February 26

Category:John Robson (politician)

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:09, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:SHAREDNAME. This is an eponymous category for a person, but two of the three other things here are just stuff that was named after him, which is not a valid basis for a category, and after those were removed there wouldn't be enough stuff left to justify it. Bearcat (talk) 22:36, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Historical events categories

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The result of the discussion was: manual merge and delete. Move items from "Category:Historical events in Foo" to "Category:History of Foo" as appropriate, move any items to "Category:Events in Foo" relating to sports and festivals and whatnot, and delete "Category:Historical events in Foo". -- Beland (talk) 01:38, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
more nominations
Nominator's rationale: All events are historical by nature. Non-defining intersection here. Merge up to the Events tree. There is no Category:Historical events. –Aidan721 (talk) 21:32, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Right, so the alternative is for example:
Note to closer: I can help with amending the full nomination when desired. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:38, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have stricken the latter, with a manual merge (no usage of bot) there is no point in expanding the list of nominations. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:16, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I not not agree with nominator that all events are historical by nature. A "historical event" is an event that would be described or discussed in a history book. A murder might be historical if, for example, a prominent person were murdered or the murder caused riots. But a routine murder of a spouse or gang member would probably not be historical, even if it warranted a Wikipedia article, unless it affected the course of human history. A history book might briefly mention the annual Brixton darts tournaments, but would be unlikely to discuss the 1987 Brixton darts tournament. There could be a Wikipedia article lovingly describing every detail of the 1987 Brixton event, but unless something very unusual happened it woud not be a historical event. Aymatth2 (talk) 16:08, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It sounds like you want the adjective "historical" to mean "historically notable" or "historically relevant". On Wikipedia, events are notable, or else they don't have a stand-alone article. And as we are talking about the categorisation of articles, your comments are pretty much moot. - jc37 19:18, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:May 2025 in Albania

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (d) 17:42, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The rest of the month categories for Albania were deleted via consensus of this recent discussion. Same rationale applies. –Aidan721 (talk) 20:35, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Video games based on Blade

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Blade (comics) video games. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 03:18, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: "Blade" is not a singular work for something to be based on. ★Trekker (talk) 16:03, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Michael Johnson (sprinter)

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The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 18:32, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Delete; only three articles, one of which is eponymous. No objection to recreation if there are more articles related to Michael Johnson. Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:24, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Legendary crows

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Mythological corvids. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 03:20, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename, almost all articles are about mythology rather than about legends. See also this discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:20, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would suggest an alternative of "Mythological corvids". The category includes both crows and ravens, and corvid encompasses them both. Another user even made the suggestion on the category's talk page back in 2020. RaidRexx (talk) 15:46, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Kenyan footballers by populated place

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The result of the discussion was: dual merge to Category:Kenyan footballers and Category:Association football players by populated place. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:51, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Subcategory with just one entry. Also merge to Category:Association football players by populated place Lost in Quebec (talk) 09:51, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Avian humanoids

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 March 6#Category:Avian humanoids

Category:American animation debuts by century

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 March 10#Category:American animation debuts by century

Category:Counterterrorism theorists

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The result of the discussion was: disperse between Category:People in counterterrorism and Category:Scholars of terrorism. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:20, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: 1) theorists is a weird category here. What makes someone a theorist? None of the articles I could find used the word "theorist".
2) counterterrorism and terrorism are for academic purposes very tied, a lot of academic focus on terrorism is obviously on how to prevent terrorism. Most people in either category could fit in the other and vice versa, there is no rhyme or reason for who goes where.
This seems to be an excuse to include a few journalists and political advisors who talk about terrorism... somewhere. Maybe scholars is not the right word for these people, but "theorists" certainly is not. Fundamentally I have no clue what is supposed to go in this category versus the parent one. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:19, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Historians of terrorist organizations

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Scholars of terrorism. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:52, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Weird division, also only three people, most of the people in the subcategories aren't historians. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:13, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Historians of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Scholars of terrorism. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:53, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Almost no one in this category is actually a historian. Most are journalists or other kinds of academics. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:12, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Historians of al-Qaeda

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (d) 17:44, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Neither of these people are historians. Also only 2 people. Subcat already has consensus to delete. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:08, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Fellows of the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:55, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: More specific name because of Fellowship (FCPS). Niasoh ❯❯❯ Wanna chat? 13:30, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Rename target? LaundryPizza03's suggestion includes the word "the" before "Bangladesh" in addition to plural "fellows".
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 03:58, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Television news anchors from insular areas of the United States

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 19:09, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:58, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 03:57, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Marcocapelle, Mercy11, and Bearcat: any further thoughts? it's lio! | talk | work 07:16, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, but that's not what the record shows. Let me explain.
Any categorization in this subtree has, at least since 2006, always revolved around place of work, not nationality. "Category:American television anchors by populated place", makes this clear when it states in its introduction "The following is a list of television news anchors organized by the city in which they worked". Again, place of work (aka, news market) and not nationality is the basis of the categorization. So, merging the specific and more precise Category:Television news anchors from insular areas of the United States into the more global and generic Category:American television news anchors would go against this years' old practice. BTW, the practice isn't new: this 2006 version of the same Category:American television anchors by populated place, already stated in its introduction, "The following is a list of television news anchors organized by the city in which they worked". That, once more, demonstrates that editors have been using the news market (American, British, Korean, etc.), as opposed to nationality of TV station owner, location of headquarters of the news broadcaster, nationality of anchor, source of the news, etc., as the criteria for the category. Mixing news anchors from the Insular Areas news market with the American news market anchors would break that location/news market practice since they are a different market on multiple levels: cultural and language being two examples. There are tons of American people categories where people from the Insular Areas are listed as a subcategory under American people category ("FOO people from Insular Areas of the United States" under "American FOO people"). Some examples of this by-place-not-by-nationality practice are Category:Politicians by insular area of the United States, Category:People in sports from insular areas of the United States, Category:Educators from insular areas of the United States, Category:Models from insular areas of the United States, and Category:Lawyers from insular areas of the United States. You can do your own search to find the hundreds if not thousands more. In general, people from the insular areas have been handled differently in WP categories from those from the American mainland; some places -like PR and NMI- are handled as their own country (population and square area, for example, aren't included in the mainland US Census or US square area tallies). The CIA WFB, for instance, lists PR and NMI as countries [1] [2]. Regrettably, to add to their own confusion, some editors confuse being an American citizen with being an American. So, there are tons of reasons to keep the people from the Insular areas as a subcategory of the corresponding American parent but not in the same Category as the non-Insular Areas Americans, aka, mainland Americans. For these, and perhaps many other, reasons the proposed merge should not occur. Mercy11 (talk) 17:13, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • When it is about populated places, I definitely support categorizing people by place of work rather than by place of birth. But that does not make people from insular areas less American. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:02, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:The Unguided albums

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure). –LaundryPizza03 (d) 17:28, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Populated only by redirects. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 01:31, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Cambodian plastic surgeons

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The result of the discussion was: merge all. (non-admin closure) it's lio! | talk | work 07:56, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only 1 entry. Also merge with Category:Cambodian surgeons.

Also propose merging:

LibStar (talk) 01:22, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge all per nomination. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 01:34, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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