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Category:Soft tennis by continent

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 06:25, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Soft tennis by continent to Category:Soft tennis
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 22:22, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:35, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Nature-related lists by continent

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 * The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 06:25, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Nature-related lists by continent to Category:Lists by topic and continent
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 22:14, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:37, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Lists of festivals by continent and region

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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 ) 06:26, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Lists of festivals by continent and region to Category:Lists of festivals by region
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 22:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:46, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Jewish organizations by continent
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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 ) 06:26, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Jewish organizations by continent to Category:Jewish organizations
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 22:03, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:47, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Printing by continent
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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 ) 07:53, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Printing by continent to Category:Printing
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 21:59, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Just delete, the only article in the tree is about a book, not about the process of printing. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:07, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Even better :) Mason (talk) 22:35, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Presbyterian cemeteries by continent
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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 ) 06:26, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Presbyterian cemeteries by continent to Category:Presbyterian cemeteries
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 21:57, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Wouldn't you add the subcategory to the nomination as well? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:53, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Islamic festivals by continent
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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 ) 06:29, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Islamic festivals by continent to Category:Islamic festivals
 * Propose merging Category:Islamic festivals in Asia to Category:Islamic festivals
 * Propose merging Category:Islamic festivals by country to Category:Islamic festivals
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 21:56, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Wouldn't you add Category:Islamic festivals by country and Category:Islamic festivals in Asia to the nomination? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:57, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Updated to add new noms Mason (talk) 22:36, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Mass media owners by continent
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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 ) 06:29, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Mass media owners by continent to Category:Mass media owners
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 21:55, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:58, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Dancesport by continent
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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 ) 06:29, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Dancesport by continent to Category:Dancesport
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 21:52, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:07, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Eastern Orthodox church buildings by continent
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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 ) 06:30, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Eastern Orthodox church buildings by continent to Category:Eastern Orthodox church buildings and Category:Eastern Orthodox buildings and structures by continent
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 21:50, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge only to Category:Eastern Orthodox buildings and structures by continent because the subcats are already in Category:Eastern Orthodox church buildings by country. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:13, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Good catch! Mason (talk) 22:39, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Carrom by continent
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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 ) 06:30, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Carrom by continent to Category:Carrom
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Only one category in here, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 21:49, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:15, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Assassinated former national legislators in Africa
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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 ) 06:30, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting assassinated former national legislators in africa
 * Propose deleting assassinated former national legislators in asia
 * Propose deleting assassinated former national legislators in europe
 * Propose deleting assassinated former national legislators in north america
 * Propose deleting assassinated former national legislators in south america
 * Nominator's rationale: former national legislators was already deleted as non-defining per Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_November_3 Mason (talk) 21:08, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:17, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Songs written by Anne-Marie (singer)
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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 ) 06:31, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Songs written by Anne-Marie (singer) to Category:Songs written by Anne-Marie
 * Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary disambiguator. Anne-Marie (singer) redirects to Anne-Marie. ayakanaa  ( t · c ) 19:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. This could have been speedied under C2D --Richhoncho (talk) 08:45, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * No, it could not be speedied because there is a Anne-Marie (disambiguation) page. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:32, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:African-American sportspeople
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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 ) 06:31, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:African-American female tennis players to Category:African-American tennis players and Category:American female tennis players
 * Propose merging Category:African-American male tennis players to Category:African-American tennis players and Category:American male tennis players
 * Propose merging Category:African-American women's soccer players to Category:African-American soccer players and Category:American women's soccer players
 * Propose merging Category:African-American men's soccer players to Category:African-American soccer players and Category:American men's soccer players
 * Propose merging Category:African-American female gymnasts to Category:African-American gymnasts and Category:African-American sportswomen
 * Propose merging Category:African-American male gymnasts to Category:African-American gymnasts and Category:African-American sportsmen
 * Propose merging Category:African-American female track and field athletes to Category:African-American track and field athletes and Category:American female track and field athletes
 * Propose merging Category:African-American male track and field athletes to Category:African-American track and field athletes and Category:American male track and field athletes
 * Propose merging Category:African-American female professional wrestlers to Category:African-American professional wrestlers and Category:American female professional wrestlers
 * Propose merging Category:African-American male professional wrestlers to Category:African-American professional wrestlers and Category:American male professional wrestlers
 * Propose merging Category:African-American female bodybuilders to Category:African-American bodybuilders and Category:American female bodybuilders


 * Nominator's rationale: Merge per WP:EGRS. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:31, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support in principle. However, they should also be merged to American male tennis players and American female tennis players. A lot of the time these athlete's aren't added to the main nationality category. Mason (talk) 21:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Very good point. Will add those right now. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:35, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Dual merge per @Mason's suggestion. Have added the categories where appropriate. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:39, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Dual merge per above. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:19, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Marcocapelle, I've added more categories which were categorized by gender. Omnis Scientia (talk) 12:19, 12 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:American tennis people by state
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Scottish surname categories
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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 ) 06:32, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Scottish surnames to Category:Surnames of Scottish origin
 * Nominator's rationale: Total category-fork. They don't even link to each other, and both are in mostly the same parent categories. Individual surname articles are randomly categorized into one, the other, or sometimes both. The merge would be consistent with Category:Irish surnames being a cat.-redirect to Category:Surnames of Irish origin. I'm not sure why we're preferring the more longwinded name (that fewer people are likely to pick by guessing at it) but we seem to be; the obvious parent cats. are Category:Surnames of British Isles origin and Category:Surnames of European origin, with similarly named subcats., though there may be a few other stragglers to round up.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  18:09, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom, they are clearly duplicates in scope. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:26, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Businesspeople from the Colony of Queensland
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Category:Mauritanian people by century and occupation
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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 ) 06:32, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Mauritanian people by century and occupation to Category:Mauritanian people by occupation
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There is only one category in here, which is unhelpful for navigation Mason (talk) 16:51, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:59, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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Container categories by descent
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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 ) 06:32, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:People by ethnic or national origin to Category:People by descent (over redirect)
 * Propose renaming Category:African people by ethnic or national origin to Category:African people by descent
 * Propose renaming Category:Asian people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Asian people by descent
 * Propose renaming Category:European people by ethnic or national origin to Category:European people by descent
 * Propose renaming Category:North American people by ethnic or national origin to Category:North American people by descent
 * Propose renaming Category:Oceanian people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Oceanian people by descent
 * Propose renaming Category:South American people by ethnic or national origin to Category:South American people by descent
 * Propose renaming Category:Arab people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Arab people by descent
 * Propose renaming Category:Byzantine people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Byzantine people by descent
 * Propose renaming Category:Latin American people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Latin American people by descent
 * Propose renaming Category:People from the Ottoman Empire by ethnic or national origin to Category:People from the Ottoman Empire by descent
 * Nominator's rationale: rename, all subcategories are named "by descent", there is no reason to name the parent categories differently. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:51, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Rename all, per nom. --Yorkporter (talk) 21:46, 11 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Mauritanian actors by century
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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 ) 06:33, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Mauritanian actors by century to Category:Mauritanian actors
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There is only one category in here, which is uphelpful for navigation Mason (talk) 16:49, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:00, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Australian men by occupation and century
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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 ) 06:33, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Australian men by occupation and century to Category:Australian men by century
 * Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one category in the parent category, which is not helpful for navigation Mason (talk) 16:48, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:01, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Fictional characters with animal abilities
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 * The result of the discussion was: no consensus for the first category, merge the second.


 * No consensus Category:Fictional characters with animal abilities
 * Merge Category:Fictional characters with flora or fauna abilities to Category:Fictional characters with elemental and environmental abilities (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl  talk  12:26, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Fictional characters with animal abilities to Category:Animal superheroes
 * Propose merging Category:Fictional characters with flora or fauna abilities to Category:Fictional characters with elemental and environmental abilities
 * Nominator's rationale: It's unclear what "animal abilities" even means in this context, making this a WP:SUBJECTIVECAT. In its current form, it is confusing. The best thing to do is merge to Category:Animal superheroes, while purging the morphing subcategory and non-superheroes. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 09:34, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose merger. Most of the characters listed under Category:Fictional characters with animal abilities are not animals, they're people with animalistic abilities, nor are they even all necessarily superheroes either. AHI-3000 (talk) 10:39, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * There is no firm definition of what an "animalistic ability" is, making it subjective. While plant abilities are pretty clear-cut, humans are capable of things that may be described as "animalistic" but are not necessarily related to animals. For example, one could say a character who flies using a jetpack is "bird-like" but may be unrelated to birds. This is why I think such a category is totally untenable.
 * If they have animal morphing abilities, then the below mentioned shapeshifter category will work. Not every single thing needs a specific category. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:14, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Delete Category:Fictional characters with animal abilities or else at least containerize by specific abilities. "Animal abilities" or "flora or fauna abilities" are very vague and subjective. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:08, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Like Category:Fictional therianthropes and a new Category:Fictional characters who can control animals? I should note that we have Category:Fictional characters with plant abilities as well; any comments on that? –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 22:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Category:Fictional characters who can control animals sounds like a good idea. AHI-3000 (talk) 18:54, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
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 * Delete (or containerize if kept by specific abilities) per Marco Mason (talk) 04:48, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

We could start sorting superheroes and supervillains by theme, as with the existing Category:United States-themed superheroes — most of the characters here have animal themes, but their abilities are varied. –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 10:33, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * feel free to create and populate Category:Fictional characters who can control animals. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:34, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * For the record, I support upmerging Category:Fictional characters with flora or fauna abilities as this is a redundant category layer with only two subcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:39, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment There's a bit of overlap going on here. Here's what I got:
 * Category:Fictional characters who can control animals
 * Ant-Man
 * Ant-Man (Scott Lang)
 * Aquaman
 * Arthur Curry (DC Extended Universe)
 * B'wana Beast
 * Giant-Man
 * Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
 * Eric O'Grady
 * Hank Pym
 * Wasp (character)
 * Yellowjacket (Marvel Comics)
 * Category:Fictional characters who can communicate with animals
 * Ant-Man
 * Ant-Man (Scott Lang)
 * Aquaman
 * Arthur Curry (DC Extended Universe)
 * Nana Astar Deviluke
 * Doctor Dolittle
 * Giant-Man
 * Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
 * Eric O'Grady
 * Hank Pym
 * Yellowjacket (Marvel Comics)
 * Already in an existing subcat
 * Beast Boy — Category:Fictional therianthropes
 * Bhaskar (Indian werewolf character) — Category:Fictional werewolves
 * Other
 * Animal Man — Added to Category:Fictional characters who can copy superpowers
 * The Cat Girl (comics) — In Category:Fictional characters with superhuman senses; added to Category:Fictional characters who can move at superhuman speeds
 * Vixen (comics) — Added to Category:Fictional characters who can copy superpowers
 * I want ahead and created both Category:Fictional characters who can control animals and Category:Fictional characters who can communicate with animals. AHI-3000 (talk) 08:41, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I also support your suggestion regarding animal-themed characters; we can create Category:Animal-themed superheroes and Category:Animal-themed supervillains. Though the scope of these categories would be rather broad, as Batman and Spider-Man are both technically animal-themed heroes, but Batman doesn't actually have literal animal powers. AHI-3000 (talk) 08:41, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Oppose merger per AHI-3000's. These type of characters are not necessarily heroes. Dimadick (talk) 11:55, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep Category:Fictional characters with animal abilities, merge Category:Fictional characters with flora or fauna abilities - The former is a perfectly valid category as User:AHI-3000 suggested. The later is an unneeded WP:SUPERCAT. (Oinkers42) (talk) 16:37, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
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Category:Fictional Italian people by region
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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 ) 06:34, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose merging Category:Fictional Italian people by region to Category:Fictional Italian people and Category:Fictional people by country subdivision
 * Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:52, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Mason (talk) 21:17, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:One-off cars
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 * The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Individual cars. (non-admin closure) –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d  c̄ ) 06:34, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting one-off cars
 * Nominator's rationale: The same criticism I made in my AfD nomination. (Articles for deletion/One-off vehicle) Not to mention of its vagueness, I am presented with a category that doesn't know what it wants to be. We have a mishmash of film and TV cars, custom cars, coachbuilts (custom cars for rich people), promo cars, concept cars, speed record cars and racecars, especially some from an era when individual example is not uncommon. SpacedFarmer (talk) 12:30, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Why not just create subcategories for the more frequently occurring types of "one-off" cars? Marcocapelle (talk) 14:40, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge to Category:Individual cars. I don't really see how this differs to be honest. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 15:59, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support merge, the scope seems very overlapping indeed. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:43, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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Religious mass media controversies
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 * The result of the discussion was: split but keep the categories as parent categories. (non-admin closure)  Qwerfjkl  talk  10:41, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose splitting category to Category:Christianity-related controversies‎ in film, and Category:Christianity-related controversies‎ in television
 * Propose splitting category to Category:Hinduism-related controversies‎ in film, and Category:Hinduism-related controversies‎ in television
 * Nominator's rationale: Consistency with Category:Religious controversies at large, which is also split by medium. More categories may be needed in performing the split. Qwerfjkl  talk  10:54, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Done on behalf of . Please direct any comments to them. Qwerfjkl  talk  10:55, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * I am assuming that the nomination is meant as "split and delete" instead of "create subcategories". But wouldn't the latter be a better option? Marcocapelle (talk) 14:43, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * As in creating Category:Christianity-related controversies by medium? I'd support this as well, since there is too much clutter among the parent category's subcategories. –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 16:24, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Not as a new category, but by keeping Category:Christianity in popular culture controversies as a parent category for Category:Christianity-related controversies‎ in film and Category:Christianity-related controversies‎ in television. (Or possibly rename Category:Christianity in popular culture controversies to Category:Christianity-related controversies by medium.) Marcocapelle (talk) 16:49, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I suppose it's functionally equivalent. –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 15:21, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * That is true. The way I framed it saves us the deletion of one category and the creation of another. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:51, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Marcocapelle, just to clarify, do you support the noination? Qwerfjkl  talk  12:05, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Also to clarify, I assume what you mean is
 * Split Category:Christianity in popular culture controversies to Category:Christianity-related controversies‎ in film, and Category:Christianity-related controversies‎ in television
 * and then keep Category:Christianity in popular culture controversies as a parent category to the two split targets
 * Split Category:Hinduism in pop culture-related controversies to Category:Hinduism-related controversies‎ in film, and Category:Hinduism-related controversis‎ in television
 * and then keep Category:Hinduism in pop culture-related controversies as a parent category to the two split targets
 * Qwerfjkl talk  12:08, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * the latter is exactly what I mean. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:12, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Marcocapelle, I'm sorry, what do you mean by "the latter"? The latter of what? Qwerfjkl  talk  12:28, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I meant everything you said after "Also to clarify". Marcocapelle (talk) 18:29, 21 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Given names inspired by popular culture
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Category:Professionalism
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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 ) 06:35, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose deleting professionalism
 * Nominator's rationale: I feel like this category is WP:SHAREDNAME in that it categorizes anything that mentions "professional" without regard to whether they have a clear relation to each other. I.e. somehow a professional wargame is akin to a professional writer or lawyer. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:01, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:55, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Fictional reptilians
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Category:Siblings in fiction
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure)  Qwerfjkl  talk  12:15, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Siblings in fiction to Category:Fiction about siblings
 * Nominator's rationale: Another contested WP:CFDS, despite established consensus to rename all subcategories within Category:Fiction by topic.

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 * Category:Siblings in fiction to Category:Fiction about siblings – C2C: Category:Fiction about medicine and health; must be defining. –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 19:43, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose, in addition to my comment below about Category:Fiction about medicine and health I think this is not how this category is being used. Hansel and Gretel are siblings, but the story isn't about siblings in a defining sense, it's about two people who are siblings or the eventual descendent Category:Biographical films about Jesse James, which aren't necessarily about his brother and their relationship. Contra, for example Hannah and Her Sisters or King Lear, which are about siblings. Jahaza (talk) 02:37, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Jahaza the examples you give reflect the problem with the current practice. There have been several recent full discusions about how the subject needs to be defining. The examples you give shouldn't be in this category for the exact reason you mention. Categories for discussion/Log/2022 July 7 Mason (talk) 20:40, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * One can make that argument, but it's not a C2C argument. Jahaza (talk) 21:04, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Recent consensus isn't a relevant argument? Mason (talk) 21:13, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Support This is not for works that simply mention siblings, which this category name currently implies. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Perhaps someone should start batch nominations, in batches of five or seven or so "in fiction" categories simultanously, in order to speed up this process. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:04, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Mason (talk) 21:17, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Twins in fiction
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 * The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure)  Qwerfjkl  talk  12:15, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose renaming Category:Twins in fiction to Category:Fiction about twins
 * Nominator's rationale: Consistency with a building consensus about the naming of categories about fiction by topic. Contested WP:CFDS because few categories within Category:Fiction about medicine and health have been renamed.

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 * Category:Twins in fiction to Category:Fiction about twins – C2C: Category:Fiction about medicine and health; must be defining. –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 19:42, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The fact that many of the subcategories in Category:Fiction about medicine and health are still e.g. Category:Hospitals in fiction‎, Category:Abortion in fiction, Category:Medical ethics in fiction, suggests that this is not as established a category tree as this C2C seems to suggest. Jahaza (talk) 02:28, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Most other CfDs to rename this kind of category have been accepted. –<b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b> ( d c̄ ) 06:36, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. There have been several discussions about this issue, including the parent category: Categories for discussion/Log/2022 July 7. Do we really need to have a full discussion for each of these? I'd rather not, and would prefer that we use speedy to let the change slowly work its way down the tree Mason (talk) 20:43, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Support This is not for works that simply mention twins, which this category name currently implies. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nom, and see my comment above. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:05, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Mason (talk) 21:17, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Recipients of the Civil Administration Medal (Sarawak)
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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 ) 06:35, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose Deleting Category:Recipients of the Civil Administration Medal (Sarawak)
 * Nominator's rationale: Per WP:OCAWARD and the spirit of WP:C1, an unpopulated category
 * The Civil Administration Medal is a minor award from the Sarawak state of Malaysia but the only article in the category is George Chan Hong Nam which doesn't even mention the award. I don't know if I can say the category is "listified" since there is only the 1 article but it is now linked right here in the main article. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:53, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:06, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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Category:Recipients of the Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
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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 ) 06:35, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Propose Deleting Category:Recipients of the Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
 * Propose Deleting Category:Recipients of the Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin), 1st class
 * Nominator's rationale: WP:OCAWARD & WP:NONDEFINING
 * The Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) was given out by the Mecklenburg-Schwerin division of the German Empire from 1848 to 1918, although the vast majority of recipients here are royalty or military leaders from other areas of Germany. The biography articles, like Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen and Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, generally mention this award in passing with other honours so it doesn't seem defining. There was only a partial list in the article so I expanded it for any reader interested in the topic. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:53, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:06, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


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