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Category:13th-century Kipchacks

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The result of the discussion was: rename ( non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:41, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Per Kipchack redirecting to Kipchaks.   ~  Tom.Reding ( talkdgaf)  23:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Wabash Athletic Association football seasons

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The result of the discussion was: delete ( non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:41, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Only one page in category. Let'srun ( talk) 02:56, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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  • Delete for now, without objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle ( talk) 05:20, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Maritime Privateers football

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Category:Maritime Privateers football coaches

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Category:Carleton Knights football seasons

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Category:Impostors

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Category:Ford Foundation fellowships

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Category:14th-century Neo-Latin writers

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:56, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining intersection between version of latin language Mason ( talk) 20:34, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Oppose: Hi there, this is a stylistic rather than periodic distinction. Most writers in C14th wrote in what is called "Medieval Latin", but a handful of pioneers wrote in a classicising style that we now call Neo-Latin. The most famous of these is Petrarch. by c. 1500, the distinction reduces and disappears, and categories of Latin writers are all grouped under Category:Neo-Latin writers. However, in the transition centuries, this is not possible. Jim Killock (talk) 20:41, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Thanks for the context. I still don't know if that intersection is defining, like are these people typically described as " 14th-century Neo-Latin writers"? Because for this tranistion period, it would make more sense to me to just add them directly to the parent category instead. Mason ( talk) 20:50, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
They are typically described as either " Renaissance Latin" or " Neo-Latin" writers, but never as "medieval Latin" writers (excepting early works perhaps). Their defining feature is that they were pioneers who used the revived, standardised, classical standard we now call either Renaissance or Neo-Latin. I don't know what the right approach is, exactly, because they are after all also "14th century Latin writers", but the parent category claims that all 14th century Latin writers are also writers of Medieval Latin, which is plainly incorrect. What should happen is that the category is split out, and also for the Category:15th-century writers in Latin, which even more ridiculously claims that all 15th century Latin writers are both Renaissance Latin and Medieval Latin writers. I had a strategy for this which is to list all Neo-Latin writers on a list page, which is currently in draft, and split them out. Jim Killock (talk) 21:07, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Ok, so from what you have written here, your problem is more with the parent categories, rather than the 14th-century category. I'd encourage you to look over how categories and their nesting structure work, as it sounds like a better solution would be to remove some of the parent categories rather than create a duplicate category. Mason ( talk) 21:52, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
I mean, I didn't do any of this, except create the 14th-century Neo-Latin writers category. I don't really see how it can be addressed except the way I've suggested, because the people designing the category have assumed that rigid differentiations can be applied through the whole Latin period. So Category:Medieval Latin-language writers includes Category:6th-century writers in Latin up to Category:15th-century writers in Latin; which is probably in opposition to what many scholars of Late Latin would say. The boundaries imposed are by century and therefore arbtitrary and need serious fixing, but my own ambition is limited to addressing the issues with Neo-Latin writers, which I hope you'll appreciate is where I've got some knowledge I can apply. Jim Killock (talk) 22:18, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
I'm not saying you created any of the "by century" categories; what I was suggesting is that there is an alternative solution that would not involve duplication of the the 14th-century. You've brought up the concerns you have with the parent categories, such as medieval latin-language writers including the 6th century, as well as 15th-century being included in medieval. How are either of those relevant to the current category under discussion? Those boundary categories could easily be removed if you were to add a clear description of the range, but this category doesn't solve that problem. Mason ( talk) 01:09, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply
The relevance is that whoever designed the Latin category system knew that "style" in Latin matters more than "century" and wanted a way to short cut the classification work of thousands of writers. How do I find all the medieval Latin writers? I look through a set of century categories at Category:Medieval Latin-language writers.
Thus, each century is assigned a "style", which in several cases in problematic. This ought to be fixed, but is some amount of work.
For the 14th century, it is broadly correct, with a small number of exceptions, which I separated out into this category.
For the 15th century, the solution is to seperate a larger number of medieval style writers, and label others as Neo-Latinists of that century. In other words, the solution to the innaccurate classification is for someone to go through the boundary centuries and separate out the classifications.
If you merge the two categories Category:14th-century Neo-Latin writers with Category:14th-century writers in Latin, then you end up with wrong information.
If, to avoid this, you remove Category:14th-century writers in Latin from Category:Medieval Latin-language writers to avoid this incorrect information, then the overall classification is broken, and a century of Medieval latinists are no longer classified as such.
The alternative is to delete the classification system matching styles to century, but this leads to much greater data loss and more pain, I would suggest. Jim Killock (talk) 08:05, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Oppose per Jim Killock. Johnbod ( talk) 04:40, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Killock has suggested an alternative structure. Are you opposing that alternative as well? Mason ( talk) 05:28, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Fictional toymakers and toy inventors

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 03:12, 9 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: A rather narrow and unnecessary category, it can easily be dual merged into these two categories depending on the character. (Though, Geppetto is already in the subcategory of carpenters). ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ) 23:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Keep - there seems to be enough characters here to warrant a split. (Oinkers42) ( talk) 21:45, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Merge per nom. @ Zxcvbnm, I assume you mean merge here right? Omnis Scientia ( talk) 11:26, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Yes, but there's no option for selecting 2 merge targets so... ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ) 11:51, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply
@ Zxcvbnm, yes the lack of dual merge option is quite frustrating! Omnis Scientia ( talk) 18:28, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Keep No explanation of why this is "narrow", but artisan supposedly has a wider scope. Dimadick ( talk) 01:22, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Toymakers is very narrow. What if they make other objects? Mason ( talk) 05:29, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:American women health professionals of Indian descent

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The result of the discussion was: merge ( non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:47, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining intersection between gender, occupation, and ethnic origin Mason ( talk) 14:08, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Merge per nom and previous precedent. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 14:35, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:American film people by ethnic or national origin

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The result of the discussion was: merge ( non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:47, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. This category is unhelpful for navigation with only one category in it Mason ( talk) 14:07, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Merge per nom. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 14:36, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:American film actors of Asian descent

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The result of the discussion was: rename/merge/delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:48, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining intersection between ethniticity, occupation, and medium Mason ( talk) 13:56, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Support nomination. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 14:36, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Geochronologically significant locations

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:50, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. Vaguely defined Mason ( talk) 13:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Merge or delete, it is questionable whether the articles belong in the target. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:36, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Fuels infrastructure phase-out

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Fuels infrastructure. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: This category has no actual infrastructure phase-out content in it. Mason ( talk) 04:52, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Natural gas phase-out

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: No actual content in here about a phase out Mason ( talk) 04:42, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Fossil fuel vehicle phase-out

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Not enough content to really justify a category. Mason ( talk) 04:32, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Expulsions of Jews

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename to match main parent article Longhornsg ( talk) 01:57, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Wine culture by country

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Drinking culture by country. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:50, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one category in here, which is unhelpful for navigation Mason ( talk) 01:15, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:LPSA

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:52, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: I think this falls under C2D, but, my nom is more motivated by the fact that LPSA is too generic Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan Mason ( talk) 01:12, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
fine with me. I just though it was a long name, but LPSA is opaque so it's probably better to spell it out. – ishwar   (speak) 03:04, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Professional shogi players

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The result of the discussion was: merge/rename as nominated. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 03:11, 9 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: No other board game player category makes this distinction Category:Board game players. Mason ( talk) 01:07, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Disagree. Professional shogi players are a distinct group of shogi players in that they are members of the 日本将棋連盟 (Nihon Shōgi Renmei). Only Japanese people are professional players. There are other non-Japanese shogi players who have wikipedia pages, but they aren't professional. It's not like chess where anyone who is a good player can participate in a shogi tournament. Amateur shogi players generally can't participate in professional tournaments. It's rather restrictive. The reason for making the distinction is because the distinction is made in the shogi world (which is a part of Japanese culture). Perhaps no other board has this rigid hierarchical structure of players. It's a similar situation with female shogi players, who are technically not professional players (since none has passed the stringent prerequisites), where they have label of female professional shogi player (女流棋士 joryū kishi) that is distinct from an amateur player. Again, although the chess world has women's chess tournaments, but there's not a distinct between a professional and an amateur. This is unlike Japanese culture where there is a distinction. The categorization represents the distinction. – ishwar   (speak) 03:03, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Syrian clothing

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Middle Eastern clothing. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:52, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one page in here. Mason ( talk) 00:52, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:16th-century anthropologists

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:29, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Neither of these people are anthropologists. Anthropology doesn't really become a field until the 19th century Mason ( talk) 00:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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January 31

Category:13th-century Kipchacks

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The result of the discussion was: rename ( non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:41, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Per Kipchack redirecting to Kipchaks.   ~  Tom.Reding ( talkdgaf)  23:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Wabash Athletic Association football seasons

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The result of the discussion was: delete ( non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:41, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Only one page in category. Let'srun ( talk) 02:56, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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  • Delete for now, without objection to recreate the category when some more articles are available. Marcocapelle ( talk) 05:20, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Maritime Privateers football

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Category:Maritime Privateers football coaches

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Category:Carleton Knights football seasons

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Category:Impostors

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Category:Ford Foundation fellowships

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Category:14th-century Neo-Latin writers

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:56, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining intersection between version of latin language Mason ( talk) 20:34, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Oppose: Hi there, this is a stylistic rather than periodic distinction. Most writers in C14th wrote in what is called "Medieval Latin", but a handful of pioneers wrote in a classicising style that we now call Neo-Latin. The most famous of these is Petrarch. by c. 1500, the distinction reduces and disappears, and categories of Latin writers are all grouped under Category:Neo-Latin writers. However, in the transition centuries, this is not possible. Jim Killock (talk) 20:41, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Thanks for the context. I still don't know if that intersection is defining, like are these people typically described as " 14th-century Neo-Latin writers"? Because for this tranistion period, it would make more sense to me to just add them directly to the parent category instead. Mason ( talk) 20:50, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
They are typically described as either " Renaissance Latin" or " Neo-Latin" writers, but never as "medieval Latin" writers (excepting early works perhaps). Their defining feature is that they were pioneers who used the revived, standardised, classical standard we now call either Renaissance or Neo-Latin. I don't know what the right approach is, exactly, because they are after all also "14th century Latin writers", but the parent category claims that all 14th century Latin writers are also writers of Medieval Latin, which is plainly incorrect. What should happen is that the category is split out, and also for the Category:15th-century writers in Latin, which even more ridiculously claims that all 15th century Latin writers are both Renaissance Latin and Medieval Latin writers. I had a strategy for this which is to list all Neo-Latin writers on a list page, which is currently in draft, and split them out. Jim Killock (talk) 21:07, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Ok, so from what you have written here, your problem is more with the parent categories, rather than the 14th-century category. I'd encourage you to look over how categories and their nesting structure work, as it sounds like a better solution would be to remove some of the parent categories rather than create a duplicate category. Mason ( talk) 21:52, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
I mean, I didn't do any of this, except create the 14th-century Neo-Latin writers category. I don't really see how it can be addressed except the way I've suggested, because the people designing the category have assumed that rigid differentiations can be applied through the whole Latin period. So Category:Medieval Latin-language writers includes Category:6th-century writers in Latin up to Category:15th-century writers in Latin; which is probably in opposition to what many scholars of Late Latin would say. The boundaries imposed are by century and therefore arbtitrary and need serious fixing, but my own ambition is limited to addressing the issues with Neo-Latin writers, which I hope you'll appreciate is where I've got some knowledge I can apply. Jim Killock (talk) 22:18, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
I'm not saying you created any of the "by century" categories; what I was suggesting is that there is an alternative solution that would not involve duplication of the the 14th-century. You've brought up the concerns you have with the parent categories, such as medieval latin-language writers including the 6th century, as well as 15th-century being included in medieval. How are either of those relevant to the current category under discussion? Those boundary categories could easily be removed if you were to add a clear description of the range, but this category doesn't solve that problem. Mason ( talk) 01:09, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply
The relevance is that whoever designed the Latin category system knew that "style" in Latin matters more than "century" and wanted a way to short cut the classification work of thousands of writers. How do I find all the medieval Latin writers? I look through a set of century categories at Category:Medieval Latin-language writers.
Thus, each century is assigned a "style", which in several cases in problematic. This ought to be fixed, but is some amount of work.
For the 14th century, it is broadly correct, with a small number of exceptions, which I separated out into this category.
For the 15th century, the solution is to seperate a larger number of medieval style writers, and label others as Neo-Latinists of that century. In other words, the solution to the innaccurate classification is for someone to go through the boundary centuries and separate out the classifications.
If you merge the two categories Category:14th-century Neo-Latin writers with Category:14th-century writers in Latin, then you end up with wrong information.
If, to avoid this, you remove Category:14th-century writers in Latin from Category:Medieval Latin-language writers to avoid this incorrect information, then the overall classification is broken, and a century of Medieval latinists are no longer classified as such.
The alternative is to delete the classification system matching styles to century, but this leads to much greater data loss and more pain, I would suggest. Jim Killock (talk) 08:05, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Oppose per Jim Killock. Johnbod ( talk) 04:40, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Killock has suggested an alternative structure. Are you opposing that alternative as well? Mason ( talk) 05:28, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Fictional toymakers and toy inventors

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 03:12, 9 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: A rather narrow and unnecessary category, it can easily be dual merged into these two categories depending on the character. (Though, Geppetto is already in the subcategory of carpenters). ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ) 23:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Keep - there seems to be enough characters here to warrant a split. (Oinkers42) ( talk) 21:45, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Merge per nom. @ Zxcvbnm, I assume you mean merge here right? Omnis Scientia ( talk) 11:26, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Yes, but there's no option for selecting 2 merge targets so... ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ) 11:51, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply
@ Zxcvbnm, yes the lack of dual merge option is quite frustrating! Omnis Scientia ( talk) 18:28, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl talk 19:29, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl talk 20:15, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Keep No explanation of why this is "narrow", but artisan supposedly has a wider scope. Dimadick ( talk) 01:22, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Toymakers is very narrow. What if they make other objects? Mason ( talk) 05:29, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:American women health professionals of Indian descent

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The result of the discussion was: merge ( non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:47, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining intersection between gender, occupation, and ethnic origin Mason ( talk) 14:08, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Merge per nom and previous precedent. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 14:35, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:American film people by ethnic or national origin

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The result of the discussion was: merge ( non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:47, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. This category is unhelpful for navigation with only one category in it Mason ( talk) 14:07, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Merge per nom. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 14:36, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:American film actors of Asian descent

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The result of the discussion was: rename/merge/delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:48, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining intersection between ethniticity, occupation, and medium Mason ( talk) 13:56, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Support nomination. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 14:36, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Geochronologically significant locations

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:50, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. Vaguely defined Mason ( talk) 13:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Merge or delete, it is questionable whether the articles belong in the target. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:36, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Fuels infrastructure phase-out

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Fuels infrastructure. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: This category has no actual infrastructure phase-out content in it. Mason ( talk) 04:52, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Natural gas phase-out

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: No actual content in here about a phase out Mason ( talk) 04:42, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Fossil fuel vehicle phase-out

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Not enough content to really justify a category. Mason ( talk) 04:32, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Expulsions of Jews

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Rename to match main parent article Longhornsg ( talk) 01:57, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Wine culture by country

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Drinking culture by country. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 18:50, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one category in here, which is unhelpful for navigation Mason ( talk) 01:15, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:LPSA

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:52, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: I think this falls under C2D, but, my nom is more motivated by the fact that LPSA is too generic Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan Mason ( talk) 01:12, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
fine with me. I just though it was a long name, but LPSA is opaque so it's probably better to spell it out. – ishwar   (speak) 03:04, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Professional shogi players

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The result of the discussion was: merge/rename as nominated. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 03:11, 9 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: No other board game player category makes this distinction Category:Board game players. Mason ( talk) 01:07, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Disagree. Professional shogi players are a distinct group of shogi players in that they are members of the 日本将棋連盟 (Nihon Shōgi Renmei). Only Japanese people are professional players. There are other non-Japanese shogi players who have wikipedia pages, but they aren't professional. It's not like chess where anyone who is a good player can participate in a shogi tournament. Amateur shogi players generally can't participate in professional tournaments. It's rather restrictive. The reason for making the distinction is because the distinction is made in the shogi world (which is a part of Japanese culture). Perhaps no other board has this rigid hierarchical structure of players. It's a similar situation with female shogi players, who are technically not professional players (since none has passed the stringent prerequisites), where they have label of female professional shogi player (女流棋士 joryū kishi) that is distinct from an amateur player. Again, although the chess world has women's chess tournaments, but there's not a distinct between a professional and an amateur. This is unlike Japanese culture where there is a distinction. The categorization represents the distinction. – ishwar   (speak) 03:03, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:Syrian clothing

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Middle Eastern clothing. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:52, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one page in here. Mason ( talk) 00:52, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Category:16th-century anthropologists

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 22:29, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Neither of these people are anthropologists. Anthropology doesn't really become a field until the 19th century Mason ( talk) 00:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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