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Category:Dinosaurs in television documentaries

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The result of the discussion was: Split. Timrollpickering (talk) 16:34, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Propose splitting Category:Dinosaurs in television documentaries to Category:Documentary television series about dinosaurs or Category:Documentary films about dinosaurs
Nominator's rationale: Propose split both to conform to the naming convention established by the parent categories, and to distinguish between films and series, both of which are currently lumped together in this category. The Bushranger One ping only 23:06, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Dinosaurs in television fiction

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Timrollpickering (talk) 16:18, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Dinosaurs in television fiction to Category:Television series about dinosaurs
Nominator's rationale: As far as I can tell, we don't categorise "television fiction" as a tree, and aside from being a rather awkward formation in its current naming format, "Television series about foo" is the convention used by the logical parent, Category:Television series by topic. The Bushranger One ping only 23:03, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Categories

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Timrollpickering (talk) 11:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rename Category:Categories to Category:Wikipedia categories
To be clear: This is not the top-level category. That would be Category:Contents.
This is an administrative category container. - jc37 22:21, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Categories by parameter

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The result of the discussion was: Withdrawn for now - jc37 02:07, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rename Category:Categories by X to Category:Wikipedia categories by X
The top level parent seems to be Category:Categories by parameter - see Special:PrefixIndex/Category:Categories_by for a complete list.
Most of these have Template:Container category as a banner. I suggest this be changed to {{Wikipedia category|container=yes}}
(I'm not proposing these should be hidden, since (afaik) none of them should be in article space, these only being containers of other categories.)
This should be fairly straight-forward. Renaming administrative categories to add "Wikipedia" to help indicate they are not for article space. (per
WP:NCCAT, etc.) - jc37 22:17, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
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Rivers

Category:Molalla River
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The result of the discussion was: delete per
WP:SMALLCAT, i.e. a small category will never have more than a few members. Currently contains only the head article. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:57, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
Category:Molalla River (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per
WP:SMALLCAT and many others at Category: Wikipedia categories named after rivers. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:33, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Mur (river)
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The result of the discussion was: Keep - jc37 21:33, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Mur (river) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per
WP:SMALLCAT. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:31, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
  • STRONG KEEP (also as per
    WP:SMALLCAT; this is part of the "schema" for geography. rivers as subcats can be grouped by tributary, watershed, region, etc. it also should mirror the system @ wikimedia commons. this makes things easier to find & associate; the topic cannot be adequately organized using only interal wikilinks. please don't mess this up! Lx 121 (talk) 01:37, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
    ]
Sure, it has potential for growth if articles are created. I would favor recreating the category when the article count justified it. RevelationDirect (talk) 20:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the policy supports this.
my talk 10:30, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Cooks River
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The result of the discussion was: No consensus to delete - jc37 21:33, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Cooks River (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per
WP:SMALLCAT. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:31, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
  • STRONG KEEP (also as per
    WP:SMALLCAT; this is part of the "schema" for geography. rivers as subcats can be grouped by tributary, watershed, region, etc. it also should mirror the system @ wikimedia commons. this makes things easier to find & associate; the topic cannot be adequately organized using only interal wikilinks. please don't mess this up! Lx 121 (talk) 01:40, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
    ]
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Category:Artibonite River
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The result of the discussion was: delete per
WP:SMALLCAT, i.e. a small category will never have more than a few members. Currently contains only the head article and 2 others. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:59, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
Category:Artibonite River (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per
WP:SMALLCAT. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:29, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
  • STRONG KEEP (also as per
    WP:SMALLCAT; this is part of the "schema" for geography. rivers as subcats can be grouped by tributary, watershed, region, etc. it also should mirror the system @ wikimedia commons. this makes things easier to find & associate; the topic cannot be adequately organized using only interal wikilinks. please don't mess this up! Lx 121 (talk) 01:41, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
    ]
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Category:Akerselva
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The result of the discussion was: keep per
WP:SMALLCAT, i.e. it is a small category, but some editors think with 6 articlesit is just big enough to keep as it is. Crucially, and the Norwegian Wikipedia shows that it could be expanded. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:03, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
Category:Akerselva (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per
WP:SMALLCAT. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:29, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
  • STRONG KEEP (also as per
    WP:SMALLCAT; this is part of the "schema" for geography. rivers as subcats can be grouped by tributary, watershed, region, etc. it also should mirror the system @ wikimedia commons. this makes things easier to find & associate; the topic cannot be adequately organized using only interal wikilinks. please don't mess this up! Lx 121 (talk) 01:42, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • For clarity, the other articles are former mills that once used the river for power. RevelationDirect (talk) 11:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep not SMALLCAT. All articles in the category are valid entries, as they are either bridges which cross the river (defining aspect) or industrial plants which located on and relied on the river for power, thus interacting with the river. There is fair bit of potential here; according to no:Akerselva, there are 44 bridges that cross the river, of which the Norwegian Wikipedia has articles for nine. I imagine most of those would be notable on the English Wikipedia as well. The Norwegian Wikipedia also has articles for two of the river's twenty waterfalls. The Norwegian version of the category has 22 entries. Arsenikk (talk) 14:48, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Aluminum plants cluster around hdyroelectric dams and auto plants are almost always on a railroad line. We should be cautious about categorizing manufacturing plants by their source of power and transportation. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:30, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I something is notable enough to be in the Norwegian wikipedia, it is notable enough to be in the English wikipedia. Notability is not conditioned by speakers of a particular language knowing something about the subject. There is no requirement that your reliable sources be in English. Wikipedia is meant to reflect no ethnic or national biases, although the English wikipedia currently has a strong preponderance of articles connected in some way to the United States and the United Kingdom, and a clear lack of articles connected in some way with Yemen or Mozambique.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:36, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Otonabee River
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The result of the discussion was: delete per
WP:SMALLCAT, i.e. a small category will never have more than a few members. Currently contains only the head article plus 2 others, and no evidence has been offered of any prospect for expansion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:08, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
Category:Otonabee River (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per
WP:SMALLCAT. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:28, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
  • STRONG KEEP (also as per
    WP:SMALLCAT; this is part of the "schema" for geography. rivers as subcats can be grouped by tributary, watershed, region, etc. it also should mirror the system @ wikimedia commons. this makes things easier to find & associate; the topic cannot be adequately organized using only interal wikilinks. please don't mess this up! Lx 121 (talk) 01:43, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Reply Rivers are important. There are usually towns, farms, buildings, parks and people (some of whom are notable) around them. They often form the basis for grouping and naming local governments. If you are looking to populate them, you won't have trouble. When I look at a river category, I assume it would have geographic aspects both natural (tributaries, falls) and man-made (dams, bridges). Perhaps you're right and that is too narrow; perhaps not. The much larger Mississippi tree has clear sub-cats for populated places along the river; I'm not sure that warrants inclusion of one or two towns in order to populate much smaller categories. RevelationDirect (talk) 11:32, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question If being along the Mississippi is notable for towns along it, than who are we to deny this distinction at least to towns along other navigable rivers? I would agree to a rule "populated places are only notably connected with a river if the are adjacent to it or cross it, and the river is navigable and has been an actual source of commerce and trade for the place in question." I think this allows us to make sure the connection is notable. We would also not put counties or other larger level divisions in such categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:40, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Potaro River
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The result of the discussion was: delete per
WP:SMALLCAT, i.e. a small category will never have more than a few members. Currently contains only the head article and 2 others. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:10, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
Category:Potaro River (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per
WP:SMALLCAT -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:27, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
  • STRONG KEEP (also as per
    WP:SMALLCAT; this is part of the "schema" for geography. rivers as subcats can be grouped by tributary, watershed, region, etc. it also should mirror the system @ wikimedia commons. this makes things easier to find & associate; the topic cannot be adequately organized using only interal wikilinks. please don't mess this up! Lx 121 (talk) 01:44, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Comment moving logs down river to cut them at a saw-mill does not fit within most people's definition of "trade". Trade involves moving goods in bots, not just floating the goods down the river.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:10, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Precolonial history of Brazil

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to Category:History of Brazil before 1500. Timrollpickering (talk) 11:47, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Precolonial history of Brazil to Category:Precolonial history of Brazil (prior to 1500)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Addition of dates for better identification of the period. Felipe Menegaz 18:41, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Colonial history of Brazil

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to Category:History of Brazil (1500-1815). Timrollpickering (talk) 11:48, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Colonial history of Brazil to Category:Colonial history of Brazil (1500-1815)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Addition of dates for better identification of the period. Felipe Menegaz 18:41, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Monarchic history of Brazil

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to Category:History of Brazil (1815-1889). Timrollpickering (talk) 11:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Monarchic history of Brazil to Category:Monarchic history of Brazil (1815-1889)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Addition of dates for better identification of the period. Felipe Menegaz 18:41, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Republican history of Brazil

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to Category:History of Brazil (1889 to present). Timrollpickering (talk) 11:50, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Republican history of Brazil to Category:Republican history of Brazil (1889-present)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Addition of dates for better identification of the period. Felipe Menegaz 18:41, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • How exactly has Brazil not been a republic since 1889?- choster (talk) 03:02, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: see below.
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Category:Motor vehicles manufactured in Latvia

Category:Indian automobiles

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The result of the discussion was: Withdrawn by nominator. Timrollpickering (talk) 16:36, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States to Category:Cars of the United States
Category:Motor vehicles manufactured in Latvia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Propose merging Category:Indian automobiles to Category:Cars of India
Nominator's rationale: Again, to match other categories. I can't tell the difference between these two categories. Karl (talk) 14:48, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is just like as 'Cars of Latvia', seems to be a complete duplicate. Karl (talk) 14:43, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I'm not sure I understand the difference between these. The standard for the category is 'Cars of X'. I think they can be merged but would welcome other thoughts. Karl (talk) 14:41, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not quite sure on proper etiquette on commenting, motor vehicles is more than cars, cars is a subcategory of motor vehicles. A merge of "Motor vehicles manufactured in Latvia" into "Cars of Latvia" is not appropriate. ("Indian automobiles," however, would be a duplicate of "Cars of India.") VєсrumЬа ►TALK 17:32, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand that in general; however, the container category seems to have standardized on the term 'Cars of X' in a broad sense - look at Category:Automobiles_by_country. In addition, the list of Category:Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States contains, as far as I can tell, only 'cars'. The same applies for Latvia - the two categories actually contain exactly the same thing. The categories in this whole tree are confusing - sometimes it is 'motor vehicles', sometimes 'cars' sometimes 'vehicles', sometimes 'automobiles' - indicating the extent of the confusion. In any case, for now there doesn't seem to be anything which distinguishes 'car' from 'motor vehicle' in these three cases, at least as the category is being used, and non-Cars could always be put in a sub category, as other cats seem to do. For example, Category:Cars of the United States includes Category:International Harvester vehicles which are trucks. Another option would be to rename everything to 'Motor vehicles of X' but thats a much bigger discussion. --Karl (talk) 18:14, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now. If you go into the vehicle subcategories you find more then cars. Things like trucks. So the merge as proposed would be incorrect. However it would seem to make sense to clean up this tree. All of the article in Category:Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States should be moved to the correct subcategories to see what we really have. Then if someone wants to create a subcategory for just cars that would be fine, keeping in mind that cars and trucks are subcategories of motor vehicles and not simply vehicles which includes bicycles and other things. So a category like Category:AMC vehicles should probably be renamed to Category:AMC motor vehicles since it contains at least one truck (contrary to the introduction). Even if we drop the truck issue, cars are more correctly defined as motor vehicles. I can't wait to see what we do with autonomous vehicles now that Nevada is issuing plates for them! I do Oppose deletion of Category:Motor vehicles manufactured in Latvia since it includes a bus and buses are not just like cars. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:53, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • comment Thanks. However, I'd like to request that you reconsider your vote, if only in the name of consistency. For now, we have two categories for Latvia, US, and India (and others I think as well), and the ways cars/trucks/vehicles/whatever are categorized, there is no differentiating. For example, the 'Cars in X' categories are littered with trucks, vans, snowmobiles, etc. If we at least combine these categories, then a broader discussion can be had with the denizens of the automotive project to see if they want to rename all of the 'Cars in X'. But for now, maintaining just a few exceptions based on semantics, when there are dozens of 'Cars in X' that don't adhere to the 'a truck is not a car' philosophy just makes things inconsistent. I for one would prefer that the categories be at least internally consistent, even if semantically slightly inaccurate, than have two categories which overlap. Please take a look at Latvia for example - both cats contain the same two vehicles! --Karl (talk) 19:14, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • As I said some cleanup required. There is no reason to remove categories that are apparently correctly named when there are badly named ones that need cleaning up or splitting. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:00, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - The cars categories could either be subcats of the MV ones, or else upmerged. - jc37 00:13, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I have started a request to rename Category:Cars of the United States here. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:08, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • withdraw Ok it seems eds here don't like the 'Cars of X' standard that exists, in practice, in the category tree today - through these nominations I was simply trying to merge duplicate categories, not challenge a naming scheme that was already chosen and seems supported Category:Automobiles_by_country. In any case, I withdraw this nomination, and I'm going to start a discussion on this here Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Automobiles. I suggest no additional nominations be made until the automobile project has weighed in and we have consensus on the general way in which we want this to be organized - there are deeper problems in this tree (for example: Category:Vehicles_by_country. Also I would just point out that 'manufactured in' is problematic for a number of reasons, not least of which that cars are now made all over the world. Already in 2006 some people thought national categories were antiquated... --KarlB (talk) 15:59, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • However, if a car is manufactured in multiple countries, it can be listed in multiple categories. As long as the number is not excessive, being made in multiple countries is not a problem. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:04, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose merger cars are not the only motor vehicles. Rename to Category:Automobiles of the United States since cars can also mean train cars. Thus Detroit was the car capital before the automobile was invented, building large numbers of train cars. Trucks and tractors are the motor veicles that are clearly not cars that come to mind the fastest.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:37, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • As pointed out in another discussion, that is ambiguous since 'of' could well mean official government vehicles or those used by governments. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:58, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment As nom I've withdrawn this nomination. And I've started a broader discussion here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Automobiles, the problems in this category tree go deeper than just this rename.--KarlB (talk) 03:06, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Several PRC categories

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The result of the discussion was: Speedy close Let's let the discussions (and subsequent
consensual editorial work) continue before nominating here, please. - jc37 22:48, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]
Propose merging
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Since Category:Health in the People's Republic of China was nominated for merging on 5th April, for the sake of consistency and easier navigation I believe it's necessary to bring the above categories to discussion too. I myself would vote against them. I nominate them only for the sake of preserving consistency. Jeffrey (talk) 11:18, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as explained above. For many topics there's a need to have separate categories for China and the PRC. For the sake of easier navigation, I believe other PRC-specific categories should also be titled 'People's Republic of China', even for topics without such a need. Jeffrey (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment speedy close, since the nom opposes... --Karl (talk) 13:54, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy close looks like a withdrawal. 70.24.248.211 (talk) 14:10, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy close -- We may need to consider this in due course, but we need to sort out the "Republic of China" tree, by splitting the rest of it between the pre-1949 mainland and post-1945 Taiwan, before we start altering PRC categories; otheriwse there will be chaos. Peterkingiron (talk) 20:45, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the History of China is so large, that the People's Republic separation makes sense. I am not convinced that the other two proposed mergers make sense either.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:56, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment If they don't make sense, would it be a satisfactory arrangement to have some PRC-specific categories named 'China', while some others named 'People's Republic of China'? Will articles be easily miscategorised? Jeffrey (talk) 14:02, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy close, nom is trying to make a
    WP:POINT. Nominator opposes, nomination isn't procedural. – NULL ‹talk›
    ‹edits›     05:43, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Right. But since Karl and some other editors keep bringing up these categories (here and at speedy) we got no choice but to discuss the similar ones too. Jeffrey (talk) 17:16, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment PRC law isn't actually Chinese law. It's soviet or socialist law. Jeffrey (talk) 17:16, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment there are some categories that will only contain things done in China after 1950, and so it makes no sense to distinguish the PRC and China. One issue we have never fully decided is if China can be used as a super-category for both the PRC and the ROC at present. This is an issue we should somewhere decide, but I am not sure where, and I am not sure if consensus is possible.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:42, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes there are topics that only happened after 1949, for example, internet censorship. But it's necessary to standardise the names of all PRC-specific categories. Or else we may end up with a lot of miscategorised articles and subcategories for those topics that require the distinction. Jeffrey (talk) 17:16, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Tennis umpires

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering (talk) 09:11, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Tennis umpires (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale:
WP:OC#SMALL. Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talkabout my edits? 09:36, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Wikipedians in Balochistan (Pakistan)

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Timrollpickering (talk) 13:06, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians in Balochistan (Pakistan) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
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Category:Wikipedians in Punjab (Pakistan)

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Timrollpickering (talk) 13:05, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:1849 in fiction

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The result of the discussion was: delete. No prejudice to other nominations of this kind.--Mike Selinker (talk) 18:03, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Category:1849 in fiction
  • Nominator's rationale this category groups together a 1985 novel set in 1849 and an 1836 novel set in "1849". Since one is set 13 years in the future these is actually no overlap between the setting of the two. Eseentially this is grouping together two things that share a same name but no actual similar characteristics. They are not set in the same 1849. Beyond this, the name is too imprecise, but if that was the only problem it could be overcome.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:27, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note. A series of categories starting with Category:1851 in fiction and going backwards over a few centuries are up for speedy deletion as empty. Don't know if they were ever populated. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:36, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yes, they were populated by the sub-cats such as Category:1851 novels, which seemed a mostly-right match when I set them up. As discussed at CFD March 18 I removed this sub-catting by changing a category template. Therefore the now-empty categories can go. – Fayenatic L (talk) 13:26, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete -- Another unnecessary annual category. MOst of those for remote periods are empty (or virtually so) and of not value as a navigaton aid. WE dealt with a "hurricane" tree, by merging into decades, but even that is not worth doing here. Peterkingiron (talk) 20:49, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • In principle, Keep and create sub-category for Category:Historical novels set in 1849. This will create a sub-cat for backwards-looking works, separating them from forward-looking works in a parent category. The time setting is a key part of a fictional work's setting; nobody has argued with my repeated point in other CFDs that taking WW2 fiction one year at a time, e.g. Category:Films set in 1944, is anything other than useful; and if one part of the year-by-year structure is useful, keep it all. If specific works cannot be reliably identified to a specific year, or cover a longer period, then categorise their setting by decade or century. However, I accept Peterkingiron's point about sparse population in categories for remote periods, so I would not oppose upmerging small categories into decades. – Fayenatic L (talk) 13:12, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. RevelationDirect (talk) 03:08, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment some have also been depopulated by merging the various year categories for short story collections, which like the novels categories are for items published that year. The whole Category:1849 in fiction and its sister cats seem to have been poorly named. It has been easy to confused these with Category:1849 in literature or whatever we would name a general parent category for plays, poems, short stories and novels published in 1849.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:45, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I will argue with Frayentic's claims that dividing WWII movies by year set isu useful. This creates too fine a division of fictional works. It leads to many works being in multiple years. anyway, what may be useful for the 1940s when lots of fictional works are set, seems less useful for the 1840s when we average 2 works per year. What if we had an article on a book written in 1930 set in 1944. Would it make any sense to put it with the same category as WWII films. The 1930 book would not be set in World War II, so it would have no commonality of setting.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:49, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nominator. Wasn't there a recent discussion of a load of similar categories? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:56, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Actually we were discussing the by decade categories, not clearly the by year categories. Plus, the "in fiction" categories largely escaped that discussion, although more because the whole tree is a mess than because they were clearly outside the earlier discussion. I am not sure what the outcome there was, I will go try and figure out.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:12, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I hunted down the closure of the last discussion. It closed with no consensus. However it was more a discussion of the general principal, this category focuses on specific failures. Also, there the discussion was all about by decade categories, and not by year, which in fiction have other problems. There were many voices that suggested that the merging of set in the future and set in the past into a single category, as well as set more or less in the present was problematic. So it provides neither precedent or guidance on this discussion here.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nominator. As per others this potentially draws together books that at the time of writing were set in the present day or future as well as historical novels, purely because they share a date. Timrollpickering (talk) 01:16, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Health organisations in the United Kingdom

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The result of the discussion was: Merge. Timrollpickering (talk) 13:04, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Health organisations in the United Kingdom to Category:Medical and health organisations based in the United Kingdom
Nominator's rationale: I can't tell the difference between these categories. In fact, the name of one is actually a subset of the other. I think they are actually the same thing and should be merged. Karl.brown (talk) 01:06, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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