User:Evad37/sandbox/Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 March 13

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Category:X5

 * Propose merging Category:X5 to Category:X1
 * Propose merging Category:X6 to Category:X1
 * Propose merging Category:X4 to Category:X1
 * Propose merging Category:X3 to Category:X1
 * Propose merging Category:X2 to Category:X1
 * Nominator's rationale: The first category listed needs to be pluralised; this would regularly be a speedy change but I want to supplement it with the rest of this nomination. The position of Auditor General of Sri Lanka has gone through a number of name changes over the years (see the article). Each subcategory listed includes the individuals who held the position in question when it had one particular name. Although the name changed over time, the position did not really change that much—at least not enough to justify having a different article for the positions. So I do not understand why we cannot just categorize these all in one category, named in a plural form to match the article for the positions, which is Auditor General of Sri Lanka. Several of the subcategories contain just one article. Example2 (talk) 03:28, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: 3

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Category:Xn

 * Propose deleting xn
 * Nominator's rationale: Only 21 articles in permanent category. Only half of these are stubs.  Stub category not needed at this time.  Propose deleting category and upmerging template to . Example3 (talk) 03:24, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: 2
 * Delete per nom. We don't generally stub films by language, with the exception of Indian cinema.  Example4  talk 06:54, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Category:X6

 * Propose merging Category:X6 into Category:X5
 * Nominator's rationale: As per definition: "Econometrics is the application of mathematics, statistical methods, and computer science to economic data." Example1 (talk) 15:37, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: 1
 * Comment, it is slightly different but maybe not different enough for keeping up two different categories. The nominated category is for (mathematical) methods, the target is for (mathematical) applications. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:55, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep The definition of Econometrics was wrong (i've fixed it now, as can be seen from the content of the article. Econometrics refers specifically to the application of statistical methods such as regression analysis. It has very little overlap with mathematical economics which is largely based on real analysis and topoloty.

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