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26th-century BC deaths

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The result of the discussion was: merge to century categories per Alternative below. – Fayenatic London 15:05, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete the first four categories per
WP:OC. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:52, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply
]
  • Delete Going through these categories makes me dizzy: you go 2 or 3 levels deep just to find 1 article. It's hard to see how the current structure aids navigation. RevelationDirect (talk) 13:20, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Category:26th-century BC deaths and merge the rest into it. The inclusion of a redirect for one bog body may be appropriate. Annual categories at distant periods are a menace (rather than an aid) to navigation, butn they should be merged up to something that might get populated. It may be that 3rd millenium BC death categories should also be deleted, but that ought to be left for another day, which other annual and decade categories have been eliminated. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:10, 18 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete all except Category:26th-century BC deaths and upmerge the contents into this, per Peterkingiron's recommendation. A century category is useful, at the very least. Sionk (talk) 06:26, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note to closer, the alternative proposal by some editors above is as follows:
Marcocapelle (talk) 13:09, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • For consistency with the next century proposals, which have already been closed as merge/delete in line with the alternative proposal of this nomination, I would recommend to close this nomination also according to the alternative proposal. We then have consensus here. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:06, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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27th-century BC deaths

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The result of the discussion was: merge to century categories per Alternative below. – Fayenatic London 15:07, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete the first two categories per
WP:OC. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:20, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply
]
Marcocapelle (talk) 13:11, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please close according to alternative proposal, see remark on 26th century BC, just one nomination above this one. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:09, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Actors in the Nigerian Military Coup of February 13, 1976

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The result of the discussion was: merge. MER-C 12:54, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge to parent category. I can't see the difference between "actors" and "participants" in the coup. Missed this category in the discussion on 3 April. HandsomeFella (talk) 13:11, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Cricket centurions

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 12:54, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Per a

Wikipedia:Overcategorization § Non-defining characteristics, "if the characteristic would not be appropriate to mention in the lead portion of an article, it is probably not defining". I'm not saying that scoring a century isn't notable, but is it something to categorise an article by? Do people really think of Geraint Jones and think - "oh yes, that player who score a century in Test cricket for England!" (no disrepect to Mr Jones, he is a fine player)." Triggered from a recent memory jogging edit to Jermaine Blackwood, who scored a century yesterday. Notable (to him)? Of course. Defining? No. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 08:17, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

  • Delete all - Per nominator, making a century isn't a defining characteristic of these individuals. –
    Jay 08:54, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Delete all - Unnecessary over-categorisation. Dee03 13:55, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete all for over-categorisation as above. Taking Geraint Jones as a continuing example and given that he is an unusual case, his "defining characteristics" include being a 21st century cricketer who is a wicket-keeper, has played first-class cricket for Kent and Gloucestershire, Test cricket for England and LOI for PNG; and therefore is unusual as a player who represented two countries at international level. The fact that he has scored a Test century is an achievement but listing everyone who has done that in a category (or taken 5wI or a hat-trick, etc.) does not add value. Jack | talk page 19:28, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Listify A perfectly useful piece of information, but this facet is not so defining that one would need to navigate between such biographical articles themselves on this basis. A list format covers this information in a much more satisfying manner. SFB 22:39, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Lists for each of the countries covered already exist. –
      Jay 09:26, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply
      ]
  • Delete What you lot already said. --Dweller (talk) 09:58, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete all per nom/above. IgnorantArmies (talk) 05:54, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sovereigns of Vatican City

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 12:55, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete per
WP:OVERLAPCAT. All these sovereigns are also in Category:Popes. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:11, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply
]
  • By far the most popes have been head of state though, namely of Papal States. So I'm supporting Peterkingiron here. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:30, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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University of South Alabama athletics

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The result of the discussion was: rename. MER-C 07:27, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The University of South Alabama has transitioned away from "Lady Jaguars" as a women's sports nickname. All women's teams have been known simply as "Jaguars" since 2013–14; most actually made the change earlier. A look around the university's official athletics site, usajaguars.com, will confirm that all women's teams have made said change. — Dale Arnett (talk) 04:50, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note that the categories within the South Alabama athletics tree that contain the name "South Alabama Jaguars and Lady Jaguars" are the subject of a speedy CFR request. Those are covered by speedy criterion C2D, since the main article for the athletic program was moved to South Alabama Jaguars some time ago.
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