For detailed instructions about using CfD, see "
How to use CfD" below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:
Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see "
Speedy renaming and merging" below.
Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open for at least seven days and are closed once a rough
consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.
Except in uncontroversial cases such as reverting
vandalism, do not amend or depopulate a category once it has been nominated at CfD as this hampers other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.
When a category is renamed or merged with another category, in limited circumstances it may be helpful to leave an instance of the {{
Category redirect|...}} template on the category's former page. See "
Redirecting categories" below for more information.
Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a CfD request that is limited in scope to renaming, as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the request closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of a CfD move discussion to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the
spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines. CfDs involving deletion should be reviewed at
Wikipedia:Deletion review.
CfD is intended only for specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories or stub types. For general discussion about how to improve the category system, use other appropriate venues such as
Wikipedia talk:Categorization,
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and any relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.
You may use
Twinkle to facilitate CfD nominations. To install Twinkle, go to
Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and check "Twinkle" in the "Browsing" section. Use the now-installed "XfD" (Start a deletion discussion) tab while viewing the page you want to nominate.
Twinkle only allows you to nominate a single category or stub template. For bundled nominations including multiple categories, or if you prefer not to use Twinkle, follow the manual steps below.
Add one of the following templates at the beginning of the
category page (not the
talk page) of every category to be discussed. For nominations involving large numbers of categories, help adding these templates can be requested
here.
Include "CfD", "CfM", "CfR", "CfS" or "CfL" in the edit summary, and do not mark the edit as
minor. Preview before saving.
To add the template for previous nomination days, use the "full" version of the template by appending "full" to the template name, i.e. {{
cfd full}}, {{
cfm full}}, {{
cfr full}}, {{
cfs full}} and {{
cfl full}}. Use the |day=, |month= and |year= parameters to make the banner link to the correct CfD page.
Consider adding {{
subst:cfd notice|Category name|2024 March 28|CfD section name}} ~~~~ to the talk page of the category's creator.
For details about these templates, see each template's
documentation.
Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) to copy and paste one of the templates below. When inserting category names into these template's parameters, except the text= parameter, omit the Category: prefix and do not use
wikilinks, as the template takes care of this.
If nominating a single category:
For deleting, use {{
subst:Cfd2|Obsolete category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
For merging, use {{
subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
For merging to two categories, use {{
subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category 1|target2=Destination category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
For renaming, use {{
subst:Cfr2|Current category|Proposed name|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed rename. ~~~~}}
For splitting, use {{
subst:Cfs2|Current category|Proposed category 1|Proposed category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed split. ~~~~}}
For converting the category into a list, use {{
subst:Cfc2|Current category|Proposed article|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{
subst:Cfd2|Current category|type=other type|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}
For a bundled nomination, use one of the standard templates to build the "Cfd section name" for the first nominated category. After saving that, the second and subsequent nominations must be inserted manually, as follows:
==== Cfd section name ====
* 1st category
* 2nd category [Make clear whether you propose deletion, merging or renaming]
* Your reason for nominating the categories, and signature.
If a bundled nomination is too long, consider using {{
hidden}} to hide some of the nominated categories.
In your reason, use links if mentioning articles or categories. To link to a category, use the
colon trick by adding a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, e.g. [[:Category:Foo]].
Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.
Stub types
I
Preliminary steps.
In general, a stub type consists of a stub
template and a dedicated stub category. Before nominating a stub type for deletion, merging or renaming:
Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) and paste the following text (remember to update the default parameters):
For deletion, use {{
subst:sfd-t2|TemplateName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
For renaming, use {{
subst:sfr-t2|TemplateOldName|TemplateNewName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
In your rationale, mention how many articles currently use the template to help other editors. When linking to a category in your rationale, always add a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, like [[:Category:Foo]]. This makes a category link that can be seen on the page, and avoids putting this page into the category you are nominating.
Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.
Notifying interested projects and editors
In addition to the steps listed above, you may choose to invite participation by editors who are likely to be informed about a nominated category. All such efforts must comply with
Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing. In addition, to help make your messages about the CfD discussion clear, avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations, link to relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the discussion itself.
Notifying related WikiProjects
WikiProjects consist of groups of editors who are interested in a particular subject. If a nominated category is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, consider adding a brief, neutral note on their talk page(s) about the nomination. You may use {{
subst:cfd notice|Category name|2024 March 28|CfD section name}} ~~~~ or write a personalized message.
Notifying substantial contributors to the category
While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the
good-faith creator and main contributors of the category that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, check the category's
page history or
talk page. You may use {{
Cfd notice}} to inform the category's creator and all other editors.
Notifying other interested editors
It may be helpful to invite other subject-matter experts by posting a message on the talk page of the most closely related article, such as
Protein family for
Category:Protein families. You may use {{
Cfdnotice}} for this.
After seven days, someone will close the discussion according to the
consensus that formed or, if needed,
relist it to allow more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and, except in the case of a "keep" or "no consensus" outcome, implement the result or log it at the
Working page to ensure it is implemented.
In general, an unpopulated category should be deleted (see
speedy deletion criterion C1) because it is not useful for navigation and sorting. In limited circumstances, and because categories cannot be redirected using "hard" redirects (i.e. #REDIRECT[[''target'']]), we use a form of "soft redirect" to solve the issue. You can create a
category redirect by adding {{
Category redirect|target}} to the category page.
Bots patrol these categories and move articles into the "redirect" targets.
In particular, category redirects are used at the former category name when we convert hyphens into
en dashes (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations). It is also helpful to set up category redirects from titles with plain letters (i.e. characters on a standard keyboard) where the category names include
diacritics.
This page has a backlog that requires the attention of willing editors. Please remove this notice when the backlog is cleared.
Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested only if they meet a speedy criterion, for example
WP:C2D (consistency with main article's name) or
WP:C2C (consistency with established category tree names). Please see instructions below.
Please note that a speedy request must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-
speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points, but only at a full discussion at
WP:Categories for discussion.
Request may take 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the speedy criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.
Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per
Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g., "patent nonsense", "recreation") can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{
db|reason}} with no required delay. Empty categories can be deleted if they remain empty 7 days after tagging with {{
db-empty}}. Renaming under
C2E may also be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation on
G7.
To oppose a speedy request you must record your objection within 48 hours of the nomination. Do this by inserting immediately under the nomination:
Oppose, (the reasons for your objection). ~~~~
You will not be able to do this by editing the page WP:Categories for discussion. Instead, you should edit the section
WP:Categories for discussion#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here or the page
WP:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here (
WP:CFDS). Be aware that in the course of any discussion, the nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience – you may need to search
WP:CFDS to find the new location. Participate in any ongoing discussion, but unless you withdraw your opposition, a knowledgeable person may eventually bring forward the nomination and discussion to become a regular CFD discussion. At that stage you may add further comments, but your initial opposition will still be considered. However, if after seven days there has been no support for the request, and no response from the nominator, the request may be dropped from further consideration as a speedy.
Contested speedy requests become stale, and can be untagged and delisted after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{
moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at
WP:Categories for discussion (CfD) in accordance with
its instructions.
If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who
process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.
Correction of spelling errors and
capitalization fixes. Differences between
British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under
C2C. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
Appropriate conversion of hyphens into
en dashes or
vice versa (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).
Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing
conjunction (e.g. Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads). This includes
pluralizing a noun in the name of a set category, but not when disagreement might reasonably be anticipated as to whether the category is a
topic or set category.
C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices
Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at
Wikipedia:Category names
This should be used only where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
This criterion should be applied only when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case then the category in question must be brought forward to a full Cfd nomination.
This applies only if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is:
unambiguous (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the
primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); and
uncontroversial, either because of longstanding stability at that particular name, or because the page was just moved (i) after a page move discussion resulted in explicit consensus to rename, or (ii) unilaterally to reflect an official renaming which is verified by one or more citations (provided in the nomination). C2D does not apply if the result would be contrary to guidelines at
WP:CATNAME, or there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result, or it is controversial in some other way.
This criterion may also be used to rename a
set category in the same circumstances, where the set is defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.
Before nominating a category to be renamed per
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This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.
This criterion applies if the category contains only an eponymous article, list, template or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories, where applicable. Nominations should use {{
subst:cfm-speedy}} (speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article).
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With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
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Then does the page
Category:Anti-Israeli sentiment need to be edited to say it's main page is a redirect to anti-zionism? Or does it need to be updated to say that it is an OPINIONCAT for biographies and subcategories?
Soyembika (
talk) 07:18, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I would not oppose removing the catmain script on the page.
Marcocapelle (
talk) 21:17, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
that sounds interesting, as you can probably tell i am not very familiar with best practices/procedure.
As it stands, the
catmain is a redirect that has always been a redirect to
Anti-Zionism.
Will removing that make any difference to the way this category is used?
Where is the proper place to have this discussion? Because the last three discusssions have not led to a consensus, and this
WP:OPINIONCATWP:COPDEF definitely needs one.
Soyembika (
talk) 01:16, 26 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Soyembika: just removing the catmain script can be done boldly. But it would not make a real difference, it would just avoid some confusion.
Marcocapelle (
talk) 07:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose, if only for the fact that not all Zionists are Israelis (
Christian Zionism is a thing, for instance). Opposition to a political ideology is not necessarily the same thing as having negative feelings or beliefs about a country or its people. (I also personally think
Anti-Israeli sentiment should redirect to
Criticism of Israel instead, but that's another topic).
This was moved two days ago. I think if you disagree with the move, it should go to full CFD. I do not think it is a good idea to move categories back and forth without any comments.
Ymblanter (
talk) 21:52, 26 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Category:Garda Síochána operations to
Category:Irish Garda Síochána operations – As the Garda Síochána operations and other law enforcement articles continue to appear on more and more internationally linked pages in english, there is the need to be
WP:concise and
WP:consistent for readers not familiar with the agency. As an example, the United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement isn't just called Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. It uses the prefix U.S. (for example
Category:U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations) to ensure readers are able to quickly recognize the home country of the law enforcement agency without being forced to check each article that contains the names of multiple national law enforcement agencies.
eximo (
talk) 17:13, 23 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I don't even understand what "! Presets" is supposed to mean. @
Joana machado2021: could you please clarify? —
andrybak (
talk) 22:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I was going to come back to this yesterday but got distracted. You're right, probably worth a full discussion on all the categories. I have no clue why they're named like this.
AusLondonder (
talk) 08:59, 23 March 2024 (UTC)reply
This applies to all the NFL noms here. A sub category should follow the parent category. As long as we aren't using
Category:NFL for the parent, these shouldn't move. If we do move, the parent, then this should also move.
Gonnym (
talk) 16:05, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Gonnym: The parent (
National Football League) was one of two exceptions in the
recent move discussion that resulted in utilizing the abbreviation. I also don't believe there's a rule or guideline that states we shouldn't switch to abbreviations at any point if the pages themselves are abbreviated.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 12:41, 22 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Take it to a full discussion here then. Categories should match and not switch over. That is basic thing here.
Gonnym (
talk) 18:04, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Gonnym: Then point to a guideline that states that. It makes sense to utilize the full name in the first instance and then utilize an acronym afterwards, as we do in articles.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 12:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
This is how it's always been done here.
Gonnym (
talk) 13:31, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
So, to be clear, your argument is not policy/MoS based @
Gonnym? It's just
WP:IDONTLIKEIT? Speaking from experience, I very frequently see abbreviations or short names used in subcategories of larger topics.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 14:53, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Good eye, thanks. I may give that a go in near future, but it is a big project. Is it ok to do it incrementally?
toobigtokale (
talk) 15:18, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Yes, but when tagging and nominating a category, all subcategories should be added here too (top to bottom, starting from parent).
Brandmeistertalk 19:36, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I do not think we should upmerge these five categories. If I understand the situation correctly, the provinces were created in 2019, and we have articles on all the districts in these provinces and on come localities (in any case, the administrative centers). However, these articles have not yet been updated or have been updated inconsistently, and they remain in the category trees of the old provinces where they belonged before 2019. I would update them, but the update might require some research (and I hope it does not require knowledge of Arabic), but I do not think upmerging is a good idea.
Ymblanter (
talk) 06:40, 20 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Generally, I can hardly imagine a situation when a category of a first-level administration division can not be populated and thus amenable to C2F.
Ymblanter (
talk) 06:42, 20 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Smasongarrison I think that "People's Artist of the Moldavian SSR" was awarded before 1991 and "People's Artist of Moldova" after 1991. Also
People's Artist of the Moldavian SSR is a redirect, so I don't think C2D applies.
TSventon (
talk) 16:57, 16 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Thanks! Now, with the new description, it is much clearer that they're not duplicates.
Mason (
talk) 13:29, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
PLEASE NOTE: I have moved all of the following Categories here pending adequate confirmation of their eligibility under C2C. I made a serious effort to look for that, but was unable to find such confirmation. There is a massive jumbled welter of Categories in this realm, with no prevailing pattern that I can discern.
Anomalous+0 (
talk) 07:16, 19 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Comment: I disagree, since this category can be included in
Category:French atheists. A "writer on Atheism" is not necessarily an atheist, and an atheist writer can write about many different issues except Atheism.
PedroAcero76 (
talk) 11:49, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Btw, none of the writers listed in this category are "writers on Atheism", they didn't write on that issue.
PedroAcero76 (
talk) 11:54, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
In fact, I just solved the problem argued: parent category is now French atheists.
PedroAcero76 (
talk) 12:20, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Excuse me? I would encourage you to assume good faith instead of what you have written here.
Mason (
talk) 23:52, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
PedroAcero76 " But the worst thing is that you messed it all up." is inappropriate and not in good faith.
Mason (
talk) 23:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Smasongarrison: I do assume good faith, but a bad result. One consequence will be that the new category will be an empty one: Jean Meslier didn't write on atheism, neither Marcel Proust did (he was just a novelist). In fact, Meslier wrote on Catholicism: he was a harsh critic of Roman Catholicism. So you will get an empty, useless category, mistaking concepts. That's what I tried to explain. I assume that we all try to improve Wikipedia, and I apologize if I didn't explain myself clearly enough. It wasn't my intention.
PedroAcero76 (
talk) 00:03, 5 March 2024 (UTC)reply
There are better ways to express your concerns including not attributing the outcome of the CFD to me. You have made many assumptions about what I believe and that I am somehow responsible for the consequences of the CFD.
Mason (
talk) 00:09, 5 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Also you are much better off discussing this in the CFD instead of here.
Mason (
talk) 00:12, 5 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Question Why 'Atheism' with a capital 'A'? Subcategories of
Category:Atheism spell it with a lowercase 'a'. Otherwise I support the renamings.
NLeeuw (
talk) 17:15, 3 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I was just basing it off of the parent category. No other reason than that.
Mason (
talk) 23:23, 3 March 2024 (UTC)reply
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The categories listed below have been identified as empty using {{
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For a listing of current collaborations, tasks, and news, see the Community portal. For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the Dashboard.
For detailed instructions about using CfD, see "
How to use CfD" below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:
Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see "
Speedy renaming and merging" below.
Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open for at least seven days and are closed once a rough
consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.
Except in uncontroversial cases such as reverting
vandalism, do not amend or depopulate a category once it has been nominated at CfD as this hampers other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.
When a category is renamed or merged with another category, in limited circumstances it may be helpful to leave an instance of the {{
Category redirect|...}} template on the category's former page. See "
Redirecting categories" below for more information.
Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a CfD request that is limited in scope to renaming, as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the request closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of a CfD move discussion to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the
spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines. CfDs involving deletion should be reviewed at
Wikipedia:Deletion review.
CfD is intended only for specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories or stub types. For general discussion about how to improve the category system, use other appropriate venues such as
Wikipedia talk:Categorization,
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and any relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.
You may use
Twinkle to facilitate CfD nominations. To install Twinkle, go to
Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and check "Twinkle" in the "Browsing" section. Use the now-installed "XfD" (Start a deletion discussion) tab while viewing the page you want to nominate.
Twinkle only allows you to nominate a single category or stub template. For bundled nominations including multiple categories, or if you prefer not to use Twinkle, follow the manual steps below.
Add one of the following templates at the beginning of the
category page (not the
talk page) of every category to be discussed. For nominations involving large numbers of categories, help adding these templates can be requested
here.
Include "CfD", "CfM", "CfR", "CfS" or "CfL" in the edit summary, and do not mark the edit as
minor. Preview before saving.
To add the template for previous nomination days, use the "full" version of the template by appending "full" to the template name, i.e. {{
cfd full}}, {{
cfm full}}, {{
cfr full}}, {{
cfs full}} and {{
cfl full}}. Use the |day=, |month= and |year= parameters to make the banner link to the correct CfD page.
Consider adding {{
subst:cfd notice|Category name|2024 March 28|CfD section name}} ~~~~ to the talk page of the category's creator.
For details about these templates, see each template's
documentation.
Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) to copy and paste one of the templates below. When inserting category names into these template's parameters, except the text= parameter, omit the Category: prefix and do not use
wikilinks, as the template takes care of this.
If nominating a single category:
For deleting, use {{
subst:Cfd2|Obsolete category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
For merging, use {{
subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
For merging to two categories, use {{
subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category 1|target2=Destination category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
For renaming, use {{
subst:Cfr2|Current category|Proposed name|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed rename. ~~~~}}
For splitting, use {{
subst:Cfs2|Current category|Proposed category 1|Proposed category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed split. ~~~~}}
For converting the category into a list, use {{
subst:Cfc2|Current category|Proposed article|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{
subst:Cfd2|Current category|type=other type|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}
For a bundled nomination, use one of the standard templates to build the "Cfd section name" for the first nominated category. After saving that, the second and subsequent nominations must be inserted manually, as follows:
==== Cfd section name ====
* 1st category
* 2nd category [Make clear whether you propose deletion, merging or renaming]
* Your reason for nominating the categories, and signature.
If a bundled nomination is too long, consider using {{
hidden}} to hide some of the nominated categories.
In your reason, use links if mentioning articles or categories. To link to a category, use the
colon trick by adding a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, e.g. [[:Category:Foo]].
Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.
Stub types
I
Preliminary steps.
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Then does the page
Category:Anti-Israeli sentiment need to be edited to say it's main page is a redirect to anti-zionism? Or does it need to be updated to say that it is an OPINIONCAT for biographies and subcategories?
Soyembika (
talk) 07:18, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I would not oppose removing the catmain script on the page.
Marcocapelle (
talk) 21:17, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
that sounds interesting, as you can probably tell i am not very familiar with best practices/procedure.
As it stands, the
catmain is a redirect that has always been a redirect to
Anti-Zionism.
Will removing that make any difference to the way this category is used?
Where is the proper place to have this discussion? Because the last three discusssions have not led to a consensus, and this
WP:OPINIONCATWP:COPDEF definitely needs one.
Soyembika (
talk) 01:16, 26 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Soyembika: just removing the catmain script can be done boldly. But it would not make a real difference, it would just avoid some confusion.
Marcocapelle (
talk) 07:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose, if only for the fact that not all Zionists are Israelis (
Christian Zionism is a thing, for instance). Opposition to a political ideology is not necessarily the same thing as having negative feelings or beliefs about a country or its people. (I also personally think
Anti-Israeli sentiment should redirect to
Criticism of Israel instead, but that's another topic).
This was moved two days ago. I think if you disagree with the move, it should go to full CFD. I do not think it is a good idea to move categories back and forth without any comments.
Ymblanter (
talk) 21:52, 26 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Category:Garda Síochána operations to
Category:Irish Garda Síochána operations – As the Garda Síochána operations and other law enforcement articles continue to appear on more and more internationally linked pages in english, there is the need to be
WP:concise and
WP:consistent for readers not familiar with the agency. As an example, the United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement isn't just called Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. It uses the prefix U.S. (for example
Category:U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations) to ensure readers are able to quickly recognize the home country of the law enforcement agency without being forced to check each article that contains the names of multiple national law enforcement agencies.
eximo (
talk) 17:13, 23 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I don't even understand what "! Presets" is supposed to mean. @
Joana machado2021: could you please clarify? —
andrybak (
talk) 22:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I was going to come back to this yesterday but got distracted. You're right, probably worth a full discussion on all the categories. I have no clue why they're named like this.
AusLondonder (
talk) 08:59, 23 March 2024 (UTC)reply
This applies to all the NFL noms here. A sub category should follow the parent category. As long as we aren't using
Category:NFL for the parent, these shouldn't move. If we do move, the parent, then this should also move.
Gonnym (
talk) 16:05, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Gonnym: The parent (
National Football League) was one of two exceptions in the
recent move discussion that resulted in utilizing the abbreviation. I also don't believe there's a rule or guideline that states we shouldn't switch to abbreviations at any point if the pages themselves are abbreviated.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 12:41, 22 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Take it to a full discussion here then. Categories should match and not switch over. That is basic thing here.
Gonnym (
talk) 18:04, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Gonnym: Then point to a guideline that states that. It makes sense to utilize the full name in the first instance and then utilize an acronym afterwards, as we do in articles.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 12:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
This is how it's always been done here.
Gonnym (
talk) 13:31, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
So, to be clear, your argument is not policy/MoS based @
Gonnym? It's just
WP:IDONTLIKEIT? Speaking from experience, I very frequently see abbreviations or short names used in subcategories of larger topics.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 14:53, 25 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Good eye, thanks. I may give that a go in near future, but it is a big project. Is it ok to do it incrementally?
toobigtokale (
talk) 15:18, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Yes, but when tagging and nominating a category, all subcategories should be added here too (top to bottom, starting from parent).
Brandmeistertalk 19:36, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I do not think we should upmerge these five categories. If I understand the situation correctly, the provinces were created in 2019, and we have articles on all the districts in these provinces and on come localities (in any case, the administrative centers). However, these articles have not yet been updated or have been updated inconsistently, and they remain in the category trees of the old provinces where they belonged before 2019. I would update them, but the update might require some research (and I hope it does not require knowledge of Arabic), but I do not think upmerging is a good idea.
Ymblanter (
talk) 06:40, 20 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Generally, I can hardly imagine a situation when a category of a first-level administration division can not be populated and thus amenable to C2F.
Ymblanter (
talk) 06:42, 20 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Smasongarrison I think that "People's Artist of the Moldavian SSR" was awarded before 1991 and "People's Artist of Moldova" after 1991. Also
People's Artist of the Moldavian SSR is a redirect, so I don't think C2D applies.
TSventon (
talk) 16:57, 16 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Thanks! Now, with the new description, it is much clearer that they're not duplicates.
Mason (
talk) 13:29, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
PLEASE NOTE: I have moved all of the following Categories here pending adequate confirmation of their eligibility under C2C. I made a serious effort to look for that, but was unable to find such confirmation. There is a massive jumbled welter of Categories in this realm, with no prevailing pattern that I can discern.
Anomalous+0 (
talk) 07:16, 19 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Comment: I disagree, since this category can be included in
Category:French atheists. A "writer on Atheism" is not necessarily an atheist, and an atheist writer can write about many different issues except Atheism.
PedroAcero76 (
talk) 11:49, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Btw, none of the writers listed in this category are "writers on Atheism", they didn't write on that issue.
PedroAcero76 (
talk) 11:54, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
In fact, I just solved the problem argued: parent category is now French atheists.
PedroAcero76 (
talk) 12:20, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Excuse me? I would encourage you to assume good faith instead of what you have written here.
Mason (
talk) 23:52, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
PedroAcero76 " But the worst thing is that you messed it all up." is inappropriate and not in good faith.
Mason (
talk) 23:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Smasongarrison: I do assume good faith, but a bad result. One consequence will be that the new category will be an empty one: Jean Meslier didn't write on atheism, neither Marcel Proust did (he was just a novelist). In fact, Meslier wrote on Catholicism: he was a harsh critic of Roman Catholicism. So you will get an empty, useless category, mistaking concepts. That's what I tried to explain. I assume that we all try to improve Wikipedia, and I apologize if I didn't explain myself clearly enough. It wasn't my intention.
PedroAcero76 (
talk) 00:03, 5 March 2024 (UTC)reply
There are better ways to express your concerns including not attributing the outcome of the CFD to me. You have made many assumptions about what I believe and that I am somehow responsible for the consequences of the CFD.
Mason (
talk) 00:09, 5 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Also you are much better off discussing this in the CFD instead of here.
Mason (
talk) 00:12, 5 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Question Why 'Atheism' with a capital 'A'? Subcategories of
Category:Atheism spell it with a lowercase 'a'. Otherwise I support the renamings.
NLeeuw (
talk) 17:15, 3 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I was just basing it off of the parent category. No other reason than that.
Mason (
talk) 23:23, 3 March 2024 (UTC)reply
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