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August 31

Category:Wikipedians who published book

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: delete. Wizardman 17:22, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians who published book

At the very least it needs a rename. - jc37 20:43, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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August 25

Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of JarlaxleArtemis

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: keep in the absence of a general consensus to delete old sockpuppets categories. Incidentally, most Wikipedian sockpuppets of... categories are populated by various sockpuppetry templates that lack date parameters. While it is possible to modify the templates so that categories are placed in
deprecated}} is one template that performs a similar function—it should be done through broader discussion and consensus regarding all similar categories, rather than just this one. –Black Falcon (Talk) 06:19, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of JarlaxleArtemis (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Listing here per MfD request by User:Pleasedeletethepage (probably the same user). What do we do with categories for the sockpuppets of users who were banned two years ago? I am neutral. –Black Falcon (Talk) 14:24, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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August 21

Category:Wikipedia administrator hopefuls

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Wizardman 17:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedia administrator hopefuls

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See also: this discussion and Template:User wikipedia/Administrator someday.
Essentially the concern is that the intent of the userbox which mostly populates this category does not convey a sense of "immediacy", which those who wish to nominate Wikipedians would like it to have. And since there does seem to be a disparity between the name/intent of the category and the name/intent of the userbox, I suggest that we support the category be depopulated from the userbox (both transcluded and subst). If necessary, the category could be depopulated in general, so that we can "start over" in its intent and usage.
After some reflection, while I had previously suggested that perhaps a separate cat might be created for the existing userbox, I'm not suggesting that here now because I don't believe that there would be a purpose (collaborative or otherwise useful) to having such a grouping for those who wish for something "someday". (Compare to those who wish to have a car "someday".) - jc37 10:30, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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August 15

Category:User Wiki-0

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:User Wiki-0 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

0-level category, which have an extensive history of being deleted. VegaDark (talk) 04:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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"Wiki skill" categories

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The result of the discussion was: Delete all. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:User Wiki-1 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:User Wiki-2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:User Wiki-3 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

"Wikipedians by editing skill" series of categories. "This user knows basic editing skills", "This user knows adequate editing skills", and "This user knows all editing skills, and is willing to help beginners". 2 of the 3 have no users in them (populated solely by template) and overall useless to categorize since "basic" and "adequate" are subjective, and doubtful many users know all editing skills. VegaDark (talk) 04:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Wikipedians who play Chip's Challenge

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikipedians by video game" category, which have an extensive history of deletion. See Chip's Challenge. VegaDark (talk) 04:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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August 11

Category:Wikipedian pigeon fanciers

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The result of the discussion was: Keep. Hiding T 10:09, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedian pigeon fanciers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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Category:Wikipedian storywriters

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedian storywriters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This illustrates how problematic Category:Wikipedian writers (nomination directly below) is. So apparently this cat was created to be "more specific". Except that while there may be a term for storyteller, there isn't one for storywriter. This is a question of being an author. I might suggest a rename to substitute "authors", but I'm not certain we wouldn't have the same problem below of vagueness. So, while no prejudice against the creation of a "authors" cat, not necessarily supporting its creation (if it were listed here, for example). - jc37 08:05, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete - as nominator. - jc37 08:05, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - No article means no way this can facilitate collaboration, plus the fact that most people are required to write stories at some point during schooling, so this is potentially all-inclusive...Unless this is supposed to be a profession category? That brings us back to the fact there is no article, VegaDark (talk) 04:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom and VegaDark. There's no way to make sense of this category: it is supposed to be a category for storywriters (professional? amateur? school-age?), but is populated primarily by a userbox that states: "This user writes books." Renaming to Wikipedian authors would probably take care of the miscategorisation problem, but it would only worsen the problem of generality. –Black Falcon (Talk) 17:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedian writers

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The result of the discussion was: depopulate and create more specific categories. Might I suggest "Wikipedians who are professional writers" as a more descriptive category. –]
Category:Wikipedian writers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This is a vague cat that is rather

all-encompassing (as can be seen by the category membership). - jc37 08:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
]

  • Keep or rename as a profession/skill category. We probably should make it clear that this is meant for editors who actually make a living and/or are particularly skilled at writing, rather than just being interested in writing as a hobby, etc. -- Ned Scott 08:06, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep but agree with Ned. It should be for people who actually write books or short stories or are particularly skilled. --Bduke (talk) 11:22, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - The best way I know how would be to rename the cat. However by doing so, we will be essentially repurposing the cat. And when dealing with a category this large, I don't think we can presume that everyone within are professionals. (Several userboxes which populate the cat clearly do not concern professionals, and since are subst-ed, this will require more than a bit of clean-up at the very least.) The best way (that I know) is to delete/depopulate and start over with a new cat with a more accurate name and inclusion criteria. This prevents accidental miscategorisation. I think it's better to start over, than to, by keeping, make inaccurate statements about an editor that the editor never intended. Though I obviously welcome other ideas. - jc37 08:55, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedian cavers

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The result of the discussion was: Withdrawn. VegaDark (talk) 04:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedian cavers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Caves which is inactive, and Caving the single article for this single article cat. - jc37 07:51, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedian crystallographers

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The result of the discussion was: No consensus. Head count would suggest keep, but there is useful discussion of a rename below, which if pursued more vigorously may lead to a more consensual outcome, but at present discussion has dried. I suggest it might be worth returning with a suitable rename proposal. Hiding T 10:06, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedian crystallographers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
See Crystallography and (based on the presumed intent of the category per its intro) X-ray crystallography.

First, at the very least this needs a more specific rename per the general article.

Second, following the rename, this would presumably become a single-article cat.

Note also that every member is as a result of this userbox. - jc37 07:40, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The term "crystallographer" is pretty clear. Most will specialize in X-ray crystallographer, but all will know about that form of radiation as well as about the use of neutrons and electrons for studying crystals. We do not need to be too specific. --Bduke (talk) 00:18, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedians with a Linux Professional Institute Certification

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The result of the discussion was: delete. –Black Falcon (Talk) 02:29, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians with a Linux Professional Institute Certification (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
See also Linux Professional Institute.

Single editor cat, for a (non-professional?) certification. - jc37 07:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Wikipedia editors willing to make difficult edits

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The result of the discussion was: Listify, although I note the list already exists at Wikipedia:Editors willing to make difficult edits. Hiding T 10:35, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedia editors willing to make difficult edits (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs
)
See
this previous UCFD, which noted a MfD of the related list page. There is also a second MfD
which resulted in no consensus.
See also the populating userbox.

In all of the discussions noted above, the main concern appeared to be "I don't know...". Simply, this is too vague. It requires explanations, both of the types of specific individual "difficult edits", and why this applies to each editor. This is clearly something that applies on a case-by-case basis. As such, this should be a list, not a category. And since it already has a list, nothing should be lost by removing this category. - jc37 04:18, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Wikipedian members of micronations

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedian members of micronations (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
See Template:User WikiProject Micronations.

At first, this looked like a WikiProject category that needed to be renamed. However Category:WikiProject Micronations participants already exists (with several of the same editors). See also Template:User WikiProject Micronations. As it stands, this should be deleted as vague. (Which specific micronation(s)?) - jc37 03:48, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Wikipedians who write for the WikiPolitics blog

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians who write for the WikiPolitics blog (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
See also the userbox, and http://wikipolitics.blogspot.com

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Category:Wikipedians who have access to JSTOR

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Wizardman 00:15, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians who have access to JSTOR (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Single editor cat. - jc37 03:17, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Wikipedians by access to research sites

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The result of the discussion was: the swing of the discussion is to Rename to Category:Wikipedians by access to a digital library. Hiding T 10:02, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians by access to research sites (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

There are innumerable websites which require a sign-in to gain even partial access. Various newspapers, journals, libraries, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and the like. Is this a precedent that we wish to start?

Incidentally, it only has a single member; a subcat (which also has only a single member) which I've added above. If the single member subcat is deleted, then this could be deleted per

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Category:Wikipedians who contribute to Wikimedia Commons

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The result of the discussion was: No clear consensus. There are obvious concerns stated here, but there are also obvious benefits stated. Hiding T 10:00, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians who contribute to Wikimedia Commons (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
(Nominating this as a test case.)

Now that

SUL
has been implemented, technically we all have, or easily can have, an account on any sister project. So contribution is merely to click a link (let's say on an image page) and you're instantly editing at commons, perhaps without even knowing.

On the other hand, being considered a contributor at commons might be an indirect indication of knowledge about images, however, that's: a.) not necessarily true, so b.) shouldn't be a reason to categorise, since it's not necessarily accurate.

This nom is not intended to include the cat's subcat. - jc37 03:03, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Wikipedian Wikimedia Commons administrators

Category:Wikipedian Wikisource administrators

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The result of the discussion was: Rename both. Hiding T 09:56, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Rename Category:Wikipedian Wikimedia Commons administrators to Category:Wikimedia Commons administrators
Rename Category:Wikipedian Wikisource administrators to Category:Wikisource administrators

To remove "Wikipedian", which is redundant in this case. May qualify for speedy. - jc37 02:38, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Wikipedian administrators on sister projects

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Rename Category:Wikipedian administrators on sister projects to Category:Wikipedians who are administrators on sister projects

To clarify that these are other project admins, not Wikipedia admins who contribute to other projects. - jc37 02:09, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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August 10

Category:User:The Twenty Thousand Tonne Bomb

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 08:01, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:The Twenty Thousand Tonne Bomb (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
This is another user-related category, which have been repeatedly deleted in the past. - jc37 21:57, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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August 9

Category:Wikipedians in (parts of) London

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. — Hex (❝?!❞) 17:44, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians in east London
Category:Wikipedians in southeast London
Category:Wikipedians in Croydon
Speedy rename at least to match
East London, England
.
As for the nom for deletion, the category inclusion criteria (duplicated in each) says it all: "
east London
in some way, possibly by living there."
"in some way"? "posibly living there"?
Also, while I did not nominate it, is Category:Wikipedians in Wimbledon miscategorised? Should a sub-urb of a city be considered "in" that city? I don't think so. (I think it's a naming confusion between London and Greater London.) Discussion welcome, though perhaps it could/should be moved to that category's talk page.

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August 8

Category:Wikipedians interested in userboxes

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 08:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians interested in userboxes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

We already have Category:Wikipedians who create userboxes, I'm not sure how those "interested in" userboxes would be beneficial to the encyclopedia to categorize. VegaDark (talk) 01:00, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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August 7

Category:Wikipedians who live on Cape Cod and the Islands

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The result of the discussion was: Merge. --MZMcBride (talk) 07:59, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Category:Wikipedians who live on Cape Cod and the Islands to Category:Wikipedians in Cape Cod and the Islands
Nominator's rationale: Duplicate categories, merge to ]

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August 6

Category:Bratislava Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: Speedy rename. VegaDark (talk) 01:00, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Bratislava Wikipedians to Category:Wikipedians in Bratislava
Speedy rename to match the convention of Category:Wikipedians by location (see {{User bratislava}}).Black Falcon (Talk) 15:36, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedians who translate pages into English

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Hiding T 09:51, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians who translate pages into English (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

The present title of this category, while technically accurate, is somewhat confusing. This is not just a general category for anyone who translates pages into English, or for users who have made themselves available to translate content from certain languages to English (see

substed instances of the template. To avoid ambiguity, I think that the category should be renamed; however, I'm unable to offer a good alternative at this time. –Black Falcon (Talk) 22:59, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Category:Wikipedians interested in JCI

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians interested in JCI (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This is a category for current or former members of

Wikipedians by organisation" categories. While the possible collaborative scope of this category is not limited to just one article (see Category:Junior Chamber International), it is relatively narrow for an interest category. (Also note that the category currently contains only two actual users.) Moreover, no encyclopedically-relevant knowledge or ability
seems to be readily apparent from membership in this category.


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Category:NRI or PIO Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:NRI or PIO Wikipedians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

According to the

Wikipedia article
, the scope of this category extends at minimum to anyone who is:

(1) An Indian citizen who has migrated to another country,
(2) A person of Indian origin who is born outside India,
(3) A person of Indian origin who resides outside India,
(4) A person of Indian origin, up to four generations removed, who is not a citizen of India,
(5) A spouse of a person of Indian origin, up to four generations removed, who is not a citizen of India,

The primary function of user categories is to facilitate encyclopedic collaboration, and this category does not do that, in part due to its inclusiveness, in part due to the fact that there is really no encyclopedically-relevant reason to seek out anyone on the basis of these characteristics, and in part due to the redundancy created by the existence of Category:Indian Wikipedians (an "origin" category), Category:Wikipedians in India (a "residence" category), and other similar categories for other ethnicities, nationalities, and locations.


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Category:Indian Wikipedian citizens

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Indian Wikipedian citizens (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This is a category for users who are citizens of the Republic of India. For the purposes of user categorisation, which is intended to provide tools to facilitate encyclopedic collaboration between users, knowing the citizenship of another users is not particularly relevant, particularly when Category:Indian Wikipedians already exists.


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Category:Anglo-German Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 07:59, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Anglo-German Wikipedians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Similar to Category:British-Irish Wikipedians, which is nominated for deletion below, this is a category for a particular intersection of ancestries populated by a userbox (

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Not positive of a consensus to keep, but definitely no consensus to delete. Wizardman 00:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians who add interwiki links (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

It's hard to imagine that this category could facilitate encyclopedic collaboration, or that there might be any reason to specifically seek out someone who adds interwiki links. The task of adding interwiki links is a fairly simple one (for the most part it is done by bots) and I do not think that this category reflects any special ability, knowledge, or understanding.


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Category:Wikipedians who like MST3K

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The result of the discussion was: Speedy rename. VegaDark (talk) 01:00, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Wikipedians who like MST3K to Category:Wikipedians who like Mystery Science Theater 3000
Nominator's rationale: To expand the abbreviation and match the article title (Mystery Science Theater 3000). –Black Falcon (Talk) 04:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedians who like Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 07:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians who like Diary of a Wimpy Kid (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This category is for Wikipedians who like the

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Category:British-Irish Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:British-Irish Wikipedians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Essentially an ancestry category, which have all been deleted. Populated by a userbox that says "This user is of Irish and British ancestry." We already have

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Category:Cleanup Taskforce members who have been asked to re-register

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The result of the discussion was: Listify. Now to work out how that happens. Hiding T 10:24, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Cleanup Taskforce members who have been asked to re-register (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

First, this category has no indication it is a user category, so it at minimum needs some sort of rename. Second, this category was attached to a template sent to users approximately a year ago asking them to re-sign up for the cleanup taskforce, and there is no indication it was removed if/when these users actually did re-sign up, so there may be users who did that yet are still listed in this category. Finally, this would do better as a list at the cleanup taskforce page rather than a category if they still want to keep track of this. VegaDark (talk) 03:08, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Wikipedians who welcome new users

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wikipedians who welcome new users (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

No need to seek out Wikipedians specifically to do this, so grouping such users does not benefit the encyclopedia. Nobody is going to look through this category to find someone to ask to help welcome new users; it would take more time doing that than simply welcoming themself. The subcategory of Category:Wikipedians in the Welcoming Committee (which has slightly more value, since that group does more than just welcome users) can be moved to a subcategory of Category:Wikipedians by Wikipedia collaboration. VegaDark (talk) 03:08, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 03:08, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I'm slightly torn on this. Most of the members of the category are due to transclusion of this userbox. And several who are in the welcoming committe category are also in this one. However, if we delete it are we suggesting to editors that they cannot collaborate in this way unless they are considered part of the welcoming "committee"? Further discussion welcome. - jc37 07:01, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Delete / Merge to Category:Wikipedians in the Welcoming Committee depending on further discussion. - jc37 07:01, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Changed from weak keep, to weak delete, per Black Falcon's comments below. - jc37 21:48, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. I don't think that deletion of the category would suggest that users cannot or should not welcome users outside of the structure of the Welcoming Committee; rather, it would be because the nature of the activity is not one that requires categorisation. Anyone can welcome users using {{welcome}}, and I can't think of a reason to specifically seek out someone who does this. Any questions about welcoming could be directed to the talk page of the Welcoming Committee or to any one of its members. To some extent, I see the category as intended to express a preference for a particular welcoming template. –Black Falcon (Talk) 14:52, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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