Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 June 4



Category:Military history of the Buyid dynasty
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Infinite

 * 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: rename. (non-admin closure)  Qwerfjkl  talk  16:53, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Infinite (band) to Category:Infinite (group)
 * Propose renaming Category:Infinite (band) album covers to Category:Infinite (group) album covers
 * Propose renaming Category:Infinite (band) albums to Category:Infinite (group) albums
 * Propose renaming Category:Infinite (band) EPs to Category:Infinite (group) EPs
 * Propose renaming Category:Infinite (band) members to Category:Infinite (group) members
 * Propose renaming Category:Infinite (band) songs to Category:Infinite (group) songs
 * Nominator's rationale: Per WP:GDAB, the article's name had just changed. - St3095  (?)  04:47, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Relisting comment:, please tag all the categories. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl  talk  21:59, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment -- The target is unclear as group does not only refer to a musical group. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:40, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Peterkingiron is right, it should be "musical group" instead of "group". That also applies to the article. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:52, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Support to match the parent article Infinite (group). There are no other title matches at Infinite and it is unrealistic to believe the average reader will be searching for any other subject other than the K-pop group using these search terms. ✗  plicit  07:13, 20 July 2022 (UTC)


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Category:Animated Flash (comics) films

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl  talk  15:45, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The result of the discussion was: merge.  ✗  plicit  07:06, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Animated Flash (comics) films to Category:Flash (comics) films
 * Nominator's rationale: There are too few animated Flash films to make this category as it is now worth having. ★Trekker (talk) 16:12, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl  talk  21:46, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It may also be upmerged to Category:Flash (comics) in other media and Category:Animated films based on DC Comics. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:39, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Merge to parents per WP:SMALLCAT - only two articles. * Pppery * it has begun... 22:08, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge too small a category to split out based on type of film.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:52, 19 July 2022 (UTC)


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Category:Bishops of the Old Catholic Confederation

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 * The result of the discussion was: soft delete (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 04:40, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting bishops of the old catholic confederation
 * Nominator's rationale: The category has existed for almost 10 years. Yet, it has only one page part of it, and the Old Catholic Confederation does not seem notable at all. Therefore, I think this category should be deleted. Veverve (talk) 18:53, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


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Category:Fictional body parts
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Military of Iceland

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 * The result of the discussion was: rename  Category:Military of Iceland to Category:Defence of Iceland; no consensus for Category:military equipment of Iceland, which is therefore kept; merge Category:Naval ships of Iceland to Category:Ships of the Icelandic Coast Guard, as that exists (and largely overlaps) already. I will redirect the old categories. For the record, there is also Category:Icelandic Coast Guard, so no need to create Category: Coastguard of Iceland. – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:58, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

There is no military in Iceland and thus the current category system is an fallacy. Having an category of naval ships when there are none, and having an category for an military where there is none, is out of order. This has been an annoyance to multiple local (icelandic) wikipedians for years (see Talk:Defence of Iceland), and it is time to end it. This was recognised in Articles for deletion/Military of Iceland.
 * Delete Category:military equipment of Iceland and Category:Naval ships of Iceland, move pages and subcats to Category:Patrol vessels of Iceland
 * Move Category:Military of Iceland to Category:Defence of Iceland

Cattree:

New:

Defence of Iceland > Patrol vessels of Iceland > Ships of the Icelandic Coast Guard > Ægir-class offshore patrol vessels

Other subcategories of the main cat remain the same.

Now: --Snævar (talk) 09:42, 29 April 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl  talk  07:28, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl  talk  14:27, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Category:Military of Iceland as this is the convention in Category:Military by country (regardless of the name or existence of a main article). The same objection applies to Category:Military equipment of Iceland which is part of Category:Military equipment by country. Oculi (talk) 11:16, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Rename head category to Category:Defence of Iceland to march main article. I would suggest that the naval category should become Category:Coastguard of Iceland.  These can remain in their present parents, despite not conforming to the pattern elsewhere, because there is no military.  WP regularly adapts its categories to local circumstances and usages.  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:58, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I think Peterkingiron is right about the principle, it is a bit similar to WP:ENGVAR. I do not have an opinion about Category:Coastguard of Iceland. Marcocapelle (talk) 01:56, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Changing the naval category to "coastguard of Iceland" is fine to me.--Snævar (talk) 05:55, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Move per nom, we should not misname things for supposed consistency. There is no military and we should not imply such in categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:55, 19 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose nomination's proposed changes, in general. For example, a country can have military equipment even if they do not have military. Support User:Peterkingiron's proposed changes above (timestamp of 15:58, 8 May 2022 utc). - jc37 09:26, 30 July 2022 (UTC)


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People by populated place in Spain

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge.  ✗  plicit  01:16, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Propose merging:
 * Category:People from A Fonsagrada (comarca)‎ to Category:People from the Province of Lugo
 * Category:People from Albaida‎ to Category:People from Vall d'Albaida
 * Category:People from Alta Ribagorça‎ to Category:People from the Province of Lleida
 * Category:People from Altea‎ to Category:People from Marina Baixa
 * Category:People from Alto Mijares‎ to Category:People from the Province of Castellón


 * Category:People from Andorra-Sierra de Arcos‎ to Category:People from the Province of Teruel
 * Category:People from Aranda (comarca)‎ to Category:People from the Province of Zaragoza
 * Category:People from Arbúcies‎ to Category:People from Selva
 * Category:People from Arico‎ to Category:People from Tenerife
 * Category:People from Bailén‎ to Category:People from the Province of Jaén (Spain)
 * Category:People from Bembibre‎ to Category:People from El Bierzo
 * Category:People from Benifairó de les Valls‎ to Category:People from Camp de Morvedre
 * Category:People from Betxí‎ to Category:People from Plana Baixa
 * Category:People from Burgo de Osma‎ to Category:People from the Province of Soria
 * Category:People from Campo de Belchite‎ to Category:People from the Province of Zaragoza
 * Category:People from Campo de Cariñena‎ to Category:People from the Province of Zaragoza
 * Category:People from Cantillana‎ to Category:People from Vega del Guadalquivir
 * Category:People from Chantada (comarca)‎ to Category:People from the Province of Lugo
 * Category:People from Coria, Cáceres‎ to Category:People from Vegas del Alagón
 * Category:People from Els Ports‎ to Category:People from the Province of Castellón
 * Category:People from Fisterra (comarca)‎ to Category:People from the Province of A Coruña
 * Category:People from Forua‎ to Category:People from Busturialdea
 * Category:People from Fraga‎ to Category:People from Bajo Cinca
 * Category:People from Gáldar‎ to Category:People from Gran Canaria
 * Category:People from Guardo‎ to Category:People from the Province of Palencia
 * Category:People from Hoya de Buñol‎ to Category:People from the Province of Valencia
 * Category:People from Jerez de los Caballeros‎ to Category:People from Sierra Suroeste
 * Category:People from Jiloca (comarca)‎ to Category:People from the Province of Teruel
 * Category:People from La Pola de Gordón‎ to Category:People from Montaña Occidental
 * Category:People from La Serena, Spain‎ to Category:People from the Province of Badajoz
 * Category:People from La Siberia‎ to Category:People from the Province of Badajoz
 * Category:People from La Vera‎ to Category:People from the Province of Cáceres
 * Category:People from Las Villuercas‎ to Category:People from the Province of Cáceres
 * Category:People from Limia‎ to Category:People from the Province of Ourense
 * Category:People from Los Barrios‎ to Category:People from Campo de Gibraltar
 * Category:People from Los Serranos‎ to Category:People from the Province of Valencia
 * Category:People from Maestrazgo, Aragon‎ to Category:People from the Province of Teruel
 * Category:People from Matarraña/Matarranya‎ to Category:People from the Province of Teruel
 * Category:People from Medina-Sidonia‎ to Category:People from La Janda
 * Category:People from Montijo, Spain‎ to Category:People from Tierra de Mérida - Vegas Bajas
 * Category:People from Nerja‎ to Category:People from the Province of Málaga
 * Category:People from O Sar‎ to Category:People from the Province of A Coruña
 * Category:People from Ordes‎ to Category:People from Ordes (comarca)
 * Category:People from Ortegal‎ to Category:People from the Province of A Coruña
 * Category:People from Os Ancares‎ to Category:People from the Province of Lugo
 * Category:People from Pallars Sobirà‎ to Category:People from the Province of Lleida
 * Category:People from Paredes de Nava‎ to Category:People from the Province of Palencia
 * Category:People from Paterna‎ to Category:People from Horta Oest
 * Category:People from Ribera Alta del Ebro‎ to Category:People from the Province of Zaragoza
 * Category:People from Ribera Baja del Ebro‎ to Category:People from the Province of Zaragoza
 * Category:People from San Bartolomé de Tirajana‎ to Category:People from Gran Canaria
 * Category:People from Sant Adrià de Besòs‎ to Category:People from Barcelonès
 * Category:People from Sant Boi de Llobregat‎ to Category:People from Baix Llobregat
 * Category:People from Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria‎ to Category:People from Gran Canaria
 * Category:People from Sierra de Gata‎ to Category:People from the Province of Cáceres
 * Category:People from Sigüenza‎ to Category:People from the Province of Guadalajara
 * Category:People from Tabeirós-Terra de Montes‎ to Category:People from the Province of Pontevedra
 * Category:People from Tarifa‎ to Category:People from Campo de Gibraltar
 * Category:People from Teguise‎ to Category:People from Lanzarote
 * Category:People from Terra de Celanova‎ to Category:People from the Province of Ourense
 * Category:People from Terra de Soneira‎ to Category:People from the Province of A Coruña
 * Category:People from Terra de Trives‎ to Category:People from the Province of Ourense
 * Category:People from Tierra de Sahagún‎ to Category:People from the Province of León
 * Category:People from Torredelcampo‎ to Category:People from the Province of Jaén (Spain)
 * Category:People from Valle de Cofrentes‎ to Category:People from the Province of Valencia
 * Category:People from Valle del Ambroz‎ to Category:People from the Province of Cáceres
 * Category:People from Verín (comarca)‎ to Category:People from the Province of Ourense
 * Category:People from Viana‎ to Category:People from the Province of Ourense
 * Category:People from Villablino‎ to Category:People from the Province of León
 * Category:People from Villafranca de los Barros‎ to Category:People from Tierra de Barros


 * Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, these categories consist of only 1-3 articles.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl  talk  07:43, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose strictly on the stated rationale - this does not fail WP:SMALLCAT, because there is not a small, finite number of articles which could belong to these categories. I agree that they're not strictly necessary right now, but IMO that's not a reason to merge them and prevent them from existing in the future. If there's something about Spanish geography that makes this more specific than I realize, I would change my vote. -fuzzy510 (talk) 02:00, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * WP:SMALLCAT does not require crystal balling about a finite or infinite number of articles that could belong to a category. If at some point in time there is more content it will be easy enough to recreate a category. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:55, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl  talk  14:06, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Support - WP:SMALLCAT applies. In general it is wise to wait until there are at least 5 articles before creating categories (unless being 'from Teguise' say is defining, which I doubt). Who is the nominator, BTW? Oculi (talk) 09:12, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I forgot to sign as nominator, apparently. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:25, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose a lot of busy work for a net negative to Wikipedia. Many of these categories have more than one entry, and so should be kept. I will add that I do not support SMALLCAT.Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:13, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Splitting Category:People from Vall d'Albaida into even smaller subcats is a better example of 'busy work for a net negative to Wikipedia'. Oculi (talk) 13:33, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose Being from a province is not the same as being from a small town and such a mass merge will create more problems in the future than it solves, some actually do not fit the small category criteria either.Abcmaxx (talk) 10:19, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Which problems would it cause? Which categories do not fit here? Marcocapelle (talk) 13:04, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Merge all None of the opposing arguments are confincing. They consist of, in order, unlikely speculation that has now had over a month to come true but hasn't, a request to ignore establsihed precedent for no good reason, and an argument mostly lacking sufficient details to understand. As a general principle, it is in my opinion not appropriate to argue that a category should not be merged to its parent categories because articles in the subcategories don't belong in the parent -- if that were truly the case then either the subcategory is miscategorized or the articles don't belong in the subcategory either. * Pppery * it has begun... 22:08, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge all with no precedent against splitting if in the future we get more articles. Yes, we could get more articles, but we should base category organization on the articles we have, and this has gone nearly 3 months with no significant changes. We should categorize on what we have now, not on a hypotherical future.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:57, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
 * OOjs UI icon add-constructive.svg Support per Pppery. &#8213;  Qwerfjkl talk  16:56, 29 July 2022 (UTC)


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2D/monolayer_categories
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 * The result of the discussion was: keep and put Category:Two-dimensional nanomaterials as a subcategory of Category:Monolayers (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 04:50, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Monolayers and Category:Two-dimensional nanomaterials
 * Nominator's rationale: These are synonyms, and cover the same articles. If we are very technical, "monolayer" refers only to a single layer, whereas two-dimensional is sometimes used more loosely to refer either to a single layer or to a few layers that act like a single layer in terms of some property. But I don't think they are distinct enough to have two categories. Category:Monolayers is probably the better name for the merged category, but I'm not sure why it's currently listed under Category:Polymers, which is unrelated. Looking for consensus on both 1) the need to merge the categories 2) what the merged name should be. &#12296; Forbes72 &#124; Talk &#12297; 13:20, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * support merge. but Two-dimensional nanomaterials would be submicroscopic and so a subset of two-dimensional materials. We now also have bilayer and trilayer materials in research. so not sure what to do about them. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:58, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Now I find that bilayers etc can be classified as 2.5-D materials. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:10, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose. These are absolutely not synonyms. Two-dimensional nanomaterials are a one-atom-thick crystalline material like graphene, while monolayers may be molecular or disordered.  Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 06:26, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * In certain contexts, they do get treated as synonyms (e.g. ). Looking at the pages currently within these categories, it seemed like we were in one of those contexts: talking exclusively about crystalline materials. But based on what you're saying, having Category:Polymers as a parent category might imply that Category:Monolayers was originally intended to be for molecular monolayers. It's a bit confusing, because that's not the way that category is currently being used. Do you think there's enough pages like Self-assembled monolayer to create a new category for molecular systems? &#12296; Forbes72 &#124; Talk &#12297; 23:36, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Citing just one paper isn't convincing; it could be an outlier with an incorrect usage. I'd either try to pull a representative sample of multiple papers, or see if there's a formal definition from ISO, ACS, or another organization.  Personally, I don't recall the term monolayer being widely used to refer to graphene or anything similar, but I see how it could be used that way. I believe the solution here is to make Category:Two-dimensional nanomaterials a subcategory of Category:Monolayers.  That way any articles in the former category shouldn't be duplicated in the latter anyway. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 04:15, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
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 * We have separate articles on Single-layer materials (where Two-dimensional nanomaterials redirects) and Monolayer. Wouldn't it make sense to merge those articles first (if they are in fact the same thing) before dealing with the categories. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 22:08, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with Antony's suggestion that we put Category:Two-dimensional nanomaterials as a subcategory of Category:Monolayers. Rather than merging, Single-layer materials and Monolayer would be main articles of those two categories respectively. I can find plenty of examples of graphene-like materials referred to as a "monolayers" (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), but if anyone has a usage guide saying this usage is incorrect, I am willing to be convinced otherwise. &#12296; Forbes72 &#124; Talk &#12297; 06:17, 5 June 2022 (UTC)


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A24 (company) categories
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Category:Sudanese feature films
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 * The result of the discussion was: soft delete (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 05:13, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting sudanese feature films
 * Nominator's rationale: Per longstanding prior consensus, we don't have an established practice of categorizing films for "feature" status per se. "Film" is just automatically assumed to mean a feature film by default in English, and has to be explicitly modified by the adjective "short" to mean anything other than a feature film -- and since it's far more rare for a short film to actually get adequate WP:GNG-worthy coverage to pass our inclusion criteria anyway, by far the majority of our film articles are about feature films as it is. So we categorize feature films by genre (with subcategorization for the smaller minority of short films where warranted), not for feature status per se. Merging not needed, as both of the articles here are already in other appropriate Sudanese film categories. Bearcat (talk) 13:14, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


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Category:ISO 639 name from code templates
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename.  ✗  plicit  07:00, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:ISO 639 name from code templates to Category:ISO 639 templates
 * Nominator's rationale: The once many templates were reduced to three and merged into this category. This should be renamed to reflect that. Gonnym (talk) 09:28, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl  talk  12:08, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * As there are only three templates, the category may also be merged to Category:Wikipedia multilingual support templates. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:19, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
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 * Rename per nom. No strong opinion on upmerging. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 22:08, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Rename per nom -- Lenticel ( talk ) 00:28, 11 June 2022 (UTC)


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Category:Scholars and academics
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Railway stations in Russia by federal subject
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 * The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure)  JBchrch   talk  17:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Amur Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Amur Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Amur Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Arkhangelsk Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Arkhangelsk Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Arkhangelsk Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Bashkortostan to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Bashkortostan and Category:Rail transport in Bashkortostan
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Buryatia to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Buryatia and Category:Rail transport in Buryatia
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Irkutsk Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Irkutsk Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Irkutsk Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Category:Rail transport in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast


 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Kaluga Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Kaluga Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Kaluga Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Kemerovo Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Kemerovo Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Kemerovo Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Khabarovsk Krai to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Khabarovsk Krai and Category:Rail transport in Khabarovsk Krai
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Rail transport in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Kirov Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Kirov Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Kirov Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Leningrad Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Leningrad Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Leningrad Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Mordovia to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Mordovia and Category:Rail transport in Mordovia
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in North Ossetia–Alania to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in North Ossetia–Alania and Category:Rail transport in North Ossetia–Alania
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Omsk Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Omsk Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Omsk Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Perm Krai to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Perm Krai and Category:Rail transport in Perm Krai
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Sakhalin Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Sakhalin Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Sakhalin Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Smolensk Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Smolensk Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Smolensk Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Sverdlovsk Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Sverdlovsk Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Tatarstan to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Tatarstan and Category:Rail transport in Tatarstan
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Tomsk Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Tomsk Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Tomsk Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Tula Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Tula Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Tula Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Tver Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Tver Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Tver Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Tyumen Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Tyumen Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Tyumen Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Udmurtia to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Udmurtia and Category:Rail transport in Udmurtia
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Volgograd Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Volgograd Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Volgograd Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Voronezh Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Voronezh Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Voronezh Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Rail transport in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Yaroslavl Oblast to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Yaroslavl Oblast and Category:Rail transport in Yaroslavl Oblast
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Zabaykalsky Krai to Category:Railway stations in Russia and Category:Buildings and structures in Zabaykalsky Krai and Category:Rail transport in Zabaykalsky Krai
 * Propose merging Category:Railway stations in Russia by federal subject to Category:Railway stations in Russia


 * Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, in most cases only 1 article, sometimes 2-4 articles in each of the subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:29, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - WP:SMALLCAT seems to continually be mentioned here, but it states 'Small with no potential for growth' - with no potential for growth. Generally these are part of "a large overall accepted sub-categorization scheme", and that SMALLCAT specifically states "a category which does have realistic potential for growth, such as a category for holders of a notable political office, may be kept even if only a small number of its articles actually exist at the present time." The Russian wikipedia category for Amur Oblast has 16 entries, Bashkortostan and its subcats has 30, Kirov Oblast 41, Sakhalin Oblast has 125. Leningrad Oblast's subcats combined comes to 313 articles. Many large railway stations in large cities do not have articles yet (eg ru:Кострома-Новая, ru:Иваново (станция), ru:Калуга I, etc etc) let alone smaller towns, villages. Nominations under SMALLCAT because the category at the moment has less than five articles, without researching if a category meets the 'no potential for growth' criteria, should be avoided. Spokoyni (talk) 11:16, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I do not agree. If in the past 20 years this small number of articles has been written, the chance that it will grow by a factor five any time soon is extremely small. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:41, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Why must it be 'any time soon'? There is nothing in SMALLCAT or anywhere else to say that there is a deadline on when articles must be written by to take the total to over five in each category (or indeed that containing five articles is not a small category but that four is), and wikipedia continues to expand - for example I've just written a new station article which takes Category:Railway stations in Samara Oblast to five entries, so that should be struck from this nomination under your definition of SMALLCAT. I work on Russian-related articles and there is a slow and steady drip of articles on these railway stations that has already taken a number of the categories in this category tree past the five article mark. If you are looking through categories to find ones that have less than five articles, and not taking the time to consider whether there is the potential for growth, you really shouldn't be nominating categories under WP:SMALLCAT. The heading of that section is 'Small with no potential for growth'. That section, in its near entirety, reads "Avoid categories that, by their very definition, will never have more than a few members, unless such categories are part of a large overall accepted sub-categorization scheme ... Note also that this criterion does not preclude all small categories; a category which does have realistic potential for growth, such as a category for holders of a notable political office, may be kept even if only a small number of its articles actually exist at the present time." Spokoyni (talk) 17:40, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The point of the nomination is that it is not a large overall accepted sub-categorization scheme, rather it is a small scheme with many subcats having only one article. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:11, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
 * And that's five now in Category:Railway stations in Kaliningrad Oblast, so that's another this definition doesn't apply to. Spokoyni (talk) 18:43, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I have removed Category:Railway stations in Kaliningrad Oblast and Category:Railway stations in Samara Oblast from the nomination. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:11, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per Spokoyni the nominator apparently doesn't understand WP:SMALLCAT. Categorising railway stations by national subdivision is not a "small scheme" but a large one, consistently applied across a large number of countries. Thryduulf (talk) 09:19, 20 June 2022 (UTC)


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