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Nominator's rationale: Per
WP:SMALLCAT. Contains only 1 article.
User:Namiba 14:33, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Upmerge. I did a search, and all that I could find to add to it was one measly redirect. The "People from..." category is probably big enough to split out a sportspeople subcat, but even then this wouldn't be big enough.
Grutness...wha? 03:51, 7 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep I count now 22 entries so SMALLCAT is no longer applicable. --
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Category:Sports in Clarksburg, West Virginia
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Nominator's rationale: Category contains only a subcategory for sportspeople from a small city in West Virginia. No need to merge as subcategory is already in
Category:People from Clarksburg, West Virginia.
User:Namiba 14:32, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Upmerge. I did a search, and found two articles (one of them only marginally connected to Clarksburg) and two redirects. Which makes it borderline but only if you're in a generous mood.
Grutness...wha? 04:01, 7 September 2021 (UTC)reply
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Category:2017 in the Republic of Macedonia
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The result of the discussion was:reverse merge.
✗plicit 02:05, 20 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Nominator's rationale: both categories concern the same topic and should be merged although the name of the category is a really tricky subject
Robby (
talk) 06:51, 1 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment This is an anachronism. The
Prespa agreement concerning the country's rename dates to 2018. The rename itself took place in 2019. There was no Nortn Macedonia in 2017.
Dimadick (
talk) 00:18, 7 August 2021 (UTC)reply
The category has meanwhile been emptied except for one subcategory and the alt proposal below for a reverse merge addresses my second objection, which makes the procedural oppose moot.
Marcocapelle (
talk) 05:28, 30 August 2021 (UTC)reply
reverse merge North Macedonia does not exist until 2019, so we should not use the term before that. I know the Greeks want us to handwave reality and pretend the term exists from 1991, but that is not at all a reflection of reality.
John Pack Lambert (
talk) 12:33, 10 August 2021 (UTC)reply
comment "I know the Greeks want us" I am Greek. Most people in my country still use the term
Skopje for
North Macedonia, and dislike the new name because it still includes the term "Macedonia". We have had a lot of nationalistic propaganda about how essentially Greek was Macedonia, despite all written sources covering how multiethnic and multilingual the region has been since the Middle Ages. Claiming exclusivity seems absurd to me.
Dimadick (
talk) 06:46, 27 August 2021 (UTC)reply
I agree with
John Pack Lambert. We should avoid categorisation implying that entities existed which did not at the time specified.
Rathfelder (
talk) 19:47, 14 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Procedural relisting,
Category:2017 in North Macedonia was not tagged for discussion.
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✗plicit 12:16, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Comments Looking at Wikipedia nomenclature I see the following:
Article
North Macedonia opens with the following: "North Macedonia (Macedonia until February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia..."
That leads me to think that articles & categories referring to the area prior to February 2019 should refer to or be titled
Macedonia, a disambiguation page. Are there any names/terms on that disambuguation page that would be acceptable for North Macedonia prior to February 2019? Or perhaps creation of a new page/category is in order (even if just redirects to North Macedonia), perhaps something like "North Macedonia pre-February 2019"? This is a recurring issue as so many countries/regions have had name and/or border changes (Poland, Austrian Empire, etc.)
Gjs238 (
talk) 15:30, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
There were endless wiki discussions pre-2019 which settled on 'Republic of Macedonia'. Let us not re-visit these.
Oculi (
talk) 18:20, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Agree, let's not rinvent the wheel if not necessary.
Gjs238 (
talk) 22:08, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Reverse merge as suggested. We try to avoid anachronisms, but we cannot use Macedonia as that is ambiguous. It refers to an ancient Greek polity (ruled by Alexander the Great and ancestors); a Greek province; a Slavic republic (formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia). Greece contested the use of the name as they considered it to be a territorial claim on their province (now, I think, South Macedonia), leading Greece to refer to the country (insultingly) not by its name but by its capital. WP settled on "Republic of Macedonia", which was its official name (except in Greece); and we should stick to that. On the other hand it is exactly the same place as the present North Macedonia, so that
2018 in Republic of Macedonia should be parented by
Category:Years in North Macedonia. What would look like an anomaly should be explained in a headnote. Such a category could also include articles for the Yugoslave republic of Macedonia.
Peterkingiron (
talk) 15:00, 12 September 2021 (UTC)reply
'Merge per nom. No need to confuse people. North Macedonia is the right name. --
Just N. (
talk) 16:44, 12 September 2021 (UTC)reply
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Category:People from the Republic of Cabinda
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The result of the discussion was:delete. bibliomaniac15 05:28, 19 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment Category has been emptied. LizRead!Talk! 15:53, 7 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete per nom. --
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Category:Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda politicians
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The result of the discussion was:delete. bibliomaniac15 05:28, 19 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete per nom. --
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Category:Upcoming video games related to anime and manga
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Nominator's rationale: Completely redundant category. No other category exists that groups upcoming games by a particular genre or theme. The current by-year structure is sufficient.
CoolingGibbon (
talk) 22:11, 29 August 2021 (UTC)reply
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Delete per nom. --
Just N. (
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Comment - not even themed or based on, but "related to"? - Duhhhhhh-leeeeeeete - jc37 19:51, 13 September 2021 (UTC)reply
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Category:Upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing games
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Nominator's rationale: Completely redundant category. No other category exists that groups upcoming games by a particular genre or theme. The current by-year structure is sufficient.
CoolingGibbon (
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Delete per nom. Seems to be using Wikipedia as sort of a promoting 'crystal ball' platform. --
Just N. (
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Nominator's rationale: Per
WP:SMALLCAT. Contains only 1 article.
User:Namiba 14:33, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Upmerge. I did a search, and all that I could find to add to it was one measly redirect. The "People from..." category is probably big enough to split out a sportspeople subcat, but even then this wouldn't be big enough.
Grutness...wha? 03:51, 7 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep I count now 22 entries so SMALLCAT is no longer applicable. --
Just N. (
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Category:Sports in Clarksburg, West Virginia
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Nominator's rationale: Category contains only a subcategory for sportspeople from a small city in West Virginia. No need to merge as subcategory is already in
Category:People from Clarksburg, West Virginia.
User:Namiba 14:32, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Upmerge. I did a search, and found two articles (one of them only marginally connected to Clarksburg) and two redirects. Which makes it borderline but only if you're in a generous mood.
Grutness...wha? 04:01, 7 September 2021 (UTC)reply
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Category:2017 in the Republic of Macedonia
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The result of the discussion was:reverse merge.
✗plicit 02:05, 20 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Nominator's rationale: both categories concern the same topic and should be merged although the name of the category is a really tricky subject
Robby (
talk) 06:51, 1 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment This is an anachronism. The
Prespa agreement concerning the country's rename dates to 2018. The rename itself took place in 2019. There was no Nortn Macedonia in 2017.
Dimadick (
talk) 00:18, 7 August 2021 (UTC)reply
The category has meanwhile been emptied except for one subcategory and the alt proposal below for a reverse merge addresses my second objection, which makes the procedural oppose moot.
Marcocapelle (
talk) 05:28, 30 August 2021 (UTC)reply
reverse merge North Macedonia does not exist until 2019, so we should not use the term before that. I know the Greeks want us to handwave reality and pretend the term exists from 1991, but that is not at all a reflection of reality.
John Pack Lambert (
talk) 12:33, 10 August 2021 (UTC)reply
comment "I know the Greeks want us" I am Greek. Most people in my country still use the term
Skopje for
North Macedonia, and dislike the new name because it still includes the term "Macedonia". We have had a lot of nationalistic propaganda about how essentially Greek was Macedonia, despite all written sources covering how multiethnic and multilingual the region has been since the Middle Ages. Claiming exclusivity seems absurd to me.
Dimadick (
talk) 06:46, 27 August 2021 (UTC)reply
I agree with
John Pack Lambert. We should avoid categorisation implying that entities existed which did not at the time specified.
Rathfelder (
talk) 19:47, 14 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Procedural relisting,
Category:2017 in North Macedonia was not tagged for discussion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
✗plicit 12:16, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Comments Looking at Wikipedia nomenclature I see the following:
Article
North Macedonia opens with the following: "North Macedonia (Macedonia until February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia..."
That leads me to think that articles & categories referring to the area prior to February 2019 should refer to or be titled
Macedonia, a disambiguation page. Are there any names/terms on that disambuguation page that would be acceptable for North Macedonia prior to February 2019? Or perhaps creation of a new page/category is in order (even if just redirects to North Macedonia), perhaps something like "North Macedonia pre-February 2019"? This is a recurring issue as so many countries/regions have had name and/or border changes (Poland, Austrian Empire, etc.)
Gjs238 (
talk) 15:30, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
There were endless wiki discussions pre-2019 which settled on 'Republic of Macedonia'. Let us not re-visit these.
Oculi (
talk) 18:20, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Agree, let's not rinvent the wheel if not necessary.
Gjs238 (
talk) 22:08, 6 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Reverse merge as suggested. We try to avoid anachronisms, but we cannot use Macedonia as that is ambiguous. It refers to an ancient Greek polity (ruled by Alexander the Great and ancestors); a Greek province; a Slavic republic (formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia). Greece contested the use of the name as they considered it to be a territorial claim on their province (now, I think, South Macedonia), leading Greece to refer to the country (insultingly) not by its name but by its capital. WP settled on "Republic of Macedonia", which was its official name (except in Greece); and we should stick to that. On the other hand it is exactly the same place as the present North Macedonia, so that
2018 in Republic of Macedonia should be parented by
Category:Years in North Macedonia. What would look like an anomaly should be explained in a headnote. Such a category could also include articles for the Yugoslave republic of Macedonia.
Peterkingiron (
talk) 15:00, 12 September 2021 (UTC)reply
'Merge per nom. No need to confuse people. North Macedonia is the right name. --
Just N. (
talk) 16:44, 12 September 2021 (UTC)reply
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Category:People from the Republic of Cabinda
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The result of the discussion was:delete. bibliomaniac15 05:28, 19 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment Category has been emptied. LizRead!Talk! 15:53, 7 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete per nom. --
Just N. (
talk) 16:46, 12 September 2021 (UTC)reply
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Category:Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda politicians
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Delete per nom. --
Just N. (
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Category:Upcoming video games related to anime and manga
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Nominator's rationale: Completely redundant category. No other category exists that groups upcoming games by a particular genre or theme. The current by-year structure is sufficient.
CoolingGibbon (
talk) 22:11, 29 August 2021 (UTC)reply
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Delete per nom. --
Just N. (
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Comment - not even themed or based on, but "related to"? - Duhhhhhh-leeeeeeete - jc37 19:51, 13 September 2021 (UTC)reply
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CoolingGibbon (
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Delete per nom. Seems to be using Wikipedia as sort of a promoting 'crystal ball' platform. --
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