Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 May 20



Category:Mass media theorists
Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 June 4%23Category:Mass media theorists

Eponymous Japanese voice actor management company categories
Relisted, see Categories for discussion/Log/2020 June 4%23Eponymous Japanese voice actor management company categories

Category:Wikipedia images in SVG format

 * The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.


 * The result of the discussion was: no consensus.  bibliomaniac  1  5  03:12, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Moved from WP:CFDS: The rename proposal in the previous CFD is a valid one, I agree with it. I don't really know why "valid" was removed from the title. When you see the name Category:Wikipedia images in SVG format you would think that it contains all Wikipedia SVG files. However, this isn't the case. There's a minority of SVGs that even uses Valid SVG or Invalid SVG for that matter. This fact makes the name of the category very odd.Jonteemil (talk) 15:36, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , removal of the word "valid" from the title could be explained by the suggestion of in previous CfD: Invalid ones should be placed in the maintenance categories which can be a child of this new category. —⁠andrybak (talk) 12:10, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I've added Category:SVGs for cleanup as a child to this category. Now this hierarchy logically makes sense. Probably worth a conversation on the value of a valid SVG category. Personally I see no problem with that. SFB 12:19, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * It doesn't bother me too much to just delete the category. That's better than the current solution. I would say that Category:Invalid SVGs should be kept though since it's maintenance category.Jonteemil (talk) 13:57, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure, one can get a list by clicking what lists here, but the category page layout may display the files in a way that's more useful to some. Just because something could be done, doesn't mean that it must be done. Senator2029  “Talk”   01:47, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: I originally closed this as a keep (no consensus to rename), but would like to see firmer discussion on what exactly should be done.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  bibliomaniac 1  5  17:51, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


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Category:WBZ

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete.  bibliomaniac  1  5  03:49, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting wbz


 * Nominator's rationale: Eponymous category for a local radio and television call sign, without the volume of spinoff content needed to justify special treatment. Four of the five entries here are the television and radio stations that either currently have or previously had "WBZ" as their call signs, which makes this a WP:SHAREDNAME violation -- and none of the stations are actually still co-owned with each other anymore, so it can't be argued that it's necessary on "common ownership" grounds: we categorize radio and television stations by their current owner, not by past owners. And the only other article here is a single TV series that was produced by WBZ-TV, which isn't enough content to justify a category by itself if everything else in it is just a four-headed eponym. First discussion is not definitive, as only one person actually participated in it besides the nominator and the real problem with it wasn't even identified by that discussion. Bearcat (talk) 14:25, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:SMALLCAT after discounting for the fact that most articles do not belong here. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:13, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Place Clichy (talk) 15:19, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support The shared name argument is valid, and I was the lone participant in that earlier nom.RevelationDirect (talk) 22:39, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support delete per nom. SportingFlyer  T · C  23:26, 23 May 2020 (UTC)


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Category:WCVB-TV

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 * The result of the discussion was: Delete Timrollpickering (talk) 09:38, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting wcvb-tv


 * Nominator's rationale: Eponymous category for an individual television station, populated primarily by individual people who've worked for it in defiance of WP:PERFCAT. Once they're removed, there are a handful of things left that were nationally syndicated shows or movies in which the station held a production role -- but we still don't categorize syndicated programs by every individual television station that carried them, because that would lead to extreme category bloat, and there aren't nearly enough such shows to make this television station more special than other television stations that aren't getting eponymous categories. Bearcat (talk) 14:04, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:SMALLCAT after discounting for the fact that most articles do not belong here. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:13, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Place Clichy (talk) 15:19, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep but Purge After you get rid of all the on air talent that shouldn't be there per WP:PERFCAT, you're still left with 5 articles: WCVB-TV, Good Day! (TV program), Summer Solstice (1981 film), Jabberwocky (TV series), and The Baxters. RevelationDirect (talk) 22:41, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support deletion - I don't think the number of shows/films produced by the station meets WP:SMALLCAT and I don't think being produced by the station defines any of the purged articles. SportingFlyer  T · C  23:28, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * We do have PBS stations under Category:American television series by studio grouping shows produced by a station. If kept, this is likely where this belongs. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:00, 26 May 2020 (UTC)


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Category:KYW-TV

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete.  bibliomaniac  1  5  03:50, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting kyw-tv


 * Nominator's rationale: Eponymous category for an individual television station, which other than the eponym itself is populated entirely by past or present staff of that station. This is a WP:PERFCAT violation, however: because people can move around to different television or radio stations over the course of their careers, this would lead to extreme category bloat if people were categorized for every individual television station they had ever worked for. Bearcat (talk) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:SMALLCAT after discounting for the fact that most articles do not belong here. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:12, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Place Clichy (talk) 15:19, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support Classic WP:PERFCAT: someone worked at 10 stations during their on air career and this is one of them. RevelationDirect (talk) 22:38, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. SportingFlyer  T · C  23:28, 23 May 2020 (UTC)


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Category:Video game cover athletes

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete.  bibliomaniac  1  5  03:50, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting video game cover athletes


 * Nominator's rationale: Being featured in publicity for a video game is non-defining. User:Namiba 13:43, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete, per WP:NONDEFINING. -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 18:15, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. I also want to point out that a new non-defining category was created by the same editor – Category:Caucasian men's basketball players. – Sabbatino (talk) 19:32, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * You have the time to report to another admin but you don't have the time to respond to my message on your talk page. And you deleted my section when I tried to communicate with you with your edit summary "not interested.". and the new category is defining as there is a category African-American basketball players. Why do you have a personal vendetta against me? and you are persistent to report to User:Namiba. Stop assuming bad faith User:Sabbatino. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SomeBodyAnyBody05 (talk • contribs) 19:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not defining.  No comment on other categories mentioned in the discussion.  Kbdank71 22:24, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


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Category:Pejorative terms for European people

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 * The result of the discussion was: keep.  bibliomaniac  1  5  03:50, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Pejorative terms for European people to Category:Pejorative terms for Europeans
 * Nominator's rationale: More concise title. Sangdeboeuf (talk) 03:22, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Comment. For context, this category was recently renamed in this discussion.  bibliomaniac 1  5  03:38, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose, inconsistent with Category:European people. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Marcocapelle. Place Clichy (talk) 15:18, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above. PPEMES (talk) 21:33, 26 May 2020 (UTC)


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Category:YouTube critics and reviewers

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 * The result of the discussion was: keep.  bibliomaniac  1  5  03:50, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:YouTube critics and reviewers to Category:Critics of YouTube content
 * Nominator's rationale: Are 'critics' and 'reviewers' the same thing? If not, then two categories are needed. Adding 'content' makes it clear that the criticism is not about the platform. Fuddle (talk) 03:19, 20 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete, it is not a defining characteristic for the two articles in the category. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:18, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment & Keep, I would not rename this Critics of YouTube content (although that could be a category on its own merit, for sure). Also, I'm not sure about Arin Hanson, but this is absolutely a defining category for Anthony Fantano. Category "is for YouTubers who publish video reviews about films, music, video games, etc." It describes their content. Just as there's a "Gaming YouTubers" category for YouTubers who are defined by publishing gaming content, this is for YouTubers who are defined by publishing review content. Easy Keep for me. Soulbust (talk) 08:54, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment and keep. I am an arts reviewer by profession. I am not an art critic. A reviewer gives details of what an be found and an overall analysis; a critic points out the good and bad features of something. The two designations overlap considerably however, so having one category for both makes sense. Grutness... wha?   03:22, 21 May 2020 (UTC)


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