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Category:Families from Sokoto State

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:22, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: upmerge, as right now there's only one family in the category Mason ( talk) 23:01, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:People from Zamfara State by occupation

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:22, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: only one occupation Mason ( talk) 23:00, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Charles Horman

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:23, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: small cat (n =2 ), without potential for growth Mason ( talk) 22:44, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:People from Gombe State by occupation

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:23, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge as there's only one occupation in the category Mason ( talk) 22:17, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Rivers State politicians by party

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:23, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Only one political party in the category Mason ( talk) 22:13, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:English families by county

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:25, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Name change will have the benefit of broadening the scope of the category as right now the English families category is overflowing Mason ( talk) 21:56, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Basketball families by country

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:25, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: only one category in it Mason ( talk) 21:48, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Expatriates from the Austrian Empire in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:27, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: upmerge because only member should be (and is ) in Category:Slovenian expatriates in the United States because being Slovenian is defining for Lovrenc Lavtižar, not for being from the AE Mason ( talk) 21:45, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:19th-century Scottish Presbyterians

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:28, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: small underpopulated category, that, at present isnt needed for the parent category Category:Scottish Presbyterians Mason ( talk) 21:28, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:19th-century Austrian Presbyterians

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:19th-century Presbyterians. The sole member, Alfred Edersheim, doesn't belong in Category:Austrian Protestants, as noted by Marcocapelle ( talk · contribs). (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:30, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Small, underpopulated category without a proper parent: "Austrian Presbyterians" Mason ( talk) 21:20, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Continental Basketball Association venues

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:31, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining characteristic of these multi-purpose arenas. Note: this category was nominated for deletion in 2017 but no consensus was reached. User:Namiba 20:33, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Heavenly attendants in Jainism

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Category:Fictional Soviet people by ethnic or national origin

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:37, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete, many articles in the subcategories aren't Soviet fictional characters. The category may be restarted from scratch, but should only contain articles and no subcategories. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:39, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Keep. This is supposed to be a container category for subcategories. AHI-3000 ( talk) 17:56, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Delete. These people aren't necessarily Soviet people. At present, this category contains nationalities, that aren't exclusively for soviet people. Fictional Russian people by ethnic or national origin I think the category is attempt to mirror: Category:People from the Soviet Union by republic; however those child categories are explicitly Soviet republics, while these child categories are much broader nationalities that existed before and after the soviet union. Mason ( talk) 18:01, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Employment of foreign-born

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Employment of foreign-born people. This is a WP:NOTCURRENTTITLE situation, so I am going with the title with majority support. No prejudice against a speedy renomination for a further rename, but it is clear that the category should not be at the current title when such a discussion occurs. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:12, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Right now, it sounds awkward; an alternative could be Employment of expatriates Mason ( talk) 17:13, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:MIT Center for Theoretical Physics alumni

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:MIT Center for Theoretical Physics people. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:09, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Make the scope larger to match other labs/centers, eg Category:MIT Media Lab people‎ Mason ( talk) 16:55, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:MIT Department of Physics alumni

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:31, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Alumni by university department aren't defining. See [1] Mason ( talk) 16:45, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Emigrants from the Kingdom of Bavaria to the United Kingdom

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:39, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: No need to distinguish between regemes Mason ( talk) 18:22, 5 October 2023 (UTC) reply
copy of speedy discussion
Moving to full discussion for an alternative rename @ User:Place Clichy; Mason ( talk) 18:28, 5 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Note:@ Johnpacklambert has added commentary/context on my talk page. The crux of his reasoning is: "Emigration is at heart a movement from one political unit to another, and so emigrant categories need to be tied to those politcal units." I disagree with him on this as I think that political unit is mostly not a defining intersection for people leaving a nation (obviously there are exceptions). Regardless, I think his perspective is worth considering. Mason ( talk) 19:11, 5 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Pettus family

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The result of the discussion was: delete most. I am convinced that WP:TRAINWRECK applies here, but discussion-wide !votes are mostly in favor of deletion, and most nominations have not been specifically objected. Therefore, all of the nominated categories will be deleted, except for the following:
These will be treated as no consensus closures. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 19:07, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Small cat (n<3 ) without a corresponding eponymous article about the family Mason ( talk) 00:46, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Larger families that have grown to 4+ since nom
Nominator's update: these have grown since the nom, so I've pulled them out made them easier to see. @@ GiantSnowman, Marcocapelle, and Aidan721: Mason ( talk) 17:58, 14 October 2023 (UTC) reply
@ Patapsco913: Why did you place your !vote(s) within the nomination? It's kind of annoying to read. Edward-Woodrowtalk 18:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Where else was i to put them? The nomination feeds to this page. Patapsco913 ( talk) 20:24, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Various comments by User:Patapsco913
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Category:Daughters of barons

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Category:Kingdom of Bohemia emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies

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The result of the discussion was: merge/rename (Ignoring Category:Expatriates from the Kingdom of Ireland which has since been deleted.) (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:41, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The intersection with regime isn't defining for emigrants/expatriates. Mason ( talk) 12:48, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Finnish emigrants (1809–1917)

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The result of the discussion was: rename "Finnish foo (1809–1917)" to "foo Grand Duchy of Finland". (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:07, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping category, where it really isn't worth distinguishing that this is when Finland was part of the Russian Empire. If not merged, it could be renamed Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Finland Mason ( talk) 02:25, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:People from the Hanseatic City of Lübeck

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The result of the discussion was: manual merge both to Category:People from Lübeck. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:44, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: overlapping, underpopulated cat Mason ( talk) 00:28, 12 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:British sportspeople in British India

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 13:44, 31 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Parent is: British expatriate sportspeople in India‎ Mason ( talk) 21:43, 19 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:People convicted on terrorism charges

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:01, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Consistency with other subcategories of Category:People by criminal conviction. Opposed by a user who didn't recognize the pattern. – LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 13:23, 19 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Surnames of Jewish origin

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:45, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The category was speedied recently into the current name. You cannot speedy a category with thousands of entries. "Jewish surname" is not the same as "Surname of Jewish origin". The former means "Surname common among the Jews", the latter - surname originated in Jewish culture. "catmore" points to Jewish surname. The issue requires a thorough discussion. For example, Kaufmann or Genovese are Jewish surnames but not surnames of Jewish origin. And many more. Probably the category must be diffused. In particular we have category:Yiddish-language surnames and category:Hebrew-language surnames, which, as I saw, overlap with this one. - Altenmann >talk 16:39, 20 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment All of the "X surnames" for different ethnicities were moved today by the JJMC89 bot to "Surnames of X origin" through the speedy rename process. This is just one of dozens. Maybe it should have been objected to at that stage of this renaming process. But there are many others which have been altered as well. Liz Read! Talk! 21:37, 20 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    • Well, I am sure you are aware that Jewish ethnicity is a rather unusual case. I could not object because the category was not on my watchlist. BTW, you know what? even the famous surname Soloveitchik is not of "Jewish origin": it originated in smartass brains of some Russian bureaucrat who was bored with the process of inventing surnames for the Jews in the Russian Empire, who didn't have any. - Altenmann >talk 04:30, 21 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose, if certain surnames are not of Jewish origin then we should not categorize them as Jewish. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:39, 21 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Support: I agree with the nominator's reasoning entirely. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 09:37, 18 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Sons of Temperance

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 13:45, 31 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The Sons of Temperance was a moderately important temperance organization in the nineteenth-century but membership in it was non-defining for the careers of these notable figures. User:Namiba 19:36, 4 October 2023 (UTC) reply
If you look through the articles, you will see that most of them highlight their temperance activism, some in a major way. I'm fine with removing any which do not do so.-- User:Namiba 15:12, 5 October 2023 (UTC) reply
I've added the appropriate national or state-based temperance activist category for those who had a significant relationship with the temperance movement. Therefore, I support deletion.-- User:Namiba 14:25, 10 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Queer organizations & Category:Queer literature

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The result of the discussion was: delete. No substantial reason against. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale There's no clear distinguishing characteristics between a "queer" organization and an "LGBT" organization. Half of the organizations simply seem to have queer in the title of the group. Ditto for literature, mass media, and magazines. Bohemian Baltimore ( talk) 19:10, 23 September 2023 (UTC) reply
Apart from what other commenters noted, one of my problems with this merger is that "queer organizations" wouldn't easily go into LGBT organizations category, while "queer literature" doesn't go into LGBT literature, nor does "queer-related mass media" to LGBT-related mass media, nor "queer magazines" into LGBT-related magazines. So, at its current form, I oppose this merge. Historyday01 ( talk) 00:33, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply
There is no clear indication on when to categorize an organization as "LGBT" or as "queer". What makes Black Laundry, Out On Screen, or the Ingersoll Gender Center queer orgs rather than LGBT orgs? What makes In the Dream House or I Am J queer books? What distinguishes Thirsty Sword Lesbians as queer media and not just lesbian media? What makes a queer magazine distinct from other LGBT magazines? As they exist now, these categories are incoherent, because there is no clear idea on what to include and what not to include. Bohemian Baltimore ( talk) 16:32, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply
The basis for inclusion in any queer-related category is whether reliable sources use the term queer to describe the organization or work. This will typically coincide with whether the org or publication uses queer as a self-descriptor. There is nothing unusual or complex about that as a category scope.
Whether there is a sufficiently justified philosophical basis for the nuances of the distinction between queer specifically and LGBTQ+ more broadly is not Wikipedia's problem to solve. Some people, organizations, and works specifically identify as queer, and have reasons for doing so. One may take the view that they aren't good or sufficient reasons, and that the distinction is ultimately meaningless. Others will disagree. I don't think it would be appropriate for our category structure to endorse the view that the distinction is meaningless, because it would remove the ability for readers who are interested in the distinction to research queer topics.-- Trystan ( talk) 17:25, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Agree with nom, but just delete instead of merge, because the articles are already deeper down in the LGBT tree. Marcocapelle ( talk) 20:07, 23 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose. It hasn't even been six months since the closure of the last time you proposed this. Proposing it again so soon, in a way that doesn't take any of the direction from the previous close, is not productive. There was no consensus last time for your view that queer and LGBT are simple synonyms, so no consensus for blanket merges on that basis. That doesn't seem like the type of thing likely to have changed in five months.-- Trystan ( talk) 22:37, 23 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    @ Trystan The last time the related proposal was closed as "no consensus", it was entirely due to the inclusion of categories related to people. So no, this isn't the same proposal. Bohemian Baltimore ( talk) 23:57, 23 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge, or delete per Marcocapelle if the merge were to only create useless redundancy. It just creates more confusion to attempt to split queer and LGBT+ categories, as, unfortunately, categories are not good for nuances. However, the specific positioning and identification of these media and organization can and must be explained in article body, with all the needed precision. Place Clichy ( talk) 21:04, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Tripartite Alliance

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:49, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: I was the one who created this category but I now believe it should be deleted per WP:SMALLCAT. Charles Essie ( talk) 17:05, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:16th-century Prussian people

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Nominator's rationale: This category only had two child categories in it (16th-century FOO bishops in Prussia‎), that both belong in the parent category. I'm nominating it, and then moving the final category to 16th century in Prussia Mason ( talk) 14:43, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Christian abolitionists

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:51, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete, follow-up on Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_September_15#Category:Christian_abolitionists in which the suggestion came up to only keep the Quaker's subcategory. The others aren't a defining intersection. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:28, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply
@ Namiba and Smasongarrison: pinging contributors to that earlier discussion. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:29, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Support. per old discussion Mason ( talk) 17:32, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Oppose. It seems weird to me to only keep Quakers, although certainly they were heavily involved with abolitionism (there's even an article on it), other denominations were too. Christians played a significant part in abolitionism so I’m actually against containerizing Christian abolitionists as well, although I recognize I might be too late on that. - Relinus ( talk) 01:58, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply
  • People against and for slavery were Christians of all sorts of denominations, only Quakers were against it based on a consistent denominational point of view. Marcocapelle ( talk) 05:57, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply
    That sounds almost like an argument that you don't need the Quaker category, except that the time period is important. For the rest one assumes it is useful to some people to be able to group together those in that denomination that were on the abolitionist side of the fence, and divide them from those coreligionists on the other side or those who stayed silent on this issue. For some of these denominations the internal debate would have been an important part of their history. Ϣere SpielChequers 09:45, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply
    I do think the categories should be exclusively limited to people who were known specifically both as Christians and as abolitionists, and for using Christian theology to oppose slavery. It looks like there are a number of people in the categories who might not belong. (Take for instance Mark Twain in Presbyterian abolitionists, who’s religious views vacillated widely and was actually critical of organized religion and Christian theology at times.) However, there are also people who should be labeled as Christian abolitionists like William Wilberforce, who wrote on abolitionism specifically from a Christian viewpoint; Elijah Lovejoy, a Presbyterian minister who was killed for his opposition to slavery; or Theodore Parker, a Unitarian minister who frequently preached on the topic and whose sermons later influenced Martin Luther King. (Unitarians by the way, like Quakers, were very frequently staunch abolitionists so quite a few of their ministers probably fit in this category.) Relinus ( talk) 15:15, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Quakers had a unique history of abolitionism, which is why that category should be kept. If evidence can be provided that the other Protestant sects also had a similarly unique history, then they should also be kept.-- User:Namiba 13:15, 4 October 2023 (UTC) reply
I’m not totally sure what more you’re looking for, it’s easy to find examples (see above) of individuals whose specific Christian beliefs informed their abolitionist stances, not just Quakers. It is very much a defining intersection for them. As ϢereSpielChequers has already pointed out, it is useful to be able to group them together by denomination, as it is an important part of their denominational history. If you want more evidence that the debate over slavery is an important part of each of these denominations' history, a quick Google search revealed the following: Baptist, [1] [2] [3] Congregationalist, [4] [5] Methodist, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] and Presbyterian. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] I also came across other denominations including Evangelical, [16] [17] Episcopalian, [18] Lutheran, [19] [20] Unitarian, [21] and Christianity in general. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] Again, those were all easy to find and I can find more if needed. I also just noticed there literally is a whole article on Wikipedia addressing the topic of Christian abolitionism. It seems to pretty clearly be an important intersection of history. Relinus ( talk) 01:49, 5 October 2023 (UTC) reply

References

  1. ^ Baptists and Anti-Slavery
  2. ^ From Abolitionists to Supporters: a Historical Evaluation of the Relationship between Southern Baptists and Slavery
  3. ^ Baptists, Slavery, and the Road to Civil War
  4. ^ "New England Congregationalism and the Anti-Slavery Movement, 1830–1860."
  5. ^ Baptists, Congregationalists, the Free Church, and Slavery
  6. ^ The relationship between the Methodist church, slavery and politics, 1784-1844 politics, 1784-1844
  7. ^ Early American Methodism and Slavery
  8. ^ Antislavery Roots: A Call to end Slavery - The Wesleyan Methodist Church 1843 - 1865
  9. ^ Methodist Bishops and Abolitionism
  10. ^ From abolitionists to fundamentalists: the transformation of the Wesleyan Methodists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
  11. ^ Abolitionism and the Presbyterian Schism of 1837-1838
  12. ^ Theophilus Wylie, the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and Slavery
  13. ^ Slavery and Presbyterianism in the Revolutionary Era
  14. ^ Presbyterian Attitudes Toward Slavery
  15. ^ Presbyterian Attitudes Towards Abolitionists (1860)
  16. ^ Abolitionism and Evangelicalism: Isaac Nelson, the Evangelical Alliance, and the Transatlantic Debate Over Christian Fellowship With Slaveholders
  17. ^ Slavery and the Evangelical Churches
  18. ^ The Episcopal Church and Slavery: A Historical Narrative
  19. ^ Just Enough? Lutherans, Slavery, and the Struggle for Racial Justice
  20. ^ New York Lutheran Abolitionists: Seeking a Solution to a Historical Enigma
  21. ^ Unitarians, Universalists, & Slavery
  22. ^ "The Power of Religious Activism in Tocqueville’s America: The Second Great Awakening and the Rise of Temperance and Abolitionism in New York State"
  23. ^ The Abolitionists
  24. ^ The Religious Roots of Abolition
  25. ^ The abolition of the slave trade: Christian conscience and political action
  26. ^ No Ordinary Sin: Antislavery Protestants and the Discovery of the Social Nature of Morality
  27. ^ Slavery and The Protestant Ethic (with Commentary)

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  • The references are nice in order to know more about the topic, but they also confirm that none of these denominations collectively took a stance against slavery. Insofar individual people were against it, it was not because their denomination as a whole was against it. Marcocapelle ( talk) 08:30, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply
    Maybe I’m not understanding where you're coming from. Would you mind explaining your position more or pointing me towards relevant wikipedia rules or precedent? Thanks. Relinus ( talk) 22:33, 14 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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  • I'm certainly not denying there were anti-abolitionist Christians, far from it, some of the references I provided discuss them. I'm saying that's not a reason to delete the category, in fact it’s a reason to keep it. If the groups were synonymous and all Christians were abolitionists and all abolitionists were Christian, then that would be a reason to delete the category. It is precisely because you cannot assume one from the other that it is useful for those researching the topic to have a category to contain people who are both.
To give an example: we have a category for American abolitionists despite the fact that not all Americans were abolitionists and not all abolitionists were American. The category is important precisely because you cannot assume one from the other.
There are literally books written about the intersection between these two topics, and I think by this point I have clearly demonstrated that this is a topic that someone may be interested in researching, so deleting it would be doing researchers a disservice. - Relinus ( talk) 04:23, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Lawyers in British India

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Nominator's rationale: Speedied request was "stale". Grandparent category is People from British India. [4] Mason ( talk) 20:00, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
Oops. Forgot to ping all the people: @ Jahaza, @ Ymblanter. Mason ( talk) 21:23, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:LGBT deities

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The result of the discussion was: listify/delete. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:52, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Overlap of categories. Redtigerxyz Talk 03:43, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
What about the other way around? Moving Category:Homosexuality and bisexuality deities to Category:LGBT deities? -- AHI-3000 ( talk) 04:33, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
IMO, "Homosexuality and bisexuality deities" is clearer. LGBT deities can be interpreted as deities associated with LGBT topics or deities who are LBGT.-- Redtigerxyz Talk 04:52, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
BTW there's another discussion about Category:LGBT deities. AHI-3000 ( talk) 23:09, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • What does "homosexuality and bisexuality deities" even mean? The articles in the category barely touch upon the subject. This is probably better for a list, in which a detailed description can be given of any type of LGBT relationship. Marcocapelle ( talk) 05:32, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    Comment I agree, the phrasing "homosexuality and bisexuality deities" is very unclear and awkward English. Since we are clearly not talking about adjectives (Homosexual deities etc) and since homosexuality and bisexuality are not religions.. Dan Carkner ( talk) 15:10, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Deities are not restricted to M/F/intersex/hermaphroditic so "bi" in relation to have more than 2/3 genders is also off. LGBT deities also is unclear. -- 67.70.25.175 ( talk) 10:50, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge, but I don't know where. There is indeed too much overlap here for two distinct categories to be viable, but "Homosexuality and bisexuality deities" is a grammatically untenable and unsupportable name for it, whereas "LGBT deities" doesn't work either because not every deity who is regarded as an LGBT symbol was actually depicted as LGBT themselves in the original mythology — so we only need one category here rather than two, but neither of the existing names is the right one for it, so the appropriate solution is to upmerge them both to a completely new name. Bearcat ( talk) 14:26, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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  • Listify/Delete both so to explain how the deity in question is associated with or related to LGBT/Homsexuality/Bisexuality/etc. Also, because we shouldn't be grouping deities of disparate mythologies together this way. The article LGBT themes in mythology seems to handle this much better than these categories, if anyone wanted to add any of these categories' members there, while also attempting to avoid WP:OR. - jc37 11:26, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Northeastern Ukraine campaign

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The result of the discussion was: split. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:53, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The article northeastern Ukraine campaign no longer exists, it was merged into Eastern Ukraine campaign and Northern Ukraine campaign. The pages in it should be reassigned to a category associated with one of those articles depending on their location. HappyWith ( talk) 23:48, 12 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Fictional humans

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Fictional people by populated place

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The result of the discussion was: rename "foo city bar" to "foo populated place bar". (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:49, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: rename, aligning with each other, with parent Category:Fictional people by populated place and with two siblings. (The renaming of the two siblings will be processed soon.) Marcocapelle ( talk) 09:57, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
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Fictional European-American people

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (@ Marcocapelle) (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:55, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: rename aligning with Category:American people of European descent, Category:American people of British descent, etc. Marcocapelle ( talk) 09:37, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
support per nom. Mason ( talk) 18:04, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
What about the other ethnic subcategories of Category:Fictional American people by ethnic or national origin? Or the other subcategories under Category:Fictional people by ethnic or national origin? Should all of them be renamed under the "Fictional X people of Y descent" pattern? AHI-3000 ( talk) 00:01, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Kartikeya_temples

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Category:Stanford University students

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Stanford University alumni. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:46, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: the norm is to put non-graduates in the alumni category Mason ( talk) 04:43, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Leaders of American University

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Chancellors and presidents of American University. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:45, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: AU changed from chancellors to presidents in the 1940s. Seems more accurate to just call the category the more specific term. I modeled the category name after: " Category:Chancellors and presidents of New York University" Mason ( talk) 04:41, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:American University faculty and staff

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The result of the discussion was: split between Category:American University faculty and Category:American University staff. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:26, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: I've never seen a US-based university that combines these categories. Category:Faculty by university or college in Washington, D.C. Category:Staff by university or college in the United States Mason ( talk) 04:16, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Family concepts

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Family. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:42, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle ( talk) 02:24, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Pirates from the Dutch Republic

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:57, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The intersection of regime and pirate is not defining. – Aidan721 ( talk) 20:31, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Families from Sokoto State

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:22, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: upmerge, as right now there's only one family in the category Mason ( talk) 23:01, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:People from Zamfara State by occupation

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Category:Charles Horman

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:23, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: small cat (n =2 ), without potential for growth Mason ( talk) 22:44, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:People from Gombe State by occupation

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Category:Rivers State politicians by party

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Category:English families by county

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Category:Basketball families by country

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Category:Expatriates from the Austrian Empire in the United States

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Nominator's rationale: upmerge because only member should be (and is ) in Category:Slovenian expatriates in the United States because being Slovenian is defining for Lovrenc Lavtižar, not for being from the AE Mason ( talk) 21:45, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:19th-century Scottish Presbyterians

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Nominator's rationale: small underpopulated category, that, at present isnt needed for the parent category Category:Scottish Presbyterians Mason ( talk) 21:28, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:19th-century Austrian Presbyterians

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Category:Continental Basketball Association venues

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:31, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining characteristic of these multi-purpose arenas. Note: this category was nominated for deletion in 2017 but no consensus was reached. User:Namiba 20:33, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Heavenly attendants in Jainism

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Category:Fictional Soviet people by ethnic or national origin

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:37, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete, many articles in the subcategories aren't Soviet fictional characters. The category may be restarted from scratch, but should only contain articles and no subcategories. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:39, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Keep. This is supposed to be a container category for subcategories. AHI-3000 ( talk) 17:56, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Delete. These people aren't necessarily Soviet people. At present, this category contains nationalities, that aren't exclusively for soviet people. Fictional Russian people by ethnic or national origin I think the category is attempt to mirror: Category:People from the Soviet Union by republic; however those child categories are explicitly Soviet republics, while these child categories are much broader nationalities that existed before and after the soviet union. Mason ( talk) 18:01, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Employment of foreign-born

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Employment of foreign-born people. This is a WP:NOTCURRENTTITLE situation, so I am going with the title with majority support. No prejudice against a speedy renomination for a further rename, but it is clear that the category should not be at the current title when such a discussion occurs. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:12, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Right now, it sounds awkward; an alternative could be Employment of expatriates Mason ( talk) 17:13, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:MIT Center for Theoretical Physics alumni

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:MIT Center for Theoretical Physics people. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:09, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Make the scope larger to match other labs/centers, eg Category:MIT Media Lab people‎ Mason ( talk) 16:55, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:MIT Department of Physics alumni

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:31, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Alumni by university department aren't defining. See [1] Mason ( talk) 16:45, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Emigrants from the Kingdom of Bavaria to the United Kingdom

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:39, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: No need to distinguish between regemes Mason ( talk) 18:22, 5 October 2023 (UTC) reply
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Note:@ Johnpacklambert has added commentary/context on my talk page. The crux of his reasoning is: "Emigration is at heart a movement from one political unit to another, and so emigrant categories need to be tied to those politcal units." I disagree with him on this as I think that political unit is mostly not a defining intersection for people leaving a nation (obviously there are exceptions). Regardless, I think his perspective is worth considering. Mason ( talk) 19:11, 5 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Pettus family

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The result of the discussion was: delete most. I am convinced that WP:TRAINWRECK applies here, but discussion-wide !votes are mostly in favor of deletion, and most nominations have not been specifically objected. Therefore, all of the nominated categories will be deleted, except for the following:
These will be treated as no consensus closures. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 19:07, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Small cat (n<3 ) without a corresponding eponymous article about the family Mason ( talk) 00:46, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Larger families that have grown to 4+ since nom
Nominator's update: these have grown since the nom, so I've pulled them out made them easier to see. @@ GiantSnowman, Marcocapelle, and Aidan721: Mason ( talk) 17:58, 14 October 2023 (UTC) reply
@ Patapsco913: Why did you place your !vote(s) within the nomination? It's kind of annoying to read. Edward-Woodrowtalk 18:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Where else was i to put them? The nomination feeds to this page. Patapsco913 ( talk) 20:24, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Daughters of barons

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Category:Kingdom of Bohemia emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies

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The result of the discussion was: merge/rename (Ignoring Category:Expatriates from the Kingdom of Ireland which has since been deleted.) (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:41, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The intersection with regime isn't defining for emigrants/expatriates. Mason ( talk) 12:48, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Finnish emigrants (1809–1917)

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The result of the discussion was: rename "Finnish foo (1809–1917)" to "foo Grand Duchy of Finland". (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:07, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Overlapping category, where it really isn't worth distinguishing that this is when Finland was part of the Russian Empire. If not merged, it could be renamed Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Finland Mason ( talk) 02:25, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:People from the Hanseatic City of Lübeck

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The result of the discussion was: manual merge both to Category:People from Lübeck. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:44, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: overlapping, underpopulated cat Mason ( talk) 00:28, 12 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:British sportspeople in British India

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 13:44, 31 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Parent is: British expatriate sportspeople in India‎ Mason ( talk) 21:43, 19 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:People convicted on terrorism charges

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:01, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Consistency with other subcategories of Category:People by criminal conviction. Opposed by a user who didn't recognize the pattern. – LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 13:23, 19 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Surnames of Jewish origin

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:45, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The category was speedied recently into the current name. You cannot speedy a category with thousands of entries. "Jewish surname" is not the same as "Surname of Jewish origin". The former means "Surname common among the Jews", the latter - surname originated in Jewish culture. "catmore" points to Jewish surname. The issue requires a thorough discussion. For example, Kaufmann or Genovese are Jewish surnames but not surnames of Jewish origin. And many more. Probably the category must be diffused. In particular we have category:Yiddish-language surnames and category:Hebrew-language surnames, which, as I saw, overlap with this one. - Altenmann >talk 16:39, 20 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment All of the "X surnames" for different ethnicities were moved today by the JJMC89 bot to "Surnames of X origin" through the speedy rename process. This is just one of dozens. Maybe it should have been objected to at that stage of this renaming process. But there are many others which have been altered as well. Liz Read! Talk! 21:37, 20 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    • Well, I am sure you are aware that Jewish ethnicity is a rather unusual case. I could not object because the category was not on my watchlist. BTW, you know what? even the famous surname Soloveitchik is not of "Jewish origin": it originated in smartass brains of some Russian bureaucrat who was bored with the process of inventing surnames for the Jews in the Russian Empire, who didn't have any. - Altenmann >talk 04:30, 21 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose, if certain surnames are not of Jewish origin then we should not categorize them as Jewish. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:39, 21 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Support: I agree with the nominator's reasoning entirely. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 09:37, 18 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Sons of Temperance

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 13:45, 31 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The Sons of Temperance was a moderately important temperance organization in the nineteenth-century but membership in it was non-defining for the careers of these notable figures. User:Namiba 19:36, 4 October 2023 (UTC) reply
If you look through the articles, you will see that most of them highlight their temperance activism, some in a major way. I'm fine with removing any which do not do so.-- User:Namiba 15:12, 5 October 2023 (UTC) reply
I've added the appropriate national or state-based temperance activist category for those who had a significant relationship with the temperance movement. Therefore, I support deletion.-- User:Namiba 14:25, 10 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Queer organizations & Category:Queer literature

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The result of the discussion was: delete. No substantial reason against. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale There's no clear distinguishing characteristics between a "queer" organization and an "LGBT" organization. Half of the organizations simply seem to have queer in the title of the group. Ditto for literature, mass media, and magazines. Bohemian Baltimore ( talk) 19:10, 23 September 2023 (UTC) reply
Apart from what other commenters noted, one of my problems with this merger is that "queer organizations" wouldn't easily go into LGBT organizations category, while "queer literature" doesn't go into LGBT literature, nor does "queer-related mass media" to LGBT-related mass media, nor "queer magazines" into LGBT-related magazines. So, at its current form, I oppose this merge. Historyday01 ( talk) 00:33, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply
There is no clear indication on when to categorize an organization as "LGBT" or as "queer". What makes Black Laundry, Out On Screen, or the Ingersoll Gender Center queer orgs rather than LGBT orgs? What makes In the Dream House or I Am J queer books? What distinguishes Thirsty Sword Lesbians as queer media and not just lesbian media? What makes a queer magazine distinct from other LGBT magazines? As they exist now, these categories are incoherent, because there is no clear idea on what to include and what not to include. Bohemian Baltimore ( talk) 16:32, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply
The basis for inclusion in any queer-related category is whether reliable sources use the term queer to describe the organization or work. This will typically coincide with whether the org or publication uses queer as a self-descriptor. There is nothing unusual or complex about that as a category scope.
Whether there is a sufficiently justified philosophical basis for the nuances of the distinction between queer specifically and LGBTQ+ more broadly is not Wikipedia's problem to solve. Some people, organizations, and works specifically identify as queer, and have reasons for doing so. One may take the view that they aren't good or sufficient reasons, and that the distinction is ultimately meaningless. Others will disagree. I don't think it would be appropriate for our category structure to endorse the view that the distinction is meaningless, because it would remove the ability for readers who are interested in the distinction to research queer topics.-- Trystan ( talk) 17:25, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Agree with nom, but just delete instead of merge, because the articles are already deeper down in the LGBT tree. Marcocapelle ( talk) 20:07, 23 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose. It hasn't even been six months since the closure of the last time you proposed this. Proposing it again so soon, in a way that doesn't take any of the direction from the previous close, is not productive. There was no consensus last time for your view that queer and LGBT are simple synonyms, so no consensus for blanket merges on that basis. That doesn't seem like the type of thing likely to have changed in five months.-- Trystan ( talk) 22:37, 23 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    @ Trystan The last time the related proposal was closed as "no consensus", it was entirely due to the inclusion of categories related to people. So no, this isn't the same proposal. Bohemian Baltimore ( talk) 23:57, 23 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge, or delete per Marcocapelle if the merge were to only create useless redundancy. It just creates more confusion to attempt to split queer and LGBT+ categories, as, unfortunately, categories are not good for nuances. However, the specific positioning and identification of these media and organization can and must be explained in article body, with all the needed precision. Place Clichy ( talk) 21:04, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Tripartite Alliance

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:49, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: I was the one who created this category but I now believe it should be deleted per WP:SMALLCAT. Charles Essie ( talk) 17:05, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:16th-century Prussian people

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:49, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: This category only had two child categories in it (16th-century FOO bishops in Prussia‎), that both belong in the parent category. I'm nominating it, and then moving the final category to 16th century in Prussia Mason ( talk) 14:43, 24 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:People of the Habsburg monarchy

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Category:Expatriates from the Kingdom of Scotland

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Category:Television series by Fox Television Animation

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Christian abolitionists

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:51, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete, follow-up on Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_September_15#Category:Christian_abolitionists in which the suggestion came up to only keep the Quaker's subcategory. The others aren't a defining intersection. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:28, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply
@ Namiba and Smasongarrison: pinging contributors to that earlier discussion. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:29, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Support. per old discussion Mason ( talk) 17:32, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Oppose. It seems weird to me to only keep Quakers, although certainly they were heavily involved with abolitionism (there's even an article on it), other denominations were too. Christians played a significant part in abolitionism so I’m actually against containerizing Christian abolitionists as well, although I recognize I might be too late on that. - Relinus ( talk) 01:58, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply
  • People against and for slavery were Christians of all sorts of denominations, only Quakers were against it based on a consistent denominational point of view. Marcocapelle ( talk) 05:57, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply
    That sounds almost like an argument that you don't need the Quaker category, except that the time period is important. For the rest one assumes it is useful to some people to be able to group together those in that denomination that were on the abolitionist side of the fence, and divide them from those coreligionists on the other side or those who stayed silent on this issue. For some of these denominations the internal debate would have been an important part of their history. Ϣere SpielChequers 09:45, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply
    I do think the categories should be exclusively limited to people who were known specifically both as Christians and as abolitionists, and for using Christian theology to oppose slavery. It looks like there are a number of people in the categories who might not belong. (Take for instance Mark Twain in Presbyterian abolitionists, who’s religious views vacillated widely and was actually critical of organized religion and Christian theology at times.) However, there are also people who should be labeled as Christian abolitionists like William Wilberforce, who wrote on abolitionism specifically from a Christian viewpoint; Elijah Lovejoy, a Presbyterian minister who was killed for his opposition to slavery; or Theodore Parker, a Unitarian minister who frequently preached on the topic and whose sermons later influenced Martin Luther King. (Unitarians by the way, like Quakers, were very frequently staunch abolitionists so quite a few of their ministers probably fit in this category.) Relinus ( talk) 15:15, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Quakers had a unique history of abolitionism, which is why that category should be kept. If evidence can be provided that the other Protestant sects also had a similarly unique history, then they should also be kept.-- User:Namiba 13:15, 4 October 2023 (UTC) reply
I’m not totally sure what more you’re looking for, it’s easy to find examples (see above) of individuals whose specific Christian beliefs informed their abolitionist stances, not just Quakers. It is very much a defining intersection for them. As ϢereSpielChequers has already pointed out, it is useful to be able to group them together by denomination, as it is an important part of their denominational history. If you want more evidence that the debate over slavery is an important part of each of these denominations' history, a quick Google search revealed the following: Baptist, [1] [2] [3] Congregationalist, [4] [5] Methodist, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] and Presbyterian. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] I also came across other denominations including Evangelical, [16] [17] Episcopalian, [18] Lutheran, [19] [20] Unitarian, [21] and Christianity in general. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] Again, those were all easy to find and I can find more if needed. I also just noticed there literally is a whole article on Wikipedia addressing the topic of Christian abolitionism. It seems to pretty clearly be an important intersection of history. Relinus ( talk) 01:49, 5 October 2023 (UTC) reply

References

  1. ^ Baptists and Anti-Slavery
  2. ^ From Abolitionists to Supporters: a Historical Evaluation of the Relationship between Southern Baptists and Slavery
  3. ^ Baptists, Slavery, and the Road to Civil War
  4. ^ "New England Congregationalism and the Anti-Slavery Movement, 1830–1860."
  5. ^ Baptists, Congregationalists, the Free Church, and Slavery
  6. ^ The relationship between the Methodist church, slavery and politics, 1784-1844 politics, 1784-1844
  7. ^ Early American Methodism and Slavery
  8. ^ Antislavery Roots: A Call to end Slavery - The Wesleyan Methodist Church 1843 - 1865
  9. ^ Methodist Bishops and Abolitionism
  10. ^ From abolitionists to fundamentalists: the transformation of the Wesleyan Methodists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
  11. ^ Abolitionism and the Presbyterian Schism of 1837-1838
  12. ^ Theophilus Wylie, the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and Slavery
  13. ^ Slavery and Presbyterianism in the Revolutionary Era
  14. ^ Presbyterian Attitudes Toward Slavery
  15. ^ Presbyterian Attitudes Towards Abolitionists (1860)
  16. ^ Abolitionism and Evangelicalism: Isaac Nelson, the Evangelical Alliance, and the Transatlantic Debate Over Christian Fellowship With Slaveholders
  17. ^ Slavery and the Evangelical Churches
  18. ^ The Episcopal Church and Slavery: A Historical Narrative
  19. ^ Just Enough? Lutherans, Slavery, and the Struggle for Racial Justice
  20. ^ New York Lutheran Abolitionists: Seeking a Solution to a Historical Enigma
  21. ^ Unitarians, Universalists, & Slavery
  22. ^ "The Power of Religious Activism in Tocqueville’s America: The Second Great Awakening and the Rise of Temperance and Abolitionism in New York State"
  23. ^ The Abolitionists
  24. ^ The Religious Roots of Abolition
  25. ^ The abolition of the slave trade: Christian conscience and political action
  26. ^ No Ordinary Sin: Antislavery Protestants and the Discovery of the Social Nature of Morality
  27. ^ Slavery and The Protestant Ethic (with Commentary)

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  • The references are nice in order to know more about the topic, but they also confirm that none of these denominations collectively took a stance against slavery. Insofar individual people were against it, it was not because their denomination as a whole was against it. Marcocapelle ( talk) 08:30, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply
    Maybe I’m not understanding where you're coming from. Would you mind explaining your position more or pointing me towards relevant wikipedia rules or precedent? Thanks. Relinus ( talk) 22:33, 14 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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  • I'm certainly not denying there were anti-abolitionist Christians, far from it, some of the references I provided discuss them. I'm saying that's not a reason to delete the category, in fact it’s a reason to keep it. If the groups were synonymous and all Christians were abolitionists and all abolitionists were Christian, then that would be a reason to delete the category. It is precisely because you cannot assume one from the other that it is useful for those researching the topic to have a category to contain people who are both.
To give an example: we have a category for American abolitionists despite the fact that not all Americans were abolitionists and not all abolitionists were American. The category is important precisely because you cannot assume one from the other.
There are literally books written about the intersection between these two topics, and I think by this point I have clearly demonstrated that this is a topic that someone may be interested in researching, so deleting it would be doing researchers a disservice. - Relinus ( talk) 04:23, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Lawyers in British India

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:52, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Speedied request was "stale". Grandparent category is People from British India. [4] Mason ( talk) 20:00, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
Oops. Forgot to ping all the people: @ Jahaza, @ Ymblanter. Mason ( talk) 21:23, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:LGBT deities

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The result of the discussion was: listify/delete. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:52, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Overlap of categories. Redtigerxyz Talk 03:43, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
What about the other way around? Moving Category:Homosexuality and bisexuality deities to Category:LGBT deities? -- AHI-3000 ( talk) 04:33, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
IMO, "Homosexuality and bisexuality deities" is clearer. LGBT deities can be interpreted as deities associated with LGBT topics or deities who are LBGT.-- Redtigerxyz Talk 04:52, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
BTW there's another discussion about Category:LGBT deities. AHI-3000 ( talk) 23:09, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • What does "homosexuality and bisexuality deities" even mean? The articles in the category barely touch upon the subject. This is probably better for a list, in which a detailed description can be given of any type of LGBT relationship. Marcocapelle ( talk) 05:32, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    Comment I agree, the phrasing "homosexuality and bisexuality deities" is very unclear and awkward English. Since we are clearly not talking about adjectives (Homosexual deities etc) and since homosexuality and bisexuality are not religions.. Dan Carkner ( talk) 15:10, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Deities are not restricted to M/F/intersex/hermaphroditic so "bi" in relation to have more than 2/3 genders is also off. LGBT deities also is unclear. -- 67.70.25.175 ( talk) 10:50, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge, but I don't know where. There is indeed too much overlap here for two distinct categories to be viable, but "Homosexuality and bisexuality deities" is a grammatically untenable and unsupportable name for it, whereas "LGBT deities" doesn't work either because not every deity who is regarded as an LGBT symbol was actually depicted as LGBT themselves in the original mythology — so we only need one category here rather than two, but neither of the existing names is the right one for it, so the appropriate solution is to upmerge them both to a completely new name. Bearcat ( talk) 14:26, 2 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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  • Listify/Delete both so to explain how the deity in question is associated with or related to LGBT/Homsexuality/Bisexuality/etc. Also, because we shouldn't be grouping deities of disparate mythologies together this way. The article LGBT themes in mythology seems to handle this much better than these categories, if anyone wanted to add any of these categories' members there, while also attempting to avoid WP:OR. - jc37 11:26, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Northeastern Ukraine campaign

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The result of the discussion was: split. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:53, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The article northeastern Ukraine campaign no longer exists, it was merged into Eastern Ukraine campaign and Northern Ukraine campaign. The pages in it should be reassigned to a category associated with one of those articles depending on their location. HappyWith ( talk) 23:48, 12 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Fictional humans

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Fictional people by populated place

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The result of the discussion was: rename "foo city bar" to "foo populated place bar". (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:49, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: rename, aligning with each other, with parent Category:Fictional people by populated place and with two siblings. (The renaming of the two siblings will be processed soon.) Marcocapelle ( talk) 09:57, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Support per nom. – LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 18:40, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Fictional European-American people

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (@ Marcocapelle) (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:55, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: rename aligning with Category:American people of European descent, Category:American people of British descent, etc. Marcocapelle ( talk) 09:37, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
support per nom. Mason ( talk) 18:04, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
What about the other ethnic subcategories of Category:Fictional American people by ethnic or national origin? Or the other subcategories under Category:Fictional people by ethnic or national origin? Should all of them be renamed under the "Fictional X people of Y descent" pattern? AHI-3000 ( talk) 00:01, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Kartikeya_temples

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Category:Stanford University students

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Stanford University alumni. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:46, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: the norm is to put non-graduates in the alumni category Mason ( talk) 04:43, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Support. per nom. Relinus ( talk) 04:26, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Leaders of American University

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Chancellors and presidents of American University. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:45, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: AU changed from chancellors to presidents in the 1940s. Seems more accurate to just call the category the more specific term. I modeled the category name after: " Category:Chancellors and presidents of New York University" Mason ( talk) 04:41, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Support. per nom. Relinus ( talk) 04:26, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:American University faculty and staff

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The result of the discussion was: split between Category:American University faculty and Category:American University staff. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 17:26, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: I've never seen a US-based university that combines these categories. Category:Faculty by university or college in Washington, D.C. Category:Staff by university or college in the United States Mason ( talk) 04:16, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Support. per nom. Relinus ( talk) 04:27, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Family concepts

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Family. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 16:42, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle ( talk) 02:24, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Support. per nom Mason ( talk) 04:17, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Pirates from the Dutch Republic

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 19:57, 2 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: The intersection of regime and pirate is not defining. – Aidan721 ( talk) 20:31, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Support per nom. Mason ( talk) 20:56, 13 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Private members' clubs

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