Category talk:Medical practitioners convicted of murdering their patients

I think the name should be changed to a broader definition of 'medical practitioners' instead of just doctors. This would then legitimately include nurses, such as Charles Cullen, who has many similarities that would warrant his comparison to John Bodkin Adams, Harold Shipman, etc.Malick78 08:28, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay, no one has answered regarding the above so I will change the name within the next 7 days, unless someone would prefer otherwise. Malick78 (talk) 17:36, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, you can take it to CFD if you want to change the scope of it. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 17:38, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I "can take it" because it's a suggestion by me and therefore must be opposed, or I "should take it" because that's procedure?

I ask because changing the name is simple while CFD, then creating a new cat which someone will dislike and force 50 other editors to vote on (and decide to keep)... is a waste of everyone's time. So, if you deem it permissible, I would humbly like to save everyone's time and change it the easy way. Pretty please? Malick78 (talk) 18:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CFD is "categories for discussion". There's no way to change the name of the cat without going there. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 18:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification:) I'll see what views are there then. Malick78 (talk) 21:29, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Caveat removed[edit]

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 August 2#Category:Murdering doctors shows a consensus for only including people who were convicted by jury, not conviction by author. The category cannot be applied to people who were not convicted, it is a false categoery. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 22:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Such a caveat, if applied across categories, would lead to a disorder that would render categories useless. A doctor has either been convicted by a jury, or he has not. What an author thinks after-the-fact is beside the point. What One Night In Hackney has said above is exactly correct. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 01:12, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]