition of "rugby song"?
    talk) 01:28, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Memorial music

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Kbdank71 14:59, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Memorial music (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete -
talk) 22:05, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Folk songs adapted by Joan Baez

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Kbdank71 15:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Folk songs adapted by Joan Baez (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Either delete as a confusing category (what does it mean for a folk song to be "adapted" by someone?) or if Baez is strongly associated with the songs, merge to
talk) 21:57, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Fictional obese characters

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The result of the discussion was: SPEEDY DELETE, recreation. See prior CFD. Postdlf (talk) 20:58, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Fictional obese characters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This category includes fictional characters that were never even mentioned as overweight, let alone obese (see Nelson Muntz); in addition, it seems to be munging the idea of what is overweight v. what is obese -- all in all this is a nonsense category. Quaeler (talk) 20:35, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Asteroids, discovered in April 2008

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Kbdank71 15:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Asteroids, discovered in April 2008 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: I don't see why there needs to be a special category for asteroids discovered in April 2008. Captain panda 20:16, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:United States ambassadors to the United Nations

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The result of the discussion was: No consensus - Feel free to relist. - jc37 09:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:United States ambassadors to the United Nations to Category:American ambassadors to the United Nations
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match the common form in Category:Ambassadors to the United Nations. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:51, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Soviet Union

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Soviet Union to Category:British ambassadors to the Soviet Union - jc37 09:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Soviet Union to Category:British ambassadors to the Soviet Union
Nominator's rationale: For consistency within
-- roundhouse0 (talk) 15:58, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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NB - there are several similar discussions
-- roundhouse0 (talk) 19:57, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Latvia

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 15:06, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Latvia to Category:Russian ambassadors to Latvia
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match all siblings in parent
talk) 12:38, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Ambassadors of Russia to the United Nations

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 15:05, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of Russia to the United Nations to Category:Russian ambassadors to the United Nations
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Per the naming convention used by all siblings in the parent
talk) 12:35, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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  • I'm also confused by the character counting as the difference is between 'of Russia' and 'Russian', and I make the 2nd one shorter by 2 characters.
    -- roundhouse0 (talk) 01:09, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • rename per nom. Russia is not an exceptional case that needs exceptional names. Hmains (talk) 03:23, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename per nom for consistency. If Russavia wants to propose a wholesale rename for all ambassadors categories according to the principles he has set out, he's free to do so, but until then the categories should be named consistently to avoid confusion in the meantime. Anyways, "Russian" can also mean "of Russia as a state", and does not necessarily imply nationality or ethnicity. Thus, a "Russian ambassador" can mean an ambassador of the state of Russia, regardless of that individual's nationality or ethnicity. I don't know which is in more common usage, but I do know that it's not uncommon for me to hear/read in news about the "Russian ambassador" or the "American ambassador", etc. to the UN. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:11, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose (I am only going to respond to one of these debate - my sentiments apply to others). Previously we had
    Diplomatic missions of Benin works fine. However I do not agree with the suggestion that referring to a state by noun or adjective would somehow be inaccurate. Kransky (talk) 12:57, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Final Fantasy III

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Kbdank71 15:05, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Final Fantasy III (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This category now has two articles, so it is basically unneeded now Judgesurreal777 (talk) 06:56, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional agnostics

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Kbdank71 15:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Fictional agnostics (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale Category:Fictional characters by religion was deleted as non-defining. I don't necessarily agree, but if this is what was decided than lack of religious belief would seem to be the same.--T. Anthony (talk) 06:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Jamaican-American actors

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Kbdank71 15:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Jamaican-American actors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete, overcategorization, arbitrary intersection. No evidence that acting is significant for Jamaican-Americans or that American actors of Jamaican background are a distinctive, recognized, studied group. As expected, from browsing the handful of entries, the individuals for whom their Jamaican heritage is most prominent are not particularly known for being actors, and those known for being actors are not prominently known for being Jamaican. Anyone can make a sourced list if they like, and I won't complain. Postdlf (talk) 05:00, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Bahamian-American actors

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Kbdank71 15:02, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Bahamian-American actors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete, overcategorization and arbitrary intersection. No reason to believe that Bahamian-American actors have been recognized as a distinct, definitive subgrouping of either American actors or of Bahamian-Americans. Only one entry and not likely to expand; that one article is already in all the logical categories so there is no need for upmerge. Postdlf (talk) 04:49, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Croatian-Australian Socceroos

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The result of the discussion was: Delete/Listify - Ok, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to restore the list which was deleted by the AfD discussion, as there seems to be consensus in this discussion that this should be a list rather than a category. I'm also going to leave a note with the AfD closer. Note that this closure does not prevent a nomination at
WP:DRV, and those concerned are welcome to, if they wish. (Though I'd appreciate notification if they do : ) - jc37 09:04, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
]
Category:Croatian-Australian Socceroos (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Not notable nor needed nor relevant. We don't need to subdivide national football teams into ethnic subgroupings. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:43, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom (and upmerge as needed). Cgingold (talk) 01:53, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I created the category. Previously there was a page title 'list of Croatian-Australian Socceroos', which was deleted. At the time through a similar discussion the consensus was that such a thing would be better suited as a Caetgory. Yet now thats not fine either? MelbCro (talk) 08:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Arrghh! That's appalling. Could you give us a link to that discussion? I can only say that the folks who took part in that AFD are utterly clueless as to what qualifies as a valid category. Good grief. Cgingold (talk) 09:23, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Remark – it's at
    -- roundhouse0 (talk) 10:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Restore list and delete category. This sort of thing happens much to much. We need to have a serious discussion with the AFD participants about what makes a good category! --
    SamuelWantman 19:42, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
Yup, it's an ongoing problem -- not really sure what can be done, though, short of adding a stern admonition somewhere in the AFD guidelines. Cgingold (talk) 03:30, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, I realise this will most likely be unpopular, but I don't really see what's wrong with this category. The criteria for inclusion are pretty well defined, and "not needed or relevant" is a pretty subjective judgement to make. Lankiveil (speak to me) 04:58, 8 July 2008 (UTC).[reply]
  • What you need to understand is that we don't even have concensus on categories for Ethnicity by Occupation -- some are kept, some get deleted. In this case, we're not just talking about
    WP:DRV and getting the decision reversed. Cgingold (talk) 08:35, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Railway stations in Idado

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The result of the discussion was: speedy rename. Postdlf (talk) 05:55, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Railway stations in Idado to Category:Railway stations in Idaho
Nominator's rationale: Rename, as the current name is a typo. TheCatalyst31 ReactionCreation 01:25, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Nazi glossary

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 15:03, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Nazi glossary (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)


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Category:We didn't start the fire

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Kbdank71 15:04, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:We didn't start the fire (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: That's just silly.
talk) 00:44, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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  • The cultural references within the song are listed at the song's article. That a songwriter decades after the fact happened to mention some historical person or event doesn't mean that it should serve as the basis for a category.
    talk) 01:17, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply
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  • The latter is called "what links here." Postdlf (talk) 19:49, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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