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The result of the debate was merge. the wub "?!" 10:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC) reply
Category:Xiph.org projects into Category:Xiph.Org projects

• Merge, Duplicate category with different spelling. ~ BigrTex 23:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Speedy, capit. ( Radiant) 16:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was delete all (per tags on category pages). David Kernow (talk) 03:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in Delaware ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in the District of Columbia ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in Illinois ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in Indiana ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in Maryland ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in New Jersey ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in New York ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in Ohio ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in Virginia ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad lines in West Virginia ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Part of the reorganization discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject trains. NE2 21:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was delete. the wub "?!" 10:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC) reply
Category:UNIX environment variables ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Currently just one article, which is proposed for deletion; articles in the category are likely to be non-encyclopedic by their very nature. Wikipedia isn't an instruction manual, which is what this category would turn into if fully populated. JulesH 21:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Delete, we have plenty of Unix cats to cover this usage. ( Radiant) 16:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was rename to Category:Museum Planning Area. the wub "?!" 13:29, 8 December 2006 (UTC) reply
Category:Museum to Category:Museum, Singapore

• Rename, far too risky for a name and not the actual name of the thing covered. Circeus 20:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename per nom and to match main article, Museum Planning Area.- choster 22:21, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Retain, the nonmenclature adheres to the norm that has been adopted for the other 50 odd categories concerning planning areas in Singapore, in which Planning Area has been truncated to reduce unwieldiness. See main category at Category:Planning areas in Singapore. — Sengkang 02:17, 2 December 2006 (UTC) reply
  • I have an alternative suggestion. If your concern is that the naming of this category will cause confusion with Category:Museums, my proposal is to rename it to Category:Museum, Singapore. Thank you. — Sengkang 02:27, 2 December 2006 (UTC) reply
    • My concern is not only over confusion. The name is obviously not specific enough anyway. Category:Museum, Singapore does seem as good an option, though. Circeus 03:35, 2 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename to Category:Singapore (museum planning area) Category:Museum Planning Area. The current name is just plain wrong. Also include as a subcat of Category:Planning areas of Singapore. Vegaswikian 03:38, 2 December 2006 (UTC) reply
  • I would not say it is out-right wrong. Perhaps you could take a look at how the planning areas are named by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore here to get a better overall view. Thanks. — Sengkang 03:48, 2 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename, I still like it to be called Museum. But the current name maybe a bit misleading to some, it should be called Category:Museum, Singapore. Ter e nc e Ong 03:51, 2 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename to Category:Museum Planning Area to match the main article. The current name is way too general. Mairi 03:52, 2 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename to Category:Museum Planning Area. When I was creating the article, I debated whether or not to call it Museum, Singapore. The context of this is that no one in Singapore would understand where you meant if you asked them where 'Museum' was. The present category name is too general, and should redirect to Category:Museums. - SpL o T _{(* T* C+ u+ g+ v)} 14:06, 2 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename to Category:Museum, Singapore per Sengkang, and to match Central Region, Singapore. The article should also be renamed to match as well. -- ProveIt ^(talk) 21:29, 2 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename to Category:Museum Planning Area. Category:Museum is extremely SG-centric and should instead provide a view of museums (which is already in Category:Museums) while Category:Museum, Singapore refers more to a location (like Kallang Stadium, Singapore). -- Ouishoebean / ^{( talk)} _{( Humour =))} 17:08, 4 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename to Category:Museum Planning Area for clarity, per above. -- BrownHairedGirl ^{(talk) • ( contribs)} 09:05, 5 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was delete per nom. David Kernow (talk) 03:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Category:Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
This is for the same reason as Category:United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company below - the PFW&C was operated by the Pennsylvania Company (the operator of many of the lines west of Pittsburgh) after 1871. NE2 20:51, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was delete per nom. David Kernow (talk) 03:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Category:United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
The Pennsylvania Railroad leased and operated this company beginning in 1871; new railroad construction was still going strong until around 1920. Thus it doesn't make much sense to categorize by the UNJ, since a lot of lines and structures that would logically be part of it only had relations with the PRR. All the articles are already in other appropriate categories, and do not need to be recategorized. NE2 20:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was speedy delete as obvious self-promotion for a recently-started school band. ( Radiant) 16:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Category:Kevin Riordan ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete, Non-notable vanity category with a single entry. MakeRocketGoNow 19:37, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Delete per nom. Wimstead 00:44, 3 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was rename. the wub "?!" 10:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Category:MADLAX to Category:Madlax
• Category:MADLAX images to Category:Madlax images
• Rename, per WP:MOSTM. -- Koveras  ^☭ 19:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Speedy, capit. ( Radiant) 16:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was rename. the wub "?!" 10:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC) reply
Category:PRR locomotives to Category:Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad

• Rename, same reason as Category:NYC locomotives below. NE2 19:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename, avoid abbrev. ( Radiant) 16:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was rename. the wub "?!" 11:05, 8 December 2006 (UTC) reply
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad stations to Category:Stations along Pennsylvania Railroad lines

• Rename, so it can include stations that would have been included in the clumsy Category:Railroad stations on former Pennsylvania Railroad lines built after the Pennsylvania Railroad's demise (which I am listing for deletion as part of this nomination). NE2 19:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was delete. the wub "?!" 11:32, 8 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Delete, see also November 30th discussion. -- ProveIt ^(talk) 17:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Comment We have "defunct" in some schemes, so I guess it could be renamed to Category: Former bishops of the United Methodist Church if the editor expects to populate it in a meaningful way. Otherwise I'd say delete per Nov 30 discussion. -- Mereda 17:57, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Delete per nom and previous discussion. Osomec 18:30, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Delete, not necessary. ( Radiant) 16:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was I speedy deleted it due to emptiness, improper capitalization, semantic redundancy to Category:Articles lacking sources, and because it appears the tag that would have populated it is not a template, but a page in somebody's userspace. Change exixting schema if needed, but please don't fork it. — freak( talk) 06:37, Dec. 2, 2006 (UTC)

Merge into Category:Articles lacking sources, Category:Articles with unsourced statements, as duplicate. -- ProveIt ^(talk) 15:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Merge (or better still delete the lot; these categories are proliferating as I feared they would). Osomec 18:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Merge any contents into the established categories. Looks like the user has created a set at User:Masky/Templates/Template, am in the process of asking them why. -- nae' blis 18:51, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Comment can we suggest a merge into the appropiate subcat of Category:Articles lacking sources by month? This would appear to be a better result for this discussion. Vegaswikian 23:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was merge per nom. David Kernow (talk) 03:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Merge into Category:American academics, as triple intersection, why is ethnicity relevent here? -- ProveIt ^(talk) 14:29, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Merge per nom. Greg Grahame 18:47, 3 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Merge, as overcategorized. Siba 13:07, 4 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was rename per nom. David Kernow (talk) 03:47, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Category:Ubuntu to Category:Ubuntu (Linux distribution)
• Category:Ubuntu derivatives to Category:Ubuntu (Linux distribution) derivatives
• Category:Ubuntu people to Category:Ubuntu (Linux distribution) people

rename as Ubuntu (Linux distribution) pages. Fux963 13:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Keep, It would probably make more sense to rename Ubuntu (Linux distribution), to Ubuntu. -- ProveIt ^(talk) 15:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Actually I'd call it systemic bias to use give priority to a computer operating system instead of an age-old philosophy, even if the former gets more googles. So rename. ( Radiant) 16:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
  • Well, I did spend part of last weekend installing Ubuntu on a friends computer, so I'll admit to a little bias. However, I still think the Linux distribution is a much more prevelent usage, not having heard of the other usage until quite recently. -- ProveIt ^(talk)
• Rename per Radiant. Recury 16:35, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename all per nom. - Sean Curtin 01:50, 3 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was rename. the wub "?!" 13:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC) reply
Category:Educational institutions in Kerala to Category:Education in Kerala

• Rename, to the usual convention in Category:Education in India by state. Mereda 12:50, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename per nom. Osomec 18:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was delete per nom. David Kernow (talk) 03:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Category:New York Central Railroad lines in Ohio ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
As part of the reorganization I discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains#Structure of categories, this category is unneeded. NE2 10:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was rename per nom. David Kernow (talk) 03:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Category:NYC locomotives to Category:Locomotives of the New York Central Railroad

• Rename, the current name is ambiguous. NE2 09:57, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename, I would have guessed the C to mean City. -- ProveIt ^(talk) 15:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was merge per nom. David Kernow (talk) 03:54, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Merge into Category:Islam in the United States, convention of Category:Islam by country. -- ProveIt ^(talk) 06:07, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Rename per nom. Osomec 18:39, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• rename to match convention; no reason for exception Hmains 17:48, 3 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was keep. David Kernow (talk) 03:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Merge into Category:English Americans, duplicate. -- ProveIt ^(talk) 06:01, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Merge, but with regret, because this category is actually a defining characteristic, whereas, given the indiscrimate way they are used, ethnicity categories often are not. Osomec 18:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Keep, per Osomec. Also there are other categories of this nature in Category:Immigrants to America. Mairi 19:49, 3 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Keep, per Mairi. I have just made it a sub-cat of Category:English Americans. -- BrownHairedGirl ^{(talk) • ( contribs)} 09:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was redirect to People from Doncaster. David Kernow (talk) 03:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Merge into Category:People from Doncaster, convention of Category:People by city or town in England, Keep as redirect. -- ProveIt ^(talk) 05:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Support merge and redirect like other cases. -- Mereda 14:53, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Support per nom. Osomec 18:41, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Merge per nom. -- BrownHairedGirl ^{(talk) • ( contribs)} 09:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Merge per nom. -- Daemonic Kangaroo 19:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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The result of the debate was merge per nom. David Kernow (talk) 03:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Merge into Category:Public Schools Association, expanding the acronym. -- ProveIt ^(talk) 01:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Support. The PSA is this country's biggest trade union. pSA seems to be a very commonly used acronym, if its dab page is anything to go by. Grutness... wha? 01:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Support. Makes much more sense. -- Mereda 14:51, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Rename The first think PSa makes me think of is Peugeot Citroen. Osomec 18:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC) reply
• Merge into Category:Public Schools Association, per all above, and then block. PSA is a TLA with too many uses to be used unqualified for one particular use. -- BrownHairedGirl ^{(talk) • ( contribs)} 08:59, 5 December 2006 (UTC) reply

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