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March 17

Category:People by elementary school in Canada

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The result of the discussion was: DELETE. postdlf ( talk) 03:01, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Propose deleting the following two

Nominator's rationale: seems a bit much, catting by elementary school graduated from Mayumashu ( talk) 22:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
I agree. Can we do anything about that one too? Mayumashu ( talk) 17:50, 18 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete both per nom. Not in support of Mayumashu's additional suggestion simply because quite a few secondary schools are defining, although its overuse as a category measure should be discouraged. (i.e. Past students of Hale School is one thing but past students of Belmont City College would be quite another.) Orderinchaos 01:59, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • I'd note that one of the two articles in the Walsh category was the userpage of the editor who created it; I've removed that page from all articlespace categories. Also, this editor has a substantial history of being almost autistically devoted to the inclusion of reams and reams of unsourced Norfolk County-specific trivia — every individual cemetery, every individual public school, every individual pothole on Highway 24 through downtown Simcoe, etc. — and POV commentary — this is still probably my favourite stunt of his. Delete both per nom; delete editor too, if at all possible. Bearcat ( talk) 17:26, 20 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete -- Attendence of a particular primary school will rarely be defining. For this reason we discourage articles on primary schools. they are usually best merged to the place where they are. Peterkingiron ( talk) 21:01, 20 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. I have often argued that anything below tertiary level should be listified. In the past I have suggested that if secondary school categories are OK, then why not primary schools? "Oh, don't be ridiculous," I was told. "What a stupid slippery slope argument", they said. "No one would ever try to categorize by primary school ...." Good Ol’factory (talk) 10:30, 24 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Mango

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The result of the discussion was: merge both to Category:Mangoes, leaving category redirects. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:36, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Proposed merging Category:Mango to Category:Mangifera indica
Nominator's rationale: Most cultivated mangoes belong to the species Mangifera indica. Most (if not all) of this category's members should be categorized under Category:Mangifera indica, which would make this category redundant. Paul_012 ( talk) 20:48, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Australian health organisations

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The result of the discussion was: RENAME. postdlf ( talk) 03:07, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Australian health organisations to Category:Health organisations in Australia
Nominator's rationale: This one seems obvious - it's out of sync with all the other "by country" related categories and should be renamed for consistency, and the proposed name does not alter the scope of the category in any way. Orderinchaos 19:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Stained glass artists and manufacturers of the United States

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:American stained glass artists and manufacturers, with no prejudice against another nomination to change the convention of the category tree from Fooian stained glass artists and manufacturers to Stained glass artists and manufacturers of Foo. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:41, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Stained glass artists and manufacturers of the United States to Category:American stained glass artists and manufacturers
Nominator's rationale: Merge. To match the form of the other entries in Category:Stained glass artists and manufacturers. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:14, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Country Parks in Cornwall

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to Category:Country parks in Cornwall. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 11:12, 29 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Country Parks in Cornwall to Category:Country parks in Cornwall
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Capitals use to match parent. MRSC ( talk) 18:36, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Joujouka

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Jajouka. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:44, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Joujouka to Category:Jajouka
Nominator's rationale: Confusing to relate, so please just see Jajouka (which is an article), Category:Jajouka (the parent of this category), and Joujouka (a dab page.) Simply put, there is too much overlap and the names are confusingly similar. Since they're tranlisterated from Arabic, there is every chance that they are actually identical anyway. — Justin (koavf)TCM04:55, 9 March 2010 (UTC) reply
They are the same indeed and it is a long story (see user:FayssalF/JK)! I'd suggest you contact user:Catalpa and user:BKLisenbee as they may have something to say. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 14:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:WCVB-TV

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The result of the discussion was: DELETE. postdlf ( talk) 03:03, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Category:WCVB-TV ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per WP:OC#SMALL, as a small category with no prospect of expansion. This is an eponymous category for WCVB-TV, a local TV station in Boston, Massachusetts. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 09:47, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Shivatemple Melakadambur

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The result of the discussion was: delete; speedy deletion criterion C1 (category empty for 4 or more days) also applies. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Category:Shivatemple Melakadambur ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. I can see no purpose in a category for a single temple unless it has a lot of related sub-articles which need to be grouped together, but in this case I cannot even find a head article Shiva temple Melmalayanur or Shivatemple Melmalayanur. This category was being used inappropriately as a parent category for the broader Category:Shiva temples, but I have just removed that. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 09:40, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Bureaucrat hopefuls

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Wikipedia bureaucrat hopefuls. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:47, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Category:Bureaucrat hopefuls ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. AFAICS the only purpose of this category is a form of canvassing-in-advance. Apart from that I cannot see how it assists collaboration, which is the purpose of wikipedian categories. The category is populated by the userbox, Template:User wikipedia/Bureaucrat someday, and the question of whether to keep the userbox is outside the scope of CFD. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 09:35, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Female philatelists

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The result of the discussion was: DELETE. All articles are already otherwise appropriately categorized, so merging is unnecessary. postdlf ( talk) 03:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Female philatelists to Category:Philatelists
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Per WP:CATGRS#Gender, "Categories should not be gendered unless the gender has a specific relation to the topic", and it seems to me to be a long stretch to argue that gender has a specific relation to philately. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 09:18, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • What is the proposal here, to make Female Philatelists a sub-category of Philatelists or simply to delete Female Philatelists entirely? Every article in Female Philatelists is already in the Philatelists category. Female philatelists are so rare (at least 90% are male) that they deserve their own category IMHO. I think this is one occasion when an exception to the normal rule could apply. Maidonian ( talk) 11:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
    The proposal is to "merge", which amounts to deleting Category:Female philatelists and placing all the articles in Category:Philatelists. If the articles are already in Category:Philatelists, then we could delete instead of merging.
    Per WP:CATGRS, the test of whether a gendered category for exist is "can a valid, encyclopedic head article be written for this grouping?" That means that the topic must be already notable as an area of study, so that the article could be referenced to reliable sources and not merely be a synthesis of unrelated material. A search for "female philatelists" -wikipedia throws up only 9 results (with only 5 hits on Google Scholar, which does not suggest that a head article could be written without a lot of of original research. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 12:19, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
    What the guidance actually says is: As another example, separate categories for actors and actresses are not needed, but a female heads of government category is valid as a topic of special encyclopedic interest. That category, however, does not need to be balanced directly against a "Male heads of government" category, as historically the vast majority of political leaders have been male by default. Both male and female heads of government should continue to be filed in the appropriate gender-neutral role category (e.g. Presidents, Monarchs, Prime Ministers, Governors General). Do not create separate categories for male and female occupants of the same position, such as "Male Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom" vs. "Female Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom". Why does that not apply here? The vast majority of notable philatelists have been male. The rareness of the female ones is what makes that small group notable. Maidonian ( talk) 12:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
    The guidance actually says both, and I was applying both. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 15:27, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
    The deciding factor is not just whether men normally outnumber women in the field or not — it's whether you can write a genuine, properly sourced encyclopedia article about the phenomenon of "female X". Women rulers, for example, are actually studied as a distinct topic in their own right. Women writers are studied as a distinct topic in their own right. Where's the academic research into what makes female philatelists a distinct topic from philatelists in general? Bearcat ( talk) 04:39, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. I found this by looking thought the empty categories about to be deleted where Category:Women philatelists was apparently emptied to populate this one. There is no need to merge since all of the existing articles are already included in a subcategory of Category:Philatelists. So a merge would make a mess that would need to be cleaned up. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:37, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Keep. OK it's not strictly in accordance with policy but Wikipedia is better with it than without it and that is exactly when we can break a rule. Maidonian ( talk) 21:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. Non-defining intersection unless somebody can demonstrate that "female philatelists" actually constitute a field of actual academic or cultural study. Bearcat ( talk) 04:39, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Wait. I have posted a message on the Philately Project page to see if there are any views there. Please allow time for any further comments. Maidonian ( talk) 11:26, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
I must admit I was unaware of the discussion on this subject four years ago as I have only been active since Oct 2008. In any case, this is not about country categories it is about the validity of a female one, but thanks for piling on ww2censor, nice. Maidonian ( talk) 14:12, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Whether you agree with it or not, this is a perfectly valid discussion to have — and participating in it does not constitute "piling on". Bearcat ( talk) 17:19, 20 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Ww2censor is an active participant in the Philately project, and was presumably alerted to this CFD discussion by the message which Maurreen posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philately#Category:Female_philatelists. It's rather perverse to ask project members for comments, and then object when they do comment. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 20:23, 20 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Social evil in Indian society

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The result of the discussion was: DELETE. postdlf ( talk) 03:05, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Social evil in Indian society to Category:Indian society
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Deciding whether or not an aspect of Indian society is a "social evil" is subjective and results in POV categorization. Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Swingin Utters albums

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The result of the discussion was:  Relisted at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 March 25. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 05:09, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Swingin Utters albums to Category:Swingin' Utters albums
Nominator's rationale: Per main, Swingin' Utters. Possibly speedy as a misspelling. — Justin (koavf)TCM06:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Teenbeat Club

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:15, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Category:Teenbeat Club ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. While the club is notable, it does not merit a category. I did remove the two groups that had populated the category since neither mention playing here. The article does a good job of linking to articles about what happened so deleting the category should not cause any problems. Vegaswikian ( talk) 06:39, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Uzbekaistani expatriates in Russia

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to Category:Uzkekistani expatriates in Russia. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:11, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Uzbekaistani expatriates in Russia to Category:Uzbek expatriates in Russia
Nominator's rationale: to correct spelling error and grammar. Possible speedy candidate? Russavia I'm chanting as we speak 05:21, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Southern Border

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:07, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Southern Border to Category:Southern Border (California)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. "Southern Border" would normally include the border areas outside of California, such as in Texas, especially considering debates on the war on drugs in the Texas-Mexico area, which refer to it as the southern border. 70.29.210.242 ( talk) 04:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Glass history

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Glass history to Category:History of glass
Nominator's rationale: Rename per convention. -- Alan Liefting ( talk) - 03:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
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March 17

Category:People by elementary school in Canada

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The result of the discussion was: DELETE. postdlf ( talk) 03:01, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Propose deleting the following two

Nominator's rationale: seems a bit much, catting by elementary school graduated from Mayumashu ( talk) 22:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
I agree. Can we do anything about that one too? Mayumashu ( talk) 17:50, 18 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete both per nom. Not in support of Mayumashu's additional suggestion simply because quite a few secondary schools are defining, although its overuse as a category measure should be discouraged. (i.e. Past students of Hale School is one thing but past students of Belmont City College would be quite another.) Orderinchaos 01:59, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • I'd note that one of the two articles in the Walsh category was the userpage of the editor who created it; I've removed that page from all articlespace categories. Also, this editor has a substantial history of being almost autistically devoted to the inclusion of reams and reams of unsourced Norfolk County-specific trivia — every individual cemetery, every individual public school, every individual pothole on Highway 24 through downtown Simcoe, etc. — and POV commentary — this is still probably my favourite stunt of his. Delete both per nom; delete editor too, if at all possible. Bearcat ( talk) 17:26, 20 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete -- Attendence of a particular primary school will rarely be defining. For this reason we discourage articles on primary schools. they are usually best merged to the place where they are. Peterkingiron ( talk) 21:01, 20 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. I have often argued that anything below tertiary level should be listified. In the past I have suggested that if secondary school categories are OK, then why not primary schools? "Oh, don't be ridiculous," I was told. "What a stupid slippery slope argument", they said. "No one would ever try to categorize by primary school ...." Good Ol’factory (talk) 10:30, 24 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Mango

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The result of the discussion was: merge both to Category:Mangoes, leaving category redirects. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:36, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Proposed merging Category:Mango to Category:Mangifera indica
Nominator's rationale: Most cultivated mangoes belong to the species Mangifera indica. Most (if not all) of this category's members should be categorized under Category:Mangifera indica, which would make this category redundant. Paul_012 ( talk) 20:48, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Australian health organisations

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The result of the discussion was: RENAME. postdlf ( talk) 03:07, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Australian health organisations to Category:Health organisations in Australia
Nominator's rationale: This one seems obvious - it's out of sync with all the other "by country" related categories and should be renamed for consistency, and the proposed name does not alter the scope of the category in any way. Orderinchaos 19:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Stained glass artists and manufacturers of the United States

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:American stained glass artists and manufacturers, with no prejudice against another nomination to change the convention of the category tree from Fooian stained glass artists and manufacturers to Stained glass artists and manufacturers of Foo. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:41, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Stained glass artists and manufacturers of the United States to Category:American stained glass artists and manufacturers
Nominator's rationale: Merge. To match the form of the other entries in Category:Stained glass artists and manufacturers. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:14, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Country Parks in Cornwall

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to Category:Country parks in Cornwall. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 11:12, 29 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Country Parks in Cornwall to Category:Country parks in Cornwall
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Capitals use to match parent. MRSC ( talk) 18:36, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Joujouka

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Jajouka. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:44, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Joujouka to Category:Jajouka
Nominator's rationale: Confusing to relate, so please just see Jajouka (which is an article), Category:Jajouka (the parent of this category), and Joujouka (a dab page.) Simply put, there is too much overlap and the names are confusingly similar. Since they're tranlisterated from Arabic, there is every chance that they are actually identical anyway. — Justin (koavf)TCM04:55, 9 March 2010 (UTC) reply
They are the same indeed and it is a long story (see user:FayssalF/JK)! I'd suggest you contact user:Catalpa and user:BKLisenbee as they may have something to say. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 14:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
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Category:WCVB-TV

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The result of the discussion was: DELETE. postdlf ( talk) 03:03, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Category:WCVB-TV ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete per WP:OC#SMALL, as a small category with no prospect of expansion. This is an eponymous category for WCVB-TV, a local TV station in Boston, Massachusetts. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 09:47, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Shivatemple Melakadambur

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The result of the discussion was: delete; speedy deletion criterion C1 (category empty for 4 or more days) also applies. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Category:Shivatemple Melakadambur ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. I can see no purpose in a category for a single temple unless it has a lot of related sub-articles which need to be grouped together, but in this case I cannot even find a head article Shiva temple Melmalayanur or Shivatemple Melmalayanur. This category was being used inappropriately as a parent category for the broader Category:Shiva temples, but I have just removed that. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 09:40, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Bureaucrat hopefuls

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Wikipedia bureaucrat hopefuls. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:47, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply
Category:Bureaucrat hopefuls ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. AFAICS the only purpose of this category is a form of canvassing-in-advance. Apart from that I cannot see how it assists collaboration, which is the purpose of wikipedian categories. The category is populated by the userbox, Template:User wikipedia/Bureaucrat someday, and the question of whether to keep the userbox is outside the scope of CFD. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 09:35, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Female philatelists

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The result of the discussion was: DELETE. All articles are already otherwise appropriately categorized, so merging is unnecessary. postdlf ( talk) 03:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Female philatelists to Category:Philatelists
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Per WP:CATGRS#Gender, "Categories should not be gendered unless the gender has a specific relation to the topic", and it seems to me to be a long stretch to argue that gender has a specific relation to philately. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 09:18, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • What is the proposal here, to make Female Philatelists a sub-category of Philatelists or simply to delete Female Philatelists entirely? Every article in Female Philatelists is already in the Philatelists category. Female philatelists are so rare (at least 90% are male) that they deserve their own category IMHO. I think this is one occasion when an exception to the normal rule could apply. Maidonian ( talk) 11:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
    The proposal is to "merge", which amounts to deleting Category:Female philatelists and placing all the articles in Category:Philatelists. If the articles are already in Category:Philatelists, then we could delete instead of merging.
    Per WP:CATGRS, the test of whether a gendered category for exist is "can a valid, encyclopedic head article be written for this grouping?" That means that the topic must be already notable as an area of study, so that the article could be referenced to reliable sources and not merely be a synthesis of unrelated material. A search for "female philatelists" -wikipedia throws up only 9 results (with only 5 hits on Google Scholar, which does not suggest that a head article could be written without a lot of of original research. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 12:19, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
    What the guidance actually says is: As another example, separate categories for actors and actresses are not needed, but a female heads of government category is valid as a topic of special encyclopedic interest. That category, however, does not need to be balanced directly against a "Male heads of government" category, as historically the vast majority of political leaders have been male by default. Both male and female heads of government should continue to be filed in the appropriate gender-neutral role category (e.g. Presidents, Monarchs, Prime Ministers, Governors General). Do not create separate categories for male and female occupants of the same position, such as "Male Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom" vs. "Female Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom". Why does that not apply here? The vast majority of notable philatelists have been male. The rareness of the female ones is what makes that small group notable. Maidonian ( talk) 12:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
    The guidance actually says both, and I was applying both. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 15:27, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
    The deciding factor is not just whether men normally outnumber women in the field or not — it's whether you can write a genuine, properly sourced encyclopedia article about the phenomenon of "female X". Women rulers, for example, are actually studied as a distinct topic in their own right. Women writers are studied as a distinct topic in their own right. Where's the academic research into what makes female philatelists a distinct topic from philatelists in general? Bearcat ( talk) 04:39, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. I found this by looking thought the empty categories about to be deleted where Category:Women philatelists was apparently emptied to populate this one. There is no need to merge since all of the existing articles are already included in a subcategory of Category:Philatelists. So a merge would make a mess that would need to be cleaned up. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:37, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Keep. OK it's not strictly in accordance with policy but Wikipedia is better with it than without it and that is exactly when we can break a rule. Maidonian ( talk) 21:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. Non-defining intersection unless somebody can demonstrate that "female philatelists" actually constitute a field of actual academic or cultural study. Bearcat ( talk) 04:39, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Wait. I have posted a message on the Philately Project page to see if there are any views there. Please allow time for any further comments. Maidonian ( talk) 11:26, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
I must admit I was unaware of the discussion on this subject four years ago as I have only been active since Oct 2008. In any case, this is not about country categories it is about the validity of a female one, but thanks for piling on ww2censor, nice. Maidonian ( talk) 14:12, 19 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Whether you agree with it or not, this is a perfectly valid discussion to have — and participating in it does not constitute "piling on". Bearcat ( talk) 17:19, 20 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Ww2censor is an active participant in the Philately project, and was presumably alerted to this CFD discussion by the message which Maurreen posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philately#Category:Female_philatelists. It's rather perverse to ask project members for comments, and then object when they do comment. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 20:23, 20 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Social evil in Indian society

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The result of the discussion was: DELETE. postdlf ( talk) 03:05, 26 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Social evil in Indian society to Category:Indian society
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Deciding whether or not an aspect of Indian society is a "social evil" is subjective and results in POV categorization. Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Swingin Utters albums

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The result of the discussion was:  Relisted at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 March 25. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 05:09, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Swingin Utters albums to Category:Swingin' Utters albums
Nominator's rationale: Per main, Swingin' Utters. Possibly speedy as a misspelling. — Justin (koavf)TCM06:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Teenbeat Club

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:15, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Category:Teenbeat Club ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. While the club is notable, it does not merit a category. I did remove the two groups that had populated the category since neither mention playing here. The article does a good job of linking to articles about what happened so deleting the category should not cause any problems. Vegaswikian ( talk) 06:39, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Uzbekaistani expatriates in Russia

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The result of the discussion was: Rename to Category:Uzkekistani expatriates in Russia. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:11, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Uzbekaistani expatriates in Russia to Category:Uzbek expatriates in Russia
Nominator's rationale: to correct spelling error and grammar. Possible speedy candidate? Russavia I'm chanting as we speak 05:21, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Southern Border

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:07, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Southern Border to Category:Southern Border (California)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. "Southern Border" would normally include the border areas outside of California, such as in Texas, especially considering debates on the war on drugs in the Texas-Mexico area, which refer to it as the southern border. 70.29.210.242 ( talk) 04:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply

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Category:Glass history

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Glass history to Category:History of glass
Nominator's rationale: Rename per convention. -- Alan Liefting ( talk) - 03:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC) reply
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