Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 May 2



Categories for Nepalese film stubs

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 02:06, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting 1960s nepalese film stubs


 * Propose deleting 1970s nepalese film stubs


 * Nominator's rationale: These categories don't need to exist as Category:Nepalese film stubs doesn't need diffusion. There are stub templates for 1960s through 2010s that may not be needed either but limiting this nomination to the categories. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 23:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, plus these were created out of process. Her Pegship (speak) 23:51, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


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Template:Nepal-album-stub

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete, in conjunction with the closure above. (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 07:06, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting


 * Nominator's rationale: Did not go through WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. Not enough Nepalese album articles to justify having this at this time. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 23:26, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Characters in legends

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 * The result of the discussion was: do not merge, but rename Category:Characters in legends to Category:Legendary characters to match the sub-cats at May 3. – Fayenatic  L ondon 14:43, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Characters in legends to Category:Legendary people
 * Nominator's rationale: Very similar categories. The legendary people heirarchy is better populated. Of course not all the articles are, strictly speaking, about people, but most of them have some claim to be regarded as people. Not all of them really qualify as Literary characters either.  Combining the two categories gets round that issue. Rathfelder (talk) 15:55, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. Even if it is a matter of WP:ENGVAR (which I do not know) a merge at global level is still appropriate. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:01, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I just noticed this other nomination. I suppose the two discussions should be closed in conjunction. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:32, 4 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Split into people and characters per 3 May Nom and close to conform to that. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:27, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Category:Characters in legends is part of the heirarchy of Literary characters. The problem comes when you get people like Dick Whittington, who clearly was a real person, but has also become a character in legends.  And I'm puzzled as to why Characters in legends are only British or Indian.  Is this a local linguistic issue? Rathfelder (talk) 11:19, 11 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:People from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. MER-C 10:46, 11 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Propose renaming Category:People from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:People from Bangsamoro
 * Propose renaming Category:Populated places in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Populated places in Bangsamoro
 * Propose renaming Category:Cities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Cities in Bangsamoro
 * Propose renaming Category:Municipalities of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Municipalities of Bangsamoro
 * Propose renaming Category:Provincial governors in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Provincial governors in Bangsamoro
 * Propose renaming Category:Politics of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Politics of Bangsamoro
 * Nominator's rationale: See collapsed discussion below. Steel1943  (talk) 13:26, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Category:People from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:People from Bangsamoro –C2D/C2C Newly inaugurated region replaced defunct region RioHondo (talk) 18:04, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Category:Populated places in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Populated places in Bangsamoro
 * Category:Cities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Cities in Bangsamoro
 * Category:Municipalities of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Municipalities of Bangsamoro
 * Category:Provincial governors in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Provincial governors in Bangsamoro
 * Category:Politics of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Category:Politics of Bangsamoro
 * The defunct region still has it's own article (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) and own categorys ( so oppose these moves. Armbrust The Homunculus 18:19, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I can create new subcats for the new region it was replaced with, sure. But the above permcats would be emptied as no region can co-exist with another in the same territorial jurisdiction. The defunct article and few subcategories are kept for historical purpose and only those that pertain to its defunct government structure and political history. But the above People, Populated places, Politics, they continue under the new region.--RioHondo (talk) 20:09, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The dead ARMM existed. Someone who was alive during the ARMM days and is now dead can claim not to be from the Bangsamoro Region, and categorizing someone who is from not "that place" is outright false. The geographical extend of the ARMM and Bangsamoro (and indeed the ARMM during its existence) wasn't coterminous, so it wasn't a simple renaming. This like saying Pocahontas is from the United States. Howard the Duck (talk) 00:53, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * If ever this is sent to the usual CFD, I request the removal of the ARMM categories be reverted until there's consensus for renaming or deletion. Howard the Duck (talk) 00:57, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * @ Yup, we can continue discussing this in CFD. But a person born between 1989 and 2018 who is from that region will be a hard find. Remember this only existed for less than 20 years, and so those people categorized as from being the ARMM are actually inacurrate, as i said you have to be born from August 1989 and Feb 26 2019 to be accurately categorized as such (which luckily we don't have, as the people from region category is just a container category with links to people by individual component province as we do most other regional people categories). All of the above permcats were container categories, no article really fell under any of them as we do articles per province here really. We don't do people by historical entities here either, cos if we did, many of those BLPs should have been categorized as from being Category:People from Moro Province or Category:People from the Department of Mindanao and Sulu. :)--RioHondo (talk) 06:31, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? People born between 1989 and 2018 in the ARMM number in the millions. People who satisfy the notability criteria reduces this, but there are still many people. This isn't reduced to people who were born in that time; you'd also include people who were living from 1989 to 2003. Now whether is this is a container or you'd actually categorize people in this category is another question, but that shouldn't be a factor on whether this should be renamed or not.
 * "We don't do people by historical entities", but we can. It'll be interesting who were people who were living at the time Ambos Camarines was a thing. Howard the Duck (talk) 11:57, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Let's see...Do those young ISIL-linked combatants have WP articles? Of course, there are millions but we know regional BLPs are scarce around here, and especially from that troubled southern region. It will just be another unnecesarry layer in our already underpopulated people categories which we do by current provincial setup. Sure, we get one from Ambos Camarines, one for Sultanate of Maguindanao, a couple from Moro Province, and maybe nil for Lepanto-Bontoc and Kedatuan of Dapitan. These cats would just merged and/or deleted given the scarcity. I am also merely following what is already there, and your proposal will be just as bizarre as having a Category:People from Manila (province) and a Category:People from Bulacan (1578-1901) that includes people from Valenzuela at the time when Valenzuela was still not part of Metro Manila LOL. Again, Bangsamoro is basically still ARMM except that it added Cotabato City and a few other barangays like Metro Manila did with Valenzuela. And can you imagine having a Category:Populated places in Bulacan (1578-1901) that includes Valenzuela? That's messed up IMHO.--RioHondo (talk) 14:50, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * See WP:SMALLCAT. Millions of people lived at the old ARMM, not just ISIL combatants. Even those rebels should be plentiful. The political dynasts are plentiful. Who knows we might even see sportspeople and celebrities. ISIL combatants are an infinitesimal percentage of the people who lived in the ARMM. We can have a category for Representatives from Lanao del Sur, categorized in both ARMM and BARMM. You could do the same for Ambos Camarines, Lepanto-Bontoc, Kedatuan of Dapitan, Maynila (province), which are all dissolved entities. We can even do a category of Kingdom of Maynila officeholders. Dunno about Bulacan as it's still existing. Several provinces annexed and lost tows in history, dunno how that compares to already dissolved entities such as the ARMM, as long categorization is concerned, which is what not I'm saying. Dunno how that bizarrely got into the conversation.
 * What is now Myanmar was once named Burma, and the majority of WP categories having to do with Burma were redirected to those encompassing Myanmar. While "Burma" is still used colloquially in some cases, the current, official name of the country is Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It seems to me that "people from ARRM" can just as easily be sorted as "people from [any province within the former ARMM]", thus avoiding any need for a category like "people from Bangsomoro". Just saying. Her Pegship (speak) 01:39, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Actually, Bangsamoro being the successor region is the one that has to have all these subcats whereas the ARMM should be treated from a historical perspective from this point. If the plebiscite didn't involve a somewhat different government structure and a little enlargement, this could have easily just been renamed or moved to the current name. But we are keeping the ARMM as a distinct historical entity but all the rest that does not pertain to its former political structure and history should fall under the new region. See this: https://armm.gov.ph--RioHondo (talk) 11:41, 4 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Support, this merely concerns a name change of the region, that does not make the region entirely different. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:01, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Geographic extent is sorta different, as it includes several new settlements from Cotabato, including the dismemberment of Pikit, Cotabato, that were previously not a part of the old ARMM. (The rump Pikit that's staying in Cotabato doesn't even possess the city town hall.) Politically, it's different, as it would totally be distinct from other locally governed places in the Philippines, as it's the first time since 1986 that the parliamentary system is being used in the country. Now, whether or not this is different in practice is a question that can only be answered in time. Howard the Duck (talk) 00:41, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support -- This is appropriate even if there have been slight boundary changes. Historical categories relating to the former ARRM should retain their name, but be parented by categories relating to the present name.  This is standard practice for renamed polities.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:17, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. The category rename for Category:Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao geography stubs is also long overdue.--RioHondo (talk) 03:23, 11 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in Australia

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 * The result of the discussion was: supserseded by wider nomination at CFD May 23. – Fayenatic  L ondon 12:49, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in Australia to Category:Catholic Church sex abuse cases in Australia
 * Nominator's rationale: See collapsed discussion below. Steel1943  (talk) 12:30, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Category:Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in Australia to Category:Catholic Church sex abuse cases in Australia – C2C per Category:Catholic Church sex abuse cases by country Danski454 (talk) 18:40, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Category:Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in New Zealand to Category:Catholic Church sex abuse cases in New Zealand
 * Category:Roman Catholic Church sex abuse cases in Canada to Category:Catholic Church sex abuse cases in Canada
 * Oppose at least speedy. The main articles of the categories are Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Australia, Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in New Zealand and Catholic sexual abuse cases in Canada. Armbrust The Homunculus 06:35, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I suggest placing this one on hold until this related discussion closes. -- Black Falcon (talk) 01:49, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:04, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
 * that discussion has been closed, renaming Category:Christian sex abuse cases to Category:Child sexual abuse scandals in Christianity. Is another discussion needed for the Category:Catholic sex abuse cases hierarchy? – Fayenatic  L ondon 08:44, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Don't you think the speedy could proceed as normal now again? PPEMES (talk) 15:27, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Certainly not as nominated, since we have moved away from "sex abuse cases". Is it sufficiently clear what the new names should be? e.g. Category:Catholic Church child sexual abuse scandals in Australia? – Fayenatic  L ondon 11:31, 1 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Support alt rename to Category:Catholic Church child sexual abuse scandals in Australia for consistency with the latest discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:07, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - don't we need to rename from Category:Catholic sex abuse cases downwards? (For the alt rename, with which I agree.) Oculi (talk) 19:40, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Agree with Oculi Needs a wider nomination. Laurel Lodged (talk) 17:43, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support for consistency. PPEMES (talk) 15:44, 14 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Foxbridge

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) . Marcocapelle (talk) 07:08, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting foxbridge


 * Nominator's rationale: Seems odd to have a category for horses sired (or "grandsired") by a stallion. Man o' War doesn't have one. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:17, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, Northern Dancer has one - Category:Northern Dancer bloodline - though that looks a lot more impressive. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:21, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Comment - there is a host of mysterious categories such as Category:Thoroughbred family 1-a which appear to be based on bloodline. Man o' War is in Category:Thoroughbred family 4-c, apparently. Oculi (talk) 09:41, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Delete as unnecessary (family relationships should be covered in article text). See similar current CFD. Note: The category currently has just one member. If not deleted then rename to "Horses descended from ..." or similar. DexDor(talk) 12:04, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * DElete -- We do not usually allow such categories for humans. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:19, 5 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Samsung Gear games

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename as nominated. One of the discussants suggested creating one or more parent categories on top of this category, but did not object against Category:Samsung Gear VR games as such. (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 11:20, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Samsung Gear games to Category:Samsung Gear VR games
 * Nominator's rationale: "Samsung Gear" is not a single software platform (there are Gear VR, Gear S3, Gear Sport, Gear Fit, etc.); the only common feature of "Samsung Gear games" might be that they are games for a mobile Samsung device whose name includes the words "Samsung Gear". All the current pages in the category are actually games for Samsung Gear VR. The name "Samsung Gear VR games" would be consistent with categories for games for other VR headset, e.g. HTC Vive games, Oculus Rift games, PlayStation VR games, etc. Martin Kraus (talk) 10:31, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * I guess an alternative might be to rename the category to "Games on Samsung Gear platforms" and make a subcategory "Samsung Gear VR games" and a supercategory "Games on Samsung platforms". But that appears to be unnecessary deep. A more reasonable alternative might be to rename this category to "Games on Samsung platforms" and make "Samsung Gear VR games" a subcategory. Martin Kraus (talk) 20:47, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I support the initial proposal, to specify Samsung Gear VR. Bondegezou (talk) 16:04, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

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Category:Images of history maps

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Wikipedia images of maps, as there is no common factor among these 12 images. This close is no bar to creating a category of history maps, or of historical maps, if someone wants to populate such a thing properly. – Fayenatic  L ondon 14:26, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting images of history maps


 * Nominator's rationale: All maps show history. So do all images. It's parent Category:History images is a very bad idea (all images are images of history a second after they are created). Redundant to Category:History maps. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  02:13, 24 April 2019 (UTC)


 * If not kept, merge to Category:Wikipedia images of maps rather than plainly delete. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:12, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * If not deleted or merged, rename to Category:Wikipedia images of history maps, WP:C2C per Category:Wikipedia images of maps. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:18, 26 April 2019 (UTC)


 * On second reading, I do not understand the rationale. All maps show history? No, only history maps show history. Besides, if there is a problem with history maps, then why only nominate the images category and not the root Category:History maps? Marcocapelle (talk) 18:18, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Historical maps are a specific type of map IMO - for instance, if I publish an atlas in 1919, that atlas doesn't contain "historical maps" even though it's 2019, it contains maps meant to show what the world is like in 1919, whereas a "historical map" is a map created after-the-fact to show what the world was like at a certain time, often simplifying features in order to demonstrate a point. SportingFlyer  T · C  20:16, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Rename images of historical maps. However, this category is currently a hotchpotch of random examples.  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:45, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * They are not historical maps but maps about history made for Wikipedia. See also the explanation above about the difference between the two by SportingFlyer. So if renamed Category:Wikipedia images of history maps is certainly a better option. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:32, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

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Church buildings, inconsistent categories
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Category:Danish airline chief executives

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. MER-C 10:13, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Danish airline chief executives to Category:Chief executives in the airline industry and Category:Danish chief executives
 * Nominator's rationale: Merge into parent categories (except Category:Airlines of Denmark), per WP:SMALLCAT. feminist (talk) 05:42, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment: I have added "and Category:Danish chief executives" in the nomination, as apparently intended by nominator. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:37, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per nom, in addition I wonder if the airline CEO parent needs a split by nationality at all, the total number of airline CEOs remains well under 200. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:41, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Hong Kong Government biography stubs
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. – Fayenatic  L ondon 16:47, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Hong Kong Government biography stubs to Category:Hong Kong government biography stubs
 * Nominator's rationale: Consensus at WPSS is to re-scope the stub type to include people from all branches of the government of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Government (caps) refers only to the executive branch. Her Pegship (speak) 20:31, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Could you add a link to the WPSS discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:35, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Gladly: WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Proposals. Her Pegship (speak) 16:32, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals/2019/January may be a more permanent link. – Fayenatic  L ondon 20:38, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You appear to have both proposed and then closed that proposal yourself. (Special:Diff/892334208) Is that accepted procedure at WPSS? Granted, there had been discussion, leading to the proposal on 30 March, after which two weeks had elapsed without opposition. – Fayenatic  L ondon 20:48, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * - Just trying to keep things tidy. WPSS isn't as active as it used to be; I figured there might be a chance for further discussion here. Feel free to remove this proposal, or mark it closed without consensus, and let me know if you want me to re-open the discussion at WPSS. Cheers, Her Pegship (speak) 20:54, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I think it is OK for this to go ahead anyway, as it's unopposed. Let me just ping other WPSS participants in case they may have comments: – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:43, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 *  Neutral - Without knowing for certain what capital letters entails, I abstain. --Jax 0677 (talk) 22:57, 13 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Hong Kong Government stubs
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. – Fayenatic  L ondon 18:11, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Hong Kong Government stubs to Category:Government of Hong Kong stubs
 * Nominator's rationale: Consensus at WPSS is to re-scope the stub type to include all branches of the government of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Government (caps) refers only to the executive branch. Her Pegship (speak) 20:27, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Previous discussion: WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals/Archive/2019/January. Her Pegship (speak) 16:32, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:File deletion templates
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. MER-C 10:41, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:File deletion templates to Category:Files for discussion templates
 * Nominator's rationale: To follow the same format as Category:Categories for discussion templates, Category:Templates for discussion templates, and Category:Redirects for discussion templates. DannyS712 (talk) 19:25, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Support in the spirit of WP:C2C. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:34, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Boat racing people by Canadian province or territory
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 11:18, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting boat racing people by canadian province or territory


 * Nominator's rationale: Only used as a holder for one category, that category being listed below. See explanation there for proposal. Grutness... wha?   03:16, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Defer To the outcome below, whether I agree with it or not. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:52, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

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Category:Boat racing people from Ontario
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 11:18, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting boat racing people from ontario


 * Nominator's rationale: Currently only contains a handful of articles, which are a peculiar mishmash of sport sailors and canoeists. No other country, territory, state, province, city, or town has a "Boat racing people" category. The current oddity should be deleted, with no prejudice against creating and  and the equivalent "by province" categories, which would very likely be populable. See also above nomination. Grutness...  wha?   03:16, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Delete Per nom. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:53, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Split into and  or perhaps "sail racing" or "competitive sailing" for the latter.  These are two distinct sports, and their might be a third one for rowing.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:35, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete rather than split: for comparison, American canoeists and American sailors are also not diffused by state. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:42, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

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Music festivals
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. MER-C 11:30, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:1520 music festivals to Category:1520 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1688 music festivals to Category:1688 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1719 music festivals to Category:1719 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1784 music festivals to Category:1784 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1818 music festivals to Category:1818 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1845 music festivals to Category:1845 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1846 music festivals to Category:1846 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1855 music festivals to Category:1855 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1858 music festivals to Category:1858 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1869 music festivals to Category:1869 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1873 music festivals to Category:1873 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1874 music festivals to Category:1874 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1875 music festivals to Category:1875 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1876 music festivals to Category:1876 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1888 music festivals to Category:1888 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1892 music festivals to Category:1892 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1895 music festivals to Category:1895 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1898 music festivals to Category:1898 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1904 music festivals to Category:1904 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1908 music festivals to Category:1908 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1909 music festivals to Category:1909 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1910 music festivals to Category:1910 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1917 music festivals to Category:1917 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1919 music festivals to Category:1919 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1920 music festivals to Category:1920 in music
 * Propose merging Category:1921 music festivals to Category:1921 in music
 * Nominator's rationale: merge, until 1921 the tree of Category:Music festivals by year is just a duplicate of its subcategory Category:Music festivals by year of establishment. The 'oldest' article in the tree about a music festival of a particular year is Salzburg Festival: history and repertoire, 1922–1926. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:05, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Merge per nom. Please tell me that the Rolling Stones headlined the festival from 1520!  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 16:43, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Destroy somehow -- Most of the content is actually inaccurate: the content of 18xx music festivals is generally music festivals established in 18xx, which probably means that item ought also to be in the 18xx +1 category. There is thus a case for TNT against the whole tree.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:05, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * If destroy means delete (rather than merge) then that is not a good idea. A music festival established in 1921 fits well in Category:1921 in music. But anyway we are in agreement that the nominated categories should disappear. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:32, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. Rubbish computer (Talk: Contribs) 10:24, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Admin question: the categories are populated by a template, Music festivals by year of establishment cat. We can edit the template, but should the parenting in later years be unchanged? E.g. Category:Music festivals established in 1921 will be in Category:1921 in music, but Category:Music festivals established in 1922 would be in Category:1922 music festivals. – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:01, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * @Fayenatic, I see no reason to omit a Category:Music festivals established in YYYY from Category:YYYY music festivals if the latter exists.
 * So I have tweakedMusic festivals by year of establishment cat to populate  if that exists, otherwise use.
 * Hope this helps -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 21:16, 13 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Swedish-speaking Finns
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 * The result of the discussion was: withdrawn (non-admin closure) . Marcocapelle (talk) 12:47, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose containerizing swedish-speaking finns


 * Nominator's rationale: containerize (keep the subcategories and the List article in the category): Swedish-speaking is not a defining characteristic of people with an article directly in this category. A large amount of the articles do not even mention the fact. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:15, 18 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I don't see a rational reason why this category should be emptied.--Darwinek (talk) 23:40, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * WP:NONDEF is a very rationale guideline. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:35, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Oppose - Swedish identity has a had a rather consequential impact on Finland's society and politics. See aricles such as Finland's language strife on why this is relevant. Swedish-speakers in Finland have their own political party (Swedish People's Party of Finland) and their own autonomous region (Åland Islands). This is certianly a defining characteristic in Finnish society and WP:NONDEF does not apply here. Inter&#38;anthro (talk) 16:01, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Withdrawn, it is not meaningful to keep this discussion open with no further comments after 10 days of relisting. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:47, 12 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:XYZ (English band) members
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 * The result of the discussion was: no consensus. <span style="font:small-caps 1.2em Garamond,Times,serif;color:#224422;letter-spacing:0.2em;">‑Scottywong <span style="font:0.75em Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:#224422;">| talk _  00:55, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting xyz (english band) members


 * Nominator's rationale: This band, XYZ, never recorded or played live. It's an interesting footnote in the history of Yes and Led Zeppelin, but I can't see how membership of it is ever a defining category. Bondegezou (talk) 09:30, 18 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep - it's similar to categorising footballers by each team they played for. (The 4 people are clearly defining for XYZ (English band) but that is the wrong way round.) Thanks for the nom - hadn't heard of this venture. Oculi (talk) 10:18, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, as creator. I'm not sure there's a notability test for categorizable bands, or what we would use to create it. At the moment, I think it's "Does the band have an article that lists at least three members with articles?" As far as I know, we've removed only one other category like this before, Categories for discussion/Log/2012 November 2, and that was because Presley, Cash, Perkins, and Lewis didn't actually call themselves by that name. In this case, the participants called themselves XYZ when they recorded their songs together (see ), so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯? Anyway, willing to go whichever way as long as we have a clear rationale that can be applied to the creation of other categories.--Mike Selinker (talk) 13:07, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
 * They recorded some demos together. We don't know what name would have been used if they had actually gone public and released something or played live. Categories do not exist to be an exhaustive ontology: we only use them for defining characteristics, and being an XYZ member is never going to be a defining characteristic. Bondegezou (talk) 15:24, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
 * We do know that, though. Jimmy Page said, "Chris (Squire) had this wonderful name for it: XYZ, because it was ex-Yes and ex-Zeppelin." If Jimmy Page says that's what the band's name was, I feel that's good enough for me.--Mike Selinker (talk) 07:24, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The name is not the issue. That the band had no substantive existence is. It was an aborted project: how is it ever going to be a defining characteristic? Bondegezou (talk) 22:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * As I said, in the absence of definable notability tests other than "having an article which lists its members, enough of which have articles of their own," I see no reason that this is any different than any other band. They formed a unit, they gave themselves a name, they recorded music, it's been released and is available on the internet. All seems fine to me. YMMV.--Mike Selinker (talk) 05:47, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * They recorded some demos. The demos leaked without permission: they have never been officially released. (This is all described in the article.)
 * We have a test and that's WP:DEFCAT. None of the four people in this category are "commonly and consistently define[d]" by reliable sources with respect to their membership of this aborted project. Bondegezou (talk) 11:29, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The point of Category:Musicians by band is "Musicians by their bands, whether previous or current members." It is a defining element of these musicians that they are in bands, and the goal of the category scheme is to categorize those. I get that you think the band itself is not notable enough. That's an issue for the article, and you should feel free to nominate it for deletion. While the article exists, these are the members of the band that the article describes, so the category scheme covers it. I can see we're not going to agree on this, and that's okay.--Mike Selinker (talk) 16:38, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * But you are stretching the definition of a "band" to include an aborted project. It is different to "any other band" because they never played live, and they never released anything. I'm perfectly happy with the article existing, as it is a notable aborted project, but this makes a mockery of the purpose of categorisation, as clearly laid out in WP:DEFCAT.
 * The goal of categories is not to provide a comprehensive ontology of every project everyone has been in. It is WP:DEFCAT. No-one ever talks about Chris Squire as "XYZ member Chris Squire", or Jimmy Page as "XYZ member Jimmy Page", ergo this category has no purpose. Bondegezou (talk) 19:01, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * No one ever talks about Sidney Crosby as a Rimouski Océanic player either, yet there he is in Category:Rimouski Océanic players, because the purpose of the hockey category system is to categorize players by their teams, whatever they are. This category system uses the same approach. Anyway, I understand your position, Bondegezou, and I'm pretty sure you understand mine. I am fine with whatever happens. Let's see what others say.--Mike Selinker (talk) 05:21, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * For that analogy to work, Rimouski Océanic would have to be an idea for a team who never actually played a match. XYZ was a short-lived attempt towards a band, that folded before any public activity.
 * If no-one ever talks about Sidney Crosby as a Rimouski Océanic player, then that category should be removed from his article, as per WP:DEFCAT. That, however, does not mean that Category:Rimouski Océanic players should be deleted as long as it is a defining characteristic for some other players. I'm saying being an XYZ member is never a defining characteristic for these four musicians because XYZ, as an aborted project, is only notable because of them.
 * WP:DEFCAT is an editing guideline. It trumps other stuff existing. Bondegezou (talk) 14:27, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, we disagree on this, and I think we've covered the ground enough for a closer to decide.--Mike Selinker (talk) 14:57, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Keep Regardless if they did or did not play or record together, this band existed in some form, and you can say that each of them was a member of it at some stage in their career.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 06:25, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete, this is notable as a failed project rather than as a band. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:28, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. The Million Dollar Quartet CFD is not a precedent for this, as that one was simply WP:OC. However, I find myself in full agreement with the rationales stated by the nominator and Marcocapelle. All four member pages should be removed from the category as WP:OC, so the category should be deleted. – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:23, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per the nom and Marcocapelle. Never got off the ground and actually performed, so what's the point of having a category? Newshunter12 (talk) 03:20, 10 August 2019 (UTC)


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Category:History of philosophy images
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 10:14, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting history of philosophy images


 * Nominator's rationale: Single-image category related to problematic Category:History images (all images are images of history...). Category:Philosophy images is totally sufficient. <sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 01:54, 24 April 2019 (UTC)


 * If not kept, merge to Category:Philosophy images rather than plainly delete. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:15, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Problem -- The one member relates to natural philosophy (what we call science), not philosophy as the term is now used. history of science images would describe it better.  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:48, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * We do not even have Category:Science images or Category:Wikipedia science images. So Category:History images is perhaps the better target then. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:37, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Delete category on Wikipedia, move image to Commons (it's already tagged for that move). I have made several diagrams illustrating the History and philosophy of science, but they are on Commons not Wikipedia, and I didn't create any categories for them... this image should certainly be moved to Commons also, in which case the category is even more clearly redundant than it now is. And perhaps we should do some categorising over on Commons. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:38, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'd be okay with that too. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:34, 3 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Songs written by Aphex Twin
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 * The result of the discussion was: keep (non-admin closure) . Marcocapelle (talk) 07:24, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting songs written by aphex twin


 * Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary when we also have Category:Aphex Twin songs. Aphex Twin is not a singer so it's not like he's sung on tracks written by other people. (And since he's not a singer I also think "songs" is not strictly correct in either case - there's no singing - and would prefer "tracks", but whatever.) Popcornduff (talk) 05:04, 24 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I note at least one of the members of the category, Windowlicker has vocals, so counts as a song. However, if the nomination was to rename to Category:Compositions by Aphex Twin I would neither support nor oppose. --Richhoncho (talk) 08:37, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The nomination is to delete Category:Songs written by Aphex Twin because we already have Category:Aphex Twin songs. Whether Windowlicker counts as a song has nothing to do with it. Popcornduff (talk) 08:53, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * In which case I must refer you to the precedents, the latest being, Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_April_3 which confirms that 'performed by' does not equate to 'written by' and as pointed out below by Oculi. --Richhoncho (talk) 10:44, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Aye, but in this case all songs written by Aphex Twin are also performed by Aphex Twin. Popcornduff (talk) 12:14, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Oppose - Category:Aphex Twin songs is in one tree, (the recording artist),  in another, . Different trees; doesn't matter if the contents are the same. Oculi (talk) 09:48, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * That makes more sense than the arguments above. Thanks. Popcornduff (talk) 12:23, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

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Category:Texas A&M MSC Student Conference on National Affairs Former Speakers
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 10:15, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose Deleting  Category:Texas A&M MSC Student Conference on National Affairs Alumni
 * Propose Deleting  Category:Texas A&M MSC Student Conference on National Affairs Former Speakers
 * Nominator's rationale: Per WP:OCASSOC for the Alumni category and WP:PERFCAT for the Speakers subcategory
 * The MSC Student Conference on National Affairs is an annual military and civilian conference at Texas A&M University. The "Alumni" category mostly contains articles on prominent politicians who, in their youth, helped coordinate or volunteer for the conference as college students. The "Speakers" category articles generally doesn't mention the conference at all but I assume it's for individual presenters. Neither category seems defining. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:50, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:26, 10 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Esperanto speakers of Jewish descent
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. In case there is scope to write an encyclopedic article or section about this intersection, the current members are L. L. Zamenhof, Leopold Einstein, Petr Ginz, Reinhard Selten & Tibor Sekelj. – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:28, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose Deleting  Category:Esperanto speakers of Jewish descent
 * Nominator's rationale: Per WP:OCEGRS
 * I assumed this category would have people that began speaking Esperanto at least partly because of their Jewish background. However, every single article is someone who is Jewish (or from a Jewish background) who happens to speak Esperanto. Not a single one of the current article tie the two topics together. (No merge is needed because I added some categories so that all the articles are in both the Jewish and Esperanto category trees. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:50, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * This category is created in fact because probably a lot of people of Jewish descent learned Esperanto also or even mainly because of the Jewish link to Esperanto. (The causes and motivation why someone learned Esperanto are usually not mentioned in the wikipedia. Reinhard Selten somewhere said, he learned Esperanto because he knew that his father spoke Esperanto; he did not mention in this sentence that his father was Jewish.) It is known that the first Esperanto speakers came mainly from three backgrounds, former speakers of Volapük, adepts of Lew Tolstoy and Jewish people (or of Jewish descent). Ludwik Zamenhof, who was Jewish himself, sent his first book to Jewish communities in many countries and the percentage of Jewish people between the first speakers of Esperanto is remarkable (although for obvious reasons this fact is not always spoken about). Zamenhof also at some time had the idea of creating Esperanto just to give Jews a common international language. I came to the idea of creating the category just because of this link. I speak Esperanto for more than fourty years now and some day I realised that a lot of my Esperanto friends are of Jewish descent; they do not say, hello, I am of Jewish descent, but after some while you realise it. So I think this category expresses this link. --Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven (talk) 09:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Here is a mention of a publication about the subject (not yet published), "The Heritage and Legacy of Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof between Judaism and Esperanto. Proceedings of the GEOP Workshop at Polin Museum Warsaw, December 2017 (In Vorbereitung, mit Federico Gobbo)". I tried to find another article about this link I know of, but didn't succeed :-( --Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven (talk) 09:30, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Support, the tree of Category:Esperantists has not otherwise been diffused by descent. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:17, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, but there is the tree of Category:Esperantists_by_nationality. It seems to me that being of Jewish descent is somehow similar. Maybe the Category:Esperanto speakers of Jewish descent should be a subcategory there. --Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven (talk) 08:43, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It is not somehow similar. We do not have Category:Esperanto speakers of English descent, Category:Esperanto speakers of American descent etc. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:36, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I think, we should consider that the situation of Jews and people of Jewish descent living in a diaspora is not always the same as that of general English or US people. So sometimes it is similar, but a bit different. --Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven (talk) 13:31, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep It is clear that Jewish descent plays some or even a major role in the decision to learn and practise Esperanto, also for the history of Esperanto and for the fact that Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, was Jewish and linked the creation of the language to his own history. --Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven (talk) 09:46, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Maybe one of the three most known letters of Zamenhof makes clear how intensely Esperanto is linked to judaism and that therefore people of Jewish descent have a special motivation to learn and practice the language. Ludwik Zamenhof wrote in 1905: "If I was not a ghetto Jew, the idea of unifying all humanity would not have occurred to me or it would have never so stubbornly accompanied me throughout my whole life. Nobody can feel the misery of human divisions as much as a Jew from a ghetto. No one can feel as strongly about the need for a non-national but a neutral human language as a Jew who has to pray to God in a long-dead tongue, who receives education and studies in the language of the nation that drives him out, who has scattered all over the world suffering kinsmen with whom he cannot communicate." I do hope that this makes things a bit clearer. --Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven (talk) 09:52, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Here is an article about Zamenhof as a Jew which mentions the letter to Michaux. Esperanto texts can be translated by Google Translate. --Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven (talk) 09:57, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * While that is a matter of personal motivation of the creator, it is not a reason to create a category for other people of Jewish descent. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:40, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The motivation of the creator of Esperanto just makes clear how much Esperanto and the fact being Jew or of Jewish descent are linked. This is true for Jews and those of Jewish descent up to now. --Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven (talk) 13:36, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I can buy that if reliable sources exist regarding an exceptionally high percentage Esperantists among people of Jewish descent. Otherwise it remains a matter of WP:OR. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:52, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I really have no conceptual problem with this category. Maybe there are notable people we don't have articles on yet whose religion and language were intertwined (or maybe there are reliable source that connects the two dots for existing biography articles). But, for right now it's really a truth in advertising issue because a reader would click on the category looking for the intersection between Judaism and Esperanto and wouldn't find it in any of the articles. RevelationDirect (talk) 21:40, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete as per nom. Bondegezou (talk) 13:37, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Since the language was created by a Jew seeking a language that could reach across political and linguistic boundaries, it is significant that many Jews have adopted it. This is salient. However, it would not be useful to create categories such as "Esperanto speakers of Norwegian descent" or "Esperanto speakers who are Christian". The link between Esperanto and being Jewish, however, is significant.
 * It may be significant that many Jews have adopted Esperanto, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily a good way to categorize articles. DexDor(talk) 20:48, 7 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete as this is being used to categorize people such as Reinhard Selten (for whom neither Judaism nor Esperanto is defining) and for consistency of categorization. See also WP:DNWAUC. DexDor(talk) 20:48, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. While Jewish esperantism may be the topic of an article, I do not see the value of the category in its current form, especially if of Jewish descent is meant as a proxy for Jew. An intersection between language spoken and religion or ethnicity seems unlikely. We do not have Catholic speakers of Latin or Swedish speakers of Finnish descent. Place Clichy (talk) 17:03, 22 May 2019 (UTC)


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Category:Translators of the Bible into English who were not native speakers
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. MER-C 11:14, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose Upmerging Category:Translators of the Bible into English who were not native speakers to Category:Translators of the Bible into English
 * Nominator's rationale: Per WP:TRIVIALCAT
 * The category contains this header in way of an explanation: "A surprising number of people who translated the Bible (or portions) into English grew up speaking other languages before thyhey learned English." I'm actually not that surprised. If a work is being translated between two languages, it seems likekly that half might have grown up speaking the language of the original document and half the language of the newly translated one. (Probably less, since polyglots might have grown up speaking neither language.) I can't find any similar "not native speakers" subcategories in the Category:Translators by destination language tree. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:50, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:20, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:TRIVIALCAT, no need for this to be a seperate category. Rubbish computer (Talk: Contribs) 13:55, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose deletion The nominator is "not that surprised" that non-native speakers of English have translated (portions of) the Bible into English. Actually, it is quite unusual. I know of nobody translating the Bible into any other European language who was not a native speaker. Though there are not comparable categories for translators into other languages, I feel that a category that captures over a dozen articles is worth something. I do not share the urge to eliminate categories. If there is a consensus of at least eight editors who vote to remove it, I will not object.Pete unseth (talk) 18:25, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Nearly all of them were migrants to an English-speaking country, there is nothing remarkable about it. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:29, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) wasn't a native Breton speaker, Elias Riggs was not a native Bulgarian speaker, Francesco Stancaro wasn't a native speaker of Polish, and on and on. RevelationDirect (talk) 21:52, 2 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Bondegezou (talk) 13:38, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Upmerge. While translating into a foreign language is more rare than the opposite, it is still one of the most common acts in translation. The French have a word for it that I do not think the English language has an equivalent for. Therefore, I see no value in keeping these categories separate. Place Clichy (talk) 17:03, 22 May 2019 (UTC)


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