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June 2

Category:Darwin celebrations

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The result of the discussion was: speedy rename C2B. The Bushranger One ping only 22:59, 4 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Ambiguous, could mean celebrations in one of the places called Darwin. Tim! ( talk) 18:48, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:South African Party (Union of South Africa) politicians

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:44, 30 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To correspond with the result of the move discussion at Talk:South African Party (disambiguation) in which the Union party was determined to be the primary topic for that title. htonl ( talk) 13:58, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Marathons in X

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The result of the discussion was: keep. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:48, 30 June 2012 (UTC) reply
My rationale is not by number, but by significance. Marathons in South Korea (5 entries) should remain because Marathons in South Korea is a valid topic due to its importance in the history of the topic. Marathons in Slovenia on the other hand is implausible as a real topic because it is confined to two relatively new races. SFB 10:58, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Per Smallcat, marathons by country is not a large sub-categorisation scheme. Also, there is virtually no room for growth as these topics do not contain any further notable marathons that we have not covered. SFB 10:58, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Well, that's not exactly true. See sl:Seznam maratonov v Sloveniji for some other notable marathons in Slovenia. -- Eleassar my talk 18:53, 4 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:European "Years"

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The result of the discussion was: keep. This probably does need renaming, but it's clear this isn't it. Feel free to immediately renominate if desired. The Bushranger One ping only 21:58, 19 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The current name is awkward, the best named similar category I can find is Category:United Nations observances. Tim! ( talk) 08:51, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Railway stations by year of establishment

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Railway stations by opening year. The Bushranger One ping only 21:59, 19 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. More consistent with its children. Tim! ( talk) 07:22, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Establishments in Northern Ireland by year

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The result of the discussion was: Upmerge/Rename. For the 558 category upmerge to the most appropriate replacement parents in the Ireland tree and for the 1856 one rename per nom. The reason for this difference is the existing categories for those time periods. It is not reasonable to create single entry categories when there is little chance for populating the new ones created or any of the surrounding ones. There are many issues raised in this discussion that need following up on. These include the correct category names for stuff prior to the establishment of Ireland and Northern Ireland. As suggested below, a discussion on Category:Centuries in Northern Ireland might be a starting point for continued discussions. Also the discussion raises the point about what Category:Centuries in Ireland is for. Is it the country or the island or both? Fell free to discuss what to do and afterwards, bring the recommendations back here if desired. Vegaswikian ( talk) 03:57, 8 July 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Northern Ireland was not established until 1921. Tim! ( talk) 07:19, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Oppose. Ireland wasn't established in 558, or in 1856. Upmerge to ":Category:558 establishments in the British Isles", and "1856 establishments in the United Kingdom". Benkenobi18 ( talk) 08:42, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply
For your logic to be consistent there should be a Category:558 establishments in the United Kingdom as a parent and I note you have not created that. It also goes against practice for the year category to use the name of state at the time of the year see for example Category:Years of the 20th century in Benin which uses French Dahomey and Republic of Dahomey for the earlier years. Tim! ( talk) 07:56, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply
It doesn't go against practice, there is no accepted common practice. Some categories are named after the current countries, some after the country (or equivalent) which existed at the time. E.g. Norway didn't exist (as such) between 1380 and 1814, but we have categories like Category:16th-century Norwegian people. The same goes for e.g. Germany or Italy. The question should be: what are the readers interested in. Do they want to see what happened in a current country in the past, or do they want to see the more historically correct contemporary divisions? Or, of course, do both groups exists and can both be served somehow? It seems to me as if we are going too far into the "historically correct" pedantic mode sometimes, while ignoring the fact that many people want to see the history of their (or another) "current" country, they want to map history onto the current map. If people claim that there are traces of prehistoric life found in Berlin, they don't mean that Berlin (or Germany) existed at the time, they just naturally link the ancient history to the current situation. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that. Fram ( talk) 09:21, 4 June 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Rename both per nominator. The application of the term " Northern Ireland" to these periods is an anachronism. The problem is not merely that Northern Ireland came into existence in 1921, as the nominator correctly noted. The term didn't exist until the 20th century. A brief and crude summary: a narrow majority in the 9-county province of Ulster had rejected Home Rule Bills since the 1880s, but the concept of a smaller six-county Northern Ireland emerged only in 1914, in the processes leading up to the Government of Ireland Act 1914 (see Government of Ireland Act 1914#The_shaping_of_Partition). The initial proposal in 1914 was for the exclusion of the whole of the province of Ulster, and the idea of a smaller area to be excluded arose only during the Parliamentary process in 1914.
    Fram's objection is based on a false parallel. The concept of Italy and Germany existed before the creation of those two unitary states in the 19th-century, but as Fram points out there is no NPOV of defining what teriitory those terms encompassed before the states existed. OTOH, the island of Ireland has been an island with stable boundaries since before recorded history (see Prehistoric Ireland), and it was in theory a unified political entity from the creation of the Lordship of Ireland in 1177. The succeeding Kingdom of Ireland (1541-1801) also claimed jurisdiction over the whole island, and attained it for the latter part of that period. Even after the Act of Union, Ireland remained a distinct unit; it was not directly governed by the govt in London, but through the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 11:05, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply
WikiProject Northern Ireland and WikiProject Ireland have both been notified. [1] [2] -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 12:00, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Smile Records albums

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The result of the discussion was: delete, but only because it is empty. If anyone wants to create Category:Smile Records (United States) albums, they may do so without prejudice. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:19, 12 June 2012 (UTC) reply

Nominator's rationale: Redlink record label — Justin (koavf)TCM 06:07, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply


  • Still delete In spite of the changes, I still think this should be deleted. I can't see this category ever containing more than three or four entries. The label consists of four groups signed up well past their charting days and a group of non-notables. I pass no comment on notability of the article. SFB 10:40, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Wikipedian usernames editors have expressed concern over

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:17, 12 June 2012 (UTC) reply

Nominator's rationale: Rename. It's been pointed out the this category is in need of some grammar corrections. The talk page has already been moved - I'm bringing this here for wider discussion. Avic ennasis @ 04:28, 12 Sivan 5772 / 04:28, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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June 2

Category:Darwin celebrations

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: speedy rename C2B. The Bushranger One ping only 22:59, 4 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Ambiguous, could mean celebrations in one of the places called Darwin. Tim! ( talk) 18:48, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:South African Party (Union of South Africa) politicians

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:44, 30 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To correspond with the result of the move discussion at Talk:South African Party (disambiguation) in which the Union party was determined to be the primary topic for that title. htonl ( talk) 13:58, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Marathons in X

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The result of the discussion was: keep. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 06:48, 30 June 2012 (UTC) reply
My rationale is not by number, but by significance. Marathons in South Korea (5 entries) should remain because Marathons in South Korea is a valid topic due to its importance in the history of the topic. Marathons in Slovenia on the other hand is implausible as a real topic because it is confined to two relatively new races. SFB 10:58, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Per Smallcat, marathons by country is not a large sub-categorisation scheme. Also, there is virtually no room for growth as these topics do not contain any further notable marathons that we have not covered. SFB 10:58, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Well, that's not exactly true. See sl:Seznam maratonov v Sloveniji for some other notable marathons in Slovenia. -- Eleassar my talk 18:53, 4 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:European "Years"

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The result of the discussion was: keep. This probably does need renaming, but it's clear this isn't it. Feel free to immediately renominate if desired. The Bushranger One ping only 21:58, 19 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The current name is awkward, the best named similar category I can find is Category:United Nations observances. Tim! ( talk) 08:51, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Railway stations by year of establishment

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Railway stations by opening year. The Bushranger One ping only 21:59, 19 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. More consistent with its children. Tim! ( talk) 07:22, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Establishments in Northern Ireland by year

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/Rename. For the 558 category upmerge to the most appropriate replacement parents in the Ireland tree and for the 1856 one rename per nom. The reason for this difference is the existing categories for those time periods. It is not reasonable to create single entry categories when there is little chance for populating the new ones created or any of the surrounding ones. There are many issues raised in this discussion that need following up on. These include the correct category names for stuff prior to the establishment of Ireland and Northern Ireland. As suggested below, a discussion on Category:Centuries in Northern Ireland might be a starting point for continued discussions. Also the discussion raises the point about what Category:Centuries in Ireland is for. Is it the country or the island or both? Fell free to discuss what to do and afterwards, bring the recommendations back here if desired. Vegaswikian ( talk) 03:57, 8 July 2012 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Northern Ireland was not established until 1921. Tim! ( talk) 07:19, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply
Oppose. Ireland wasn't established in 558, or in 1856. Upmerge to ":Category:558 establishments in the British Isles", and "1856 establishments in the United Kingdom". Benkenobi18 ( talk) 08:42, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply
For your logic to be consistent there should be a Category:558 establishments in the United Kingdom as a parent and I note you have not created that. It also goes against practice for the year category to use the name of state at the time of the year see for example Category:Years of the 20th century in Benin which uses French Dahomey and Republic of Dahomey for the earlier years. Tim! ( talk) 07:56, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply
It doesn't go against practice, there is no accepted common practice. Some categories are named after the current countries, some after the country (or equivalent) which existed at the time. E.g. Norway didn't exist (as such) between 1380 and 1814, but we have categories like Category:16th-century Norwegian people. The same goes for e.g. Germany or Italy. The question should be: what are the readers interested in. Do they want to see what happened in a current country in the past, or do they want to see the more historically correct contemporary divisions? Or, of course, do both groups exists and can both be served somehow? It seems to me as if we are going too far into the "historically correct" pedantic mode sometimes, while ignoring the fact that many people want to see the history of their (or another) "current" country, they want to map history onto the current map. If people claim that there are traces of prehistoric life found in Berlin, they don't mean that Berlin (or Germany) existed at the time, they just naturally link the ancient history to the current situation. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that. Fram ( talk) 09:21, 4 June 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Rename both per nominator. The application of the term " Northern Ireland" to these periods is an anachronism. The problem is not merely that Northern Ireland came into existence in 1921, as the nominator correctly noted. The term didn't exist until the 20th century. A brief and crude summary: a narrow majority in the 9-county province of Ulster had rejected Home Rule Bills since the 1880s, but the concept of a smaller six-county Northern Ireland emerged only in 1914, in the processes leading up to the Government of Ireland Act 1914 (see Government of Ireland Act 1914#The_shaping_of_Partition). The initial proposal in 1914 was for the exclusion of the whole of the province of Ulster, and the idea of a smaller area to be excluded arose only during the Parliamentary process in 1914.
    Fram's objection is based on a false parallel. The concept of Italy and Germany existed before the creation of those two unitary states in the 19th-century, but as Fram points out there is no NPOV of defining what teriitory those terms encompassed before the states existed. OTOH, the island of Ireland has been an island with stable boundaries since before recorded history (see Prehistoric Ireland), and it was in theory a unified political entity from the creation of the Lordship of Ireland in 1177. The succeeding Kingdom of Ireland (1541-1801) also claimed jurisdiction over the whole island, and attained it for the latter part of that period. Even after the Act of Union, Ireland remained a distinct unit; it was not directly governed by the govt in London, but through the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 11:05, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply
WikiProject Northern Ireland and WikiProject Ireland have both been notified. [1] [2] -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 12:00, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Smile Records albums

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: delete, but only because it is empty. If anyone wants to create Category:Smile Records (United States) albums, they may do so without prejudice. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:19, 12 June 2012 (UTC) reply

Nominator's rationale: Redlink record label — Justin (koavf)TCM 06:07, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply


  • Still delete In spite of the changes, I still think this should be deleted. I can't see this category ever containing more than three or four entries. The label consists of four groups signed up well past their charting days and a group of non-notables. I pass no comment on notability of the article. SFB 10:40, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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Category:Wikipedian usernames editors have expressed concern over

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:17, 12 June 2012 (UTC) reply

Nominator's rationale: Rename. It's been pointed out the this category is in need of some grammar corrections. The talk page has already been moved - I'm bringing this here for wider discussion. Avic ennasis @ 04:28, 12 Sivan 5772 / 04:28, 2 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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