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February 15

Category:Dwarves

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Dwarves (mythology).-- Mike Selinker ( talk) 17:06, 26 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Dwarves to Category:Dwarfs (mythology) (or Category:Dwarves (mythology), per initial comments)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Two issues here. (1) The category is for mythological dwarfs, but is liable to be confused with Category:People with dwarfism. As an illustration of this problem, note that the category currently contains a commons category link to Category:People with dwarfism (!). I suggest matching the name to the main article Dwarf (mythology). The nominated category and the undisambiguated Category:Dwarfs should be disambiguation categories. (2) The normal pluralisation of "dwarf" is "dwarfs". "Dwarves" has been used to a lesser extent historically, and Tolkien especially popularised its usage, but the OED still says the primary plural is "dwarfs". Other dictionaries tend to simply list both plurals, but usually "dwarfs" is listed first. We could have a redirect on Category:Dwarves (mythology). Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:12, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Emergency medical services vehicles

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The result of the discussion was: merge Category:Emergency medical services vehicles to Category:Ambulances. Since the category contents all have already been transferred, all that's really needed is to upmerge Category:Ambulances. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:44, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Emergency medical services vehicles to Category:Ambulances
Nominator's rationale: Merge or reverse merge. Can anyone explain the difference between these two, if any? The nominated category has existed for longer. Category:Ambulances was recently created as a subcategory, but it had very little in it, so I dutifully moved a bunch of stuff into the new subcategory, only to find that everything from the nominated category could accurately be moved into the new category. If there is no difference, we need to merge one way or the other. I don't really have a preference as to which is kept, though the main article is at Ambulance. Both categories have been tagged. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Civil wars currently ongoing

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The result of the discussion was: merge. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:39, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Civil wars currently ongoing to Category:Civil wars of the Modern era
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Generally we avoid categorizing by "current" or "former" status. Recently, the similar Category:Military operations currently ongoing was deleted. It's often hard to know (especially when one is "in the moment") of the precise moment when a civil war comes to an end, making the application of this category tricky in some circumstances. I think it's better to just class these as part of the "Modern era" civil wars. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:45, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Cross-Strait interactions

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The result of the discussion was: rename. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:38, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Cross-Strait interactions to Category:Cross-Strait relations
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Cross-Strait relations. The terms are essentially synonymous and Cross-Strait interactions redirects to Cross-Strait relations. Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Expatriate Liverpool F.C. players

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The result of the discussion was: delete. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Category:Expatriate Liverpool F.C. players ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Having categories for foreign players for a certain team is just a step too far - not even worthy of an article, let alone a category. Giant Snowman 18:44, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Georgian clothing

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The result of the discussion was: Relisted to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 February 23. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:19, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Georgian clothing to Category:Clothing of Georgia (country)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To disambiguate "Georgian" - see also Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 March 10#Category:Georgian people and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 May 28#Category:Georgian culture. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Category:Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Eponymous category for a small town, contains only main article and high school. WP:OCAT. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ( Otters want attention) 20:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Shopping malls in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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The result of the discussion was: upmerge to Category:Shopping malls in North Carolina and, per Occuli, the appropriate Buildings and structures in {City} and Economy of {City} categories. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:12, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Shopping malls in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Category:Shopping malls in Greensboro, North Carolina to Category:Shopping malls in Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point metropolitan statistical area
Nominator's rationale: Winston-Salem only has two malls, and Greensboro three. Merge these two categories and include the three malls in High Point, and sufficient content exists for a subcat of Category:Shopping malls in North Carolina. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ( Otters want attention) 20:01, 29 January 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Shopping malls in Cary, North Carolina

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The result of the discussion was: upmerge Category:Shopping malls in Cary, North Carolina and Category:Shopping malls in Durham, North Carolina to Category:Shopping malls in North Carolina and the appropriate 'Buildings and structures in {Place}' category. The categories for Raleigh and Charlotte were not tagged and, thus, will remain unaffected. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:07, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Shopping malls in Cary, North Carolina and Category:Shopping malls in Durham, North Carolina to Category:Shopping malls in the Research Triangle, North Carolina
Nominator's rationale: Cary and Durham categories are somewhat small (Cary has only two in it), and Raleigh category larger. As a defined metropolitan area with a widely-used name, all three should be merged into one category. This would also match it with the other "X in Research Triangle, North Carolina" categories that are already established. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ( Otters want attention) 20:06, 29 January 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:People (basic income guarantee)

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:58, 22 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Category:People (basic income guarantee) ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. This appears to be categorizing people who at one time or another supported the idea of a guaranteed minimum income. Per WP:OC#OPINION, we "avoid categorizing people by their personal opinions, even if a reliable source can be found for the opinions. This includes supporters or critics of an issue". An exception is made for activists. I wouldn't call the majority of these people activists for this cause, but if the category is kept it should be renamed to Category:Guaranteed minimum income activists or Category:Activists for a guaranteed minimum income. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:46, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Delete per nom; it is not even as if the issue can be called clear-cut. At the extreme, large numbers of modern countries have some sort of basic income guarantee via welfare systems, so the great majority of politicians who have never advocated abolishing these could in theory be roped in. Johnbod ( talk) 03:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Delete per nom and per Johnbod. This is a very significant topic, but the nuances of position involved are too complex to allow binary on-off categorisation. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 15:12, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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February 15

Category:Dwarves

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Dwarves (mythology).-- Mike Selinker ( talk) 17:06, 26 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Dwarves to Category:Dwarfs (mythology) (or Category:Dwarves (mythology), per initial comments)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Two issues here. (1) The category is for mythological dwarfs, but is liable to be confused with Category:People with dwarfism. As an illustration of this problem, note that the category currently contains a commons category link to Category:People with dwarfism (!). I suggest matching the name to the main article Dwarf (mythology). The nominated category and the undisambiguated Category:Dwarfs should be disambiguation categories. (2) The normal pluralisation of "dwarf" is "dwarfs". "Dwarves" has been used to a lesser extent historically, and Tolkien especially popularised its usage, but the OED still says the primary plural is "dwarfs". Other dictionaries tend to simply list both plurals, but usually "dwarfs" is listed first. We could have a redirect on Category:Dwarves (mythology). Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:12, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Emergency medical services vehicles

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: merge Category:Emergency medical services vehicles to Category:Ambulances. Since the category contents all have already been transferred, all that's really needed is to upmerge Category:Ambulances. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:44, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Emergency medical services vehicles to Category:Ambulances
Nominator's rationale: Merge or reverse merge. Can anyone explain the difference between these two, if any? The nominated category has existed for longer. Category:Ambulances was recently created as a subcategory, but it had very little in it, so I dutifully moved a bunch of stuff into the new subcategory, only to find that everything from the nominated category could accurately be moved into the new category. If there is no difference, we need to merge one way or the other. I don't really have a preference as to which is kept, though the main article is at Ambulance. Both categories have been tagged. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Civil wars currently ongoing

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The result of the discussion was: merge. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:39, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Civil wars currently ongoing to Category:Civil wars of the Modern era
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Generally we avoid categorizing by "current" or "former" status. Recently, the similar Category:Military operations currently ongoing was deleted. It's often hard to know (especially when one is "in the moment") of the precise moment when a civil war comes to an end, making the application of this category tricky in some circumstances. I think it's better to just class these as part of the "Modern era" civil wars. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:45, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Cross-Strait interactions

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The result of the discussion was: rename. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:38, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Cross-Strait interactions to Category:Cross-Strait relations
Nominator's rationale: Rename. I suggest renaming to match Cross-Strait relations. The terms are essentially synonymous and Cross-Strait interactions redirects to Cross-Strait relations. Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Expatriate Liverpool F.C. players

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The result of the discussion was: delete. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Category:Expatriate Liverpool F.C. players ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Having categories for foreign players for a certain team is just a step too far - not even worthy of an article, let alone a category. Giant Snowman 18:44, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Georgian clothing

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The result of the discussion was: Relisted to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 February 23. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:19, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Georgian clothing to Category:Clothing of Georgia (country)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To disambiguate "Georgian" - see also Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 March 10#Category:Georgian people and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 May 28#Category:Georgian culture. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Category:Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Eponymous category for a small town, contains only main article and high school. WP:OCAT. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ( Otters want attention) 20:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Shopping malls in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: upmerge to Category:Shopping malls in North Carolina and, per Occuli, the appropriate Buildings and structures in {City} and Economy of {City} categories. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:12, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Shopping malls in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Category:Shopping malls in Greensboro, North Carolina to Category:Shopping malls in Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point metropolitan statistical area
Nominator's rationale: Winston-Salem only has two malls, and Greensboro three. Merge these two categories and include the three malls in High Point, and sufficient content exists for a subcat of Category:Shopping malls in North Carolina. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ( Otters want attention) 20:01, 29 January 2011 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Black Falcon ( talk) 07:05, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:Shopping malls in Cary, North Carolina

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: upmerge Category:Shopping malls in Cary, North Carolina and Category:Shopping malls in Durham, North Carolina to Category:Shopping malls in North Carolina and the appropriate 'Buildings and structures in {Place}' category. The categories for Raleigh and Charlotte were not tagged and, thus, will remain unaffected. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 20:07, 23 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Shopping malls in Cary, North Carolina and Category:Shopping malls in Durham, North Carolina to Category:Shopping malls in the Research Triangle, North Carolina
Nominator's rationale: Cary and Durham categories are somewhat small (Cary has only two in it), and Raleigh category larger. As a defined metropolitan area with a widely-used name, all three should be merged into one category. This would also match it with the other "X in Research Triangle, North Carolina" categories that are already established. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ( Otters want attention) 20:06, 29 January 2011 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:58, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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Category:People (basic income guarantee)

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:58, 22 February 2011 (UTC) reply
Category:People (basic income guarantee) ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. This appears to be categorizing people who at one time or another supported the idea of a guaranteed minimum income. Per WP:OC#OPINION, we "avoid categorizing people by their personal opinions, even if a reliable source can be found for the opinions. This includes supporters or critics of an issue". An exception is made for activists. I wouldn't call the majority of these people activists for this cause, but if the category is kept it should be renamed to Category:Guaranteed minimum income activists or Category:Activists for a guaranteed minimum income. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:46, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Delete per nom; it is not even as if the issue can be called clear-cut. At the extreme, large numbers of modern countries have some sort of basic income guarantee via welfare systems, so the great majority of politicians who have never advocated abolishing these could in theory be roped in. Johnbod ( talk) 03:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Delete per nom and per Johnbod. This is a very significant topic, but the nuances of position involved are too complex to allow binary on-off categorisation. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 15:12, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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