Category talk:Afghan politicians

This category needs a name change
I think this category's name should be changed to Politicians of Afghanistan. My reasoning for this is that we have a few politicians here that do not call themselves Afghan, such as Latif Pedram. And this name change makes good sense. If anyone doesn't object, I will ask admins for a name change. Behnam 09:01, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I strongly disagree. I only noticed this discussion because anonymous IP changed Shahzada (Taliban commander) from Category:Afghan politicians to Category:Politicians of Afghanistan.  As of this writing about thirty individuals are in the new category while about 100 remain in the old category.


 * That sucks.


 * The original name has the advantage that it is shorter and clearer. As Strunk & White wrote, shorter and clearer is better, even for us geniuses.


 * In my opinion a new name has to be significantly better to justify a name change, because it is confusing to people who continue to think they can use the name they are familiar with.


 * It is not clear to me how the name change would ameliorate the list containing individuals who aren't Afghan citizens.


 * Whoever is moving individuals from one category to the other, pleas stop and engage in a dialogue, before continuing.


 * Okay I just checked the article on Latif Pedram, and fail to see why listing him in Category:Afghan politicians is a problem.


 * Cheers! Geo Swan 01:25, 29 May 2007 (UTC)


 * My apologies


 * Behnam and I had a further discussion, and I was completely won over. I now believe that Category:Politicians of Afghanistan is a significantly better name than Category:Afghan politicians.  I know better.  I should have returned here, and said so earlier.


 * A couple of days ago someone nominated this category for speedy renaming. They might have looked at this discussion page and assumed that there were no good reasons for the longer name.  I regret not returning here earlier to state that I found Behnam's reasoning completely convincing


 * Cheers! Geo Swan 19:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)