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January 19

Category:Original Kings of Comedy franchise

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering ( talk) 13:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Original Kings of Comedy franchise ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Only two articles, not part of some larger scheme. — Justin (koavf)TCM21:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Former populated places of Adams County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Former populated places of Adams County, Pennsylvania to Category:Former populated places in Pennsylvania
Nominator's rationale: Another entry in the Gettysburg Overcategorization Campaign consisting of two placenames. The parent category is small and is not broken up by county. Mangoe ( talk) 20:19, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:ESPN25

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:ESPN25 to Category:ESPN
Nominator's rationale: The ESPN25 category only serves articles pertaining to ESPN's 25th anniversary, which means that articles belonging in it would only occur within a one-year period (which has passed). Only two total articles in existence even qualify for ESPN25, and neither needs their own special category. I'd also like to point out that Category:ESPN25 was created in May 2005, when Wikipedia was at its general infancy and in the "see what sticks to the wall" mentality. We now have much more defined and stringent criteria for everything, including categories. Jrcla2 ( talk) 20:03, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Churches in the United States by state

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The result of the discussion was: Speedy rename C2C. Timrollpickering ( talk) 23:41, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Churches in the United States by state to Category:Church buildings in the United States by state
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Churches refers to building, religions or denominations. We renamed many of the building categories a while ago, so this is just getting one of those that was missed. If this is successful, then the subcats will follow as speedies. This could well be a speedy itself since it is a rename to the established form. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Pakistani flying aces

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Pakistani flying aces ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: As near as I can make out there is but one Pakistani ace. Is it worth having a category for one person? Darkness Shines ( talk) 19:14, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Keep That's because I saw you remove articles from that category without explanation. Even if there's only one article supposed to be in there, I presume that it's part of a broader categorisation system (there are other one-page "flying-ace" country categories too), so nothing wrong in keeping it. Mar4d ( talk) 13:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Keep as there are several countries in the main and WWI/II subcategories for aces with only one member. And if one member in a few (eg Bulgarian) of the subcategories is not enough, is two enough or should they be deleted too? As with medal winners for Olympic/Commonwealth Games etc; America and Australia have hundreds, but a single medal winner from a small country eg Natasha Mayers means creating two categories for one person. Hugo999 ( talk) 19:59, 20 January 2012 (UTC) See reply
  • Keep as a consistent piece of an established categorization scheme Pichpich ( talk) 05:37, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:American Civil War sites in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:American Civil War sites in Franklin County, Pennsylvania to Category:American Civil War sites in Pennsylvania
Nominator's rationale: Seems to be a case of overcategorization, particularly of inversection by location and narrow intersection. Wild Wolf ( talk) 18:58, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Military sites by country

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Military sites by country ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Military sites in the United States ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Military sites in Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Military sites of the Pennsylvania National Guard ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Military sites in Adams County, Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:American Civil War sites in Adams County, Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Battlefields in Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Former military facilities in Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: In one of the more far-reaching sections of the Gettysburg Overcategorization Campaign, we have this whole structure erected to categorize a few locations related to the battle. None of the higher levels of this, you will be surprised to learn, exist for other countries/states/counties/wide-spots-in-the-road, nor do the other organizational subdivisions picked up along the way. As with all the rest, the bottom level categories are tiny and could only grow by subdividing the articles on the Gettysburg campaign still further. Mangoe ( talk) 17:52, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Oil and gas companies of Russia

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The result of the discussion was: Upmerge Category:Oil and gas companies of Russia to Category:Energy companies of Russia. - jc37 05:11, 4 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Oil and gas companies of Russia ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Combination of two separate categories that already exist, Category:Natural gas companies of Russia and Category:Oil companies of Russia. I have placed the only company in the category in the appropriate other category. No need for the more broad category when there are more specific ones Jeancey ( talk) 17:31, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. Dear Jeancey, I had created this category. But since two categories already exists that serve the purpose, please nominate for deletion. However, for other countries, categories with prefix "Oil and gas companies of..." exists. Is there a way we can standardize them? Can you please check? Thanks AKS ( talk) 17:38, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Comment I didn't think that you did it maliciously. I actually had no idea the others existed, but I checked when I saw only one category. I know for a fact that Libya has a Oil and gas companies category, since I'm quite active on that WP. I would have to assume that it was split because of the large amount of companies that fall under the combined category, but I really have no idea. Jeancey ( talk) 17:42, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
I have added the two categories to this one. However we already have a parent in Category:Energy companies of Russia. Peterkingiron ( talk) 17:59, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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The result of the discussion was: rename Category:Chat-related websites and Category:Guitar-related websites; no consensus on Category:Animation-related websites, for which I highly recommend a separate discussion. Actually, there is consensus to rename the 'Animation' category, with Category:Websites about animation appearing to be the favored name, but it is less clear what to do with articles that would no longer belong in the renamed category – i.e., animation-related websites that are not about animation. I will initiate a neutral nomination of the 'Animation' category in a few days if no one has nominated it by then. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 01:41, 1 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Chat-related websites to Category:Chat websites
Propose renaming Category:Animation-related websites to Category:Animation websites
Propose renaming Category:Guitar-related websites to Category:Guitar websites
Nominator's rationale: Per Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_October_30#.28X.29-related_works, we have been turning away from "-related" in this type of category name.-- Mike Selinker ( talk) 16:51, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Battlefields of the Gettysburg Campaign

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:01, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Battlefields of the Gettysburg Campaign ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This seems to be a case of overcategorization, since most of these articles are already in Category:Gettysburg Battlefield, while the rest can be placed in Category:Battlefields of the Main Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Wild Wolf ( talk) 16:27, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Confederate States of America memorials at the Gettysburg Battlefield

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:53, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Confederate States of America memorials at the Gettysburg Battlefield to Category:Gettysburg Battlefield memorials and monuments
Nominator's rationale: Seems a case of overcategorization, especially of narrow intersection. Wild Wolf ( talk) 16:22, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:National Sweetheart delegates

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering ( talk) 15:30, 3 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:National Sweetheart delegates ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining. A category primarily for non-winners of a pageant for non-winners of other pageants. Even the winners of this pageant (who receive a trivial $1000 scholarship and a pendant shaped like corn) rarely arise to notability, judging by the pageant's article, and most of the articles that contain this category make no mention of the pageant at all.  Mbinebri  talk ← 15:41, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Keep Though being a delegate to National Sweetheart is, in itself, not a qualification for notability, it does add additional information to the articles of people who are notable for winning other state and national pageants. Five former Miss America winners (as well as 21 former Miss America delegates) are former National Sweetheart winners. 13 of the 53 delegates of this year's Miss America class were also former National Sweetheart contestants. Ejgreen77 ( talk) 17:42, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    If we can actually verify that many former Miss America delegates have won National Sweetheart, I wouldn't object to renaming the category "National Sweetheart winners" and purging it of non-winners. "Delegate" categories, I feel, should only be created for the most notable/prestigious pageants.  Mbinebri  talk ← 00:50, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    Here is a link to the official website, which states that 9 former Miss America's competed in the pageant and only 5 have won. This is one of the reasons I feel like this delegate category should be notable enough to remain. MissPageantNews ( talk) 22:43, 22 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Delete -- Even if this were a category for winners, we would listify and delete as an awards category for a minor award. This is much worse: it is essentially a "performance by performer" category, where I think the consensus is a plain delete, though listgify is also an option. Peterkingiron ( talk) 17:47, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Keep - Delegates of this pageant may not all be notable, however many contestants (not just winners) have gone on to win Miss America, compete at Miss America and Miss USA, or become notable in another way. This pageant was a stepping stone to their future success and deserves a mention when discussing these ladies. MissPageantNews ( talk) 02:49, 22 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    How is National Sweetheart a stepping stone? Winning the pageant does not qualify a contestant for any higher-level pageant because it isn't officially affiliated with any. Arguably, it's just a tangential pageant that some contestants who achieve notability via other pageants participate in, but doesn't confer notability itself, even when winning it, and (that I can see) doesn't garner widespread coverage.  Mbinebri  talk ← 20:21, 22 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    I believe it is a stepping stone because it provides contestants with the experience that helps them do well in future pageants. MissPageantNews ( talk) 22:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    Could not the same be said of any pageant? -- Black Falcon ( talk) 01:19, 1 February 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Delete – we've had plenty of these. There is no excuse whatever for including non-winners as the parent is Category:American beauty pageant winners (winners). Oculi ( talk) 16:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    You can't get to National Sweetheart without winning your local pageant first, so, therefore Category:American beauty pageant winners does indeed apply. Ejgreen77 ( talk) 06:31, 26 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Delete - I agree with Peterkingiron's assessment of this category: it is an example of performers-by-performance overcategorization. Being a delegate to any but the most well-known pageants is not defining – i.e., not something for which one is known or remembered – and the fact that most articles in this category do not even mention the National Sweetheart pageant is an indication that this pageant does not pass that threshold. A category for winners of the pageant would be more defensible but, even then, the information probably is more suited to a list, such as the one at National Sweetheart#Winners, than a category. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 01:19, 1 February 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:David Croft co-writers

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:David Croft co-writers ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete Category by association that doesn't correspond to a sufficiently defining characteristic. Pichpich ( talk) 15:11, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Delete, yeah I think I agree with this nomination that it's not particularly useful. Bob talk 19:13, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Landforms of Adams County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Landforms of Adams County, Pennsylvania to Category:Geography of Adams County, Pennsylvania
Nominator's rationale: Yet another entry in the Gettysburg overcategorization campaign. Most of these are actually subarticles of the battlefield, and in any case no other Pa. county has this level of hierarchy. The geography category is small and most of what is in it could be placed in this category anyway. Mangoe ( talk) 13:39, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Roads and routes in Adams County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:51, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Roads and routes in Adams County, Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Sole entry is a redirect which is adequately categorized. The state category is not over populated where it needs to be divided by county. Also 'roads and routes' is a dual purpose category which is generally avoided. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:27, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Death industry in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering ( talk) 13:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Death industry in the United States ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. How about a POV title that may be confusing? In any case, Category:Cemeteries which is a parent for the only content here is appropriately categorized. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:21, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Pavilions in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Pavilions in the United States to Category:Pavilions
Nominator's rationale: Merge. OCAT. Single entry category where the parent category only has 15 articles. No need to breakout by country at this time. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:17, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Cuban Missile Crisis

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The result of the discussion was: keep. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 00:59, 1 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Cuban Missile Crisis ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Single entry category for a film. Main article provides ample navigation for the topic. Since the article and crisis have been around for a while, I really question the need for the category. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:12, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Cold War docudramas

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:49, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Cold War docudramas ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Single entry category with limited growth potential. Sole article has ample categories. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:07, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Ridges in Adams County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Ridges in Adams County, Pennsylvania to Category:Ridges of Pennsylvania
Nominator's rationale: UpMerge to both parents. There are only 3 in the state category and one in this one. Growth potential appears limited. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:02, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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January 19

Category:Original Kings of Comedy franchise

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering ( talk) 13:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Original Kings of Comedy franchise ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Only two articles, not part of some larger scheme. — Justin (koavf)TCM21:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Former populated places of Adams County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Former populated places of Adams County, Pennsylvania to Category:Former populated places in Pennsylvania
Nominator's rationale: Another entry in the Gettysburg Overcategorization Campaign consisting of two placenames. The parent category is small and is not broken up by county. Mangoe ( talk) 20:19, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:ESPN25

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:ESPN25 to Category:ESPN
Nominator's rationale: The ESPN25 category only serves articles pertaining to ESPN's 25th anniversary, which means that articles belonging in it would only occur within a one-year period (which has passed). Only two total articles in existence even qualify for ESPN25, and neither needs their own special category. I'd also like to point out that Category:ESPN25 was created in May 2005, when Wikipedia was at its general infancy and in the "see what sticks to the wall" mentality. We now have much more defined and stringent criteria for everything, including categories. Jrcla2 ( talk) 20:03, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Churches in the United States by state

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The result of the discussion was: Speedy rename C2C. Timrollpickering ( talk) 23:41, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Churches in the United States by state to Category:Church buildings in the United States by state
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Churches refers to building, religions or denominations. We renamed many of the building categories a while ago, so this is just getting one of those that was missed. If this is successful, then the subcats will follow as speedies. This could well be a speedy itself since it is a rename to the established form. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Pakistani flying aces

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Pakistani flying aces ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: As near as I can make out there is but one Pakistani ace. Is it worth having a category for one person? Darkness Shines ( talk) 19:14, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Keep That's because I saw you remove articles from that category without explanation. Even if there's only one article supposed to be in there, I presume that it's part of a broader categorisation system (there are other one-page "flying-ace" country categories too), so nothing wrong in keeping it. Mar4d ( talk) 13:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Keep as there are several countries in the main and WWI/II subcategories for aces with only one member. And if one member in a few (eg Bulgarian) of the subcategories is not enough, is two enough or should they be deleted too? As with medal winners for Olympic/Commonwealth Games etc; America and Australia have hundreds, but a single medal winner from a small country eg Natasha Mayers means creating two categories for one person. Hugo999 ( talk) 19:59, 20 January 2012 (UTC) See reply
  • Keep as a consistent piece of an established categorization scheme Pichpich ( talk) 05:37, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:American Civil War sites in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:American Civil War sites in Franklin County, Pennsylvania to Category:American Civil War sites in Pennsylvania
Nominator's rationale: Seems to be a case of overcategorization, particularly of inversection by location and narrow intersection. Wild Wolf ( talk) 18:58, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Military sites by country

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Military sites by country ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Military sites in the United States ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Military sites in Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Military sites of the Pennsylvania National Guard ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Military sites in Adams County, Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:American Civil War sites in Adams County, Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Battlefields in Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Former military facilities in Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: In one of the more far-reaching sections of the Gettysburg Overcategorization Campaign, we have this whole structure erected to categorize a few locations related to the battle. None of the higher levels of this, you will be surprised to learn, exist for other countries/states/counties/wide-spots-in-the-road, nor do the other organizational subdivisions picked up along the way. As with all the rest, the bottom level categories are tiny and could only grow by subdividing the articles on the Gettysburg campaign still further. Mangoe ( talk) 17:52, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Oil and gas companies of Russia

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The result of the discussion was: Upmerge Category:Oil and gas companies of Russia to Category:Energy companies of Russia. - jc37 05:11, 4 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Oil and gas companies of Russia ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Combination of two separate categories that already exist, Category:Natural gas companies of Russia and Category:Oil companies of Russia. I have placed the only company in the category in the appropriate other category. No need for the more broad category when there are more specific ones Jeancey ( talk) 17:31, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. Dear Jeancey, I had created this category. But since two categories already exists that serve the purpose, please nominate for deletion. However, for other countries, categories with prefix "Oil and gas companies of..." exists. Is there a way we can standardize them? Can you please check? Thanks AKS ( talk) 17:38, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Comment I didn't think that you did it maliciously. I actually had no idea the others existed, but I checked when I saw only one category. I know for a fact that Libya has a Oil and gas companies category, since I'm quite active on that WP. I would have to assume that it was split because of the large amount of companies that fall under the combined category, but I really have no idea. Jeancey ( talk) 17:42, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
I have added the two categories to this one. However we already have a parent in Category:Energy companies of Russia. Peterkingiron ( talk) 17:59, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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The result of the discussion was: rename Category:Chat-related websites and Category:Guitar-related websites; no consensus on Category:Animation-related websites, for which I highly recommend a separate discussion. Actually, there is consensus to rename the 'Animation' category, with Category:Websites about animation appearing to be the favored name, but it is less clear what to do with articles that would no longer belong in the renamed category – i.e., animation-related websites that are not about animation. I will initiate a neutral nomination of the 'Animation' category in a few days if no one has nominated it by then. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 01:41, 1 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Chat-related websites to Category:Chat websites
Propose renaming Category:Animation-related websites to Category:Animation websites
Propose renaming Category:Guitar-related websites to Category:Guitar websites
Nominator's rationale: Per Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_October_30#.28X.29-related_works, we have been turning away from "-related" in this type of category name.-- Mike Selinker ( talk) 16:51, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Battlefields of the Gettysburg Campaign

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:01, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Battlefields of the Gettysburg Campaign ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This seems to be a case of overcategorization, since most of these articles are already in Category:Gettysburg Battlefield, while the rest can be placed in Category:Battlefields of the Main Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Wild Wolf ( talk) 16:27, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Confederate States of America memorials at the Gettysburg Battlefield

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:53, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Confederate States of America memorials at the Gettysburg Battlefield to Category:Gettysburg Battlefield memorials and monuments
Nominator's rationale: Seems a case of overcategorization, especially of narrow intersection. Wild Wolf ( talk) 16:22, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:National Sweetheart delegates

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering ( talk) 15:30, 3 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:National Sweetheart delegates ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining. A category primarily for non-winners of a pageant for non-winners of other pageants. Even the winners of this pageant (who receive a trivial $1000 scholarship and a pendant shaped like corn) rarely arise to notability, judging by the pageant's article, and most of the articles that contain this category make no mention of the pageant at all.  Mbinebri  talk ← 15:41, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Keep Though being a delegate to National Sweetheart is, in itself, not a qualification for notability, it does add additional information to the articles of people who are notable for winning other state and national pageants. Five former Miss America winners (as well as 21 former Miss America delegates) are former National Sweetheart winners. 13 of the 53 delegates of this year's Miss America class were also former National Sweetheart contestants. Ejgreen77 ( talk) 17:42, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    If we can actually verify that many former Miss America delegates have won National Sweetheart, I wouldn't object to renaming the category "National Sweetheart winners" and purging it of non-winners. "Delegate" categories, I feel, should only be created for the most notable/prestigious pageants.  Mbinebri  talk ← 00:50, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    Here is a link to the official website, which states that 9 former Miss America's competed in the pageant and only 5 have won. This is one of the reasons I feel like this delegate category should be notable enough to remain. MissPageantNews ( talk) 22:43, 22 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Delete -- Even if this were a category for winners, we would listify and delete as an awards category for a minor award. This is much worse: it is essentially a "performance by performer" category, where I think the consensus is a plain delete, though listgify is also an option. Peterkingiron ( talk) 17:47, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Keep - Delegates of this pageant may not all be notable, however many contestants (not just winners) have gone on to win Miss America, compete at Miss America and Miss USA, or become notable in another way. This pageant was a stepping stone to their future success and deserves a mention when discussing these ladies. MissPageantNews ( talk) 02:49, 22 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    How is National Sweetheart a stepping stone? Winning the pageant does not qualify a contestant for any higher-level pageant because it isn't officially affiliated with any. Arguably, it's just a tangential pageant that some contestants who achieve notability via other pageants participate in, but doesn't confer notability itself, even when winning it, and (that I can see) doesn't garner widespread coverage.  Mbinebri  talk ← 20:21, 22 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    I believe it is a stepping stone because it provides contestants with the experience that helps them do well in future pageants. MissPageantNews ( talk) 22:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    Could not the same be said of any pageant? -- Black Falcon ( talk) 01:19, 1 February 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Delete – we've had plenty of these. There is no excuse whatever for including non-winners as the parent is Category:American beauty pageant winners (winners). Oculi ( talk) 16:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC) reply
    You can't get to National Sweetheart without winning your local pageant first, so, therefore Category:American beauty pageant winners does indeed apply. Ejgreen77 ( talk) 06:31, 26 January 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Delete - I agree with Peterkingiron's assessment of this category: it is an example of performers-by-performance overcategorization. Being a delegate to any but the most well-known pageants is not defining – i.e., not something for which one is known or remembered – and the fact that most articles in this category do not even mention the National Sweetheart pageant is an indication that this pageant does not pass that threshold. A category for winners of the pageant would be more defensible but, even then, the information probably is more suited to a list, such as the one at National Sweetheart#Winners, than a category. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 01:19, 1 February 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:David Croft co-writers

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:David Croft co-writers ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete Category by association that doesn't correspond to a sufficiently defining characteristic. Pichpich ( talk) 15:11, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Delete, yeah I think I agree with this nomination that it's not particularly useful. Bob talk 19:13, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Landforms of Adams County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Landforms of Adams County, Pennsylvania to Category:Geography of Adams County, Pennsylvania
Nominator's rationale: Yet another entry in the Gettysburg overcategorization campaign. Most of these are actually subarticles of the battlefield, and in any case no other Pa. county has this level of hierarchy. The geography category is small and most of what is in it could be placed in this category anyway. Mangoe ( talk) 13:39, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Roads and routes in Adams County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:51, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Roads and routes in Adams County, Pennsylvania ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Sole entry is a redirect which is adequately categorized. The state category is not over populated where it needs to be divided by county. Also 'roads and routes' is a dual purpose category which is generally avoided. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:27, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Death industry in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering ( talk) 13:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Death industry in the United States ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. How about a POV title that may be confusing? In any case, Category:Cemeteries which is a parent for the only content here is appropriately categorized. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:21, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Pavilions in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Pavilions in the United States to Category:Pavilions
Nominator's rationale: Merge. OCAT. Single entry category where the parent category only has 15 articles. No need to breakout by country at this time. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:17, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Cuban Missile Crisis

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The result of the discussion was: keep. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 00:59, 1 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Cuban Missile Crisis ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Single entry category for a film. Main article provides ample navigation for the topic. Since the article and crisis have been around for a while, I really question the need for the category. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:12, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Cold War docudramas

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:49, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Category:Cold War docudramas ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Single entry category with limited growth potential. Sole article has ample categories. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:07, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Ridges in Adams County, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC) reply
Propose merging Category:Ridges in Adams County, Pennsylvania to Category:Ridges of Pennsylvania
Nominator's rationale: UpMerge to both parents. There are only 3 in the state category and one in this one. Growth potential appears limited. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:02, 19 January 2012 (UTC) reply

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