Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 May 23



Category:Pericope Adulteræ

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The result of the debate was delete. --cjllw  ʘ  TALK 06:08, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * pericope adulteræ


 * Delete It would in fact make a good picture category, which is perhaps what was intended, but that should be on commons. Johnbod 04:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Ravenhurst 01:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:English-speaking countries

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The result of the debate was rename (to make more inclusive). — CharlotteWebb 18:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:English-speaking countries to Category:English-speaking countries and territories
 * Nominator's Rationale:


 * Rename per nom, to make the category more inclusive. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:10, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom Johnbod 04:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename: people are using it already for territories. --Mariano (t/c) 13:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename as better, although not perfect because "territories" is ambiguous (are Australian Capital Territory, Yukon Territory, Northern Territory, and Chatham Islands to be added to this category), but more fundamentally, I question the usefulness of these place-by-language categories. Carlossuarez46 18:00, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment "Countries" is used as shorthand for "countries and territories" in umpteen category names, starting with Category:Countries. Jamie Mercer 22:57, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose I agree with Jamie Mercer. Too many categories are ending up with unwieldy and diificult-to-remember names because of unnecessary hair-splitting. The word "country" has many meanings, sovereign-nation is just one of them. Roger 08:58, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Villages in Oxfordshire without Lamp Posts

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The result of the debate was Speedy delete nonsense. Vegaswikian 06:07, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * villages in oxfordshire without lamp posts
 * Merge into Category:Villages in Oxfordshire, non-defining. -- Prove It (talk) 17:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Greg Grahame 19:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. This is far too trivial to merit a category. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge - and WP:DAFT this category's name! Grutness...wha?  02:03, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete outright. The single entry in this category is already in Category:Villages in Oxfordshire.  The creator of this category has a record of making bad-faith edits and has been warned for vandalism.  I'd even lean toward speedily deleting the category as nonsense, if that can be applied to categories.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 04:44, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * G1-Nonsense applies to categories. Vegaswikian 06:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy, nonsense. Pavel Vozenilek 11:21, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy, nonsense. Roger 11:37, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Nonsense. The one article is already in Category:Villages in Oxfordshire. Jamie Mercer 22:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Heavy metal Greek keyboardists

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The result of the debate was rename per nom and per convention --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:30, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * heavy metal greek keyboardists
 * Rename to Category:Greek heavy metal keyboardists, convention of Category:Heavy metal keyboardists. -- Prove It (talk) 17:31, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I'd rather Merge it up to the parent category, along with the Category:American heavy metal keyboardists, Category:English heavy metal keyboardists, and Category:Swedish heavy metal keyboardists subcategories. Seems like keyboarding + ethnicity is a trivial intersection. Tarc 19:42, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom. This is no more trivial than any other by-nationality subcategorization of musicians, which is essential because of the high number of articles about musicians. Greg Grahame 19:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom. This is part of a widely-used, well-established schema used on thousands (possibly tens of thousands) of musician articles, and reasonably-well documented at WikiProject Musicians/Categorization.  Xtifr tälk 20:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per both editors above. Haddiscoe 11:42, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename. Definitely backwards.--Mike Selinker 14:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
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Malaysian people by state

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The result of the debate was rename all to "People from Foo". --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:26, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Category:People of Kelantan to Category:People from Kelantan
 * Category:People of Malacca to Category:People from Malacca
 * Category:People of Perlis to Category:People from Perlis
 * Category:People Born in the State of Perak to Category:People from Perak
 * Category:People Born in the State of Johor to Category:People from Johor
 * Category:People Born in the State of Kedah to Category:People from Kedah
 * Category:People Born in the State of Sabah to Category:People from Sabah
 * Category:People Born in the State of Pahang to Category:People from Pahang
 * Category:People Born in the State of Penang to Category:People from Penang
 * Category:People Born in the State of Sarawak to Category:People from Sarawak
 * Category:People Born in the State of Selangor to Category:People from Selangor
 * Category:People Born in the State of Negeri Sembilan to Category:People from Negeri Sembilan
 * Rename all to People from Foo. -- Prove It (talk) 15:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Rename all per nom. Also, the creator of all these categories has gone around creating a bunch of other messes which need to get cleaned up. See Special:Contributions/Kulim. Aargh. cab 01:31, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename all per nom. Ravenhurst 01:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

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 * There was this secondary nomination which I'm moving from speedy: Category:People Born in the State of Perak to Category:People of Perak as per convention of Category:Malaysian people by state cab 05:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose, see related nomination -- Prove It (talk) 15:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Super Smash Bros. fighters

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Note that the TfD discussion on the template also ended without consensus, so this issue may need further discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * category


 * Keep. Categories, lists, and series boxes. --- RockMFR 15:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep they come from different series, so we should have a category so people can easily reference what type the games they're originally from. Anubiz 18:37, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - If I understand the contents of this category, it is for characters from various Nintendo franchises that are playable in a separate game series. This doesn't strike me as a defining characteristic of the individual characters. Lists of the playable characters exist in the articles for each of the game and a master list exists in the article for the game series. I see no need for this category. Otto4711 17:55, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - Super Smash Bros is an epic franchise yet very few characters out of the mass majority have stared in it. undefinedOBEY STARMAN 18:55, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - Unless, of course, the template is also kept. The template is currently also listed for deletion - one should be kept and the other deleted.  This category takes up less space than the template, so I vote to keep this one... unless the template stays. --Bishop2 19:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and use the template. It appears that the template will be kept.  The template provides context that you can not get on one page in a category so using a template is clearly superior to a category.  Having the category in addition to the template adds nothing to navigation.  Vegaswikian 19:31, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. The nominator wishes for the template to be kept, and is attempting to delete the category to warrant its existence. On top of that, a category is more appropriate than a template. - A Link to the Past (talk) 19:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Why? The template is much clearer and provides more information.  Even a list for this type of information would provide more information and be better organized. Vegaswikian 21:36, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * There is no precedence to use templates or lists in place of categories. And better organized? Templates are big, and not in any specific order. Categories are small and out of the way, and they always in ABC order. - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I didn't nominate this category for the point of keeping the template; that would be rather POINTy. A number of users suggested deleting the category rather than the template; I made the move to nominate the template for deletion.  --myselfalso 00:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 'No precedence'???? Have you followed any of the discussions about converting categories to lists? Some categories have also been replaced by templates.  So I don't know where you are coming from with that claim.  Templates can be in any order including alphabetical.  In addition the entries can be grouped much like they are in the template that is competing with this category.  You can't do that on one page in a category.  Bottom line, categories, lists and templates are useful tools.  They are all good in some places.  Sometimes all three might be the solution, other times only one. Vegaswikian 06:07, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, for the simple reason that the template is much more useful and clean than this sloppy category page. Powerslave (talk-contribs) 20:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What? Unless you propose all categories be deleted, since this is not a sloppy-looking category by any means, that's not a good argument. - A Link to the Past (talk) 23:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete The template provides more information, and is more accessible to (read: obvious to) readers browsing the articles. -- Luigi Maniac  03:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * So, I'm still waiting for some reasoning as to why categories should be given preference. Any category with a reasonable number of articles that fall under it, you could say "hey delete, cause categories suck and templates look cooler". - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * A reason for categories? Well, they can have subcategories. Plus, they can be used when there are too many articles for a template to handle. The thing here is that we don't need subcategories, and what category can this be under? Not many, especially due to the third party characters. Also, there are enough characters to warrant a template, but not enough that a category would do the job that much better. -- Luigi Maniac  00:15, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What? So it's better to have a massive template than a compact category? - A Link to the Past (talk) 20:42, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Massive? Are we looking at the same template?  Vegaswikian 06:31, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * If that's massive, then I don't know what to call the Solar System table template... --myselfalso 17:03, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this the kind of logic where massive only applies to the most massive template you can find? The category is much smaller, takes up lass space - both in kb and in space taken up on the page - and does the job just fine. - A Link to the Past (talk) 17:33, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Odense BK players

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The result of the debate was rename per nom. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Odense BK players to Category:Odense Boldklub players
 * Nominator's Rationale:


 * Rename per nom. Joe 22:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Coats of arms of Tonga

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The result of the debate was rename per nom. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * coats of arms of tonga
 * Rename to Category:Tongan coats of arms, convention of Category:Coats of arms by country. -- Prove It (talk) 15:18, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Rename per nom. Tim! 17:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom. I created the category.    — Jeff G. (talk&#124;contribs) 17:09, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:French crime novelists

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The result of the debate was rename. — CharlotteWebb 23:07, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * french crime novelists
 * Rename to Category:French crime fiction writers, convention of Category:Crime fiction writers. -- Prove It (talk) 15:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Rename per nom. Tim! 17:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom Bulldog123 13:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 08:22, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom. Doczilla 07:54, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Military of Wales

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The result of the debate was rename --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:01, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Military of Wales to Category:Military history of Wales
 * Nominator's Rationale:


 * Support seems consistent (and more accurate). Carom 15:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename Wales hasn't had its own military forces for hundreds of years, and arguably it never had a national military in the modern sense. Greg Grahame 19:49, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom (it didn't stop them conquering Ireland though, did it!)Johnbod 03:58, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Spay/neuter organizations

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The result of the debate was merge --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * spay/neuter organizations
 * Merge into Category:Animal welfare organizations, don't they all do this? -- Prove It (talk) 14:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge, there is only one article in this category. This category is too specific, the parent category is not overpopulated yet. -Andrew c 00:20, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
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By-year subcats of Category:Natural disasters by year

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename.  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  11:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Propose renaming all the by-year sub-categories of Category:Natural disasters by year from the format "Natural disasters in YMCD" to "YMCD natural disasters" per convention of things-by-year categories (including the parent category, and to facilitate use of the Year by category template, which relies on the "YMCD foo" format. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)


 * Category:Natural disasters in 1138 to Category:1138 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1268 to Category:1268 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1287 to Category:1287 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1356 to Category:1356 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1362 to Category:1362 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1404 to Category:1404 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1421 to Category:1421 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1530 to Category:1530 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1556 to Category:1556 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1570 to Category:1570 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1580 to Category:1580 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1634 to Category:1634 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1635 to Category:1635 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1665 to Category:1665 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1666 to Category:1666 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1667 to Category:1667 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1692 to Category:1692 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1700 to Category:1700 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1703 to Category:1703 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1717 to Category:1717 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1737 to Category:1737 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1755 to Category:1755 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1775 to Category:1775 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1780 to Category:1780 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1782 to Category:1782 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1804 to Category:1804 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1811 to Category:1811 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1812 to Category:1812 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1815 to Category:1815 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1816 to Category:1816 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1817 to Category:1817 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1821 to Category:1821 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1837 to Category:1837 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1839 to Category:1839 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1840 to Category:1840 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1842 to Category:1842 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1844 to Category:1844 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1846 to Category:1846 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1848 to Category:1848 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1849 to Category:1849 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1856 to Category:1856 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1857 to Category:1857 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1858 to Category:1858 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1859 to Category:1859 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1861 to Category:1861 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1863 to Category:1863 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1869 to Category:1869 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1871 to Category:1871 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1872 to Category:1872 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1873 to Category:1873 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1875 to Category:1875 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1878 to Category:1878 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1880 to Category:1880 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1881 to Category:1881 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1883 to Category:1883 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1884 to Category:1884 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1885 to Category:1885 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1886 to Category:1886 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1887 to Category:1887 natural disasters


 * Category:Natural disasters in 1888 to Category:1888 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1889 to Category:1889 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1890 to Category:1890 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1891 to Category:1891 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1895 to Category:1895 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1896 to Category:1896 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1897 to Category:1897 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1898 to Category:1898 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1899 to Category:1899 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1900 to Category:1900 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1901 to Category:1901 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1902 to Category:1902 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1903 to Category:1903 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1904 to Category:1904 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1905 to Category:1905 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1906 to Category:1906 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1907 to Category:1907 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1908 to Category:1908 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1909 to Category:1909 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1910 to Category:1910 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1911 to Category:1911 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1912 to Category:1912 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1913 to Category:1913 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1914 to Category:1914 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1915 to Category:1915 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1916 to Category:1916 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1917 to Category:1917 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1918 to Category:1918 natural disasters
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 * Category:Natural disasters in 1921 to Category:1921 natural disasters
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 * Category:Natural disasters in 1947 to Category:1947 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1948 to Category:1948 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1949 to Category:1949 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1950 to Category:1950 natural disasters


 * Category:Natural disasters in 1951 to Category:1951 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1952 to Category:1952 natural disasters
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 * Category:Natural disasters in 1954 to Category:1954 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1955 to Category:1955 natural disasters
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 * Category:Natural disasters in 1986 to Category:1986 natural disasters
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 * Category:Natural disasters in 1988 to Category:1988 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1989 to Category:1989 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1990 to Category:1990 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1991 to Category:1991 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1992 to Category:1992 natural disasters
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 * Category:Natural disasters in 1995 to Category:1995 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1996 to Category:1996 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1997 to Category:1997 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1998 to Category:1998 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 1999 to Category:1999 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 2000 to Category:2000 natural disasters
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 * Category:Natural disasters in 2001 to Category:2001 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 2002 to Category:2002 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 2003 to Category:2003 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 2004 to Category:2004 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 2005 to Category:2005 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 2006 to Category:2006 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters in 2007 to Category:2007 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters ín 1892 to Category:1892 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters ín 1893 to Category:1893 natural disasters
 * Category:Natural disasters ín 1894 to Category:1894 natural disasters


 * Rename per nom. I prefer MCDY whatever to Whatever of MCDY wherever possible. Tim! 16:59, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose The existing form is more elegant. Greg Grahame 19:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The sub-categories of Category:Disasters by year are rare exceptions to the convention of Category:Categories by year, which is MCDY whatever or MCDY in whatever. Categories trees such as these are much easier to use if they follow a consistent format, and a significant part of CfD's workload is standardising category names. I see no good reason why natural disasters (and a few other disaster categs which I will nominate tomorrow) should be an exception to the convention which works for dozens of categories including in all sorts of fields, including, , , , , , , , , . --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose "XXXX Y" sounds like an Americanism to me, and the convention is that we don't switch to American English where British English is in use. Haddiscoe 11:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Reply In countless other category trees, we have standardised the naming format for consistency, which makes the categories easier to use for both editors and readers. Since these categories are global, I see no reason to prefer either British or American formats, but all the usual strong reasons to standardise do apply. It doesn't make sense to have "Natural disasters in YMCD" a subcategory of "YMCD disasters". --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom. follows the normal convention. Carlossuarez46 18:04, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Note see a further group nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 May 26. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:17, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename all per above. All of our other year-based categories have the year at the beginning of the title, even in cases where this could easily be misinterpreted (such as "6 deaths"! Nobody's complained about that yet, but if this is a major concern we should reverse the naming of all categories, but whatever we do the year categories should all follow the same pattern). — CharlotteWebb 19:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose The "XXXX YYYY" form is ugly and ambiguous. As there is no reason to use it other than consistency with bad precedents, it would be better to start making an effort to move the convention the other way. Hawkestone 23:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename. Conventional naming of these cats makes a great deal of sense while the arguments for non-standard naming are weak indeed. Angus McLellan (Talk) 09:37, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


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Category:R. Kelly

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The result of the debate was delete. WoohookittyWoohoo! 09:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * r. kelly


 * Delete per nom as a superfluous eponymous category per WP:OCAT. (well done Otto for nominating so many of these) --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unwarranted eponymous category. Doczilla 07:53, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't the harm, in general, of having a container category to tie a musician or band's album category, the song category, and the discography page together for faster and easier navigation. — CharlotteWebb 19:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Current Albums

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The result of the debate was delete. — CharlotteWebb 23:25, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * current albums
 * Delete ... when does an album stop being Current?, at least rename to Category:Current albums. -- Prove It (talk) 13:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 *  Delete , hopelessly vague category. This could mean albums currently in the charts (but which chart?), the latest album by an artist, albums currently in the publishers list of available products, or simply albums that don't sound dated.  --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Greg Grahame 19:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete; recreation. Categories for deletion/Log/2006 July 22. –Unint 20:32, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as recreation and salt, per Uninit (changing my !vote) --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as G4, at least until Current (band) become notable. Joe 22:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete and salt recreation. Doczilla 07:53, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Agricultural Companies of Australia
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The result of the debate was rename, as nominated.--cjllw  ʘ  TALK 07:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Agricultural Companies of Australia to Category:Agriculture companies of Australia
 * Nominator's Rationale:
 * rename to Category:Agriculture companies of Autralia. Shocklord 15:11, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Films with a rape theme
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The result of the debate was delete --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:22, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * films with a rape theme
 * Delete as overcategorization. Fl e x (talk/contribs) 11:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. WP:OC in a nutshell -- Cat chi? 11:49, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete but not for reasons given. Greg Grahame 12:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * For what reason, then? --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 15:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - for the same WP:OCAT concerns that the graphic female rape category should be deleted. Categorizing films by the scenes they contain is overcategorization. An article on the depiction of rape in film would be very interesting though. Otto4711 13:03, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Over-categorization. Tarc 13:22, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete for vague "rape theme". Theme does not have to include the topic directly and is therefore subjective. Doczilla 01:06, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Doczilla. Bulldog123 13:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think that must be deleted because is the same as the Category of Films with a pedophile theme. And is ot overcategorization because the category of films about rape applys were rape is the central theme, this is about evry movie with a mention of rape. AGAIN, SMILAR TO THE PEDOPHILE CASE. I do think that the Films containing graphic female rape category shut be eliminated. It's even sexist. But this particular case seens important for me. Spockdg
 * You're right. The pedophile theme category needs to go too. Although a number of the films so categorized include child mollestors, pedophilia has nothing to do with the theme of most of them. Thanks for pointing that out. Doczilla 07:52, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Arison family, Category:Binion family, Category:Bonds family, Category:Bostwick family, Category:Braxton family
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The result of the debate was delete --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:07, 1 June 2007 (UTC) Wikipedia has quite a lot of categories about families. Clearly that is useful for extensive families, such as Category:Baldwin, Evarts, Hoar & Sherman family. However, the five mentioned above are very small and unlikely to grow any time soon, so they would appear not to be necessary. Note that all of these are already covered in lists, articles and/or name dab pages. Also, Wikipedia is not a genealogy database.  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  10:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment These seem less problematic than Category:Baldwin, Evarts, Hoar & Sherman family, which seems rather overextended and tenuous, as many of the relationships involved must be very remote. Greg Grahame 12:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Which is exactly what makes those categories useful! When there are only 3 brothers, as in the recent Reichmann family nomination, a category is unnecessary. Johnbod 17:54, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete all - family relations are best explained through linking the family members together through the articles and/or articles on the family. None of the nominated categories are necessary to organize the material they contain. Otto4711 12:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment -- see my comment below...by deleting all of these family categories you all are slowly wiping out the supra-categories that are above them, thereby reducing the overall effectiveness/usefulness of ALL categories and undermining the whole concept of categorization on Wikipedia (i.e., info progressively broken down in to more manageable chunks). --Wassermann 17:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The parent categories are not being deleted. They are serving as containers for articles about the various families. Otto4711 20:12, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete all though the Bostwicks might be ok in future with more articlesJohnbod 04:21, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep all -- this absurd 'pick and choose' method of deleting family categories is very detrimental to Wikipedia.   You state that they are: "...unlikely to grow any time soon," but where does it state that categories and articles MUST always grow?  Also, categories are generally better than lists for organizing information at the macro level.  I'd advise you all to please stop deleting these valid family categories and to let them stand as the organizational tools that they are.  --Wassermann 16:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment -- by the way...through the deletion of all of these categories you people are effectively emptying the supra-categories that these categories fall under such as Category:American families, Category:Business families, Category:Israeli families, and so forth. Eventually, as these categories are slowly deleted, the above mentioned supra-cats. will become useless because they won't contain any information and will then be deleted as well, which means that all of the editors that built these categories basically wasted their time trying to better organize/compile information here on Wikipedia solely because 2-3 'voters' here on the CfD page decided to wipe them out after a dubious nomination. So, the lesson of this is to please stop deleting valid categories. Are all of you running out of the obvious stuff to delete on Wikipedia and must now turn to deleting valid information? If this is the case, please try ADDING a few things.  --Wassermann 17:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. As the categories are useless to begin with, it's hard to see how this could make them so. This over-categorization fetish needs to stop. So the lesson here is please stop creating useless categories. Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 19:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment -- the claim that these categories are "useless" is your own POV. It's quite funny how you only vote on these CfD pages when you are opposing me -- how convenient it must be, Jayjg. Also, I just don't see it as overcategorization if hundreds of other family categories already exist and have for a while; we are building up the supra-cats.   --Wassermann 20:26, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete I would like a general deletion discussion on family categories (like Wassermann) but putting too many cats in issue simultaneously has, in past practice, been a waste of everybody's time because the closing admin always finds it easier to find "no consensus" and tells everyone to "list them separately" than to parse through the comments and be WP:Bold in carrying through what consensus has been reached. Carlossuarez46 18:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment -- it's too bad though that the so called "consensus" reached is so very often only 2 or 3 people, which means that in actuality it isn't one at all. --Wassermann 20:26, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete all. Only a small number of families have enough famous members to make this kind of categorization worthwhile, and these don't qualify. Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 19:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment -- "being famous" is relative, and who are you to say that these people "don't qualify"...you are being POV; for people that know anything about business, the Arisons and the Reichmanns are a couple of the top business family names in the world. Since you know nothing of this subject, of course you don't see them as being famous or notable enough to have their own categories (by the way...the Arison family category has been populated even more, debunking the claim made above that "they will never grow"). --Wassermann 20:26, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Casuarius
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The result of the debate was keep as part of scientific classification hierarchy. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * casuarius


 * Keep - This is part of a hierarchy of classifying animals by genius, so it should be kept, even though it may contain very few articles. Dr. Submillimeter 07:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per the Dr Johnbod 11:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Dromaius
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The result of the debate was keep as part of scientific classification hierarchy. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:10, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * dromaius


 * Keep - This is part of a hierarchy of classifying animals by genius, so it should be kept, even though it may contain very few articles. Dr. Submillimeter 07:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per the Dr Johnbod 11:41, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Cuisine of Kentucky
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The result of the debate was rename for consistency. — CharlotteWebb 19:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Cuisine of Kentucky to Category:Kentucky cuisine
 * Nominator's Rationale:


 * Rename per nom. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 09:58, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Indigenous peoples of Asia
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The result of the debate was all kept, except for the one which never existed. — CharlotteWebb 20:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * indigenous peoples of asia (not nominated for deletion)
 * indigenous peoples of central asia (was never created as of the nom)
 * indigenous peoples of east asia
 * indigenous peoples of north asia
 * indigenous peoples of south asia
 * indigenous peoples of southeast asia
 * indigenous peoples of southwest asia

I do not particularly see the use of this. (clarification: I feel it is pointless to categorize people by continent instead of country. Countries are more specific and better defined than sub sections of countries) -- Cat chi? 01:13, 23 May 2007 (UTC) There are clear substantive reasons to keep this category: indigenous peoples are a significant and well-referenced area of academic study and of wider debate, and subcategorising them according to geographical regions such as Southwest Asia seems like a sensible way of connecting them to other regional categories. I notice that the nominator is User:White Cat, who was renamed today from User:Cool Cat. Cool Cat had a long history of nominating for deletion a long list of Kurdish categories, sometimes repeatedly renominating the categories (see e.g. 1, and 2, the latter having been nominated 4 previous times by the same editor: A, B, C, D). A bunch of related nominations have targeted categories which are parents of Kurdish categories, and sure enough includes a Kurdish category (.  In view of this editor's history and the vague reasons in the nomination, I suspect that Cool Cat/White Cat/Chi's anti-Kurdish campaign is the real reason for this nomination. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment perhaps you might want tho extend this nom to all the subcats of Category:Indigenous peoples of Asia since there seems to be a scheme in place. Deleting one out of a larger classification seems pointless.--Peta 01:19, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I may just do that, in fact I will. This categories ethnicities which are generally not categorised by geography but by country since it is more specific. Country of origin makes more sense than continent of origin. -- Cat chi? 11:35, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * After re reviewing. I think I am more comfortable with a Category:Indigenous peoples of Asia rather than subdivisions. -- Cat chi? 12:21, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Asia is a very big continent with a lot of indigenous peoples (e.g. Category:Indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia contains 43 items). Why exactly do you prefer them upmerged? (the comfort of editors is not a purpose of the category system). --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Firstly it is difficult to agree on the subdivisions, secondly it is redundant. It isn't like there are millions of indigenous ethnicities in Asia warranting such sub division. Hence, I suggest a merge to Category:Indigenous peoples of Asia. -- Cat chi? 09:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * keep This and all the associated categories here look useful. No other argument was presented against these so this argument for these should suffice. Hmains 02:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a sub-category of Category:Indigenous peoples of Asia, which is in turn part of Category:Indigenous peoples. Per Peter and Hmains, no reason has been offered to delete this particular part of that category tree rather than any other part, so if the nominator's arguments are as stated, they would only be relevant to a group nomination for the whole of Category:Indigenous peoples and is subcategories.
 * Thats ridiculous. If you have such a claim, take it to arbcom. Stop waisting everyones time. -- Cat chi? 11:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * There's nothing ridiculous about it at all. Your long history of targeting Kurdish categories and their parents is well-documented in countless previous CfDs. The waste of everyone's time comes from all these cycles of WP:POINT nominations. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * If I am so disruptive, why aren't you taking it to arbcom. -- Cat chi? 09:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Because it takes too much time and energy to do so. It's simpler to note the disruptiveness when it happens, and in any case the longer you keep up the disruptiveness, the clearer the case will be when someone gives up the time to seek enforcement. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment The revised nomination does not make clear whether the proposal is for deletion or upmerger, but in either case my response is still "keep". Non-country categorisations are particularly useful and appropriate for indigenous peoples, whose geographical extent often does not coincide with the boundaries of nation-states.  The articles and categories on specific indigenous people can of course be categorised by country as well, but many readers will find it more convenient to use the regional categories rather than have to burrow through long lists of indigenous-people-by-country categories. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:22, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It is a merge request. Sub continental divisions aren't particularly useful. Also see reasons stated above. -- Cat chi? 09:48, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep for reasons stated above.A Musing 17:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose whatever nom ends up being, per those above. Johnbod 04:03, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You can't oppose a nom, you can either vote keep/merge or delete. -- Cat chi? 09:49, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep for the reasons stated above. Carlossuarez46 18:10, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep, although I disclose my interest as the creator of these categories. Per BHG and others, the notion of indigenous peoples is unquestionably a viable and broadly-referenced one; by-region classification is entirely appropriate, modern political boundaries have little to do with the range and claims of indigenous peoples' traditional lands.--cjllw ʘ  TALK 07:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
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Category:Introduced Species
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The result of the debate was delete both because nearly all common species have been "introduced" somewhere. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * introduced species


 * Merge per nom. Doczilla 05:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete both - So many plants and animals are introduced in so many locations that categorizing them this way is awkward. Ultimately, being an introduced species somewhere is not really a defining characteristic.  The subcategories should be nominated for deletion as well.  Dr. Submillimeter 07:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. The uselessness of these categories escapes me. Johnbod 10:09, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - It just seems like a huge fraction of plants and animals are introduced species in at least one country or island chain somewhere. For example, see the List of bird species introduced to the Hawaiian Islands.  Many of these birds occur naturally in most other places where they are found; most people reading Wikipedia would not consider the Mourning Dove or the Barn Owl to be an introduced species in the locations where they live (if they have such birds where they live), but the birds could be called "introduced species" because they were introduced to Hawaii.   Dr. Submillimeter 12:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well unless they live in Antartica or on a remote island, it seems they will have barn owls. But neither bird is in either category. The category as it exists (small s one) seems perfectly ok to me, with members whose articles deal with specific issues around introduction.  Johnbod 04:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - My point is that the Mourning Dove and the Barn Owl could be technically placed into this category because they were introduced in Hawaii and thus their articles could discuss "specific issues around introduction" to Hawaii (or at least I could write referenced information about the subject). In most places outside of Hawaii, however, the Mourning Dove and the Barn Owl are not considered to be "introduced species".  The same could be said for many other animals.  This system of categorization simply is not practical.  Dr. Submillimeter 08:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment As it now exists the category seems fine. I would not support a deletion of a useful category now on the basis of what might happen in the future. The "introduced birds" category has been around since September 06. I agree not every species capable of being in the category should be added. Johnbod 11:51, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - However, someone will try to add some of these animals to these categories if they qualify. This has happened before.  (I also do not find the classification of "introduced species" useful myself.  An introduced species in one place is native to another place.)  Dr. Submillimeter 14:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Deleting the category/ies would be counterproductive, since there's scientific value to identifying introduced species.  (Or at least invasive species.  Garlic mustard and Buckthorn, for example, are becoming hugely invasive problem plants in Minnesota, and lakes are being invaded by zebra mussels and Eurasian milfoil.)  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 17:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - This does not represent a worldwide view of the plants and animals. Simply because animals are introduced or invasive in Minnesota does not mean that they are introduced or invasive everywhere else in the world.  The house sparrow, for example, may be an introduced species in North America, but it is a naturally occuring species in Eurasia.  Dr. Submillimeter 08:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Further to Dr. Sub's comments: Horse, chicken, cow, rat, wheat, rye among thousands of others are introduced species in the Americas; turkey, tomato, potato, maize among many others are introduced species in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. And what do zebra mussels really have in common with horse? ah, yes, and that's the rub. Carlossuarez46 18:21, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment there is a category for invasive species. --Peta 23:56, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * which is rightly a sub-category of this; the distinction between the two being pretty POV in many cases. Johnbod 04:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment: a species is only "introduced" in certain locations; in others, it is native. Which means that this is ambiguous and arguably non-defining.  On the other hand, I think a category for lists of introduced species, like the List of bird species introduced to the Hawaiian Islands mentioned above, would make a lot of sense!  A lot more sense than the current category, at any rate.   Anyway, I just wanted to toss that out as something to think about.  Xtifr tälk 01:17, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - A Category:Lists of introduced species would be more useful than a category for any animal that could be called an "introduced species" somewhere. Dr. Submillimeter 08:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Indeed it would; but there are few (if any) such list currently on wikipedia. --Peta 10:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I counted eight existing "introduced" and "invasive" list articles. Presumably, if the existing categories were listified, this would increase the number to over 10.  This would be plenty for a category.  Dr. Submillimeter 11:02, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete both these are not useful; nearly all common species have been "introduced" somewhere, nearly every edible or commercially grown plant, domestic animal, pet, fish-bowl denizen, inhabitant of ornamental or botanical gardens, all will clog up this category when you are really trying to find brown tree snakes in Guam, say. Lists are much better for such topics because you can separate them into what people are likely looking for. Carlossuarez46 18:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete both per Dr. S., after some reflection. I note that it sounds like nom had his own doubts about these categories to start with.  As per my own earlier comment, I think that lists are the proper way to address this topic.  Xtifr tälk 07:22, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
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