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September 27

Category:Melodeonists by nationality

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Melodeon. Category:Scottish melodeonists will be merged as well. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:23, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Only one nationality in this category Mason ( talk) 23:33, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:9th century in the Holy Roman Empire

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The result of the discussion was: rename.
Nominator's rationale: Holy Roman Empire didn't really exist until the coronation of Otto I in 962. (it's arguable that the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire was 800 when Charlemagne was crowned). But in this case the category is extremely underpopulated. Mason ( talk) 23:20, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Australian convict women

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:20, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Something to make it clearer who belongs in the category, parent is "Convicts transported to Australia" Mason ( talk) 21:17, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:18+

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:12, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: This category is blatant nonsense. — theMainLogan ( t c) 21:03, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Radio in Senegambia

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:13, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete, redundant category since there is no content beside for the separate countries. Trivial intersection between geographical region and media. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:29, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
delete. I agree that this is trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 00:01, 29 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Hunters from the Russian Empire

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Category:Russian municipal police chiefs

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Category:Anti-capitalists from the Russian Empire

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Category:Russian Empire escapees

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Category:Adoptees in the Russian Empire

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Category:British people in colonial Australia

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Category:14th-century BC mayors

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Category:Biologists from British India

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Category:Social workers in British India

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Category:Trade unionists in British India

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Category:Linguists in British India

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Category:Circus performers in British India

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Category:Scholars in British India

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Category:Albanians in Yugoslavia

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Yugoslav Albanians. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 23:33, 12 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: overlapping cat Mason ( talk) 15:17, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge per nom. Marcocapelle ( talk) 18:11, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  •  Comment: It seems to me "Albanians in Yugoslavia" has Albanians by nationality, whereas "Yugoslav Albanians" has Albanians by ethnicity (i.e. Kosovo Albanians from SAP Kosovo). This is not made clear by category names, however. – Vipz ( talk) 11:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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  • @ Vipz: it seems that all three articles in Category:Albanians in Yugoslavia are ethnic Albanians, so merging is justifiable. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:37, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    It's a "it just so happens" situation that Albanians by nationality in this category are also Albanians by ethnicity. What we're essentially doing by the merge is deleting a nationality category in favor of an ethnicity category. Anyway, what differentiates it from its parent category, Category:Yugoslav people of Albanian descent? – Vipz ( talk) 10:15, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge. Too much overlap, and too much risk of confusion for editors. We categorized first and foremost by defining characteristics, and if someone is defined as an Albanian that's how we should describe them as well. We don't ask articles their passport. In some cases it is very clear which precise citizenship an individual held at a given time (this stuff tends to change over time), but in many many cases this notion is too blurry to assume we would be able to tell the difference well enough to have separate categories between several kinds of Yugoslav Albanians. Place Clichy ( talk) 16:09, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Ethnic Albanian people

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Category:Ethnic Albanian writers

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Albanian-language writers. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:18, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: parent category is being requested to merge Mason ( talk) 15:19, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose, ethnicity is something different than descent from an emigrant. Marcocapelle ( talk) 18:08, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Scientists from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German scientists. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:17, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:38, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Artists from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German artists. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:17, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:38, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Architects from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German architects. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:38, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • If not kept, merge to Category:German architects. Marcocapelle ( talk) 16:20, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Keep & populate Surely there were more than 2. The country existed almost half a century in relatively recent history. The last ones will have died in the early 21st century. NLeeuw ( talk) 04:03, 18 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    The problem is that JLP makes these empire categories and then neglects them. (Or removes the folks from the other categories) Mason ( talk) 20:37, 18 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Sculptors from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German sculptors. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:39, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Astronomers from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German astronomers. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:39, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Oppose: the German Empire included, at least for a while, parts of what is now Poland and France, and had many citizens who did not consider themselves German: this sort of hedge is potentially useful for people whose self-identification is no longer possible to recover (not German/German Empire, but Nicolaus Copernicus is the crowning example). UndercoverClassicist T· C 15:48, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Redirects from UK postcode districts

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 16:00, 15 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Match the naming style of the parent category ( Category:Redirects from postal codes), and that of the rcat template ({{ R from UK postcode}}), neither of which add the word district. user: A smart kitten meow 10:34, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
... and it may be worth noting Category:Postcode areas of the United Kingdom Thincat ( talk) 12:05, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Keep. Yes, it's a question of word usage because a lot of people do say postcode when they mean only the district. I agree with Thincat that the terms are area (XX), district (XX99) and code (XX99 9ZZ). I'm suggesting a keep because we should really comply with terms that are strictly correct but I can well understand confusion arising: my postcode bears no relation at all to where I actually live (wrong postal town and wrong county)! PearlyGigs ( talk) 14:14, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:PSOTY

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:15, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Previously deleted per CfD on 9JUN2023, but the only difference I notice from before is one additional album and a few more categorized redirects. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars Talk to me 09:40, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Priests in South Africa

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:15, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Category is more useful as a nationality category Mason ( talk) 04:57, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Emigrants from British Overseas Territories to the United Kingdom

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Immigrants to the United Kingdom. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:15, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: I think that we should either delete this category OR convert it into the parent category Mason ( talk) 02:49, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Bhutanese musicians by instrument

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:14, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: only one category that could easily be in the main category Mason ( talk) 02:06, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Found several more instruments that are solo instruments
Nominator's rationale: Found another fairly empty by "instrument" Mason ( talk) 23:25, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Romans who received the grass crown

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:14, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Consistency with the parent category (Ancient Romans) and making it clearer when the context is Mason ( talk) 00:58, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Additional noms from 20:01, 27 September 2023
Nominator's rationale: Same reasoning of consistency/clarity Mason ( talk) 20:09, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Rename per nom. Marcocapelle ( talk) 04:50, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Rename all as outlined because the context is important. At first glance, Category:Roman prisoners of war could easily mean Italian soldiers in World War II who came from Rome. PearlyGigs ( talk) 13:54, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Rename per nom (and as creator of one of them). Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 15:30, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    Great. I'll try to dig around to see if there are any I missed. Mason ( talk) 20:01, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: I note that the word "Romans" nearly always means "ancient Romans"; while technically it could be used for inhabitants of medieval or modern Rome, there can't be that many uses of the term in English compared with examples of Romans from antiquity. And most of these categories consist entirely of ancient Romans, some of them because the concepts they relate to belong exclusively to ancient Rome (for example, no Romans were deified after the fourth century; there were no Roman gentes or equites or patricians [except in a very limited sense, not the classical one] post-Roman Empire). So in many cases, "ancient" is redundant and a little bit ridiculous. Doing a silly thing just to keep everything consistent, even when there's no risk of confusion, seems like a poor rationale. P Aculeius ( talk) 07:27, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Unnecessary Per P Aculeius. Adding "ancient" in these cases is redundant. In every case it is clear that "Roman" means "ancient Romans"; I can't believe anyone would confuse "Roman prisoners of war" with Italian POWs of any war from Rome, & that would not be a notable category. Further, in some cases adding "ancient" would actually lead to some confusion, for example would some think "ancient Roman patricians" excludes Roman Patricians who flourished during the Empire? Hypercorrectness would engender this kind of confusion. -- llywrch ( talk) 20:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • There are some categories for which it is obvious that it is about ancient Romans, and some other categories for which it is not obvious at all, e.g. Category:Lists of Roman people. Surely the latter type of categories should be renamed, but for consistency I still prefer all of them to be renamed. Marcocapelle ( talk) 20:40, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Rename All Don't disagree that the additional word is needed on some but not all of the individual categories. But consistency here will help with both reader navigation and keeping it simple for category creators. - RevelationDirect ( talk) 10:31, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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September 27

Category:Melodeonists by nationality

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Melodeon. Category:Scottish melodeonists will be merged as well. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:23, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Only one nationality in this category Mason ( talk) 23:33, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:9th century in the Holy Roman Empire

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The result of the discussion was: rename.
Nominator's rationale: Holy Roman Empire didn't really exist until the coronation of Otto I in 962. (it's arguable that the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire was 800 when Charlemagne was crowned). But in this case the category is extremely underpopulated. Mason ( talk) 23:20, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Australian convict women

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:20, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Something to make it clearer who belongs in the category, parent is "Convicts transported to Australia" Mason ( talk) 21:17, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:18+

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:12, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: This category is blatant nonsense. — theMainLogan ( t c) 21:03, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Radio in Senegambia

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:13, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete, redundant category since there is no content beside for the separate countries. Trivial intersection between geographical region and media. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:29, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
delete. I agree that this is trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 00:01, 29 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Hunters from the Russian Empire

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Category:Russian municipal police chiefs

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Category:Anti-capitalists from the Russian Empire

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Category:Russian Empire escapees

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Category:Adoptees in the Russian Empire

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Category:British people in colonial Australia

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Category:14th-century BC mayors

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Category:Biologists from British India

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Category:Social workers in British India

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Category:Trade unionists in British India

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Category:Linguists in British India

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Category:Circus performers in British India

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Category:Scholars in British India

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Category:Albanians in Yugoslavia

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Yugoslav Albanians. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 23:33, 12 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: overlapping cat Mason ( talk) 15:17, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge per nom. Marcocapelle ( talk) 18:11, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  •  Comment: It seems to me "Albanians in Yugoslavia" has Albanians by nationality, whereas "Yugoslav Albanians" has Albanians by ethnicity (i.e. Kosovo Albanians from SAP Kosovo). This is not made clear by category names, however. – Vipz ( talk) 11:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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  • @ Vipz: it seems that all three articles in Category:Albanians in Yugoslavia are ethnic Albanians, so merging is justifiable. Marcocapelle ( talk) 17:37, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    It's a "it just so happens" situation that Albanians by nationality in this category are also Albanians by ethnicity. What we're essentially doing by the merge is deleting a nationality category in favor of an ethnicity category. Anyway, what differentiates it from its parent category, Category:Yugoslav people of Albanian descent? – Vipz ( talk) 10:15, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge. Too much overlap, and too much risk of confusion for editors. We categorized first and foremost by defining characteristics, and if someone is defined as an Albanian that's how we should describe them as well. We don't ask articles their passport. In some cases it is very clear which precise citizenship an individual held at a given time (this stuff tends to change over time), but in many many cases this notion is too blurry to assume we would be able to tell the difference well enough to have separate categories between several kinds of Yugoslav Albanians. Place Clichy ( talk) 16:09, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Ethnic Albanian people

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Category:Ethnic Albanian writers

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Albanian-language writers. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:18, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: parent category is being requested to merge Mason ( talk) 15:19, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose, ethnicity is something different than descent from an emigrant. Marcocapelle ( talk) 18:08, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Scientists from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German scientists. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:17, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:38, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Artists from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German artists. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:17, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:38, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Architects from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German architects. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:38, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • If not kept, merge to Category:German architects. Marcocapelle ( talk) 16:20, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Keep & populate Surely there were more than 2. The country existed almost half a century in relatively recent history. The last ones will have died in the early 21st century. NLeeuw ( talk) 04:03, 18 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    The problem is that JLP makes these empire categories and then neglects them. (Or removes the folks from the other categories) Mason ( talk) 20:37, 18 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Sculptors from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German sculptors. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:39, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Astronomers from the German Empire

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:German astronomers. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: trivial intersection Mason ( talk) 15:39, 16 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Oppose: the German Empire included, at least for a while, parts of what is now Poland and France, and had many citizens who did not consider themselves German: this sort of hedge is potentially useful for people whose self-identification is no longer possible to recover (not German/German Empire, but Nicolaus Copernicus is the crowning example). UndercoverClassicist T· C 15:48, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Redirects from UK postcode districts

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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 16:00, 15 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Match the naming style of the parent category ( Category:Redirects from postal codes), and that of the rcat template ({{ R from UK postcode}}), neither of which add the word district. user: A smart kitten meow 10:34, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
... and it may be worth noting Category:Postcode areas of the United Kingdom Thincat ( talk) 12:05, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Keep. Yes, it's a question of word usage because a lot of people do say postcode when they mean only the district. I agree with Thincat that the terms are area (XX), district (XX99) and code (XX99 9ZZ). I'm suggesting a keep because we should really comply with terms that are strictly correct but I can well understand confusion arising: my postcode bears no relation at all to where I actually live (wrong postal town and wrong county)! PearlyGigs ( talk) 14:14, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:PSOTY

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:15, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Previously deleted per CfD on 9JUN2023, but the only difference I notice from before is one additional album and a few more categorized redirects. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars Talk to me 09:40, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Priests in South Africa

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:15, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Category is more useful as a nationality category Mason ( talk) 04:57, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Emigrants from British Overseas Territories to the United Kingdom

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Immigrants to the United Kingdom. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:15, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: I think that we should either delete this category OR convert it into the parent category Mason ( talk) 02:49, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Bhutanese musicians by instrument

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:14, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: only one category that could easily be in the main category Mason ( talk) 02:06, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Found several more instruments that are solo instruments
Nominator's rationale: Found another fairly empty by "instrument" Mason ( talk) 23:25, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Romans who received the grass crown

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure)LaundryPizza03 ( d ) 01:14, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Consistency with the parent category (Ancient Romans) and making it clearer when the context is Mason ( talk) 00:58, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Additional noms from 20:01, 27 September 2023
Nominator's rationale: Same reasoning of consistency/clarity Mason ( talk) 20:09, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Rename per nom. Marcocapelle ( talk) 04:50, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Rename all as outlined because the context is important. At first glance, Category:Roman prisoners of war could easily mean Italian soldiers in World War II who came from Rome. PearlyGigs ( talk) 13:54, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Rename per nom (and as creator of one of them). Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 15:30, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
    Great. I'll try to dig around to see if there are any I missed. Mason ( talk) 20:01, 27 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: I note that the word "Romans" nearly always means "ancient Romans"; while technically it could be used for inhabitants of medieval or modern Rome, there can't be that many uses of the term in English compared with examples of Romans from antiquity. And most of these categories consist entirely of ancient Romans, some of them because the concepts they relate to belong exclusively to ancient Rome (for example, no Romans were deified after the fourth century; there were no Roman gentes or equites or patricians [except in a very limited sense, not the classical one] post-Roman Empire). So in many cases, "ancient" is redundant and a little bit ridiculous. Doing a silly thing just to keep everything consistent, even when there's no risk of confusion, seems like a poor rationale. P Aculeius ( talk) 07:27, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Unnecessary Per P Aculeius. Adding "ancient" in these cases is redundant. In every case it is clear that "Roman" means "ancient Romans"; I can't believe anyone would confuse "Roman prisoners of war" with Italian POWs of any war from Rome, & that would not be a notable category. Further, in some cases adding "ancient" would actually lead to some confusion, for example would some think "ancient Roman patricians" excludes Roman Patricians who flourished during the Empire? Hypercorrectness would engender this kind of confusion. -- llywrch ( talk) 20:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • There are some categories for which it is obvious that it is about ancient Romans, and some other categories for which it is not obvious at all, e.g. Category:Lists of Roman people. Surely the latter type of categories should be renamed, but for consistency I still prefer all of them to be renamed. Marcocapelle ( talk) 20:40, 28 September 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Rename All Don't disagree that the additional word is needed on some but not all of the individual categories. But consistency here will help with both reader navigation and keeping it simple for category creators. - RevelationDirect ( talk) 10:31, 1 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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