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Not appropriate under "migration" categories
Everybody had distant ancestors who migrated, but if the current people have been in one place for thousands of years it is nonsense to categorise them under any sort of migration.
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This category was nominated for
deletion on 18 July 2007. The result of the discussion was no consensus.
This category was nominated for
deletion on 28 May 2009. The result of the discussion was keep.
This category was nominated for renaming Category:People by ethnic or national origin to Category:People by descent on 10 December 2023. The result of the discussion was rename.
This category was nominated for merging Category:People by ethnic or national descent to Category:People by descent on 26 December 2023. The result of the discussion was merge; but in effect, split to
Category:People by nationality and descent.
Not appropriate under "migration" categories
Everybody had distant ancestors who migrated, but if the current people have been in one place for thousands of years it is nonsense to categorise them under any sort of migration.
Robin Patterson (
talk) 08:23, 13 July 2008 (UTC)reply
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