Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 29



Category:Lapid family

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:10, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Lapid family to Category:UNKNOWN
 * Nominator's rationale: As an Israeli, the Lapid family would be the family of Tomi Lapid and his son, Yair Lapid. Animal lover 666 (talk) 23:24, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * If we need it, it needs a headnote defining the family more closely. Otherwise, this is liably to be categorising people by surname, which is not allowed.  Peterkingiron (talk) 13:23, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete by lack of main article in combination with borderline WP:SMALLCAT. One of these two criteria would not be sufficient to have me vote delete, but the combination is. If kept, rename to Category:Lapid family (Philippines). Marcocapelle (talk) 04:26, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete we have no main article. We need to stop creating family articles that lack a main article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:25, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per above reasons. --Just N. (talk) 17:45, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Joseon Dynasty painters

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:09, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Joseon Dynasty painters to Category:Joseon painters
 * Nominator's rationale: Here, Joseon is the country, not the 20 rulers. This was already done for Goryeo.... and for the Joseon article itself. Pldx1 (talk) 16:36, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Speedy Rename Per WP:C2D: Joseon was renamed through a formal RM in 2012. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:52, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment, many more categories in this tree might be nominated for the same reason. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:20, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Rename per explained precedents.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:25, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Rename per explained precedents. --Just N. (talk) 17:46, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Culture in German occupied Belgium during World War II

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:08, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting culture in german-occupied belgium during world war ii
 * Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:NONDEF, the category mostly contains biographies that do not belong in a topic category, plus a few Tintin albums that are unrelated to the German occupation. As far as I can see we do not have a category like this in other countries. The category is also nominated for speedy renaming to Category:Culture in German-occupied Belgium during World War II which by all means can go ahead. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:14, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I disagree that "culture" is too vague a concept in history to sustain a category. The items in the category are books published in German-occupied Belgium and cultural figures active during the period. After all, we have Category:Cultural history of World War II. —Brigade Piron (talk) 15:17, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Culture is not a vague concept, but occupied Belgium was still Belgium. All content is presumably already somewhere under Belgian culture, where it should be. Place Clichy (talk) 20:40, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete I was open minded about this before I clicked through the articles: Tintin comics published during the war and several writers who were active during this period. Doesn't seem to be an occupation theme here. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:56, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. The category has been in the meanwhile speedy moved to Category:Culture in German-occupied Belgium during World War II--Ymblanter (talk) 05:53, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. I adapted the nomination accordingly. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:18, 2 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and RevelationDirect. --Just N. (talk) 17:50, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Satellites by type

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 * The result of the discussion was: do not merge. If re-nominated (which should be allowed), a more detailed rationale explanation would be helpful. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:11, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Satellites by type to Category:Satellites orbiting Earth by topic
 * Nominator's rationale: More precise scope. fgnievinski (talk) 18:55, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * I do not understand the nomination. The category sorts the satellites by type of satellite, doesn't it? Marcocapelle (talk) 14:17, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  11:24, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep In the absence of a more detailed rationale, one seems to be the type and the other the purpose. I'm willing to reconsider though if form and function are the same in practice. - RevelationDirect (talk) 09:54, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per RevelationDirect. --Just N. (talk) 17:53, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Pumpkin Star

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 16:37, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting pumpkin star
 * Nominator's rationale: Although "pumpkin stars" are a thing according to NASA, it's an informal designation referring to a distorted shape. There's no article pumpkin star (it redirects to Contact binary) so there shouldn't be a category. Le Deluge (talk) 10:09, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete for Now No main article and currently only one entry, KSw 71. Not opposed to revisiting later but can't be supported with current content. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:58, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete for Now per nom and RevelationDirect. --Just N. (talk) 17:55, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:People of mixed Sinhala-Tamil descent

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:04, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting people of mixed sinhala-tamil descent
 * Nominator's rationale: Feels like a messy intersection category Le Deluge (talk) 10:02, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Creator comment I don't understand; what do you mean by "messy"? It is a relevant category given the ethnic tensions and conflict between the Sinhala and Tamil people of Sri Lanka and thus decrease in Sinhala-Tamil marriages.Yohan Antjont Sunanda (talk) 17:18, Sat 29 May 2021, GMT
 * "Descent" categories are inherently a bit unsatisfactory as they're hard to get reliable WP:REFERENCEs for - and they tend to be a bit "fuzzy", editors start applying "descent" categories to someone on the basis of great-grandfathers and the like. That's one aspect of the "messiness", descent is not clear-cut and verifiable in the same way as holding a passport. Secondly, someone's descent is rarely relevant to their story. There are exceptions, eg someone like Michael Chopra who went through a saga of potentially playing football for India despite being a British citizen, by virtue of his Indian family heritage. But in general there's huge amounts of WP:OVERCATEGORISATION based on descent that is not appropriate relative to its importance for most people. Combine that with the sourcing problems and you can see why I'm not a fan in general of most descent categorisation. Moving on to this category in particular, if you read WP:OVERCATEGORISATION you'll see that intersecting categories are generally discouraged except for properly big categories, we have pretty good tools for finding intersections like between people of two different descents. Categories on Wikipedia are rather more sophisticated than simple metatags. And in this case is not just small but non-existent, which hardly suggests we need an intersection category. One other thing - when creating categories, please make sure that they are categorised in turn, it's important that they're in the hierarchy so that humans and maintenance bots can find them. Le Deluge (talk) 11:25, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, we categorize people by ethnicity, but as far as I know there is no separate Sinhala-Tamil ethnicity. If mixed marriages is a notable topic, by all means create an article. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:22, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Marcocapelle. We can classify by both but it's not clear the intersection is defining. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:00, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete We categorize people by recognized ethnic gorup. Thus Metis, but Metis are an ethnic group, not just every person with both Native American and European ancestry.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:27, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Marcocapelle. --Just N. (talk) 17:59, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and previous editors. Multiple ethnicity is not a defining ethnicity, though people who would self-identify as both Tamil and Sinhalese could in theory be parented to both categories. Note that a large purge will probably be necessary for Sri-Lankan categories, as some editors have apparently considered that every single category should be split along ethnic lines, and that ethnicity, or ethnicity-occupation intersection, is defining for everybody, in complete contradiction with our guidelines WP:EGRS, WP:OCEGRS and WP:CATDEF. Place Clichy (talk) 15:48, 7 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Anthony family (Susan B. Anthony)

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. The entries are now listed in the infobox for Susan B. Anthony. – Fayenatic  L ondon 10:40, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Anthony family (Susan B. Anthony) to Category:Susan B. Anthony family
 * Nominator's rationale: A more natural disambiguation. ( is open, but some of these family categories that lack articles need more information in the category name, in my opinion.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:44, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Five members is the generally accepted cut-off number for WP:SMALLCAT, so I would like to see a stronger consensus to delete this category instead of the proposed renaming.
 * Delete, family without main article and borderline WP:SMALLCAT. One of these two criteria would not be sufficient to have me vote delete, but the combination is. If kept, rename per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:07, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Just N. (talk) 19:56, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  08:43, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete/Rename if Kept Susan B. Anthony's siblings (Mary Stafford Anthony and Daniel Read Anthony) both seem defined by the relationship while nephew Daniel Read Anthony Jr. and great niece Susan B. Anthony II do not, despite the name. No objection to revisiting if a main article is created on this activist family, but this only aids navigation for 2 of the 5 articles in the category. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:21, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete we lack a topic article. With family categories we should always insist on a topic article. Otherwise we get true messes like we used to have with an article linking 7th or greater cousins together who had no concept themselves that they were in any way related.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:28, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Just N. (talk) 18:00, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Tunisian theologians

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 * The result of the discussion was: withdrawn (non-admin closure) Rathfelder (talk) 08:34, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Tunisian theologians to Category:Tunisian Muslim theologians
 * Nominator's rationale: They are all Muslim Rathfelder (talk) 08:39, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Rename per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:28, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Create subcat. Tunisia had an early Christian history, and several noted Christian theologians were from that part of the world (albeit before it was known as Tunisia). I've added a couple to the category. Grutness... wha?   04:52, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * They weren't Tunisian but Roman and should be removed from the category. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:40, 30 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Create subcat - it does not matter if all the articles go in the subcat. Category:Tunisian Muslim theologians requires IMO the parent Category:Tunisian theologians. Oculi (talk) 23:10, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Why cant we rename it and then give it a new parent, if that is required? I dont think any of the early Christians would be regarded as Tunisian. Rathfelder (talk) 20:02, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose There is no reason to assume there has never been a notable Jewish or Christian Tunisian theologian.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:29, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per John Pack Lambert. --Just N. (talk) 18:01, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Governing Council of the ECB

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename per ALT-1. – Fayenatic  L ondon 14:36, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Governing Council of the ECB to Category:Governing Council of the European Central Bank
 * Nominator's rationale: Pretty much all other mentions of this is not abbreviated so it would make more sense to do that here as well DemonStalker (talk) 15:49, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: There is consensus to expand the abbreviation and add "members" to the name, but where in the title should the latter be placed?
 * ALT1 rename to to Category:Members of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.  I support @DemonStalker's proposal to expand the abbreviation, but while we're at it, let's fix the other problem. This is not a category for articles about the council; it is a categ of biographical articles about members of the Council. --  Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs)
 * Alt rename per BrownHairedGirl. --Just N. (talk) 11:27, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment -- This is specified for "current" members. We do not normally allow current/past splits.  Expand abbreviation certainly.  However the name of the category is too long.  Peterkingiron (talk) 19:49, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Rename to ALT1. -- Devoke water  04:41, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Rename to Category:Governing Council of the European Central Bank members. This format would better match the parent and its other subcategories. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:43, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Rename to Category:Members of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ALT1) or Category:Governing Council of the European Central Bank members (ALT2), to members anyway, per actual content. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:52, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  08:27, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Rename as Nominated I'm open to any rename that spells out "ECB" over the current name, although I prefer Category:Governing Council of the European Central Bank since council implies a membership category. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:24, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * The latter not necessarily so. I would rather expect articles about actions of the council when the category name does not specify members. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:23, 2 June 2021 (UTC)


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Otolaryngologists

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:02, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Armenian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Armenian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Bangladeshi otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Bangladeshi surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Belgian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Belgian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Brazilian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Brazilian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Bulgarian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Bulgarian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Croatian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Croatian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Czech otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Czech surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Danish otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Danish surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Dutch otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Dutch surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Finnish otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Finnish surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Indonesian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Indonesian physicians
 * Propose merging Category:Iranian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Iranian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Irish otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Irish surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Israeli otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Israeli surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Italian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Italian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Japanese otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Japanese surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Jordanian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Jordanian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Norwegian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Norwegian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Polish otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Polish surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Slovak otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Slovak surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Swedish otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Swedish surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Swiss otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Swiss surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Syrian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Syrian surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Taiwanese otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Taiwanese surgeons
 * Propose merging Category:Tunisian otolaryngologists to Category:Otolaryngologists and Category:Tunisian surgeons
 * Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, these are mostly one-article categories, some have two or three. This is not a case of the so-called smallcat exception rule, because it's not picking one subcategory from an otherwise well-populated tree, rather the entire tree consists of smallcats. This is follow-up on this earlier nomination,  pinging contributors to that discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:59, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom and previous discussion. Place Clichy (talk) 08:02, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Alt merge to the national physicians category and Category:Otolaryngologists (or Category:Otorhinolaryngologists), on second thought. The earlier discussion found this consensus, and I do not think that ORLs are better defined as surgeons than as physicians/medical doctors. Place Clichy (talk) 09:45, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I do not have a strong opinion about that. The article says it is a "surgical subspecialty" though. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:20, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * In the spirit of consensus, I am also OK with a merge as nominated to the surgeons parents in case the physicians parents are not preferred. Place Clichy (talk) 15:52, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Doctors are increasingly specialised. There is nothing special about otolaryngologists, except that the speciality has been established longer than many others.  Why are we picking on them?  Rathfelder (talk) 08:19, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You are right that there is nothing special about otolaryngologists, the nomination would have been the same for any other occupation. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:37, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge All for Now The exception in WP:SMALLCAT is not meant to authorize whole anemic category trees. No objection to recreating any of these if they ever get to 5+ articles. - RevelationDirect (talk) 11:27, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge all, per nom and my reasoning in the last discussion. JoelleJay (talk) 22:26, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * So we are going to deconstruct the whole of Category:Medical doctors by specialty and nationality? Can we have the whole lot nominated please?  If the smallcat  exception rule does not apply here, where does it apply? Most of the subcategories of  Category:Syrian people by occupation, and Category:Luxembourgian people by occupation for example, have fewer than 5 articles.  This appears to be an attack on the whole system of  Category:People by nationality and occupation as far as smaller countries are concerned.  It's an abuse of process to do this piecemeal.   Rathfelder (talk) 23:06, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * It is not an sttack on the system at all. For example Category:Poets by nationality is decently populated. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:45, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * So why exactly does WP:SMALLCAT not apply?  Physicians is a "large overall accepted sub-categorization scheme". There are about 160 articles about otolaryngologists and there is potential for growth.   Rathfelder (talk) 13:11, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * This is not a discussion about physicians in general but about a subsubspeciaization of physicians. 160 Articles is a very low number considering there are some 200 nationalities. We don't diffuse Category:Romantic poets by nationality either. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:57, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Physicians, especially the notable ones who have articles, are increasingly specialised. It makes no sense to pick out one speciality and destroy it.  The sub-categorization scheme, Category:Medical doctors by specialty and nationality, has many thousands of articles.  If WP:SMALLCAT does not apply here, where does it apply? Rathfelder (talk) 21:23, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * It is not an issue of destroying, the usage of that word is completely inapplicable here. This is a merge proposal, not a deletion proposal. It is an issue of not diffusing by nationality. Categories low in the tree with a relatively low article count do not have to diffused by nationality. That does not just apply to physicians, it applies to every occupation, as I have showed before with Category:Romantic poets. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:41, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Romantic poets dont have much in common with surgeons. And there is no reason to think that romantic poets cant be divided by nationality.  You are not answering my questions about WP:SMALLCAT.  If it doesnt apply here, where does it apply? Rathfelder (talk) 19:49, 1 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment: any reason the first target is not Category:Otorhinolaryngologists per e.g. Otorhinolaryngology and as in commons:Category:Otorhinolaryngologists? I recon this would require additional tagging, but this discussion may be the occasion to rename the parent also, unless an English-language issue escapes me. Place Clichy (talk) 09:54, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * It seems that both terms are being used. For what it is worth, "otolaryngologist" is used more often in the biography articles. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:17, 1 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge all Orientls (talk) 12:08, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge all We have split out too many super small categories to be useful.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:30, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge all --Just N. (talk) 18:04, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose all these Category:Medical doctors by specialty and nationality is a well established large overall accepted sub-categorization scheme - established in 2009.  The whole point of it is to ensure that smaller specialities and smaller countries are equally treated.  Not that otolaryngology is a small speciality.  It's one of the oldest and biggest (and best paid) surgical specialities with numerous sub-specialities.  There is plenty of potential for growth - as WP:SMALLCAT allows. NB while the article is Otorhinolaryngology the medical journals all seem to use  otolaryngology. Bigwig7 (talk) 09:11, 5 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Devotees of Paramahansa Yogananda

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 * The result of the discussion was: do not rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:58, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Devotees of Paramahansa Yogananda to Category:Presidents of the Self-Realization Fellowship
 * Nominator's rationale: rename and purge, president of the Self-Realization Fellowship is a defining characteristic, other than that just being a devotee is not. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:42, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose. If a person has a Wikipedia page in their name that is significance enough. There are tens of thousands of devotees worldwide but most do not have a Wikipedia page in their name.Red Rose 13 (talk) 07:30, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Devotees do not get a Wikipedia page because they are a devotee. For example, Luther Burbank is primarily known as a botanist. Being a devotee is non-defining for him. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:30, 2 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Oppose Insufficient. Does not reflect the former (the present name) to common readers. Orientls (talk) 12:12, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Orientls. --Just N. (talk) 18:06, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose examples from other popular master: Category:Disciples_and_friends_of_Swami_Vivekananda --Riquix (talk) 08:54, 5 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Documentary films about the Armenian Genocide

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:54, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Documentary films about the Armenian Genocide to Category:Documentary films about the Armenian genocide
 * Nominator's rationale: RM decided not to cap "genocide" in such contexts. Dicklyon (talk) 04:29, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Rename per nom. --Just N. (talk) 18:06, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Romanov Family Association members
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:53, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose Upmerging Category:Romanov Family Association members to Category:House of Romanov in exile
 * Nominator's rationale: Per WP:NONDEFINING (WP:OVERLAPCAT)
 * After the royal family was executed in 1918 during the Russian Revolution, the escaped and already overseas members remain defined as being the House of Romanov in exile which is why we already have Category:House of Romanov in exile. In 1979, the Romanov Family Association was created and its membership is limited to legitimate descendants, although there is some controversy over the lineage. Being a member of a family association isn't defining when we already have a category for that same family and the contents are listified in the main article. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:12, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom, just membership of an organization is hardly ever defining and in this case there is also the overlap aspect. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:56, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. --Just N. (talk) 18:07, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


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Category:Local units of the Boy Scouts of America
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:52, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Propose Upmerging Category:Local units of the Boy Scouts of America to Category:Boy Scouts of America
 * Nominator's rationale: Per WP:NONDEFINING (WP:SMALLCAT and WP:OCMISC)
 * WP:SCOUTSTYLE emphasizes how unlikely it is that local scouting groups are notable, which is likely why this 13-year-old cat still only contains 3 articles with little room for growth. When you put together the miscellaneous articles that don't belong in either the councils or camps categories, it's not a cohesive grouping that would aid navigation: an equestrian troop, a drum and bugle corps, and a dance troupe. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:12, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Upmerge local scout units, basically anything below the council level, are virtually never notable. Although with the way some interpret GNG, the fact that one could find 3 newspaper articles mentioning members of that troop doing things, would lead to some arguing they pass GNG. Which really tells us some misunderstand GNG, and we should be much more cautious about content from local papers running human interest stories on local events. I suspect my old troop 1973 of what was then the Detroit Area Council (I think that was the name, we were not in Clinton Valley Council because the church building was in the other council area, even though I myself lived in the Clinton Valley Area), got at least 2 articles mentioning it over the years, maybe more. We got heavy coverage when we had 7 boys get their eagles at once, so we may have had 2 papers publish articles then, and if so they would have had 2 different writers.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:35, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Upmerge per nom. --Just N. (talk) 18:08, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:20, 6 June 2021 (UTC)


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