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Category:Metrication Supporters

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. This is essentially a WP:G7 since the author !voted delete. (non-admin closure) { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 00:54, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting metrication supporters
 * Nominator's rationale: Inappropriate advocacy user category. * Pppery * it has begun... 22:46, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:10, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. I created the category for a userbox. I know (and support the fact) that advocacy of any kind is inappropriate on Wikipedia. I just didn't put two and two together. Please delete.WikiUser70176 (talk) 19:40, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Terry Pratchett fans

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 02:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting terry pratchett fans
 * Nominator's rationale: Per WP:UCFD/I/WP:OC/U * Pppery * it has begun... 22:45, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:10, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep. All the existing categories relating to Terry Pratchett refer to his works. This is a category for users to find each other. Similar to and the like. Perhaps we can reorganize the  better to include something like this one or rename this one, or delete this one and merge it with something else? Regardless of our final choice, my opinion is that Pratchett has enough enthusiasts to warrant having a page where users with interest in his works can find each other and create/edit together. And the reason we want to find each other is not an impromptu Terry-Con, but the fact that there are over a thousand Wikipedia pages directly related to Pratchett (62 novels, countless characters, motifs, quotes, movies, whathaveyous) and we could coordinate the creating and editing this huge Pratchett-content together, instead of each on their own. The category Wikipedians interested in reading has almost 5000 pages and it's more amorphous and more "irrelevant to encyclopedia-building" than a Terry Pratchett page.   WikiUser70176 (talk) 12:02, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Similar to Category:Wikipedians who like Star Wars (deleted in 2007). Nor is WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS convincing here anyway. If you thing Category:Wikipedians interested in reading should be deleted, feel free to nominate for deletion yourself. * Pppery * it has begun... 00:16, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete worthless category to keep.Catfurball (talk) 15:15, 12 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Language policy by country
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Category:National statistical services of Europe

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:National statistical services. (non-admin closure) { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 01:04, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:National statistical services of Europe to Category:National statistical services
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. There are only two articles, one of which is already in the parent category. Category:National statistical services still fits on a single page, so I don't think there's much benefit in further classifying by continent (which would mean creating the same categories for Africa, Asia, and so on). Pichpich (talk) 18:33, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 20:38, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge in agreement with nomination. 🌊PacificDepthstalk 00:24, 8 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Commandos clone

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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 01:04, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting commandos clone
 * Nominator's rationale: This seems to be someone's attempt at creating an unsourced list article inside of a category, and the category itself seems to be redundant to its parent category. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:22, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete Per nom. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 14:50, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete as a malformed category. –Laundry<b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 15:20, 12 April 2023 (UTC)


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Template:Politician-stub
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Category:Deaths from lung cancer in British Columbia
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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 ) 02:20, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Deaths from lung cancer in British Columbia to Category:Deaths from cancer in British Columbia and Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Canada
 * Propose merging Category:Deaths from lung cancer in New Brunswick to Category:Deaths from cancer in New Brunswick and Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Canada
 * Propose merging Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Nunavut to Category:Deaths from cancer in Nunavut and Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Canada
 * Propose merging Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Ontario to Category:Deaths from cancer in Ontario and Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Canada
 * Propose merging Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Quebec to Category:Deaths from cancer in Quebec and Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Canada
 * Propose merging Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Saskatchewan to Category:Deaths from cancer in Saskatchewan and Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Canada
 * Nominator's rationale: Set of mostly WP:SMALLCATs (only one of them has more than two people in it) overcategorizing people on a more granular distinction than is necessary. Geographic categories like this are permitted in one of two situations, either geography is actually directly related to the topic in an inherently defining way, or it's needed as a way to help mitigate the size of a very large parent category that needs diffusion for size reasons -- however, people aren't defined by the intersection of their cause of death with the place in which it happened, so size is the only grounds on which these would be warranted, but there are just 15 articles total across all six of these categories combined and no articles left in the parent at all. As always, just because the United States (which has about 800 articles in its "deaths from lung cancer" tree) subdivides its category by state does not mean Canada automatically has to follow suit -- the US had an excessively large category that needed a size management plan, while Canada only had a small category, so they don't automatically need parallel treatment. Bearcat (talk) 17:14, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Upmerge all to the two targets per detailed nom statement. Pichpich (talk) 18:36, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Upmerge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:50, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Upmerge per nom. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 05:34, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Male politicians
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete and salt. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 02:21, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting male politicians
 * Propose deleting male politicians by century
 * Propose deleting male politicians by nationality
 * Propose deleting male politicians by century and nationality
 * Propose deleting male politicians by nationality and century
 * Propose deleting 20th-century male politicians
 * Propose deleting 20th-century male politicians by nationality
 * Propose deleting 21st-century male politicians
 * Propose deleting 21st-century male politicians by nationality
 * Propose deleting 20th-century american male politicians
 * Propose deleting 21st-century american male politicians
 * Propose deleting american male politicians by century
 * Nominator's rationale: Unmaintainable category tree that violates WP:CATEGRS. Wikipedia has a long-established consensus that "women politicians" categories do not need to be balanced with parallel "male politicians" categories -- the overwhelming majority of all politicians throughout human history have been male by default, so a category for them would be an unbrowsably and unmaintainably massive megacategory for 80 to 90 per cent of all the politicians who have articles at all. Women in politics, by contrast, are a modern phenomenon, still relatively new and underrepresented enough that they represent a studied class of topic: academic research actually exists focusing on the question of whether women do the job differently than men, whether women focus on different issues in politics, the extent to which sexism affects the ability of women to win elections, and on and so forth. So the intersection of gender with politics is only defining for women, and not for men: women in politics actually have gender-based analysis of "women in politics" as a group, while men in politics do not have anything similar. Also the parent is a recreation of previously deleted content, because it has been tried before and deleted at CFD for the same reasons, although not all of the subcategories are recreations and thus can't be speedied on that basis. Categories for underrepresented minority groupings do not always need to be balanced against a category for the majority, for the same reason that categories don't automatically require the parallel creation of "White Americans" categories. Bearcat (talk) 16:53, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:G4, see Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_September_16. (Sidenote: Nom could have been more concise by referring to this precedent). Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 19:38, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and per Nl Leeuw. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:52, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 05:32, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt as categories who a) clearly violate an established policy and b) have a history of being re-created despite previous decisions. Place Clichy (talk) 13:53, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Politics by Imperial Chinese dynasty
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Political history of China. (non-admin closure) { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 01:03, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Politics by Imperial Chinese dynasty to Category:Political history of China
 * Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only two subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:30, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 19:40, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 05:31, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Muslim Majority Nations
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure)  Qwerfjkl  talk  16:46, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting muslim majority nations
 * Nominator's rationale: Inappropriate category. Wikipedia does not have any established scheme of categorizing countries for the matter of their dominant religious group. Bearcat (talk) 14:04, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete, religion is merely one among many aspects to be discussed about a country, that does not make it a defining characteristic of a country. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:46, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * This category was initially created with an intention that any readers who come across this category on a wiki page of certain countries or read the list of countries in this category will instantly know which countries have Muslim as the majority of its people Innitiative.35 (talk) 14:30, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That is what lists are for, not categories. See Islam by country. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:01, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Please come and have a visit to here. Innitiative.35 (talk) 10:13, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I have 3 points for you:
 * You did not seem to have read and understood my previous reply carefully.
 * We know that we're talking about category, not data table, because of this and that.
 * Please come and have a visit to here, here, and there.
 * Innitiative.35 (talk) 10:42, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Against deletion, Is this category implicitly or explicitly prohibited or considered redundant and unacceptable by Wikipedia? Or is it just considered inappropriate by some types or groups of users? I don't see any aspects and factors that can justify some opinion saying that this category can't describe the characteristic of certain countries because to my mind it's Wikipedia where free knowledge is presented and not an almanac created by certain people who just want only some topics they agree with to be published on/in. Innitiative.35 (talk) 16:07, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * This is about WP:DEFINING. While obviously there are sources about every country that discuss religion in that country, it is not the case that sources about a country consistently discuss religion. Sources may rather discuss history of that country, or arts, or transport. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:58, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I still don't see a commonsensical reason for deletion. Innitiative.35 (talk) 14:23, 9 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Strong delete per WP:NONDEF. If people want to talk about Islam is a specific country, Category:Islam by country is for that. I've spent an awful lot of time on removing WP:OR and WP:SYNTH at Muslim world (as well as Christendom, by the way), but this stuff keeps showing up whenever someone seeks to reduce entire countries and populations to the religion of the majority of its inhabitants. (same with language, same with language family, same with "ethnicity" etc. about which we've had many CfDs in recent months). Such generalisations should be literally categorically rejected. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 20:49, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I hope you understood what you were saying. Innitiative.35 (talk) 14:24, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:11, 15 April 2023 (UTC) William Allen Simpson (talk) 07:30, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:ARBITRARYCAT. Some countries in Africa, such as Ivory Coast, have large Christian and Muslim populations, and not all of those are majority Muslim. In particular, no religion is a majority in Ivory Coast. –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 02:27, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Strong delete — that's for lists with citations and verification.
 * Delete. This notion changes too much with time (Spain and Crimea used to be Muslim countries), whether you include ethnic groups considered as Muslim or actual religious practice (that would dramatically change the numbers in e.g. ex-Soviet republics), what counts as a country (Tatarstan, Mindanao or Mayotte are largely Muslim subdivisions of countries which do not have a Muslim population majority) or even, in the case of Gulf states, whether you count the large expatriate population. Place Clichy (talk) 10:15, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NONDEF. --Nagsb (talk) 16:29, 15 April 2023 (UTC) WP:SOCKSTRIKE


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Category:1987 Oregon wildfires
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:1987 wildfires in the United States. (non-admin closure) { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 01:03, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:1987 Oregon wildfires to Category:Wildfires in Oregon and Category:1987 wildfires in the United States
 * Nominator's rationale: merge, isolated single-article category. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:07, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Upmerge per WP:SMALLCAT. Pichpich (talk) 18:38, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom. –Aidan721 (talk) 19:39, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


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Businesspeople of the Holy Roman Empire
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure) { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 01:02, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:18th-century businesspeople of the Holy Roman Empire to Category:18th-century businesspeople from the Holy Roman Empire
 * Propose renaming Category:17th-century businesspeople of the Holy Roman Empire to Category:17th-century businesspeople from the Holy Roman Empire
 * Propose renaming Category:16th-century businesspeople of the Holy Roman Empire to Category:16th-century businesspeople from the Holy Roman Empire
 * Propose renaming Category:15th-century businesspeople of the Holy Roman Empire to Category:15th-century businesspeople from the Holy Roman Empire
 * Nominator's rationale: Use "from" instead of "of" for multi-ethnic empires. See also yesterday's People in HRE noms. Laurel Lodged (talk) 10:28, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 19:41, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


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Category:National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations people
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 19:23, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations people to Category:Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales alumni
 * Nominator's rationale: It is quite confusing to have these 2 categories especially as there is no link between them. Moreover such general categories for people with links to an educational institution are not that much used on wikipedia and it is quite challenging todeal in this context with interwiki links Robby (talk) 08:33, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:12, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. I have recategorized Marcel Granet to ; the remaining people are all alumni. V27t &lsqb; T &bull; C &rsqb; 12:30, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support


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Category:Muisca and pre-Muisca sites
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure) { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 19:25, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Muisca and pre-Muisca sites to Category:Archaeological sites of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense
 * Nominator's rationale: rename, in contrast to its parent Category:Archaeological sites in Colombia the content of this category is limited to the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, but that is not very clear from its current title. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:09, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:13, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support


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Category:Archaeological sites in South America by country
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Archaeological sites in South America. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 02:27, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Archaeological sites in South America by country to Category:Archaeological sites in South America
 * Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer, it is the only subcategory of its parent. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:05, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


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By condition
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 * The result of the discussion was: delete/merge, there will be very few (just Australia, US, and UK) by country categories in Category:Buildings and structures by condition by country after the rest are deleted, so doesn't seem to be a valid reason for keeping. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl  talk  16:52, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting Category:Buildings and structures by condition by country
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Afghanistan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Afghanistan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Albania by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Albania
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Algeria by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Algeria
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Angola by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Angola
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Argentina by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Argentina
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Armenia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Armenia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Austria by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Austria

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 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Azerbaijan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Azerbaijan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Bahrain by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Bahrain
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Bangladesh by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Bangladesh
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Belarus by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Belarus
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Belgium by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Belgium
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Belize by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Belize
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Bolivia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Bolivia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Botswana by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Botswana
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Brazil by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Brazil
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Bulgaria by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Bulgaria
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Burkina Faso by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Burkina Faso
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Cambodia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Cambodia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Cameroon by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Cameroon
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Canada by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Canada
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Chile by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Chile
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in China by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in China
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Colombia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Colombia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the Republic of the Congo by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the Republic of the Congo
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Costa Rica by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Costa Rica
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Croatia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Croatia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Cyprus by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Cyprus
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the Czech Republic by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the Czech Republic
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Denmark by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Denmark
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Djibouti by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Djibouti
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the Dominican Republic by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the Dominican Republic
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in East Timor by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in East Timor
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Ecuador by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Ecuador
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Egypt by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Egypt
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in El Salvador by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in El Salvador
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Eritrea by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Eritrea
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Estonia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Estonia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Eswatini by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Eswatini
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Ethiopia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Ethiopia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Finland by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Finland
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in France by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in France
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the Gambia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the Gambia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Georgia (country) by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Georgia (country)
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Germany by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Germany
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Ghana by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Ghana
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Greece by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Greece
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Guatemala by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Guatemala
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Haiti by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Haiti
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Hungary by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Hungary
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Iceland by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Iceland
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in India by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in India
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Indonesia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Indonesia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Iran by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Iran
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Iraq by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Iraq
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the Republic of Ireland by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the Republic of Ireland
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Israel by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Israel
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Italy by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Italy
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Ivory Coast by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Ivory Coast
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Jamaica by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Jamaica
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Japan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Japan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Jordan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Jordan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Kazakhstan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Kazakhstan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Kenya by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Kenya
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Kosovo by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Kosovo
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Kuwait by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Kuwait
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Kyrgyzstan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Kyrgyzstan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Laos by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Laos
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Latvia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Latvia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Lebanon by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Lebanon
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Lesotho by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Lesotho
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Libya by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Libya
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Liechtenstein by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Liechtenstein
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Lithuania by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Lithuania
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Luxembourg by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Luxembourg
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Madagascar by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Madagascar
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Malawi by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Malawi
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Malaysia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Malaysia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the Maldives by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the Maldives
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Mali by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Mali
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Malta by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Malta
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Mauritania by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Mauritania
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Mexico by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Mexico
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the Federated States of Micronesia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the Federated States of Micronesia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Moldova by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Moldova
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Mongolia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Mongolia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Montenegro by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Montenegro
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Morocco by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Morocco
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Mozambique by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Mozambique
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Myanmar by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Myanmar
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Namibia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Namibia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the Netherlands by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the Netherlands
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in New Zealand by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in New Zealand
 * Propose merging Category:Former buildings and structures in Nicaragua to Category:Former buildings and structures
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Niger by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Niger
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Nigeria by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Nigeria
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in North Korea by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in North Korea
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in North Macedonia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in North Macedonia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Northern Cyprus by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Northern Cyprus
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Norway by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Norway
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Oman by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Oman
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Pakistan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Pakistan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Panama by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Panama
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Papua New Guinea by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Papua New Guinea
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Paraguay by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Paraguay
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Peru by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Peru
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the Philippines by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the Philippines
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Poland by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Poland
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Portugal by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Portugal
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Qatar by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Qatar
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Romania by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Romania
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Russia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Russia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Saint Kitts and Nevis by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Samoa by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Samoa
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Saudi Arabia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Saudi Arabia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Senegal by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Senegal
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Serbia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Serbia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Singapore by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Singapore
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Slovakia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Slovakia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Slovenia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Slovenia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Somalia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Somalia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in South Africa by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in South Africa
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in South Korea by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in South Korea
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in South Sudan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in South Sudan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Spain by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Spain
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Sri Lanka by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Sri Lanka
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Sudan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Sudan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Suriname by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Suriname
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Sweden by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Sweden
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Switzerland by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Switzerland
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Syria by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Syria
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Taiwan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Taiwan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Tajikistan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Tajikistan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Tanzania by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Tanzania
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Thailand by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Thailand
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Tunisia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Tunisia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Turkey by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Turkey
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Turkmenistan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Turkmenistan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Tuvalu by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Tuvalu
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Uganda by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Uganda
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Ukraine by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Ukraine
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in the United Arab Emirates by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in the United Arab Emirates
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Uruguay by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Uruguay
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Uzbekistan by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Uzbekistan
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Vanuatu by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Vanuatu
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Venezuela by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Venezuela
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Vietnam by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Vietnam
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Yemen by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Yemen
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Zambia by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Zambia
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Zimbabwe by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Zimbabwe
 * Propose merging Category:Buildings and structures in Zimbabwe by condition to Category:Buildings and structures in Zimbabwe


 * Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer: "by condition" is a very vague description for what is under it and most countries have very few subcategories anyway. (Note: Australia, UK and US have been excluded from this nomination.) Marcocapelle (talk) 06:58, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Support by nomination Robby (talk) 08:34, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note Category:Buildings and structures in Georgia (country) by condition hasn't been tagged, but Category:Buildings and structures in Georgia has. A simple mistake I assume. Otherwise, support as an unneeded layer of categorization. Tassedethe (talk) 16:11, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I have corrected this. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:20, 9 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete Too ambiguous. Dympies (talk) 05:20, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Generally Oppose/Delete those with 1 Subcategory This seems helpful to me for, say Category:Buildings and structures in South Korea by condition which has 4 subcats--under construction, former, rebuilt and unbuilt--which prevents cluttering the parent category. (The nominator is correct though that many of these just form an extra layer above the Former buildings subcategory with little room for growth.) - RevelationDirect (talk) 03:54, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * if merged the number of subcategories of Category:Buildings and structures in South Korea will increase from 7 to 10. That is not very cluttery. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:08, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're right in that instance. I think this is conceptually a clear category for navigating between other categories though, when there's enough subcats to populate it. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:38, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Strong support — was expecting "historic", instead the condition is usually "former". No reason these should not be under the parent.
 * Oppose Deleting Parent/Neutral on Rest Category:Buildings and structures by condition by country should stay since this nom will still leave some countries. I'll defer to other editors on the rest. - RevelationDirect (talk) 22:38, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


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