The result of the debate was Delete. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:06, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Empty, redundant with the more appropriately named Category:Weapons of Norway. siafu 22:54, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Keep. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:08, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This was listed as a candidate for speedy deletion, but I don't feel it is. It's quite possible to become a native speaker of Latin, if your parents speak it alot around you when you're learning to talk. Anyway, i want this kept, but, it appears some people don't. -- Phroziac ( talk) 20:12, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
The result of the debate was Delete. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:01, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
I find this category rather unhelpful, and I hope that I will not see it followed by Category:Mathematics in United States and the likes. There was some discussion about it at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Mathematics#Category:Mathematics in_India, and even its creator agreed that the category is rather odd and the only reason for creating it was cleaning up Category:India. I would prefer this category to be deleted, or otherwise renamed to Category:Indian mathematics, as suggested in the Wikiproject Math discussion. Oleg Alexandrov 19:22, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename to Category:United States tourism by state. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:16, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This category overlooks the fact that states are not only found in the USA. Rename category:Tourism by U.S. state. CalJW 18:33, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Merge/Delete. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:26, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Like the two categories below this was created today. It is a dulpicate of the long established category:Municipalities in Mexico. It contained two articles, one of which had the word "Municipality" in its name, and I have moved them out. Categories in the English Wikipedia should be named in English unless there is no viable translation. Delete CalJW 18:17, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:42, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Like the category below this was created today and is non-standard. It should be renamed category:Communications in Mexico which will tie up with the name of the lead article Communications in Mexico and fit naturally in category:Communications by country. It can then be used to cover things like the postal system. CalJW 18:17, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename to Category:Entertainment in Mexico. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:45, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This was created 12 hours ago as a main tier category in the Mexico menu, but only contains one category. I am working on the national menus, and this is not one of the standard designations. category:Showbusiness does not exist and is not needed. In most cases things that might go in a showbusiness category are either in the national culture category, or in subcategories for specific forms of entertainment such as theatre or music. However category:Entertainment exists and there are a few sub-categories in category:Entertainment by country, though that is not really a standard choice either, so we can rename this category:Entertainment in Mexico. Otherwise, as a second choice, delete. CalJW 17:19, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was No consensus (no change). ∞ Who ?¿? 19:58, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This empty orphaned category seems to duplicate Category:Weapons of Czechoslovakia which is neither empty nor orphaned. It has some history - hence why I did not look to speedy delete. Ian Cairns 12:13, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
I'm confused. Is this category meant to be for Category:Weapons of the Czech Republic or for Category:Weapons of Czechoslovakia? I note Splash is voting Rename per nom, yet I can see no rename nominated by nominator. Hiding talk 21:51, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Merge. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:00, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
I propose these be merged into a combined category Category:BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games, because the two categories are very nearly coextensive—almost all titles for one machine were converted for the other. Are there exceptions? Sure, but they were so rare as to be notable, thus this would be mentioned in the article. (The only examples I can find with their own WP article are two Teletext-based titles: Granny's Garden—probably because it was an education game, and schools always had BBCs—and The Hobbit (video game) (probably not enough memory).) Having two categories seems to be redundant, unnecessary and otiose repetition and duplication of the same information by putting it in more than one place. — Blotwell 11:20, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename all. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:02, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
All Rename to "Rivers of Foo" according to naming conventions. - Darwinek 11:08, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:04, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Speedy Rename. Missing "the" word. Darwinek 10:58, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename to Category:British organisations. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:07, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This category has an identity crisis. On the one hand it contains things that tie up with the definition of institution in the article which it is linked to: "Institutions are organizations, or mechanisms of social structure, governing the behavior of two or more individuals." On the other hand it contains a few things that are "British institutions" primarily in the sense of being seen as components of the British national identity, namely Category:British money, category:Imperial units, and some like things like Category:Oxbridge, Category:British monarchy, and category:BBC which arguably fall within the first meaning, but are probably included here mainly because of the second. I suggest that this should be renamed category:British organisations (not ...zations) as that is a less ambiguous term. It is already in category:Organizations by country because it is the closest British equivalent. The subcategories which would have to be moved out are adequately categorised elsewhere. I will deal with them if this goes through. CalJW 07:09, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Delete. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:13, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This category is the result of an international semantic misunderstanding. It was created as Category:British cultural landmarks and intended to contain landmarks in the British meaning of the word (ie, big highly visible things) which are perceived, accurately or otherwise, as being particulary representative of Britain. After a previous debate, the worst possible option was chosen - it was renamed in American English. In British English, the new name simply does not match the purpose of the category - it says nothing about the purported signifiance of the contents, which was the only reason for creating it in the first place. On the other hand, the category is one of the subcategories of category:Landmarks by country, which is based on the much wider American English meaning of landmark. That contains category:Landmarks of the United States, which is the closest U.S. equivalent not of category:British cultural landmarks but of category:British visitor attractions. To demonstrate the difference, this category is more or less complete as it is, but both category:Landmarks of the United States and Category:British visitor attractions contain huge numbers of aricles.
This category is now pointless and confusing. All of its contents are adequately categorised elsewhere. Therefore delete. Second best option: revert to Category:British cultural landmarks - and write a better blurb this time. Keeping it under its present name is the worst possible option. CalJW 06:41, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:15, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Yes, I know this just came up, but I missed it until a screed of "renaming per CFD"es scrolled across my watchlist. Take a look @ Category:Superheroes by team. Notice the odd one out? WHY did everyone miss this? - SoM 00:01, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Delete. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:06, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Empty, redundant with the more appropriately named Category:Weapons of Norway. siafu 22:54, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Keep. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:08, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This was listed as a candidate for speedy deletion, but I don't feel it is. It's quite possible to become a native speaker of Latin, if your parents speak it alot around you when you're learning to talk. Anyway, i want this kept, but, it appears some people don't. -- Phroziac ( talk) 20:12, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
The result of the debate was Delete. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:01, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
I find this category rather unhelpful, and I hope that I will not see it followed by Category:Mathematics in United States and the likes. There was some discussion about it at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Mathematics#Category:Mathematics in_India, and even its creator agreed that the category is rather odd and the only reason for creating it was cleaning up Category:India. I would prefer this category to be deleted, or otherwise renamed to Category:Indian mathematics, as suggested in the Wikiproject Math discussion. Oleg Alexandrov 19:22, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename to Category:United States tourism by state. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:16, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This category overlooks the fact that states are not only found in the USA. Rename category:Tourism by U.S. state. CalJW 18:33, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Merge/Delete. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:26, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Like the two categories below this was created today. It is a dulpicate of the long established category:Municipalities in Mexico. It contained two articles, one of which had the word "Municipality" in its name, and I have moved them out. Categories in the English Wikipedia should be named in English unless there is no viable translation. Delete CalJW 18:17, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:42, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Like the category below this was created today and is non-standard. It should be renamed category:Communications in Mexico which will tie up with the name of the lead article Communications in Mexico and fit naturally in category:Communications by country. It can then be used to cover things like the postal system. CalJW 18:17, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename to Category:Entertainment in Mexico. ∞ Who ?¿? 19:45, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This was created 12 hours ago as a main tier category in the Mexico menu, but only contains one category. I am working on the national menus, and this is not one of the standard designations. category:Showbusiness does not exist and is not needed. In most cases things that might go in a showbusiness category are either in the national culture category, or in subcategories for specific forms of entertainment such as theatre or music. However category:Entertainment exists and there are a few sub-categories in category:Entertainment by country, though that is not really a standard choice either, so we can rename this category:Entertainment in Mexico. Otherwise, as a second choice, delete. CalJW 17:19, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was No consensus (no change). ∞ Who ?¿? 19:58, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This empty orphaned category seems to duplicate Category:Weapons of Czechoslovakia which is neither empty nor orphaned. It has some history - hence why I did not look to speedy delete. Ian Cairns 12:13, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
I'm confused. Is this category meant to be for Category:Weapons of the Czech Republic or for Category:Weapons of Czechoslovakia? I note Splash is voting Rename per nom, yet I can see no rename nominated by nominator. Hiding talk 21:51, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Merge. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:00, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
I propose these be merged into a combined category Category:BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games, because the two categories are very nearly coextensive—almost all titles for one machine were converted for the other. Are there exceptions? Sure, but they were so rare as to be notable, thus this would be mentioned in the article. (The only examples I can find with their own WP article are two Teletext-based titles: Granny's Garden—probably because it was an education game, and schools always had BBCs—and The Hobbit (video game) (probably not enough memory).) Having two categories seems to be redundant, unnecessary and otiose repetition and duplication of the same information by putting it in more than one place. — Blotwell 11:20, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename all. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:02, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
All Rename to "Rivers of Foo" according to naming conventions. - Darwinek 11:08, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:04, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Speedy Rename. Missing "the" word. Darwinek 10:58, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename to Category:British organisations. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:07, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This category has an identity crisis. On the one hand it contains things that tie up with the definition of institution in the article which it is linked to: "Institutions are organizations, or mechanisms of social structure, governing the behavior of two or more individuals." On the other hand it contains a few things that are "British institutions" primarily in the sense of being seen as components of the British national identity, namely Category:British money, category:Imperial units, and some like things like Category:Oxbridge, Category:British monarchy, and category:BBC which arguably fall within the first meaning, but are probably included here mainly because of the second. I suggest that this should be renamed category:British organisations (not ...zations) as that is a less ambiguous term. It is already in category:Organizations by country because it is the closest British equivalent. The subcategories which would have to be moved out are adequately categorised elsewhere. I will deal with them if this goes through. CalJW 07:09, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Delete. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:13, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
This category is the result of an international semantic misunderstanding. It was created as Category:British cultural landmarks and intended to contain landmarks in the British meaning of the word (ie, big highly visible things) which are perceived, accurately or otherwise, as being particulary representative of Britain. After a previous debate, the worst possible option was chosen - it was renamed in American English. In British English, the new name simply does not match the purpose of the category - it says nothing about the purported signifiance of the contents, which was the only reason for creating it in the first place. On the other hand, the category is one of the subcategories of category:Landmarks by country, which is based on the much wider American English meaning of landmark. That contains category:Landmarks of the United States, which is the closest U.S. equivalent not of category:British cultural landmarks but of category:British visitor attractions. To demonstrate the difference, this category is more or less complete as it is, but both category:Landmarks of the United States and Category:British visitor attractions contain huge numbers of aricles.
This category is now pointless and confusing. All of its contents are adequately categorised elsewhere. Therefore delete. Second best option: revert to Category:British cultural landmarks - and write a better blurb this time. Keeping it under its present name is the worst possible option. CalJW 06:41, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was Rename. ∞ Who ?¿? 20:15, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply
Yes, I know this just came up, but I missed it until a screed of "renaming per CFD"es scrolled across my watchlist. Take a look @ Category:Superheroes by team. Notice the odd one out? WHY did everyone miss this? - SoM 00:01, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply