Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 February 3



Category:Goan Brahmins

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename (non-admin closure) . Marcocapelle (talk) 07:37, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Goan Brahmins to Category:Brahmin communities of Goa
 * Nominator's rationale: Standard naming convention for Brahmin community cats, eg: Category:Brahmin communities of Rajasthan and Category:Brahmin communities of Uttar Pradesh Sitush (talk) 17:12, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


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Category:American Authors

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 * The result of the discussion was: Delete. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:14, 17 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Propose deleting american authors


 * Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary eponymous category per WP:OCEPON at this time (only a discography page besides the very specific topic subcategories of albums and songs by the band. Also have found incorrectly categorized American writers on occasion due to ambiguity. -- Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 01:38, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete. All bands that exist do not automatically get an eponymous category for themselves; these are created only when a band (e.g. or ) has a lot of spinoff articles that need band-related categorization beyond the standard eponym/albums-cat/songs-cat/discography scheme. It's a scheme that's restricted to relatively few bands of exceptional notability, not a thing that every band automatically gets just because it exists. And, indeed, I have also seen people incorrectly file writers in here; I distinctly remember having to remove at least one just a couple of weeks ago. Bearcat (talk) 14:46, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


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Years and decades in Rivers State

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge using Option A and follow up with renaming for pre-1967 establishments. – Fayenatic  L ondon 22:57, 24 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Propose merging either
 * OPTION A (merge years, keep decades)


 * Category:1925 in Rivers State to Category:1925 in Nigeria and Category:1920s in Rivers State
 * Category:1943 in Rivers State to Category:1943 in Nigeria and Category:1940s in Rivers State
 * Category:1965 in Rivers State to Category:1965 in Nigeria and Category:1960s in Rivers State
 * Category:1967 in Rivers State to Category:1967 in Nigeria and Category:1960s in Rivers State
 * Category:1970 in Rivers State to Category:1970 in Nigeria and Category:1970s in Rivers State
 * Category:1971 in Rivers State to Category:1971 in Nigeria and Category:1970s in Rivers State
 * Category:1972 in Rivers State to Category:1972 in Nigeria and Category:1970s in Rivers State
 * Category:1973 in Rivers State to Category:1973 in Nigeria and Category:1970s in Rivers State
 * Category:1975 in Rivers State to Category:1975 in Nigeria and Category:1970s in Rivers State
 * Category:1977 in Rivers State to Category:1977 in Nigeria and Category:1970s in Rivers State
 * Category:1978 in Rivers State to Category:1978 in Nigeria and Category:1970s in Rivers State
 * Category:1979 in Rivers State to Category:1979 in Nigeria and Category:1970s in Rivers State
 * Category:1980 in Rivers State to Category:1980 in Nigeria and Category:1980s in Rivers State
 * Category:1981 in Rivers State to Category:1981 in Nigeria and Category:1980s in Rivers State
 * Category:1983 in Rivers State to Category:1983 in Nigeria and Category:1980s in Rivers State
 * Category:1985 in Rivers State to Category:1985 in Nigeria and Category:1980s in Rivers State
 * Category:1986 in Rivers State to Category:1986 in Nigeria and Category:1980s in Rivers State
 * Category:1987 in Rivers State to Category:1987 in Nigeria and Category:1980s in Rivers State
 * Category:1988 in Rivers State to Category:1988 in Nigeria and Category:1980s in Rivers State
 * Category:1989 in Rivers State to Category:1989 in Nigeria and Category:1980s in Rivers State
 * Category:1990 in Rivers State to Category:1990 in Nigeria and Category:1990s in Rivers State
 * Category:1991 in Rivers State to Category:1991 in Nigeria and Category:1990s in Rivers State
 * Category:1992 in Rivers State to Category:1992 in Nigeria and Category:1990s in Rivers State
 * Category:1993 in Rivers State to Category:1993 in Nigeria and Category:1990s in Rivers State
 * Category:1995 in Rivers State to Category:1995 in Nigeria and Category:1990s in Rivers State
 * Category:1996 in Rivers State to Category:1996 in Nigeria and Category:1990s in Rivers State
 * Category:1998 in Rivers State to Category:1998 in Nigeria and Category:1990s in Rivers State
 * Category:1999 in Rivers State to Category:1999 in Nigeria and Category:1990s in Rivers State
 * Category:2000 in Rivers State to Category:2000 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2001 in Rivers State to Category:2001 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2002 in Rivers State to Category:2002 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2003 in Rivers State to Category:2003 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2004 in Rivers State to Category:2004 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2005 in Rivers State to Category:2005 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2006 in Rivers State to Category:2006 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2007 in Rivers State to Category:2007 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2008 in Rivers State to Category:2008 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2009 in Rivers State to Category:2009 in Nigeria and Category:2000s in Rivers State
 * Category:2010 in Rivers State to Category:2010 in Nigeria and Category:2010s in Rivers State
 * Category:2011 in Rivers State to Category:2011 in Nigeria and Category:2010s in Rivers State
 * Category:2012 in Rivers State to Category:2012 in Nigeria and Category:2010s in Rivers State
 * Category:2013 in Rivers State to Category:2013 in Nigeria and Category:2010s in Rivers State
 * Category:2014 in Rivers State to Category:2014 in Nigeria and Category:2010s in Rivers State
 * Category:2015 in Rivers State to Category:2015 in Nigeria and Category:2010s in Rivers State
 * Category:2016 in Rivers State to Category:2016 in Nigeria and Category:2010s in Rivers State
 * Category:2003 disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2003 disestablishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s disestablishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2007 disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2007 disestablishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s disestablishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2015 disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2015 disestablishments in Nigeria and Category:2010s disestablishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2016 disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2016 disestablishments in Nigeria and Category:2010s disestablishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1925 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1925 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1920s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1943 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1943 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1940s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1965 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1965 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1960s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1967 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1967 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1960s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1970 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1970 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1970s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1971 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1971 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1970s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1972 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1972 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1970s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1973 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1973 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1970s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1975 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1975 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1970s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1977 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1977 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1970s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1978 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1978 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1970s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1979 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1979 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1970s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1980 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1980 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1980s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1981 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1981 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1980s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1983 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1983 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1980s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1985 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1985 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1980s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1986 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1986 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1980s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1987 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1987 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1980s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1988 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1988 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1980s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1989 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1989 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1980s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1990 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1990 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1991 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1991 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1992 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1992 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1993 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1993 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1996 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1996 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1995 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1995 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1997 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1997 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1998 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1998 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:1999 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1999 establishments in Nigeria and Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2000 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2000 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2001 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2001 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2002 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2002 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2003 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2003 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2004 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2004 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2006 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2006 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2007 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2007 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2008 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2008 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2009 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2009 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2011 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2011 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2010s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2012 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2012 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2010s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2013 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2013 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2010s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2014 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2014 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2010s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2015 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2015 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2010s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:2016 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2016 establishments in Nigeria and Category:2010s establishments in Rivers State
 * Category:Disestablishments in Rivers State by year to Category:Disestablishments in Nigeria by year
 * Category:Establishments in Rivers State by year to Category:Establishments in Nigeria by year
 * Category:Years in Rivers State to Category:Years in Nigeria


 * OPTION B (merge years and decades)


 * Category:Disestablishments in Rivers State by year to Category:Disestablishments in Nigeria by year
 * Category:Establishments in Rivers State by year to Category:Establishments in Nigeria by year
 * Category:1925 in Rivers State to Category:1925 in Nigeria
 * Category:1943 in Rivers State to Category:1943 in Nigeria
 * Category:1965 in Rivers State to Category:1965 in Nigeria
 * Category:1967 in Rivers State to Category:1967 in Nigeria
 * Category:1970 in Rivers State to Category:1970 in Nigeria
 * Category:1971 in Rivers State to Category:1971 in Nigeria
 * Category:1972 in Rivers State to Category:1972 in Nigeria
 * Category:1973 in Rivers State to Category:1973 in Nigeria
 * Category:1975 in Rivers State to Category:1975 in Nigeria
 * Category:1977 in Rivers State to Category:1977 in Nigeria
 * Category:1978 in Rivers State to Category:1978 in Nigeria
 * Category:1979 in Rivers State to Category:1979 in Nigeria
 * Category:1980 in Rivers State to Category:1980 in Nigeria
 * Category:1981 in Rivers State to Category:1981 in Nigeria
 * Category:1983 in Rivers State to Category:1983 in Nigeria
 * Category:1985 in Rivers State to Category:1985 in Nigeria
 * Category:1986 in Rivers State to Category:1986 in Nigeria
 * Category:1987 in Rivers State to Category:1987 in Nigeria
 * Category:1988 in Rivers State to Category:1988 in Nigeria
 * Category:1989 in Rivers State to Category:1989 in Nigeria
 * Category:1990 in Rivers State to Category:1990 in Nigeria
 * Category:1991 in Rivers State to Category:1991 in Nigeria
 * Category:1992 in Rivers State to Category:1992 in Nigeria
 * Category:1993 in Rivers State to Category:1993 in Nigeria
 * Category:1995 in Rivers State to Category:1995 in Nigeria
 * Category:1996 in Rivers State to Category:1996 in Nigeria
 * Category:1998 in Rivers State to Category:1998 in Nigeria
 * Category:1999 in Rivers State to Category:1999 in Nigeria
 * Category:2000 in Rivers State to Category:2000 in Nigeria
 * Category:2001 in Rivers State to Category:2001 in Nigeria
 * Category:2002 in Rivers State to Category:2002 in Nigeria
 * Category:2003 in Rivers State to Category:2003 in Nigeria
 * Category:2004 in Rivers State to Category:2004 in Nigeria
 * Category:2005 in Rivers State to Category:2005 in Nigeria
 * Category:2006 in Rivers State to Category:2006 in Nigeria
 * Category:2007 in Rivers State to Category:2007 in Nigeria
 * Category:2008 in Rivers State to Category:2008 in Nigeria
 * Category:2009 in Rivers State to Category:2009 in Nigeria
 * Category:2010 in Rivers State to Category:2010 in Nigeria
 * Category:2011 in Rivers State to Category:2011 in Nigeria
 * Category:2012 in Rivers State to Category:2012 in Nigeria
 * Category:2013 in Rivers State to Category:2013 in Nigeria
 * Category:2014 in Rivers State to Category:2014 in Nigeria
 * Category:2015 in Rivers State to Category:2015 in Nigeria
 * Category:2016 in Rivers State to Category:2016 in Nigeria
 * Category:2003 disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2003 disestablishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2007 disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2007 disestablishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2015 disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2015 disestablishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2016 disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2016 disestablishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1925 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1925 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1943 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1943 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1965 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1965 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1967 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1967 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1970 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1970 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1971 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1971 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1972 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1972 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1973 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1973 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1975 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1975 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1977 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1977 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1978 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1978 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1979 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1979 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1980 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1980 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1981 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1981 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1983 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1983 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1985 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1985 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1986 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1986 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1987 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1987 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1988 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1988 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1989 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1989 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1990 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1990 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1991 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1991 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1992 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1992 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1993 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1993 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1995 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1995 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1996 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1996 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1997 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1997 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1998 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1998 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1999 establishments in Rivers State to Category:1999 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2000 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2000 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2001 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2001 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2002 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2002 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2003 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2003 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2004 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2004 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2006 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2006 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2007 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2007 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2008 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2008 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2009 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2009 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2011 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2011 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2012 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2012 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2013 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2013 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2014 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2014 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2015 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2015 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2016 establishments in Rivers State to Category:2016 establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:Disestablishments in Rivers State by year to Category:Disestablishments in Nigeria by year
 * Category:Establishments in Rivers State by year to Category:Establishments in Nigeria by year
 * Category:Years in Rivers State to Category:Years in Nigeria
 * Category:Disestablishments in Rivers State by year to Category:Disestablishments in Nigeria by year
 * Category:Establishments in Rivers State by year to Category:Establishments in Nigeria by year
 * Category:2000s disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2000s disestablishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2010s disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:2010s disestablishments in Nigeria
 * Category:Establishments in Rivers State by decade to Category:Establishments in Nigeria by decade
 * Category:1920s establishments in Rivers State to Category:1920s establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1940s establishments in Rivers State to Category:1940s establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1960s establishments in Rivers State to Category:1960s establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1970s establishments in Rivers State to Category:1970s establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1980s establishments in Rivers State to Category:1980s establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:1990s establishments in Rivers State to Category:1990s establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2000s establishments in Rivers State to Category:2000s establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:2010s establishments in Rivers State to Category:2010s establishments in Nigeria
 * Category:21st-century disestablishments in Rivers State to Category:21st-century disestablishments in Nigeria
 * Category:Disestablishments in Rivers State by decade to Category:Disestablishments in Nigeria by decade


 * Nominator's rationale: overcategorisation, per WP:SMALLCAT. The current coverage on en.Wikipedia of Rivers State in Nigeria nowhere near extensive enough to require a full set of by-year categories. The current setup consists of about 115 article categorisations over a 90-year period, spread over about 110 categories of three types: Category:Years in Rivers State, Category:Establishments in Rivers State by year and Category:Disestablishments in Rivers State by year. There are also about 15 container categories.
 * This nest of tiny categories is more of a hindrance to navigation than a help.
 * So this nomination makes two proposals to remedy the overcategorisation:
 * OPTION A upmerges the years, but keeps the decades. For example
 * C:1988 in Rivers State to C:1988 in Nigeria and C:1980s in Rivers State
 * C:1995 establishments in Rivers State to C:1995 establishments in Nigeria and C:1990s establishments in Rivers State
 * OPTION B upmerges both the years and the decades. For example:
 * C:1988 in Rivers State to C:1988 in Nigeria
 * C:1980s in Rivers State to C:1980s in Nigeria
 * C:1995 establishments in Rivers State to C:1995 establishments in Nigeria
 * C:1990s establishments in Rivers State to C:1990s establishments in Nigeria
 * I prefer option A, because the decade categories are just about big enough to be useful, but can expand significantly without becoming oversized. But the more radical option B would still be better than keeping this collection of tiny categories. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:15, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Note: categories all tagged. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:35, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Discussion (years and decades in Rivers State)

 * Add your comments and !votes below this line

I take your point that we have anachronistic Rivers State categories, and that those should be eliminated. However, both these options significantly reduce the number of anachronistic categories. The remainder can more be dealt with by a separate nomination after this one closes, and the reduced number of categories can then be more easily tackled to remove anachronism. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:45, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Option A. Seems a reasonable compromise. Oculi (talk) 17:06, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * In principle, Support Option A. However, the present states of Nigeria were only formed after the end of the Biafran War.  We should not be having any categories for Rivers State before it existed.  Instead we should be using the preceding provinces.  Anything else is anachronistic.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:04, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Good point. But could that issue be tackled as a followup nomination, to avoid complicating this one?  -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:58, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Happy to defer the wider issue until later, but the pre-state categories should not be closed under either option, but renominated for a different merger. Peterkingiron (talk) 00:12, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Support either, prefer A, the latter also considering User:Peterkingiron's remark: since the 1970s we have sufficient content per decade. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:58, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - modern Nigeria was created in 1960 (transforming from Colonial Nigeria, part of the British Empire), whereas the Rivers State was formed in 1967. The proposal is clearly not dealing with this issue of anachronism as mentioned by Peterkingiron. I wouldn't support anything which doesn't solve this.GreyShark (dibra) 21:00, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Please can we try to solve one problem at a time? This proposal does not in any way impede a subsequent resolution of the anachronisms, and it actually makes that job easier.
 * In this case, i would prefer keeping the decades, as it is a valid subdivision of Nigeria and we do have "Years in " categories. This is on the condition that we remove anachronisms later on.GreyShark (dibra) 17:30, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose The issue is not how many articles are currently in these categories, but how many could potentially reasonably in these categories. Nigeria has a population of 184 million people. It is reasonable to expect that in any year hundreds of notable organizations/schools etc were organized, so splitting the category by state based on the states of Nigeria in a specific year is a reasonable proposal. The fact that Wikipedia is Amero and European centric should not cause us to kill such reasonable projects to prevent categories from getting unworkably too larger.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:05, 20 March 2017 (UTC)


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