Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category:Literary Suicides

The following discussion comes from Categories for deletion. This is an archive of the discussion only; please do not edit this page. -Kbdank71 14:57, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Category:Literary Suicides
Rename to Category:Literary suicides. Rhobite 22:16, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)

unofficial voting summary after 16 days: Oppose rename - 0, Support rename - 3, Delete without renaming - 1 Courtland 23:14, 2005 Mar 12 (UTC)


 * The title is vague&mdash;until looking at the contents, I couldn't tell if it was for writers who killed themselves or for literary characters who did, or literature about suicide. What is the use of this category anyway?  What does grouping them together illustrate?  Is there a suggested link between being a writer and committing suicide, so that it is a significant rather than a coincidental relationship?  Postdlf 22:28, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 *  interpreted as a vote to rename 


 * I agree, I don't really love this category. We may want to delete it. Rhobite 23:28, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)

Why not just rename it? It's useful, and also contains a number of people, not on the other list of "suicides"

The title is an attempt at a shorthand for "Writers who have killed themselves".


 * "What does grouping them together illustrate?"

What does listing people by causes of death elsewhere illustrate?

Keep but rename to Writers who have killed themselves. Put under a subcategory under suicides, under "Writers who committed suicide". Mandel 21:26, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)
 *  Delete . I don't see the point at this category.  Do we have "Writers who died from natural causes"?  Or perhaps "Writers who are still alive"?  -Kbdank71 17:40, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Although since the proposal is for a rename, I'll agree with it for standards purposes. -Kbdank71 16:52, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Del. Vacuum c 04:43, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

Implemented.
 * MOVE_CONTENTS_INCL_CATS Category:Literary_Suicides -> Category:Writers who have killed themselves