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Category:British horror film stubs

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. The corresponding stub template was deleted at TfD 2017-Sep-06. -- Black Falcon (talk) 16:15, 17 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Propose deleting british horror film stubs


 * Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary category; template does not meet the threshold for creation of a separate category. Fortdj33 (talk) 22:39, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


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Category:British short film stubs

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. The corresponding stub template was deleted at TfD 2017-Sep-06. -- Black Falcon (talk) 16:17, 17 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Propose deleting british short film stubs


 * Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary category; template does not meet the threshold for creation of a separate category. Fortdj33 (talk) 22:39, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


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Category:Gilgit-Baltistan lake article stubs

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 * The result of the discussion was: redirect template and delete category (non-admin closure) . Marcocapelle (talk) 20:43, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting gilgit-baltistan lake article stubs


 * Nominator's rationale: Stub sorting still rarely splits by types of geography. And in this case it's not needed. Merge category back to . Redirect template back to GilgitBaltistan-geo-stub. Dawynn (talk) 19:22, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


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Category:Areas occupied by China after the Sino-Indian War

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete based on narrow scope, not the unclear/unsupported assertions of "POV". A friendly reminder: comment on content, not contributors; and please do not empty a category before nominating it for discussion (or during the discussion). -- Black Falcon (talk) 23:29, 30 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Propose deleting areas occupied by china after the sino-indian war


 * Nominator's rationale: Category reads "Areas occupied by China after the Sino-Indian War", despite Sino-Indian War ended up as "Status quo ante bellum" not only officially but also according to every WP:RS. In short words when there were no territorial changes why we need this category? Category makes no sense. Capitals00 (talk) 16:24, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep: This has already been discussed Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_August_28]. Capitals00 has removed all pages from the category, even though the text in the pages is in accordance with the category description. In one case he has also deleted referenced text. The Discoverer (talk) 16:37, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * None of this describes why category should be kept. I understand that you are the creator of this category, and only person who edit warred for promoting this category, even on those articles that have to do nothing with the category. You have failed to provide even one WP:RS that would justify the existence of this category. Capitals00 (talk) 16:51, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment: Capitals00 has also now deleted the description of the category. As for the members of the category, there have already been long discussions on the respective talk pages as to whether they can be members of the category or not, and only then they have been retained as members of the category. The Discoverer (talk) 17:03, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't see any discussion though, nor any discussions on the "respective talk pages" where you have unnecessarily inserted this category. Capitals00 (talk) 17:17, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete - as pointed out, virtually all reliable sources state that there was no territorial change after the Sino-Indian War. The category was created by  before his topic ban for POV-pushing. -Zanhe (talk) 23:12, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment: The issues raised above were discussed threadbare in Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_August_28, and it was established that there were in fact territorial changes, and that there was a raison d'etre for the category. Nevertheless, I am interested to know if there are some new sources that say something different. The Discoverer (talk) 05:39, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * comment difficult to discuss when the purpose of the category has been removed and all the articles removed--against standard practices Hmains (talk) 02:39, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Best choice was to remove category from couple of articles for lacking any purpose, and no one but only its creator (The Discoverer) has edit warred over it. After I removed it from articles like other editors who removed it before, I would find The Discoverer edit warring over the category, that's why I created this nomination. Capitals00 (talk) 04:50, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Which articles did you remove from this category? Marcocapelle (talk) 05:37, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The articles removed are Spanggur Gap, Spanggur Tso, Sirijap, Lanak La and Dehra Compass. In addition, Capitals00 has also removed the description of the category and some text from articles:  and.
 * I propose that we freeze the pages and the category to their versions that existed before this editing dispute began until the end of this discussion, which will enable a discussion based on the existing contents of the pages. The Discoverer (talk) 06:21, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes and you had added this category even though none of these regions came under the control of China as outcome of the war, because outcome was no territorial changes that's why this category makes no sense. Capitals00 (talk) 06:41, 8 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and Zanhe. Meaningless category, used for WP:OR. Razer ( talk ) 18:09, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete unless this is to be used for POV-pushing it will lead to lots and lots of categories, like Category:Areas occupied by Germany after the Franco-Prussian War.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:56, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * A look at what sources say The nominator's rationale is his claim that there were no territorial changes in the war. So the question to be asked is: were there, as the category's description states, places that were not completely under China's control in the years before the war but completely under China's control after the war? Let's take a look at what some sources say about the territorial changes:


 * Hoffman:
 * Taylor Fravel:
 * Okoth :
 * Taylor Fravel:
 * Okoth :
 * Okoth :


 * The above sources make it clear that there was some territorial change. The sources which say 'status quo' are only speaking with regard to the Chinese claim line. The text of the articles that were in this category show that these places were not completely under Chinese control in the years before the war, but are today. Since there were places that China did not control completely in the years before the war, but controlled after the war, it makes sense to have a category for these. The Discoverer (talk) 17:16, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * They really don't support any of your assertion. You don't have to copy paste the senseless discussion that has been already refuted and rejected on article talk page. You are misrepresenting sources if anything and China had also claimed that India has taken 50,000 square miles of area. But you are intentionally ignoring it because you are pushing POV and was topic banned from this topic before. Capitals00 (talk) 06:35, 12 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Rename, large part of this discussion emerged because the scope of the category is unnecessarily narrow. It should become something broader like Category:Disputed areas claimed by China and India. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:00, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * That's another subject but I can tell that it will lead to creation of more unnecessary categories like Category:Disputed areas claimed by China and Japan and Senkaku Islands will be there. We have Category:Territorial disputes of China and Category:Territorial disputes of India, which are enough. As per categorization, when the main subject is already covered in the category, it doesn't require its smaller subjects to be covered in the category. That means none of these regions (disputed only by The Discoverer) would require such category, because main subject Aksai Chin already got Category:Territorial disputes of China and Category:Territorial disputes of India. Capitals00 (talk) 06:45, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, I was not aware of the Territorial disputes tree and I agree that this tree covers these issues entirely. So then the nominated category can be deleted indeed. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:50, 12 September 2017 (UTC)


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Category:Boarding school films

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 * The result of the discussion was: no consensus. – Fayenatic  L ondon 11:25, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting boarding school films


 * Nominator's rationale: Doesn't strike me as likely to be a particularly significant subset of Category:Films set in schools or Category:Boarding school fiction. Upmerge to those categories. DonIago (talk) 15:45, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Upmerge per nom.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 17:11, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep With very little work I have already expanded both this and the boarding school fiction category. There is still a lot to do, but no reason not to do it.John Pack Lambert (talk) 07:21, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I just reviewed the category and am not seeing anything that leads me to believe that any expansion is significant enough that the category shouldn't still be upmerged. Is the fact that the films are set in boarding schools rather than any other kind of schools particularly significant, especially when we have the second category to denote that? DonIago (talk) 02:35, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't have an opinion regarding the deletion of this category, I just found it odd that this category was omitted from it.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 19:06, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Are these films a series or franchise, or completely unrelated? If related, the category should be renamed to reflect this. If not it should also be upmerged. Hoverfish Talk 10:14, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Donlago, the fact that the films are set in boarding schools rather than any other kind of schools is of course very significant. The films set in boarding school have a specific dynamic, that usually evolves around complicated relatioships students-teachers, whch makes them totally different from random school movie. Have you even watched any of those films? Linhart (talk) 12:13, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Have any reliable sources discussed this, or are you just expressing your own opinion? DonIago (talk) 02:34, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Of course, it's not my opinion, it's an academic fact. Look this and similar stuff: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/fq.2010.63.4.12 Linhart (talk) 11:20, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * When you provide one source, it doesn't so much come off as "of course very significant" as "something one person felt like writing about" to me. I would also note that the author doesn't appear to be a noted film critic. I would also note that the subject doesn't appear to be notable enough that anyone's ever taken the time to write an underlying article. DonIago (talk) 14:18, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, you provided none reliable sources for your statement that films set in boarding schools are just the same as films set in any other kind of schools. Because no film critic would ever write something like that.Linhart (talk) 08:33, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Nor is that what I said. And I was, I thought obviously, expressing an opinion. One which several other editors in this discussion appear to share. Even if there are specific dynamics associated with boarding school films, that doesn't automatically mean that they merit a standalone category. DonIago (talk) 13:50, 28 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Upmerge to both suggested as the one pertains to film and the other to fiction. Hoverfish Talk 10:14, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep per John Pack Lambert. Linhart (talk) 17:34, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Upmerge per nom. ---  The Old Jacobite  The '45  12:12, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Some of the best films are Boarding School Films: "Zero for Conduct" (Jean Vigo, 1933), "Au revoir les enfants" (Louis Malle, 1987), "If...." (Lindsay Anderson, 1968), "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (Peter Weir, 1975), "Mädchen in Uniform" (Leontine Sagan, 1931) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.122.133.158 (talk) 23:50, 1 October 2017 (UTC)


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Category:Android (robot)

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 * The result of the discussion was: keep. – Fayenatic  L ondon 11:52, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Android (robot) to Category:Androids
 * Nominator's rationale: Per the CfD of Category:Androids, I believe this page would be better off at that category's name to avoid confusion, while that category be moved to Category:Individual androids. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 07:59, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep – this is a topic category on the topic Android (robot) and is correctly singular (by convention, eg Category:Cheese and Category:Cheeses). Oculi (talk) 10:12, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - Um... you do realize that Cheese is actually a plural form, and Cheeses refers to types of cheese. The analogy of "Cheeses" would be Category:Androids by type if there was one. You could conceivably tell someone "want some cheese? I have a ton of it" and it would be in the plural. A better example would be Category:Robots, and Category:Individual robots, which was the precedent. Categories aren't singular, because that would imply there was only one thing in the category.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 11:32, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * You might prefer and  cited in Category_names. Oculi (talk) 23:31, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I think a more apt example would be Category:Vehicles. It would be called Category:Vehicle under your criteria. Or perhaps Category:Dragons, which would be called Category:Dragon if what you say is correct. The guidelines say to exercise your best judgement and "operas" is a special case that refers to shows, not inanimate objects.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 04:46, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you should try to add your sagacious advice to the guidelines. Oculi (talk) 08:03, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I never claimed the guidelines are wrong, just that you are interpreting them wrong. While indeed opera can be singular in that context, "android" can't. It's done on a case by case basis, and requires WP:COMMONSENSE rather than a strict reading of the rules, due to differences in the English language.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 11:34, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose The main article is Android (robot) and having misnamed categories that doesn't follow the main article hinders navigation. (Note that I support the rename of the subcategory, below. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:00, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Per precedent, categories can be plural when articles use the singular form. See also: dragon and Category:Dragons, robot and Category:Robots, vehicle and Category:Vehicles. I don't see how it's so weird. When you remove the disambiguation, it would be android and Category:Androids, following the typical pattern.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 11:38, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure, but that would be Category:Androids (robots) in this case. I'd be fine with that. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:38, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Nobody refers to the Android OS in the plural, as it's a proper name. Just like you wouldn't call many people named Jack "Jacks", they would instead be "people named Jack". Therefore, the disambiguation seems superfluous, as there wouldn't be confusion. However, I do still favor Category:Androids (robots) over the current one, for the record.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 06:06, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * oppose The category exists as the top level category of all Android topics and Androids that are NOT the operating system. That is why it came into existence - previously it was just "Android".
 * Androids refers SPECIFICALLY to NOTABLE individual models of androids - similar to "Ford Falcon"
 * Android (robot) refers GENERALLY to ANYTHING related to Android robotics.
 * This is almost as ridiculous (and offensive) a proposal as when the Android OS guys forced the Android article (from which the OS name is taken) into "Android (robot) ... and yes, the category name change was also a result of that Chaosdruid (talk) 12:22, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * If it's singular because it's a shortened form of "android robotics", then perhaps it should simply be called Category:Android robotics as a better disambiguation, per WP:NATURAL.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 12:56, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * If the consensus is to move the main article to Android robotics or back to Android, I would automatically favor having the categories follow. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:38, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose, this is a topic category. It is similar to Category:City (whereas Category:Cities is the corresponding set category)). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:11, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Rename to Category:Android robotics or Category:Android science (per Android science), or even to Category:Androids per nom (if the nomination below succeeds). "Android (robot)" is an awful name for a topic category, and we absolutely do not have to use the awkward, malformed singular form of "Android"—Category:Androids could be the name of a topic category (about the topic of androids) just as easily as of a set category (about types of androids or individual androids). -- Black Falcon (talk) 19:18, 1 October 2017 (UTC)


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Category:Androids

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 * The result of the discussion was: keep. – Fayenatic  L ondon 11:52, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Androids to Category:Individual androids
 * Nominator's rationale: This page currently is about individual androids, rather than androids in general. Therefore, in order to reduce confusion, it should be renamed to this title, while Category:Android (robot) is renamed Category:Androids. It only goes to reason the parent category should be the simpler, less disambiguated one. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 07:32, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep – this is indeed a list category of individual androids, and is correctly titled already. Oculi (talk) 10:18, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Support/Rename The category is listing individual androids and there is a rival category on the concept of androids (whose name is also under discussion, above). Given the two categories, the rename makes this one clearer. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:00, 7 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep Andoids are notable androids. They are NOT individual, as there could be hundreds produced of that model - maybe just correctly re-categorise the individual androids that have been left in the top level category (from "Android (robot)" -> "Androids"), and then go find something useful to do on Wiki? Chaosdruid (talk) 12:25, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Not assuming good faith is not helping your case. There currently do not exist any of the "android models" that you cite as an example. If any are created, it would likely merit a new category like Category:Models of android but that does not at all affect the name of this category, which is intended for singular androids or individually notable ones of a model line.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 12:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I have stated my case, which it seems you do not understand. A "model" is one type of something amongst other types of somethings. The Ferrari range include the models "La Ferrari, as well as "488".
 * These models can also have styles (or types), such as the 488; "GTB" and "Spyder"
 * Android is a concept covering anything to do with Androids - apart from the OS.
 * If Android = Human
 * Individual people - individual androids.
 * EveR is a range of androids created over many years, with the current model being "EveR-4"
 * As for AGF, I really do know what it is, not being a noob here. Over complicating two major categories because of perceived semantic disparity is, assuming good faith, a great deal of energy and commitment that could be directed more productively in other areas. If you are offended by my opinion, I cannot help that. I have taken part in many drives and helped new projects get started, there are backlogs all over Wiki that need help, yet here we are discussing whether these stable categories that have been fine for some time, suddenly need changing. IMHO. (and no, that's not me being "bitey" either) Chaosdruid (talk) 04:17, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but you just disproved your own argument. Category:Humans is the one that currently exists, not Category:Human. "Humans" is the base category for literally everything about humans, including the very article human. I would hesitate to say there are enough androids to call them "model lines" versus just "upgraded versions of previous androids" - a model implies it is produced in significant numbers.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 06:24, 8 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose, some articles are about individual androids, others are about series. There is no sufficient content (yet) to split the category. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:16, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Upmerge to Category:Android (robot) (which hopefully will be renamed in the discussion above) and Category:Bipedal humanoid robots; there is not enough material in the category at this time to warrant a split from its parents. Alternatively, if the consensus is to keep this separate, rename to Category:Individual androids, per nom and in accordance with Category:Individual robots. -- Black Falcon (talk) 19:22, 1 October 2017 (UTC)


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Category:Volleyball by city

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete Category:Volleyball by city, Category:Volleyball in the United States by city and Category:Volleyball venues in the United States by city; procedural close for Category:Volleyball in New Orleans as it has not been tagged; and no consensus on Category:Volleyball venues in New Orleans. Perhaps user:Marcocapelle's suggestion might be made as a fresh nomination, along with the state categories in Category:Volleyball venues in the United States by state and Category:Volleyball venues in Puerto Rico; however, most of the Puerto Rico venue articles do prominently mention volleyball. There is also Category:College volleyball venues in the United States which is part of a bigger hierarchy. – Fayenatic  L ondon 12:15, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting volleyball by city


 * Subcatgories: Category:Volleyball in the United States by city, Category:Volleyball venues in the United States by city, Category:Volleyball venues in New Orleans , Category:Volleyball in New Orleans
 * Nominator's rationale: Our coverage of volleyball is not so extensive as to need this granularity. Delete cities categories and upmerge as necessary and appropriate (to [x] in Louisiana). ―Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:13, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

*Delete for Now No conceptual problem with this structure but the lack of contents doesn't justify this level yet. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:03, 7 September 2017 (UTC) (I misread the nomination to only be about Category:Volleyball in New Orleans.)
 * Keep Actually it is that extensive, but no one has taken the time to invest in categorizing it appropriately until now. It doesn't make sense to blow up four categories when more information is available and can easily be included. Please keep. Spatms (talk) 11:33, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * keep Category:Volleyball venues in New Orleans  there are sufficient articles in this category to justify is use and retention Hmains (talk) 02:42, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep All categories listed As Hmains said, there are sufficient articles in Category:Volleyball venues in New Orleans just by itself. Reviewing Wikipedia as a whole, there are many more articles that can be added to all of the categories listed. Annieann1 (talk) 07:33, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Volleyball in the United States by City and Volleyball in New Orleans/Keep But Purge the Venue Categories There are plenty articles in the venue category but I would purge it of a few articles that are broad purpose venues without a strong volleyball connection. No point in the extra overhead of the parent categories though. RevelationDirect (talk) 10:44, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
 * There is a strong connection to volleyball if it's listed. That means it's used quite extensively for volleyball. Spatms (talk) 13:33, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * What? ―Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:44, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * For instance, Smoothie King Center lists dozens of events there and volleyball doesn't seem at all prominent. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:16, 13 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Rename Category:Volleyball venues in New Orleans to Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in New Orleans as a subcat of Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in the United States‎. All of the articles are about multi-purpose venues, and after this rename the specific sports categories should be removed from the articles. Delete other nominated categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:21, 13 September 2017 (UTC)


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Category:Catholic politicians

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 * The result of the discussion was: soft delete (non-admin closure) . Marcocapelle (talk) 16:14, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting catholic politicians


 * Nominator's rationale: Single-entry WP:SMALLCAT that violates WP:CATEGRS. We do not create or maintain categories for every possible intersection of religion with occupation -- Catholicism is simply a denomination of Christianity, not a thing that has a WP:DEFINING impact on a person's political career in any manner different or distinct from any other Christian denomination. And regarding the potential that Catholics have a tendency to sometimes be more centrist to centre-left than other Christian denominations, well, just look who the one entry actually is if you think that's the point here. This is not a defining characteristic for the purposes of categorizing politicians. Bearcat (talk) 18:04, 21 August 2017 (UTC)


 * comment This used to be important in the USA. It has become less so, if not totally unimportant, as it became clear that Catholic politicians were not going to vote as their bishops directed them to on various key issues (e.g. abortion). In the present it doesn't seem very important, or for that matter particularly well-known, that Bush Sr. is Episcopalian while his sons are respectively Methodist (George) and Catholic (Jeb). For Al Smith and JFK it was a significant issue. That said, I don't see this surviving in its present form. Mangoe (talk) 19:39, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment JEB's (it is an acronym from his name John Ellis Bush, Sr, so it makes no sense to call him Jeb Bush), position is very much influenced by his Catholicism. The same is also very true of Rick Santorum, despite some false notions he is an Evangelical Protestant. Still it may be hard to argue for a coherent limit to the category.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:56, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'm not disputing that Jeb or Rick Santorum's politics are influenced by their status as religious conservatives — but is there any evidence that being specifically Catholic influences their politics in a manner that's distinct from if they were members of any other Christian denomination that has a socially conservative ideology? Bearcat (talk) 15:39, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 * There is clearly for JEB. His postions on immigration, and maybe on the death penalty are a direct outgrowth of his Catholicism. He has stuck up for Haitin immigrants when no one was doing so. Although his views on immigration are colored by having a Mexican-born wife. In the case of Santorum, the level, focus and intensity of his pro-life position would not exist if he were not Catholic. John Engler is another example that comes to mind. True his being opposed to the death penalty fits with his pro-life position, although there are consistent ways to argue against killing the innocent unborn while arguing it is at times just to kill those who have committed heinous crimes. It was also not suprrising that Geoffrey Fieger supported the death penalty, he was after all the ultimate anti-life politician, and anyway, it would be a boondoggle for defense lawyers like him. The death penalty is a make work project for defense lawyers, not that ambulance chasers like Fieger lack work, but they also have no lack of greed. Not that the debate over the death penalty was live in Michigan, we have not had one since 1846 (except for treason against Michigan, a crime no one has ever been tried for). In fact the state of Michigan has never executed anyone. The only other states that have executed no one are Alaska and Hawaii. So yes, Engler, Santorum and JEB have taken political positions that are uniquely influenced by their Catholicism.John Pack Lambert (talk) 07:31, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment I've added Category:Politicians of Catholic political parties as a subcat, just in case the category is kept. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:37, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ℯ  xplicit  01:05, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


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Category:Cultural regions of Mexico

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Regions of Mexico. -- Black Falcon (talk) 16:21, 17 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Propose deleting cultural regions of mexico


 * Nominator's rationale: Per Categories_for_discussion/Log/2017_July_3 — swpb T 18:23, 25 July 2017 (UTC)


 * How do you mean referring to this previous discussion? The regions in Category:Cultural regions of Mexico are completely different from the regions discussed in that earlier discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:17, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Per WP:SUBJECTIVECAT. There are a large number of distinct areas in Mexico. Without any official designations for being distinct enough to fit into this category?RevelationDirect (talk) 02:06, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * No Objection to Rename, as proposed below. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:04, 7 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Rename to the deleted Category:Regions of Mexico – The problem with this AfD is that obvious regions like Northern Mexico will after deletion of Category:Cultural regions of Mexico (to which I have no other objection) immediately fall under the geography of Mexico without a regions category. A geography is not necessarily a region but can also be a spatial distribution, dynamic, sub-domain, etc. It often is something else than a region. Hence if this AfD is successful we are erasing a necessary link. Other countries have a region category that would contain the non-administrative regions of a country plus the administrative regions as a category under it. This organization allows for a value free judgement, independent of the question whether such regions are cultural, physical, economic, or a combination of labels. Such nuanced distinctions are more appropriate for the articles on the regions. Administrative is objective. A region has been designated as such or not. The only question that remains for plain regions is whether, for example, a valley is large enough to be considered a region. That is a value judgement yet the community can agree on a precise mathematical value for resolution. gidonb (talk) 12:18, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * For reference, the earlier CFD of Category:Regions of Mexico is located here:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 July 3. I'm neutral on Gidonb's rename alternative. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:26, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ℯ  xplicit  00:16, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Support rename, the articles belong together in a category and "region" is describing them sufficiently well. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:33, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


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