Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 March 21



Category:Countries involved in the Silk Road

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 * The result of the discussion was: Delete Timrollpickering (Talk) 20:35, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting countries involved in the silk road


 * Nominator's rationale: Not a defining category, per WP:DEFCAT. I found this on Italy, in which the text and even the sub-article History of Italy make no explicit mention of the Silk Road. I can't imagine a full article about any country having any more than a paragraph on the Silk Road. I won't check each article, but out of spot checks, there's no mention of the Silk Road on Brunei or Kenya. I am not a historian, but Wikipedia's map of the Silk Road shows many other countries than those in the category, and they could be just for transit or major hubs for all the category is worth. I was astonished that Uzbekistan, a country even I know grew rich off its Central Asian position in the Silk Road, is not so categorised. Wallachia Wallonia (talk) 18:32, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:NONDEF. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:07, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * (If kept) heavily purge -- The Silk Road was a medieval trade route between China and Europe, though it probably had more than one strand. It might be appropriate to have categories for countries along it, though it ought to be for contemporary (rather than modern) polities.  Those along the sea-born route that replaced it (involving European East India Companies) were not on the silk road and should not be in the cat.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:10, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NONDEF; polities differed when the Silk Road mattered. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:31, 27 March 2020 (UTC)


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Clearer names of barony categories

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 * The result of the discussion was: Rename Timrollpickering (Talk) 20:36, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Barons Ashburton (1782) to Category:Barons Ashburton (1782 creation)
 * Propose renaming Category:Barons Ashburton (1835) to Category:Barons Ashburton (1835 creation)
 * Propose renaming Category:Barons Stafford (1299) to Category:Barons Stafford (1299 creation)
 * Propose renaming Category:Barons Stafford (1371) to Category:Barons Stafford (1371 creation)
 * Propose renaming Category:Barons Stafford (1547) to Category:Barons Stafford (1547 creation)
 * Propose renaming Category:Barons Stafford (1640) to Category:Barons Stafford (1640 creation)
 * Nominator's rationale: While most realize what the year means, I think the names can be clearer. There are more similar categories, but I'm trying these as a test balloon to minimize editing. They will be added later if these go through. HandsomeFella (talk) 18:08, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Support A clearer name may avoid miscategorizations. Dimadick (talk) 07:35, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Rename. Good examples of why category names need to be clearer sometimes; the year alone is perfectly good disambiguation for these barons, but I can envision "creation" simplifying things for the categories, as uninformed editors might think that the Xth Baron doesn't fit in the 1371 category because he didn't inherit the title until a couple of decades later.  Nyttend (talk) 22:47, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete all -- This is a good reason why we should not have categories on holders of specific titles. The means of accessing articles by title that I have always used is via list articles, which place the holders in chronological order with links to related lists and brief details of notable achievements.  This is giving us a mass of categories most of which have very few articles in them.  I might have voted to merge, but I do not think that is the answer as it will not help one work out which "Henry Lord Stafford" is which, whereas the list article does.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:04, 26 March 2020 (UTC)


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Category:Scottish women scientists by field

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge both. – Fayenatic  L ondon 09:16, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Scottish women scientists by field to Category:Scottish women scientists
 * Nominator's rationale: Only content is Category:Scottish women geologists. Unnecessary intermediate category - I dont see any similar. Rathfelder (talk) 16:30, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Support - and the same with . No other countries have a "by field" container, and given the relatively small number of subcats, even for the largest of Fooian women scientists categories, it seems like an unnecessary layer. Grutness... wha?   22:54, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I have also tagged . Support upmerging both. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:12, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Support upmerging both. Oculi (talk) 18:36, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Upmerge both -- There is scope for populating this better, as there is also Category:Scottish women physicists, but that can easy be place in the target, w3ithout the "by field" layer. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:15, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete do women scientists do science differently than men scientists? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:31, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * That is an interesting point, but goes well beyond the scope of this nomination. It would require discussing Category:Women scientists. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:36, 29 March 2020 (UTC)


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Category:People educated at The Priory School, Shrewsbury
Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 April 17%23Category:People educated at The Priory School, Shrewsbury

Category:Magazines by interest

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 * The result of the discussion was: no consensus. – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:54, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Magazines by interest to Category:Magazines by content
 * Propose merging Category:Newspapers by interest to Category:Newspapers by content
 * Propose merging Category:Publications by interest to Category:Publications by topic
 * Propose merging Category:Television by interest to Category:Television genres
 * Propose merging Category:Mass media by interest to Category:Mass media by topic
 * Nominator's rationale: merge, as it is difficult to see how the scope of every pair of categories differs from each other. For Wiki-historians it may be interesting to know that these categories were created by Stefanomione. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:56, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Comments - some of Stefanomione's eternal rocks in the ephemeral stream. The first pair are different: by interest indicates the audience (eg Women's magazines - magazines for women) and by content indicates the topic (eg Automobile magazines - magazines about cars). So I don't think a merge either way would work. I think Stefanomione probably grasped the subtleties involved in these but others don't and so the actual contents might well differ from what Stefanomione had in mind. I have no idea what the difference might be between 'by topic', 'by content' and 'by genre' (or 'genres'). Exit, mind spinning, parameters and paradigms just round the corner ... Oculi (talk) 14:23, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Whatever the intention, if the words are ambiguous they wont work. Rathfelder (talk) 16:32, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * comments This nomination is incomplete. Nomination does not provide any justification as to why the suggested names are the better choice of the two existing names.  I suggest each change be handled/discussed separately.  It also does not state what is to be done with the subcategories, such as Category:Magazines by interest and country (and all its subcats). Hmains (talk) 16:44, 12 April 2020 (UTC)


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Category:Books by interest

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 * The result of the discussion was: Delete Timrollpickering (Talk) 20:38, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting books by interest


 * Nominator's rationale: delete, the two subcategories are already in Category:Books by genre and that seems to suffice. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:46, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete - yes, straightforward. Oculi (talk) 14:25, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete  per nominator....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:24, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


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Category:History of local government in London (early)

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:History of local government in London (pre-1855). – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:51, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:History of local government in London (early) to Category:Early history of local government in London
 * Nominator's rationale: This is simply an unusual name format. "Early" is a simple adjective, so it's fine at the start of the phrase, even though other categories in the tree wouldn't be good that way, e.g. Category:History of local government in London (1889–1965) should not become "1889–1965 history of local government in London".  Another option is Category:Pre-1855 history of local government in London.  This category says "Early history (before circa 1855) of local government in the current area of Greater London, England", and 19th-century London says that the 1855 creation of the Metropolitan Board of Works was London's first metropolitan government body, so I'm guessing that's why the 1855 date was chosen.   Nyttend (talk) 11:08, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Alt rename to Category:History of local government in London (–1855), aligning with the sibling categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:20, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Is that a normal name format for pre-XXXX categories? If it is, no objection; it just sounds rather odd, and I don't remember encountering such a form in category or article names.  Nyttend (talk) 12:22, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Alt rename 2 to Category:History of local government in London (pre-1855) - 'pre-' is certainly in use in category names. ('Early' is very vague.) Oculi (talk) 13:09, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * That is fine too. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:08, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * A date is much more helpful than "early". Rathfelder (talk) 16:33, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Support alt 2 -- I had to look quite hard to accept that 1855 was a robust boundary, as many of the subsidiary authorities started at quite different dates: Poor Law Unions (established in 1830s) became rural districts, with some parishes becoming urban districts later. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:49, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


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Category:Indian Soldiers with Shrines

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. – Fayenatic  L ondon 19:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting indian soldiers with shrines


 * Nominator's rationale: delete, not a defining characteristic. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:46, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Rename if kept; there's definitely no reason to capitalise "Shrines". Nyttend (talk) 12:16, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * No need to capitalize "Soldiers" either. HandsomeFella (talk) 09:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nominator....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:16, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Clicking through the two articles, it didn't seem particularly defining. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:13, 5 April 2020 (UTC)


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Medical outbreaks by country

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 * The result of the discussion was: Not merged Timrollpickering (Talk) 22:06, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks by country to Category:Medical outbreaks
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Afghanistan to Category:Health disasters in Afghanistan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Albania to Category:Health disasters in Albania
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Algeria to Category:Disasters in Algeria and Category:Health in Algeria
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Andorra to Category:Events in Andorra and Category:Health in Andorra
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Angola to Category:Health disasters in Angola
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Antigua and Barbuda to Category:Disasters in Antigua and Barbuda and Category:Health in Antigua and Barbuda


 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Argentina to Category:Health disasters in Argentina
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Armenia to Category:Disasters in Armenia and Category:Health in Armenia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Aruba to Category:Disasters in Aruba and Category:Health in Aruba
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Australia to Category:Health disasters in Australia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Austria to Category:Health disasters in Austria
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Azerbaijan to Category:Disasters in Azerbaijan and Category:Health in Azerbaijan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Bahrain to Category:Disasters in Bahrain and Category:Health in Bahrain
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Bangladesh to Category:Health disasters in Bangladesh
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Belarus to Category:Disasters in Belarus and Category:Health in Belarus
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Belgium to Category:Disasters in Belgium and Category:Health in Belgium
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Benin to Category:Health disasters in Benin
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Bolivia to Category:Health disasters in Bolivia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Category:Disasters in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Category:Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Brazil to Category:Health disasters in Brazil
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Brunei to Category:Disasters in Brunei and Category:Health in Brunei
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Bulgaria to Category:Health disasters in Bulgaria
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Burkina Faso to Category:Health disasters in Burkina Faso
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Cambodia to Category:Disasters in Cambodia and Category:Health in Cambodia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Cameroon to Category:Disasters in Cameroon and Category:Health in Cameroon
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Canada to Category:Health disasters in Canada
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Cape Verde to Category:Health disasters in Cape Verde
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Chad to Category:Disasters in Chad and Category:Health in Chad
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Chile to Category:Disasters in Chile and Category:Health in Chile
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in China to Category:Health disasters in China
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Colombia to Category:Disasters in Colombia and Category:Health in Colombia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Croatia to Category:Disasters in Croatia and Category:Health in Croatia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Cuba to Category:Disasters in Cuba and Category:Health in Cuba
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Curaçao to Category:Disasters in Curaçao and Category:Health in Curaçao
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Cyprus to Category:Health disasters in Cyprus
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Denmark to Category:Health disasters in Denmark
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Djibouti to Category:Health disasters in Djibouti
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Ecuador to Category:Disasters in Ecuador and Category:Health in Ecuador
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Egypt to Category:Disasters in Egypt and Category:Health in Egypt
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in El Salvador to Category:Health disasters in El Salvador
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Estonia to Category:Disasters in Estonia and Category:Health in Estonia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Eswatini to Category:Disasters in Eswatini and Category:Health in Eswatini
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Ethiopia to Category:Disasters in Ethiopia and Category:Health in Ethiopia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Fiji to Category:Health disasters in Fiji
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Finland to Category:Disasters in Finland and Category:Health in Finland
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in France to Category:Health disasters in France
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in French Guiana to Category:Disasters in French Guiana and Category:Health in French Guiana
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Gabon to Category:Disasters in Gabon and Category:Health in Gabon
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Georgia (country) to Category:Disasters in Georgia (country) and Category:Health in Georgia (country)
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Germany to Category:Health disasters in Germany
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Ghana to Category:Health disasters in Ghana
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Greece to Category:Health disasters in Greece
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Greenland to Category:Health disasters in Greenland
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Guadeloupe to Category:Health disasters in Guadeloupe
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Guatemala to Category:Disasters in Guatemala and Category:Health in Guatemala
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Guinea to Category:Health disasters in Guinea
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Guyana to Category:Disasters in Guyana and Category:Health in Guyana
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Haiti to Category:Health disasters in Haiti
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Honduras to Category:Disasters in Honduras and Category:Health in Honduras
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Hong Kong to Category:Health disasters in Hong Kong
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Hungary to Category:Disasters in Hungary and Category:Health in Hungary
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Iceland to Category:Disasters in Iceland and Category:Health in Iceland
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in India to Category:Health disasters in India
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Indonesia to Category:Health disasters in Indonesia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Iran to Category:Health disasters in Iran
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Iraq to Category:Health disasters in Iraq
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Ireland to Category:Disasters in the Republic of Ireland and Category:Health in the Republic of Ireland
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Israel to Category:Disasters in Israel and Category:Health in Israel
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Italy to Category:Health disasters in Italy
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Ivory Coast to Category:Disasters in Ivory Coast and Category:Health in Ivory Coast
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Jamaica to Category:Disasters in Jamaica and Category:Health in Jamaica
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Japan to Category:Health disasters in Japan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Jordan to Category:Disasters in Jordan and Category:Health in Jordan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Kazakhstan to Category:Disasters in Kazakhstan and Category:Health in Kazakhstan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Kenya to Category:Disasters in Kenya and Category:Health in Kenya
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Kosovo to Category:Disasters in Kosovo and Category:Health in Kosovo
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Kuwait to Category:Disasters in Kuwait and Category:Health in Kuwait
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Kyrgyzstan to Category:Health disasters in Kyrgyzstan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Latvia to Category:Disasters in Latvia and Category:Health in Latvia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Lebanon to Category:Disasters in Lebanon and Category:Health in Lebanon
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Liberia to Category:Disasters in Liberia and Category:Health in Liberia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Liechtenstein to Category:Disasters in Liechtenstein and Category:Health in Liechtenstein
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Lithuania to Category:Disasters in Lithuania and Category:Health in Lithuania
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Luxembourg to Category:Disasters in Luxembourg and Category:Health in Luxembourg
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Macau to Category:Health disasters in Macau
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Malaysia to Category:Health disasters in Malaysia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Mali to Category:Disasters in Mali and Category:Health in Mali
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Malta to Category:Health disasters in Malta
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Mauritania to Category:Disasters in Mauritania and Category:Health in Mauritania
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Mauritius to Category:Health disasters in Mauritius
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Mayotte to Category:Disasters in Mayotte and Category:Health in Mayotte
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Mexico to Category:Health disasters in Mexico
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Monaco to Category:Disasters in Monaco and Category:Health in Monaco
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Mongolia to Category:Health disasters in Mongolia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Montenegro to Category:Health disasters in Montenegro
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Namibia to Category:Disasters in Namibia and Category:Health in Namibia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Nepal to Category:Disasters in Nepal and Category:Health in Nepal
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in New Caledonia to Category:Disasters in New Caledonia and Category:Health in New Caledonia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in New Zealand to Category:Disasters in New Zealand and Category:Health in New Zealand
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Nicaragua to Category:Health disasters in Nicaragua
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Niger to Category:Health disasters in Niger
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Nigeria to Category:Health disasters in Nigeria
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in North Korea to Category:Disasters in North Korea and Category:Health in North Korea
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in North Macedonia to Category:Health disasters in North Macedonia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Northern Cyprus to Category:Disasters in Northern Cyprus and Category:Health in Northern Cyprus
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Norway to Category:Disasters in Norway and Category:Health in Norway
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Oman to Category:Disasters in Oman and Category:Health in Oman
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Overseas France to Category:Disasters in Overseas France and Category:Health in Overseas France
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Pakistan to Category:Health disasters in Pakistan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Panama to Category:Disasters in Panama and Category:Health in Panama
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Papua New Guinea to Category:Health disasters in Papua New Guinea
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Paraguay to Category:Disasters in Paraguay and Category:Health in Paraguay
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Peru to Category:Disasters in Peru and Category:Health in Peru
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Poland to Category:Health disasters in Poland
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Portugal to Category:Health disasters in Portugal
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Qatar to Category:Disasters in Qatar and Category:Health in Qatar
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Réunion to Category:Disasters in Réunion and Category:Health in Réunion
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Romania to Category:Health disasters in Romania
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Russia to Category:Health disasters in Russia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Rwanda to Category:Disasters in Rwanda and Category:Health in Rwanda
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Saint Barthélemy to Category:Disasters in Saint Barthélemy and Category:Health in Saint Barthélemy
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Saint Lucia to Category:Disasters in Saint Lucia and Category:Health in Saint Lucia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Category:Health disasters in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in San Marino to Category:Disasters in San Marino and Category:Health in San Marino
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Saudi Arabia to Category:Health disasters in Saudi Arabia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Senegal to Category:Disasters in Senegal and Category:Health in Senegal
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Serbia to Category:Disasters in Serbia and Category:Health in Serbia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Seychelles to Category:Disasters in Seychelles and Category:Health in Seychelles
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Sierra Leone to Category:Disasters in Sierra Leone and Category:Health in Sierra Leone
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Singapore to Category:Health disasters in Singapore
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Sint Maarten to Category:Health disasters in Sint Maarten
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Slovakia to Category:Disasters in Slovakia and Category:Health in Slovakia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Slovenia to Category:Disasters in Slovenia and Category:Health in Slovenia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Somalia to Category:Health disasters in Somalia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in South Africa to Category:Disasters in South Africa and Category:Health in South Africa
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in South Korea to Category:Health disasters in South Korea
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Spain to Category:Health disasters in Spain
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Sri Lanka to Category:Disasters in Sri Lanka and Category:Health in Sri Lanka
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Sudan to Category:Disasters in Sudan and Category:Health in Sudan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Sweden to Category:Disasters in Sweden and Category:Health in Sweden
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Switzerland to Category:Health disasters in Switzerland
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Taiwan to Category:Health disasters in Taiwan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Tanzania to Category:Health disasters in Tanzania
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Thailand to Category:Health disasters in Thailand
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Canary Islands to Category:Disasters in the Canary Islands and Category:Health in the Canary Islands
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Central African Republic to Category:Disasters in the Central African Republic and Category:Health in the Central African Republic
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Collectivity of Saint Martin to Category:Disasters in the Collectivity of Saint Martin and Category:Health in the Collectivity of Saint Martin
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Czech Republic to Category:Disasters in the Czech Republic and Category:Health in the Czech Republic
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Category:Health disasters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Dominican Republic to Category:Health disasters in the Dominican Republic
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Faroe Islands to Category:Disasters in the Faroe Islands and Category:Health in the Faroe Islands
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Federated States of Micronesia to Category:Disasters in the Federated States of Micronesia and Category:Health in the Federated States of Micronesia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Gambia to Category:Disasters in the Gambia and Category:Health in the Gambia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Maldives to Category:Disasters in the Maldives and Category:Health in the Maldives
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Netherlands to Category:Health disasters in the Netherlands
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Philippines to Category:Health disasters in the Philippines
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the Republic of the Congo to Category:Disasters in the Republic of the Congo and Category:Health in the Republic of the Congo
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in the United Arab Emirates to Category:Health disasters in the United Arab Emirates
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Togo to Category:Disasters in Togo and Category:Health in Togo
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Trinidad and Tobago to Category:Disasters in Trinidad and Tobago and Category:Health in Trinidad and Tobago
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Tunisia to Category:Disasters in Tunisia and Category:Health in Tunisia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Turkey to Category:Health disasters in Turkey
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Ukraine to Category:Disasters in Ukraine and Category:Health in Ukraine
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Uruguay to Category:Disasters in Uruguay and Category:Health in Uruguay
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Uzbekistan to Category:Health disasters in Uzbekistan
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Vatican City to Category:Disasters in Vatican City and Category:Health in Vatican City
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Venezuela to Category:Disasters in Venezuela and Category:Health in Venezuela
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Vietnam to Category:Health disasters in Vietnam
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Zambia to Category:Health disasters in Zambia
 * Propose merging Category:Medical outbreaks in Zimbabwe to Category:Health disasters in Zimbabwe


 * Nominator's rationale: merge, after renaming all Corona "outbreak" articles to Corona "pandemic", this outbreak tree has become redundant. Only the American and British categories have been excluded from the nomination, since they do contain a number of outbreak articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:30, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * A medical outbreak doesn't have to be a disaster and a disaster doesn't have to be a medical outbreak. UK and US demonstrate this. These country categories are usually treated as systematic group, if the US and the UK have categories then why shouldn't other countries have them, too? The categories are not empty either. --mfb (talk) 02:22, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The categories should be emptied after all Corona "outbreak" articles have been renamed to Corona "pandemic", and the Corona pandemic articles do belong in the health disaster parent. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:59, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Outbreak is the more general term, in a pandemic the whole world (more or less) has outbreaks. How is it not a health disaster? This is a WP:SNOW candidate, but just to be clear: I oppose the proposal, too. --mfb (talk) 07:54, 24 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Oppose The Coronavirus is not the only outbreak to have affected the world, and these categories have potential for expansion. Dimadick (talk) 07:33, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Potential for expansion? If there isn't even no longer a corona outbreak article, then which other articles would you expect to fit for example Category:Medical outbreaks in Zimbabwe? Marcocapelle (talk) 08:02, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, for example. 94.178.235.125 (talk) 08:22, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Wow! So we have one article of an outbreak of 12 years ago. So the next article may come perhaps in another 12 years. Yes this great potential for expansion... Marcocapelle (talk) 13:08, 22 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Oppose A pandemic is, by definition, an outbreak. Just a really big one. Don't see an issue in including a sub-pandemic within a country as part of a list of disease outbreaks in that country. Juxlos (talk) 13:50, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Juxlos. The fact that several coronavirus outbreaks turned into one big epidemic does not stop the individual outbreaks being outbreaks. Also some outbreaks are not disasters. This proposal is more a solution looking for a problem, rather than to other way around. Agathoclea (talk) 14:27, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * But while we are looking at these we should apply Categories for discussion/Log/2016 May 7 Agathoclea (talk) 14:32, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose - per the above. An epidemic or pandemic is an outbreak. This is the opposite of WP:Shared name - something can be an outbreak without its Wikipedia title including the word. And medical should be changed to 'disease' throughout per the parent per Agathoclea above. Oculi (talk) 14:57, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Rename all to Category:Disease outbreaks in Foo, per parent cat and previous above-linked discussion. The things that erupt in outbreaks are diseases, not medical stuff. --Paul_012 (talk) 20:21, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Pandemic still is an outbreak. Also there are many articles that surely wasn't included in the category like Black Death and so on... outbreaks aren't always disasters and don't you think that those categories actually has a purpose? Editoneer (talk) 08:38, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose - an outbreak may not be a health disaster. All the best: Rich Farmbrough  (the apparently calm and reasonable) 17:55, 28 March 2020 (UTC).


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Category:Ships built in Houghton, Washington

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge as nominated. – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:39, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose Downmerging Category:Ships built in Houghton, Washington to Category:Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyard
 * Reparent Category:Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyard under both Category:Ships built in Washington (state) and Category:History of Kirkland, Washington
 * Upmerging Category:Ships built by Anderson Steamboat Company to Category:Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyard
 * Nominator's rationale: Per WP:OVERLAPCAT and WP:OCLOCATION
 * All 48 ship articles in these categories were built in the same shipyard in the same location. That location went from being an unincorporated area of King County, to Houghton being incorporated as a city (1948), to merging with the city of Kirkland (1968). (All 48 articles are from that early unincorporated period though.) Similarly the single shipyard was the "Anderson Shipyard" from the 1880s to 1923 (9 articles) and was renamed as the Lake Washington Shipyard from 1923 until closure (39 articles). We don't have any other ship or shipyard articles for either Houghton or Kirkland. I'm proposing the target category because Lake Washington Shipyard is the only main article here but, alternatively, if the consensus is for the Houghton or some new name, all three categories are tagged to give flexibility to the outcome. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:02, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge them all to the same place. You've made a solid argument for considering the categories as complete overlaps.  I just don't care what we call the end result, especially because I have no idea whether we prefer the latest name or the name that was used longest.  Nyttend (talk) 11:11, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I actually have no preference for the target name. In the spirit of WP:C2D, naming it after the main article (Lake Washington Shipyard) is probably the default. RevelationDirect (talk) 21:04, 16 April 2020 (UTC)


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