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Crimes in the United States

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge and delete. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 10:43, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting 2001 crimes in the united states by month
 * Propose deleting march 2001 crimes in north america
 * Propose merging Category:March 2001 crimes in the United States to Category:March 2001 crimes and Category:March 2001 events in the United States
 * Propose deleting august 2001 crimes in north america
 * Propose merging Category:August 2001 crimes in the United States to Category:August 2001 crimes and Category:August 2001 events in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:September 2001 crimes in North America to Category:September 2001 crimes
 * Propose merging Category:September 2001 crimes in the United States to Category:September 2001 crimes and Category:September 2001 events in the United States
 * Propose deleting 2002 crimes in the united states by month
 * Propose deleting august 2002 crimes in north america
 * Propose merging Category:August 2002 crimes in the United States to Category:August 2002 crimes and Category:August 2002 events in the United States
 * Propose deleting 2006 crimes in the united states by month
 * Propose deleting february 2006 crimes in north america
 * Propose merging Category:February 2006 crimes in the United States to Category:February 2006 crimes and Category:February 2006 events in the United States
 * Propose deleting 2008 crimes in the united states by month
 * Propose deleting august 2008 crimes in north america
 * Propose merging Category:August 2008 crimes in the United States to Category:August 2008 crimes and Category:August 2008 events in the United States
 * Nominator's rationale: Scattered monthly categories with 1 article each. Merge all as above. No need to merge to YYYY crimes in the United States since the articles are already populated there. –Aidan721 (talk) 22:28, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Support While month/year can be a valid way to break down larger categories, this grouping takes it too far. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:41, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge/delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:04, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:American school rivalry navigational boxes

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. Favonian (talk) 13:41, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting american school rivalry navigational boxes
 * Nominator's rationale: Empty category which housed a number of navboxes, all of which were just deleted with consensus over at TfD. Highly unlikely that any templates which are both worthy of inclusion and appropriate for this category are likely to be made. fuzzy510 (talk) 21:03, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * You can just speedy tag this per WP:C1, as long as it wasn't emptied out of process. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment Yes, this is an empty category. Next time, tag it CSD C1, it doesn't need a week-long discussion. Liz Read! Talk! 01:09, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Liz @RevelationDirect Apologies, I hardly ever do anything for deletion with CfD, and I interpreted the guidelines (empty for at least a week) a bit too literally. Will speedy tag if this comes up again. -fuzzy510 (talk) 06:30, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete No problem. - RevelationDirect (talk) 07:09, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:05, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Bougainville politics stubs

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Papua New Guinea stubs. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:46, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting bougainville politics stubs
 * Nominator's rationale: Underpopulated stub category created for just one article with no indication of WikiProject approval. As always, stub categories are not free for just any editor to create on a whim for just a small handful of articles -- the minimum size bar for a stub category is 60 articles, and for that reason stub categories have to be authorized by WikiProject Stub sorting before they're allowed to be created. But there's just one article here, which isn't enough to warrant a dedicated category. And while there are a handful of other articles related to Bougainvillean politics sitting in the parent, there are nowhere near 59 of them, so there's no evidence that this can be populated enough to earn admission. Bearcat (talk) 20:46, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge to Category:Papua New Guinea stubs, as an out of process creation. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:09, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. I did not realize when I created the category, that this was out of process and will definitely not do so again. Sorry about that. <b style="color: #ea5a5a;">Tartar</b>Torte 13:07, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I have now read the rules at WP:NEWSTUB to familiarize myself with them. Apologies for the inconvenience. <b style="color: #ea5a5a;">Tartar</b>Torte 13:11, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


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Fires in South America by year
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:47, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:1863 fires in South America to Category:1863 fires and Category:19th-century fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:1961 fires in South America to Category:1961 fires, Category:1961 disasters in South America and Category:20th-century fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:1972 fires in South America to Category:1972 fires, Category:1972 disasters in South America and Category:20th-century fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:1974 fires in South America to Category:1974 fires, Category:1974 disasters in South America and Category:20th-century fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:1981 fires in South America to Category:1981 fires, Category:1981 disasters in South America and Category:20th-century fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:1993 fires in South America to Category:1993 fires, Category:1993 disasters in South America and Category:20th-century fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2001 fires in South America to Category:2001 fires and Category:2000s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2002 fires in South America to Category:2002 fires and Category:2000s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2004 fires in South America to Category:2004 fires and Category:2000s fires in South America; add República Cromañón nightclub fire to Category:2004 disasters in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2010 fires in South America to Category:2010 fires, Category:2010 disasters in South America and Category:2010s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2012 fires in South America to Category:2012 fires and Category:2010s fires in South America; add 2012 Araucanía wildfires to Category:2012 disasters in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2013 fires in South America to Category:2013 fires and Category:2010s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2014 fires in South America to Category:2014 fires and Category:2010s fires in South America; add Great Fire of Valparaíso to Category:2014 disasters in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2015 fires in South America to Category:2015 fires, Category:2015 disasters in South America and Category:2010s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2017 fires in South America to Category:2017 fires and Category:2010s fires in South America, add 2017 Chile wildfires to Category:2017 disasters in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2018 fires in South America to Category:2018 fires and Category:2010s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2019 fires in South America to Category:2019 fires and Category:2010s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2020 fires in South America to Category:2020 fires and Category:2020s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2021 fires in South America to Category:2022 fires and Category:2020s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2022 fires in South America to Category:2022 fires and Category:2020s fires in South America
 * Propose merging Category:2023 fires in South America to Category:2023 fires and Category:2020s fires in South America
 * Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, these categories mostly contain 1-3 articles. Especially in later years merging to a year disaster category in South America is unnecessary when articles are already in a year disaster by country category. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:09, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. –Aidan721 (talk) 21:47, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge too granular to aid navigation between articles, per WP:SMALLCAT. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:45, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose it is procidure to categorize fires by continent and year. Merging would just add to the confusion. There is also certainly area for growth, as many South American disasters (including fires) haven't recived the amount of attention as disasters in North America have, SmallCat doesn't apply. Inter&#38;anthro (talk) 17:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The nomination exactly aims to end this "procedure" because there is not enough content by year by continent. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:14, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * No objection to recreation if they grow to 5+ articles. - RevelationDirect (talk) 19:39, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:31, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge


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Category:Rulers of Styria
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Medieval nobility of the Holy Roman Empire and Category:History of Styria. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:52, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose upmerging Category:Rulers of Styria to Category:Medieval Austrian nobility
 * Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT 2 C, 0 P. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 01:24, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 19:19, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Alt merge to Category:Medieval nobility of the Holy Roman Empire. Styria was not part of Austria yet. And also merge to Category:History of Styria. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:16, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Well-spotted. Shortly after the March of Styria was elevated to the Duchy of Styria in 1180, it came into the hands of the Babenbergs of Austria in 1192, so both the Margraves and Dukes fit in medieval HRE nobility, and the Dukes also in medieval Austrian nobility. Merge to History of Styria is also a good idea. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 11:06, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support alt per Marco. Laurel Lodged (talk) 10:24, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose "rulers" is an appropriately vague term to cover margraves of Styria and other titles who were usually also ruling elsewhere. These are more than mere nobility.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:07, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * <p class="xfd_relist" style="margin:0 0 0 -1em;border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 2em;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * most content in Category:Medieval nobility of the Holy Roman Empire is about dukes and counts so the two subcategories here fit perfectly well there as well. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:27, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:28, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Alt Merge per Marcocapelle since that is a more specific target. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:47, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Alt Merge per Marcocapelle.


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Sports events by month
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 * The result of the discussion was: Dual merge/delete Timrollpickering (talk) 20:02, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting 1851 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:February 1851 sports events to Category:February 1851 events
 * Propose merging Category:May 1851 sports events to Category:May 1851 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1851 sports events to Category:June 1851 events
 * Propose merging Category:August 1851 sports events to Category:August 1851 events
 * Propose deleting 1852 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1852 sports events to Category:March 1852 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1852 sports events to Category:April 1852 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1852 sports events to Category:July 1852 events
 * Propose deleting 1853 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1853 sports events to Category:March 1853 events
 * Propose deleting 1854 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:April 1854 sports events to Category:April 1854 events


 * Propose deleting 1855 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1855 sports events to Category:March 1855 events
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 * Propose merging Category:March 1856 sports events to Category:March 1856 events
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 * Propose merging Category:March 1857 sports events to Category:March 1857 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1857 sports events to Category:April 1857 events
 * Propose deleting 1858 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1858 sports events to Category:March 1858 events
 * Propose merging Category:October 1858 sports events to Category:October 1858 events
 * Propose deleting 1859 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1859 sports events to Category:March 1859 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1859 sports events to Category:April 1859 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1859 sports events to Category:September 1859 events
 * Propose merging Category:October 1859 sports events to Category:October 1859 events
 * Propose deleting 1860 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1860 sports events to Category:March 1860 events
 * Propose merging Category:October 1860 sports events to Category:October 1860 events
 * Propose deleting 1861 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1861 sports events to Category:March 1861 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1861 sports events to Category:September 1861 events
 * Propose deleting 1862 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1862 sports events to Category:March 1862 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1862 sports events to Category:April 1862 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1862 sports events to Category:June 1862 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1862 sports events to Category:September 1862 events
 * Propose deleting 1863 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1863 sports events to Category:March 1863 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1863 sports events to Category:September 1863 events
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 * Propose merging Category:March 1864 sports events to Category:March 1864 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1864 sports events to Category:September 1864 events
 * Propose deleting 1865 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1865 sports events to Category:March 1865 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1865 sports events to Category:April 1865 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1865 sports events to Category:September 1865 events
 * Propose deleting 1866 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1865 sports events to Category:March 1866 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1866 sports events to Category:September 1866 events
 * Propose deleting 1867 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1867 sports events to Category:March 1867 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1867 sports events to Category:April 1867 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1867 sports events to Category:June 1867 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1867 sports events to Category:July 1867 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1867 sports events to Category:September 1867 events
 * Propose deleting 1868 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1868 sports events to Category:March 1868 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1868 sports events to Category:April 1868 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1868 sports events to Category:September 1868 events
 * Propose deleting 1869 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1869 sports events to Category:March 1869 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1869 sports events to Category:September 1869 events
 * Propose merging Category:November 1869 sports events to Category:November 1869 events
 * Propose deleting 1870 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1870 sports events to Category:March 1870 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1870 sports events to Category:April 1870 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1870 sports events to Category:July 1870 events
 * Propose merging Category:August 1870 sports events to Category:August 1870 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1870 sports events to Category:September 1870 events
 * Propose merging Category:November 1870 sports events to Category:November 1870 events
 * Propose deleting 1871 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:February 1871 sports events to Category:February 1871 events
 * Propose merging Category:March 1871 sports events to Category:March 1871 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1871 sports events to Category:April 1871 events
 * Propose merging Category:November 1871 sports events to Category:November 1871 events
 * Propose deleting 1872 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:February 1872 sports events to Category:February 1872 events
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 * Propose deleting 1873 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1873 sports events to Category:March 1873 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1873 sports events to Category:June 1873 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1873 sports events to Category:July 1873 events
 * Propose merging Category:August 1873 sports events to Category:August 1873 events
 * Propose merging Category:October 1873 sports events to Category:October 1873 events
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 * Propose merging Category:April 1874 sports events to Category:April 1874 events
 * Propose merging Category:May 1874 sports events to Category:May 1874 events
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 * Propose merging Category:April 1875 sports events to Category:April 1875 events
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 * Propose merging Category:September 1875 sports events to Category:September 1875 events
 * Propose deleting 1876 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:March 1876 sports events to Category:March 1876 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1876 sports events to Category:April 1876 events
 * Propose merging Category:May 1876 sports events to Category:May 1876 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1876 sports events to Category:September 1876 events
 * Propose merging Category:October 1876 sports events to Category:October 1876 events
 * Propose deleting 1877 sports events by month
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 * Propose merging Category:May 1877 sports events to Category:May 1877 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1877 sports events to Category:July 1877 events
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 * Propose merging Category:July 1879 sports events to Category:July 1879 events
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 * Propose deleting 1880 sports events by month
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 * Propose deleting 1886 sports events by month
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 * Propose deleting 1887 sports events by month
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 * Propose deleting 1890 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:January 1890 sports events to Category:January 1890 events
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 * Propose deleting 1891 sports events by month
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 * Propose deleting 1892 sports events by month
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 * Propose deleting 1894 sports events by month
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 * Propose merging Category:February 1894 sports events to Category:February 1894 events
 * Propose merging Category:March 1894 sports events to Category:March 1894 events
 * Propose merging Category:May 1894 sports events to Category:May 1894 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1894 sports events to Category:June 1894 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1894 sports events to Category:July 1894 events
 * Propose merging Category:August 1894 sports events to Category:August 1894 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1894 sports events to Category:September 1894 events
 * Propose merging Category:December 1894 sports events to Category:December 1894 events
 * Propose deleting 1895 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:January 1895 sports events to Category:January 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:February 1895 sports events to Category:February 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:March 1895 sports events to Category:March 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1895 sports events to Category:April 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:May 1895 sports events to Category:May 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1895 sports events to Category:June 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1895 sports events to Category:July 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:August 1895 sports events to Category:August 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1895 sports events to Category:September 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:October 1895 sports events to Category:October 1895 events
 * Propose merging Category:November 1895 sports events to Category:November 1895 events
 * Propose deleting 1896 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:January 1896 sports events to Category:January 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:February 1896 sports events to Category:February 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:March 1896 sports events to Category:March 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1896 sports events to Category:April 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:May 1896 sports events to Category:May 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1896 sports events to Category:June 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1896 sports events to Category:July 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:August 1896 sports events to Category:August 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1896 sports events to Category:September 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:October 1896 sports events to Category:October 1896 events
 * Propose merging Category:December 1896 sports events to Category:December 1896 events
 * Propose deleting 1897 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:January 1897 sports events to Category:January 1897 events
 * Propose merging Category:February 1897 sports events to Category:February 1897 events
 * Propose merging Category:March 1897 sports events to Category:March 1897 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1897 sports events to Category:April 1897 events
 * Propose merging Category:May 1897 sports events to Category:May 1897 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1897 sports events to Category:June 1897 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1897 sports events to Category:July 1897 events
 * Propose merging Category:August 1897 sports events to Category:August 1897 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1897 sports events to Category:September 1897 events
 * Propose merging Category:November 1897 sports events to Category:November 1897 events
 * Propose deleting 1898 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:February 1898 sports events to Category:February 1898 events
 * Propose merging Category:March 1898 sports events to Category:March 1898 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1898 sports events to Category:April 1898 events
 * Propose merging Category:May 1898 sports events to Category:May 1898 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1898 sports events to Category:June 1898 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1898 sports events to Category:July 1898 events
 * Propose merging Category:August 1898 sports events to Category:August 1898 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1898 sports events to Category:September 1898 events
 * Propose merging Category:October 1898 sports events to Category:October 1898 events
 * Propose merging Category:November 1898 sports events to Category:November 1898 events
 * Propose deleting 1899 sports events by month
 * Propose merging Category:January 1899 sports events to Category:January 1899 events
 * Propose merging Category:February 1899 sports events to Category:February 1899 events
 * Propose merging Category:March 1899 sports events to Category:March 1899 events
 * Propose merging Category:April 1899 sports events to Category:April 1899 events
 * Propose merging Category:May 1899 sports events to Category:May 1899 events
 * Propose merging Category:June 1899 sports events to Category:June 1899 events
 * Propose merging Category:July 1899 sports events to Category:July 1899 events
 * Propose merging Category:August 1899 sports events to Category:August 1899 events
 * Propose merging Category:September 1899 sports events to Category:September 1899 events


 * Nominator's rationale: Most have 1-2 articles per month. WP:OVERCAT. Merge to month year events category. Do not need to merge to year sports category since all are already somewhere in that tree. –Aidan721 (talk) 19:00, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:17, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge all. To granular to aid navigation, per WP:SMALLCAT. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:48, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge all per WP:SMALLCAT. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 08:22, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Dual Merge per nom and to the corresponding subcat of Category:Sports by year - I agree that these don't need to be split by month. But we need to make sure that all these events are also under the "by year" categories, as well. Because in looking through, I'm not seeing this. For example, when I look at Category:1899 in sports, I'm not seeing Category:1899 sports events. so the months should be also merged to a corresponding "by year" cat. - jc37 16:03, 7 May 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Numerical artefacts
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 * The result of the discussion was: Rename. - jc37 02:07, 19 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Propose renaming Category:Numerical artefacts to Category:Numerical artifacts
 * Nominator's rationale: To match spelling of most other articles and categories related to the topic Artifact (error), including the subcategory Category:Computer graphic artifacts. –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 18:05, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:26, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support: Most of intitle:"Artefact" is redirects and intitle:"Artifact" has far more results, plus all the article in this category which use the word spell it with an I. Makes sense to keep things consistent. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 18:54, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak support whilst artefact vs artifact is an WP:ENGVAR issue (artefact being the common UK spelling), it is sensible to make it consistent with articles and other categories, all of which appear to be using the US spelling artifact. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 13:16, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support for consistenccy.


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Category:Zaporizhian Cossacks noble families
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. No real arguments against deletion have been offered. The category contents will be purged before processing for deletion. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 00:33, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The result of the discussion was: keep. No real arguments for deletion have been offered. I was informed by that category contents had already been purged at the time of the original closure. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 12:27, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting zaporizhian cossacks noble families
 * Nominator's rationale: This is a mixture of families that ruled as Hetmans and those who were descendants of families that used to rule as Hetmans without themselves being Hetman. Plus Don Cossacks were different from Zaporizhian Cossacks. It's all too confused. Laurel Lodged (talk) 17:13, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I see a description of the category contents, plus a factoid. But no rationale for deletion given at all, no relation to the guidelines on categorization at all.  —Michael Z. 15:20, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Can't we just purge content about Don Cossacks (if there is any) and remove the confusing header? Marcocapelle (talk) 18:28, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * If we purge the Don Cossacks, what is left that is not already in Category:Zaporozhian Cossack nobility? Laurel Lodged (talk) 20:21, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * It is the other way around: Category:Zaporozhian Cossack nobility will contain all articles that aren't already in a noble families subcategory. That is how it works everywhere else too. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:37, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. So we don't need this category at all then. The content can just go into Category:Zaporozhian Cossack nobility directly. Laurel Lodged (talk) 13:58, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Except that it is also part of the tree of Category:Noble families. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:14, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Purge all non-noble families and parent the remainder to Category:Noble families. Laurel Lodged (talk) 07:01, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I am puzzled why we wouldn't keep Category:Zaporizhian Cossacks noble families as a separate subcategory in that tree. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:35, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:23, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Purge of Don Cossacks and non-noble families per discussion, examine the remainder for inclusion in Category:Zaporozhian Cossack nobility. TBH, nobility almost always runs in families, I'm not sure why there's a separate Category:Noble families tree. Such fine distinctions are hard to maintain.
 * That seems a fair point, but in order to solve that, all content of this tree should be merged somewhere. It will be a massive amount of work. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:51, 24 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Comment,, it seems that you do not understand the principle understanding of what Zaporizhian Cossacks are. For you they are just whatever Cossacks as the rest articles about Russian "Cossacks", including the so-called Don Cossacks. One of the main goals of the Khmelnytskyi Uprising was acknowledgement of the Cossacks in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as nobles the same with what in Polish known as "Szlachta" (part of the Estates of the realm). The Don Cossacks situation is very different. They were adopted in the Russian Empire as a separate community of people, not really within the estates of the realm. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 02:27, 16 May 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Hamilton College (New York)
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 * The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:15, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Hamilton College (New York) to Category:Hamilton College
 * Nominator's rationale: WP:PRIMARYTOPIC Pageviews show a primary topic. (https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&range=latest-20&pages=Hamilton_College_(New_York)|Hamilton_College_(England)|Hamilton_College,_South_Lanarkshire|Hamilton_College_(Iowa)|Hamilton_College_(Kentucky)  and per WP:CATNAME,  Names of topic categories should be singular, normally corresponding to the name of a Wikipedia article which in this case would match Hamilton College. Wozal (talk) 16:15, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Hamilton College (disambiguation). Whether topics are primary or not is not relevant in category space. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:20, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose -- Even if the New York college is primary (which I doubt since Hamilton is a town in Scotland, with a college), a diambiguator is needed to prevent is picking up items for other uses. The classicv case is that the categories for Birmingham are at Category:Birmingham, West Midlands to keep it free of material that should be in Category:Birmingham, Alabama.  Peterkingiron (talk) 19:24, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Not that I'm about to relitigate it here, but since you mentioned it, I will say the move discussion was rather brief and perhaps deserving of another look. As for this request, I am opposed per above. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 19:44, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Birmingham is not the primary topic and the longstanding mismatch with the category name acknowledges as much. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:57, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Support We should avoid second guessing WP:RMs in other venues and repeating the mistake with Category:Birmingham, West Midlands. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:57, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose - per Hamilton College (disambiguation) and Marcocapelle above. Birmingham is not a mistake: regularly contains a mixture of Brummies and Americans who would otherwise be miscategorised. Oculi (talk) 00:14, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose - per Hamilton College (disambiguation), there are many colleges that people may be looking for. The fact that the RM had very little participation means we should be even less inclined to definitively say that this is the category primary target. And having the dismabiguator (New York) will inevitably lead to way fewer categorisation mistakes. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 14:11, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Belgium railway line templates
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:55, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Belgium railway line templates to Category:Templates for railway lines of Belgium
 * Propose renaming Category:Bulgaria railway line templates to Category:Templates for railway lines of Bulgaria
 * Propose renaming Category:Japan railway line templates to Category:Templates for railway lines of Japan
 * Nominator's rationale: Standard titling in Category:Rail routemap templates by country. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 15:36, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:14, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Rename per WP:C2C, this could have been listed at speedy. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:22, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't do enough category stuff so I keep forgetting about that. This probably isn't even the first time I've been reminded of that at CfD, but thanks anyway! Hopefully I'll get it down for next time. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 18:45, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Rename


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Category:People by ethnic or national descent and occupation
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:55, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting people by ethnic or national descent and occupation (1 C)
 * Propose deleting filipino people by occupation and ethnic or national origin‎ (1 C)
 * Propose deleting indonesian people by occupation and ethnic or national origin‎ (1 C)
 * Propose deleting malaysian people by occupation and ethnic or national origin‎ (1 C)
 * Nominator's rationale: WP:OCEGRS: triple intersection of occupation and nationality and descent is not defining.


 * Note: after deletion of sportspeople, only a single subcategory remains, Category:Politicians by ethnic or national descent, that will be dealt with in subsequent nominations.
 * Followup to:
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2023 April 15
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2023 April 15
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2023 April 6
 * William Allen Simpson (talk) 09:40, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and long list of precedents. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 12:13, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, it's only two intersections ("Occupation" and "national or ethnic origin"), but this is surely covered by Category:People by nationality and occupation. Sionk (talk) 12:24, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 15:40, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, even if the politicians subcategories are kept this is still a redundant category layer. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:24, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Byzantine Empresses regnant
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Byzantine empresses regnant. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:52, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Byzantine Empresses regnant to Category:Byzantine empresses regnant
 * Nominator's rationale: WP:C2A should be lowercase 'e' empresses. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 03:05, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Rename per nom. This could have been listed at speedy. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:55, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I thought it would automatically become a speedy request if I file it here with a speedy criterion and nobody opposes it in 48 hours? Per Categories for discussion/Speedy. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 10:40, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That is correct but it would still be helpful to move trivial nominations to WP:CFDS as much as possible. Besides here on WP:CFD it may take much longer than 48 hours before a speedy request is actually closed. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:27, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:May 1909 sports events in Europe
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:May 1909 sports events and Category:May 1909 events in Europe. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:53, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:May 1909 sports events in Europe to Category:May 1909 sports events and Category:May 1909 events in Europe
 * Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT. Isolated cat. –Aidan721 (talk) 02:59, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:14, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:58, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge


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Category:Greta Van Fleet
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:53, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting greta van fleet
 * Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary eponymous category with only a discography page and two interlinking subcategories per WP:OCEPON. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 02:49, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:13, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:59, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 15:41, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete


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Category:January 1859 events in Europe
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge and delete. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:54, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting 1859 events in europe by month
 * Propose merging Category:January 1859 events in Europe to Category:January 1859 events
 * Propose deleting january 1859 events by continent
 * Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT (1 article). Isolated. Merge to Category:January 1859 events. –Aidan721 (talk) 02:46, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:11, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge/delete per nom. The next sibling is in 1909. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:00, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support


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Events by month
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:53, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting 1766 events by month
 * Propose deleting august 1766 events
 * Propose deleting september 1766 events
 * Propose deleting october 1766 events
 * Propose deleting 1776 events by month
 * Propose deleting february 1776 events
 * Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT. 1-2 articles. Year events by month cats are isolated. No realistic merge target. –Aidan721 (talk) 02:32, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:10, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, the tree by month only kicks off in 1800. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:03, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete


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Category:Sovereign states of Europe with multiple official languages
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 * The result of the discussion was: Delete. (non-admin closure) William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting sovereign states of europe with multiple official languages
 * Nominator's rationale: Not remotely a WP:CATDEF. Countries add or remove official languages sometimes, or have different statues for different languages, and other sorts of legal wrangling. That doesn't make them part of some overarching group linked to other countries who may or may not have done similar. The geographical aspect is another layer of arbitrariness on top. CMD (talk) 01:41, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Comment it was created in August 2022 as Category:Countries of Europe with multiple official languages, and now moved without discussion. Its counterpart is Category:Regions of Europe with multiple official languages. Their parent "Category:Countries and territories by language" is currently also the subject of a CfR (filed by me). Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 03:15, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak delete per WP:NONDEFINING. On the one hand, being officially multilingual can be defining for a country like Belgium or Spain. On the other, this cat gives very little information if it doesn't say WHICH official languages it has. So its navigational value is limited. It comes down to "Countries with multiple unspecified things"; does this really help people find what they're looking for? Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 03:18, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NONDEFINING and per nom. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 06:14, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete for now, there is currently a long-running CfD at Categories for discussion/Log/2023 March 20 about whether add the word "official". We should be building category trees from the top down, rather than upwards from overly point-y and specific categories (this 'sovereign/non-sovereign' business stems from an argument from some editors that countries like Wales are not 'countries'). From what I remember, Category:Countries of Europe with multiple official languages was created following the creation of Category:Non-sovereign countries with multiple official languages, the latter was deleted following a CfD in 2022. We need to 'get our ducks in a row' first. Sionk (talk) 11:05, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Indeed; I proposed to make the category about official languages in order to make it defining. The 2022 CfD you mention is interesting. No, "Category:Countries of Europe with multiple official languages" was created by Titus Gold on 14 August 2022, a few weeks before "Category:Non-sovereign countries with multiple official languages" (also created by Titus Gold?) was CfD'd on 19 September 2022. On the other hand, Category:Regions of Europe with multiple official languages was already created by LightPhoenix in 2009 and hasn't been renamed since. (Sidenote: Titus Gold created "Category:Constituent country" yesterday, which has been CfD'd. I've made some observations there that it is currently unclear from our category trees whether Wales is an "autonomous region" or not, what that even means, and what about the rest of the UK). Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 12:28, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep
 * It is unclear why Category:Regions of Europe with multiple official languages seems acceptable but this one not. Surely a "Nondefining" argument applies to this as well for consistency. The main difference between the categories is that the regions category has just been around longer.
 * I disagree with the statement about official languages changing because they are relatively stable. E.g Ireland is not going to suddenly adopt e.g Spanish as an official language. On the whole I think that Bilingualism and Multilingualism are topics of considerable interest and it would be against the interest of the reader to remove a category such as this which is also arguably defined. Titus Gold (talk) 13:38, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * But there is a difference between "regions" and "sovereign states", and that is that "regional languages" are how languages are referred to in the sources. The EU Mercator project contains a database of regional languages and refers to them as regional languages in their publications and research. And it is not just them. Neither is it hard to understand why this is. Languages don't tend to respect political boundaries, and regional languages may not be "official" throughout a state, whereas regional boundaries are quite often somewhat linguistically defined. There are problems with the term "official" of course, but the term regional is defining in a way that sovereign state is not. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 15:02, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:1737 disasters in the Russian Empire
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 10:54, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:1737 disasters in the Russian Empire to Category:18th-century disasters in the Russian Empire
 * Propose deleting 1737 disasters by country
 * Propose deleting 1737 disasters in asia
 * Propose deleting 1737 disasters in europe
 * Propose deleting 1730s disasters in the russian empire
 * Propose deleting 1730s disasters by country
 * Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT. Unnecessary layers for 1 article. The lone article is already in Category:1737 disasters and Category:1737 in the Russian Empire so no additional merging is needed. –Aidan721 (talk) 00:54, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Support - Category:18th-century disasters in the Russian Empire contains exactly 2 articles in all its subcats. Oculi (talk) 01:00, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge/delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:07, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support but Kamchatka is in Asia, so that should there not also be an Asian target perhaps Category:18th-century disasters in Asia? Peterkingiron (talk) 19:28, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Good point. ✅, i.e. added the article to Category:1730s disasters in Asia. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:18, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


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Fires in North America by year
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 * The result of the discussion was: Merge/delete Timrollpickering (talk) 19:56, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting 1800s fires in north america
 * Propose deleting 1800s fires in the united states
 * Propose merging Category:1805 fires in the United States to Category:1805 disasters in the United States, Category:1805 fires and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1805 fires in north america
 * Propose deleting 1810s fires in north america
 * Propose deleting 1810s fires in the united states
 * Propose merging Category:1811 fires in the United States to Category:1811 disasters in the United States, Category:1811 fires and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:1814 fires in the United States to Category:1814 disasters in the United States, Category:1814 fires and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1811 fires in north america
 * Propose deleting 1814 fires in north america


 * Propose deleting 1820s fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1825 fires in North America to Category:1825 fires and Category:19th-century fires in North America
 * Propose deleting 1830s fires in north america
 * Propose deleting 1830s fires in the united states
 * Propose merging Category:1835 fires in the United States to Category:1835 disasters in the United States, Category:1835 fires and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:1836 fires in the United States to Category:1836 disasters in the United States, Category:1836 fires and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1835 fires in north america
 * Propose deleting 1836 fires in north america
 * Propose deleting 1840s fires in the united states
 * Propose merging Category:1845 fires in the United States to Category:1845 disasters in the United States, Category:1845 fires, Category:1840s fires in North America and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:1849 fires in the United States to Category:1849 disasters in the United States, Category:1849 fires, Category:1890s fires in North America and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1845 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1846 fires in North America to Category:1846 fires and Category:1840s fires in North America
 * Propose merging Category:1849 fires in North America to Category:1849 fires and Category:1840s fires in North America
 * Propose deleting 1850s fires in the united states
 * Propose merging Category:1851 fires in the United States to Category:1851 fires, Category:1850s fires in North America and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:1856 fires in the United States to Category:1856 fires, Category:1850s fires in North America and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:1858 fires in the United States to Category:1858 fires, Category:1850s fires in North America and Category:19th-century fires in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:1852 fires in North America to Category:1852 fires and Category:1850s fires in North America
 * Propose deleting 1856 fires in north america
 * Propose deleting 1858 fires in north america
 * Propose deleting 1862 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1862 fires in the United States to Category:1862 disasters in the United States, Category:1862 fires and Category:1860s fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1863 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1863 fires in the United States to Category:1863 disasters in the United States, Category:1863 fires and Category:1860s fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1864 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1864 fires in the United States to Category:1864 disasters in the United States, Category:1864 fires and Category:1860s fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1866 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1866 fires in the United States to Category:1866 disasters in the United States, Category:1866 fires and Category:1860s fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1867 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1867 fires in the United States to Category:1867 disasters in the United States, Category:1867 fires and Category:1860s fires in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:1870 fires in North America to Category:1870 fires and Category:1870s fires in North America
 * Propose deleting 1872 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1872 fires in the United States to Category:1872 disasters in the United States, Category:1872 fires and Category:1870s fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1873 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1873 fires in the United States to Category:1873 disasters in the United States, Category:1873 fires and Category:1870s fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1874 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1874 fires in the United States to Category:1874 disasters in the United States, Category:1874 fires and Category:1870s fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1875 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1875 fires in the United States to Category:1875 disasters in the United States, Category:1875 fires and Category:1870s fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1876 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1876 fires in the United States to Category:1876 disasters in the United States, Category:1876 fires and Category:1870s fires in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:1877 fires in North America to Category:1877 fires and Category:1870s fires in North America
 * Propose merging Category:1877 fires in the United States to Category:1877 disasters in the United States, Category:1877 fires and Category:1870s fires in the United States
 * Propose deleting 1881 fires in north america
 * Propose merging Category:1881 fires in the United States to Category:1881 disasters in the United States, Category:1881 fires and Category:1880s fires in the United States
 * Propose merging Category:1886 fires in North America to Category:1886 fires and Category:1880s fires in North America
 * Propose merging Category:1886 fires in the United States to Category:1886 disasters in the United States, Category:1886 fires and Category:1880s fires in the United States


 * Nominator's rationale: Nominating many 19th century yearly fire cats in US and North America. Most have 1-2 articles yearly. Merge up to century or decade as listed above. This tree will require some subsequent nominations to cleanup the remainder but not want to overload with too much at once. –Aidan721 (talk) 00:28, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge/delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:11, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge/delete per nom. This is also same reason as the European categories for fires listed above, and we should have the same outcome for both (which looks to be delete or merge as appropriate). <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 14:21, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


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