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Category:Commercial video games with freely available source code

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The result of the discussion was: speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator. ]
Nominator's rationale: Source-available is more concise than with freely available source code. Also, Proprietary is a better descriptor than Commercial, since it explicitly excludes free and open-source software. — Newslinger talk 21:15, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - The suggested title is hard to parse. Also, not all of the source code is proprietary. Some of it is legitimately open source. The emphasis is on the games having been created or published commercially, not the license of the software. ➧datumizer  ☎  03:13, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
What are your thoughts on renaming the category to Category:Source-available video games? I'm not sure how an editor would discern whether a game is "commercial", since many games in the category are simply published on the developer's website under a source-available license. — Newslinger talk 03:37, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The "Distinction from free software and open-source software" section is troubling. Also, articles about games "simply published on the developer's website" are likely to be deleted quickly, and thus will not remain in the category very long. ➧datumizer  ☎  03:53, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Never mind. The next section explains how FOSS are also source-available. Still, the emphasis is supposed to be on commercial titles. (Notable ones in articles with citations from reliable sources.) ➧datumizer  ☎  03:57, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Male critics of feminism

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The result of the discussion was: keep. xplicit 05:06, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorization by gender per ]
Comment the question to be asked by each commentator is whether female criticism of feminism is inherently different from male criticism of feminism. If not, it does not represent a notable distinction.--TM 21:28, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Female critics of feminism

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The result of the discussion was: keep. xplicit 05:06, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overcategorization by gender per ]

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Medieval Italy, Venice, Florence, Genoa, Papal States, Naples, Sicily

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The result of the discussion was: Merge. Timrollpickering 14:32, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
more categories nominated
Nominator's rationale: merge per
WP:SMALLCAT
, mostly just a single article in every category. Note that this is not a nomination to discuss anachronism (Italy versus the Italian city states), for such a discussion there should be a nomination of centuries as well. The only thing that will happen with this proposal is that both Italy and the the Italian city states will get fewer and better populated categories, and having fewer categories may be of help to set up a future anachronism discussion.
Note: this nomination is very similar to these two earlier nominations, both closed as merge: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2018_August_12#Medieval_Germany and Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2018_August_16. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:44, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I have been a contributor to such categories, and honestly, do not feel strongly one way or another. I preferred to state when a building was "finished" rather than "establishment". There may be room for a category year by year "buildings completed in ...", especially after 1300.Rococo1700 (talk) 23:57, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Protostomes of French Guiana

Category:Lists of popes, primates, and patriarchs

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The result of the discussion was: Keep. Timrollpickering 15:33, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Bit tricky. Not sure about this one. I could see it remaining as preexistingly, but still see some problems worth evaluating. Correct me if I'm wrong: I identify multiple connotations of the term "primate" in a religious sense (c.f. ]

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Category:Perceived judicial activism in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering 15:29, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale:
WP:POV and indiscriminate. Perceived by whom? No meaningful threshold is possible, and "judicial activism" is ever more frequently a rhetorical attack on decisions that reach results contrary to someone's political preferences. postdlf (talk) 14:23, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Lists of Roman Catholic popes

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Lists of Catholic popes. xplicit 05:06, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: ]
Generally speaking, why would anyone here wish to confuse things? In particular, how would the above proposal make things more confusing? Until you sort that out, let's consider your comment confusing. ]

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Category:Lists of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops in X

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 September 18#Category:Lists of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops in X

Category:Lists of Roman Catholics

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 September 18#Category:Lists of Roman Catholics

Category:Rivers of the Gippsland

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Timrollpickering 15:29, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Correction. Shyamsunder (talk) 12:44, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Towns in the Gippsland

Category:People associated with Archaeological Survey of India

Category:Plants described in the 1750s

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 13:06, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Follow-up removal of empty plant decadal categories, per ]
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  • Yes, in general I can see that being a concern, but for these taxonomy cases the century cats would have at most 100 subcats, which can all be shown on the same page, which project members agree is better than separating them into groups of 10.   ~ ]

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Category:Fashion journalism

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The result of the discussion was: Keep. Timrollpickering 15:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The category currently is inaccurate. Fashion publications and writers mainly feature bloggers or columnists. Calling many of the people in this category "journalists" is misleading because they mostly publish opinion pieces (such as style trends, fashion show analysis, etc.) which is inherently biased. None of these people exclusively write factual information as a typical journalist would. Category:Fashion journalists is very different from Category:Business and financial journalists or Category:Crime journalists. I propose renaming to Category:Fashion criticism, like the categories for writers on similar topics like music, theatre, and art. Woebegone (talk) 21:42, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose -- These are (or should be) about people writing for newspapers and magazines about fashion. As such they are entitled to be called journalists. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:25, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Peterkingiron: Music critics and film critics also write for newspapers and magazines, but they are called critics because they analyze music and film. Most of the people in those categories do not report on music, film, theatre, artworks, and other types of art, which is why those categories are not called journalists. Can you explain why fashion critics/journalists are different? Woebegone (talk) 02:20, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Because the function of fashion magazines, columns, etc is to report on fashion not to criticise it. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:52, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Teachers colleges

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. xplicit 05:06, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Two names for the same thing. Education schools is better populated. Rathfelder (talk) 20:48, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians who consider themselves participants in all wikiprojects

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The result of the discussion was: delete. xplicit 05:06, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is not truly a WikiProject participation category but rather a quasi-wiki-philosophy category based on the rejection of WikiProject membership. I propose, at a minimum, moving it to a name that is shorter (Category:Wikipedians who participate in all WikiProjects) or, better yet, more descriptive (Category:Wikipedians who reject WikiProject membership). However, unlike most wiki-philosophy user categories, there is no established wiki-philosophy for rejecting WikiProject membership, and so my first preference is to delete the category and simply let users express this opinion via the userbox, without generating an opinion-based category grouping. -- Black Falcon (talk) 17:37, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Songs written by Greeeen

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering 15:32, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: We do not do songwriters by band name - which is the marketing term used to sell records. Members of a band can change, but the songwriting credits do not. Richhoncho (talk) 15:50, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
PS Here is a sample previous discussion which also refers to other discussions. Discussion here --Richhoncho (talk) 08:57, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @TenPoundHammer:. I always thought they were a songwriting duo, and as such, although I am not in favour of conjoined songwriters in any event, decided others might disagree with me. Happy to leave the Warren Bros to your more specialist knowledge.I do think Peach Pickers (and others) should be demerged for the very reasons you state. (Why should a songwriter have 2 entries in the same cat?). --Richhoncho (talk) 09:21, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Jewish mathematicians who died in the Holocaust

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. xplicit 05:06, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Having both ]
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