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Categories for discussion (Cfd) is where deletion, merging, and renaming of categories (pages in the Category namespace) is discussed. Categories are used to organize other pages and aid browsing of related articles. See How to use this page for the official rules of this page, guidelines for Speedy Deletion and Speedy Renaming, and how to do cleanup. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories) for the policies guiding many renaming decisions.

Unless the change is non-controversial (such as vandalism or a duplicate), please do not remove the category from pages before the community has made a decision.

Categories that have been listed for more than seven days are eligible for deletion, renaming or merging when a rough consensus to do so has been reached or no objections to the nomination have been raised.

When a category is renamed or merged with another category, it may be helpful to use the {{Category redirect}} template at the old category title.

[edit] Current discussions

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[edit] Discussions awaiting closure

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 March 2 (4 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 March 1 (3 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 February 29 (4 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 February 25 (1 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 February 24 (1 open)

[edit] How to use Cfd

Shortcut: WP:CFD#HOWTO

[edit] Procedure

To list a category for deletion, merging or renaming, follow this process:

I

Preliminary steps.

Determine whether the category needs deleting, merging, or renaming.

If it is a red link and has no subcategories, then it is already deleted (more likely, it was never really created in the first place), and does not need to be listed here.
Read and understand Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories) and Wikipedia:Overcategorization before using these discussion pages.
Nominate categories here which violate policies or guidelines, are misspelled, mis-capitalized, redundant to other categories (not redundant to stand-alone lists), small without potential for growth, or generally bad ideas.
Please read the Wikipedia:Categorization of people policy when nominating or commenting on people-related categories.
Please read Wikipedia:User categories and Wikipedia:Overcategorization/User categories when nominating or commenting on Wikipedian categories.
In the following special cases:
- If the category is empty for more than four days, use {{db-catempty}} for a speedy deletion.
- If the category in question is a stub category, go to Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion.
- If the category is only populated by a template and both the category and template are being proposed for deletion, follow the instructions at templates for discussion.

For further information see Wikipedia:Categorization, Wikipedia:Manual of Style, and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories).

II

Edit the category.

Add one of the following tags at the top of the category text of every category to be discussed. (The tags belong on the categories' main pages rather than their talk/discussion pages.)

If the category is a candidate for speedy renaming, use:

{{subst:Cfr-speedy|ProposedName}}

and follow the instructions at Speedy renaming.

If a single category:

For deletion, {{subst:Cfd}}
For a merger, {{subst:Cfm|OtherCategory}}
For renaming, {{subst:Cfr|ProposedName}}
For splitting, {{subst:Cfs|ProposedName1|ProposedName2}}
For converting the category text into an article, {{subst:Cfc|ProposedName}}

If a group of similar categories or a category and its subcategories, use an umbrella nomination (each category must be tagged, for nominations involving large numbers of categories tagging help can be requested at the talk page):

For deletion, {{subst:Cfd|CfdSectionName}}
For a merger, {{subst:Cfm|OtherCategory|CfdSectionName}}
For renaming, {{subst:Cfr|ProposedName|CfdSectionName}}
For splitting, {{subst:Cfs|ProposedName1|ProposedName2|CfdSectionName}}
For converting the category text into an article, {{subst:Cfc|ProposedName|CfdSectionName}}

Please include "CFD", "CFM", "CFR", "CFS", or "CFC" in the edit summary, and don't mark the edit as minor.
Preview before saving. The display will give more precise instructions about the next step.
See the documentation pages at {{cfd}}, {{cfm}}, {{cfr}}, {{cfs}}, and {{cfc}} for more specific information.
Consider adding {{subst:Cfdnotice|Cfd section name|date=yyyy Month d}} to the main article's talk page or to categories that are merge targets to notify users that the category has been nominated for deletion or renaming. Doing so would not only extend an additional courtesy, but possibly also bring in editors who know more about the subject at hand. See the doc page at Cfdnotice for more information on how to use this template as well as other similar templates that can be used to notify the category's creator or related WikiProjects specifically.

III

Create the CFD subsection.

Click on THIS LINK to edit the section of CFD for today's entries.

Follow the instructions in the comments (visible during edit), to copy and paste the template shown. All categories are specified without the Category: prefix.

For {{Cfd}}, use:

{{subst:Cfd2|ObsoleteCategory|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}

For {{Cfm}}, use:

{{subst:Cfm2|FromCategory|ToCategory|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}

For {{Cfr}}, to a definite name use:

{{subst:Cfr2|OldCategory|NewCategory|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed rename. ~~~~}}

For {{Cfr}}, to an indefinite name use:

{{subst:Cfr2|OldCategory|to be determined by consensus|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed rename. ~~~~}}

For {{Cfs}}, to definite names use:

{{subst:Cfs2|OldCategory|NewCategory1|NewCategory2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed split. ~~~~}}

For {{Cfc}}, use:

{{subst:Cfc2|FromCategory|ToArticle|text= Your reason(s) for the proposed rename. ~~~~}}

For umbrella nominations, the standard templates should build the "Cfd section name" for the 1st nomination, although the 2nd and subsequent nominations must be added manually, like this:

==== Cfd section name ====

1st category
2nd category
Your reason for nominating the category ~~~~ (Make clear if you propose deletion, merging or renaming).

If an umbrella nomination is too long, consider using {{hidden}} to hide the bulk of nominated categories.
When using these templates, the old and new categories you specify are automatically converted to links: you do not specify them as links yourself.
In your reason, please link appropriate articles or categories to help other editors.
In your reason, when linking to a category, always add a colon (':') in the link, like [[:Category:Foo]]. This makes a category link that can be seen on the page (and avoids putting this page into the category you are nominating).
Preview before saving to ensure all the fields have been properly listed.

Once you have previewed your entry, please make sure to add your signature after your proposal. If nominating a list of entries as a batch below your rationale, it is somewhat neater to place these after the signature (rather than leave the signature dangling at the end of the list, apparently unrelated to your reasons).

Once you have submitted a category here, no further action is necessary on your part. If the nomination is supported, helpful administrators and editors will log the result and ensure that the change is implemented to all affected pages.

Also, consider adding to your watchlist any categories you nominate. This will help ensure that your nomination tag is not mistakenly or deliberately removed.

[edit] Users without accounts and users with new accounts

Users without accounts (unregistered users) may nominate and comment on proceedings, just as in Articles for Deletion (AfD).

[edit] Redirecting categories

It is our general policy to delete categories that do not have articles in them. Unlike articles, categories are mostly for internal use only. If they don't have any articles, they shouldn't have any links from any articles or any other categories, because they are not useful for navigation and sorting.

However, some categories frequently have articles assigned to them accidentally, or are otherwise re-created over and over again. In these cases, we use a form of "soft" redirection.

Categories cannot be redirected using "hard" redirects (#REDIRECT [[target]]) due to limitations in the MediaWiki software. Instead, use {{Category redirect|target}}. Helpful bots patrol these categories and move articles into the redirect targets.

You can see a list of redirected categories in Category:Wikipedia category redirects.

[edit] Special notes

Categories relating to stub articles should not be nominated here, but should be taken to Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. If a group nomination of several similarly-named categories includes one or more stub categories, it is usual for non-stub categories to be nominated here first, with stub categories nominated separately at Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion only once a decision has been reached on the non-stub types. As stub category names usually - though not always - follow permanent category naming, resulting changes to stub categories would frequently be considered as speediable.

When nominating a category, it's helpful to add a notice on the talk page of the most-closely related article. Doing so would not only extend an additional courtesy, but possibly also bring in editors who know more about the subject at hand. You can use {{Cfd-article}} for this.

Categories that should exist but are missing articles or subcategories should be added to Category:Underpopulated categories using {{Popcat}}.

If a category is only used as generated by a template (e.g. Category:Foo Stubs to correspond with Template:Foo-stub), and that template is deleted by regular WP:TFD or WP:SFD process, then the category can be deleted as well as long as it was nominated along with the template, or mentioned early in the discussion.

[edit] Speedy renaming and speedy merging

Shortcut: WP:CFDS

Categories may be listed here if they fall under the criteria specified below. Deletion and de-listing may occur after 48 hours if there are no objections. They must be tagged with {{subst:cfr-speedy|new name}} so that users of the categories are aware of the proposal. This delay is to allow for objections over correct spelling, etc. to be made and to ensure that items are not processed that do not meet the criteria.

Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation", categories that have been empty for four days) can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}, and no delay is required for these.

Contested requests can be removed from this list after 48 hours. If the nominator wants to continue the process they need to submit the request as a regular CfD using the instructions above.

[edit] Speedy criteria

Criteria for speedy deletion, renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:

C1. Unpopulated categories: that have been unpopulated for at least four days. This does not apply to disambiguation categories, category redirects, featured topics categories, categories under discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion (or other such discussions), or project categories that by their nature may become empty on occasion (e.g. Category:Wikipedians looking for help). Place {{empty category}} at the top of the page to prevent such categories from being deleted.

Tag category with {{db-c1}}.

C2. Renaming or merging.

A. Typographic and spelling fixes.

Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under C2.C below. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
Appropriate conversion of hyphens into en-dashes or vice versa. (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).

B. A rename enforcing established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices.

Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.)

C. A rename bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Category names.

This should only be used where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
This criterion should only be applied when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case then the category in question must be brought forward to a full Cfd nomination.
This criterion will not apply in cases where the category tree observes distinctions in local usage (e.g. Category:Transportation in the United States and Category:Transport in the United Kingdom).

D. A rename instating concordance of category and article naming.

Renaming a category to match its eponymous article (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles – the category could be renamed under this criterion if the article is moved).
This applies immediately following a page move with explicit consensus to also rename the category, or two days after any other page move. If there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, then this criterion does not apply.

Tag category with {{subst:Cfr-speedy|newname}} and list on WP:CFDS.

For any categories that are not speedy candidates, use Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.

A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:

The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed above, and;
No objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.

If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been as a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.

[edit] Add requests for speedy renaming here

If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria in C2 listed above, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.

If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.

Use the following format:

* [[:Category:OLD name]] to [[:Category:NEW name]] – Reason for rename. ~~~~

Don't forget to tag the category with {{subst:Cfr-speedy|newname}}

Please add new entries at the top of the list and sign and date stamp your entries with ~~~~.

A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, the time stamp shown is 17:35, 8 March 2012 (UTC) or earlier.

Category:Professional wrestling related media to Category:Professional wrestling-related media – C2A. -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 17:34, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Companies of Toyama Prefecture to Category:Companies based in Toyama Prefecture – C2C, see convention within the parent category (also nominated below). -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 17:28, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Japanese drinks to Category:Japanese beverages – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 15:45, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Beverages by region to Category:Beverages by country – C2C: These are all country categories, not region categories. (Tagged but unnominated; found in cleanup of February categories for discussion.) Mike Selinker (talk) 15:31, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Are these best described as 'by country' or 'by nationality'? The equivalent category for solids would, I think, be Category:Cuisine by nationality. -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 17:17, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Companies of Japan by location to Category:Companies of Japan by prefecture – C2C: Per Category:Categories by prefecture of Japan. (Tagged but unnominated; found in cleanup of February categories for discussion.)--Mike Selinker (talk) 15:25, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Sports clubs in Hiroshima to Category:Sports clubs in Hiroshima Prefecture – C2C per parent categories that end in "Hiroshima Prefecture." (Tagged but unnominated; found in cleanup of February categories for discussion.)--Mike Selinker (talk) 15:15, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Poi spinning to Category:Poi (performance art) – C2D: per Poi (performance art). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 11:37, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Crossover video games to Category:Fictional crossovers in video games – C2D: per Fictional crossovers in video games. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 10:29, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Soil science lists to Category:Soil science-related lists – C2C naming convention for lists categories. Tim! (talk) 06:55, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Agriculture lists to Category:Agriculture-related lists – C2C naming convention for lists categories. Tim! (talk) 06:49, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Works based on wrestling to Category:Works based on professional wrestling – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 04:17, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Wrestling comics to Category:Professional wrestling comics – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 04:16, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Crossover fiction to Category:Fictional crossover – C2D: per Fictional crossover Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 04:12, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Pennsylvania indoor football teams to Category:Indoor American football teams in Pennsylvania – C2C: & C2D per Indoor American football. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Indoor football teams to Category:Indoor American football teams – C2D: per Indoor American football. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:19, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Indoor football seasons to Category:Indoor American football seasons – C2D: per Indoor American football. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:19, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Indoor football players to Category:Indoor American football players – C2D: per Indoor American football. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:18, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Indoor football media to Category:Indoor American football media – C2D: per Indoor American football. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:18, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Defunct indoor football leagues to Category:Defunct indoor American football leagues – C2D: per Indoor American football. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:17, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Indoor football leagues to Category:Indoor American football leagues – C2A: per Indoor American football. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:17, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Indoor football competitions to Category:Indoor American football competitions – C2D: per Indoor American football. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:16, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Indoor football to Category:Indoor American football – C2D: per Indoor American football. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:16, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Swimming to Category:Swimming (sport) – C2D: per Swimming (sport). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:13, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Squash to Category:Squash (sport) – C2D: per Squash (sport). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:11, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Sumo wrestling to Category:Sumo – C2D: per Sumo. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:10, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Roller rinks to Category:Roller skating rinks – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:58, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Aggressive skating to Category:Aggressive inline skating – C2D: per Aggressive inline skating. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:56, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Racquets to Category:Rackets (sport) – C2D: per Rackets (sport). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:55, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Aerobic gymnastics competitions to Category:Sport aerobics competitions – C2D: per Sport aerobics. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:51, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Aerobic gymnastics to Category:Sport aerobics – C2D: per Sport aerobics. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:50, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Footbag sports to Category:Footbag – C2D: per Footbag. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:49, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Contemporary wushu to Category:Wushu (sport) – C2D: per Wushu (sport). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:46, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Charrería to Category:Charreada – C2D: per Charreada. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:43, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Alpine skiing World Cup to Category:FIS Alpine Ski World Cup – C2D: per FIS Alpine Ski World Cup. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:38, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Article Alerts to Category:Wikipedia article alerts – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:29, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Theatres built in the Soviet Union to Category:Theatres in the Soviet Union – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Theaters in the Philippines to Category:Theatres in the Philippines – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:19, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Publishing houses of the Soviet Union to Category:Publishing companies of the Soviet Union – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:13, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Ibero-American Championships to Category:Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – C2D: per Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:08, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:European Indoor Championships in Athletics to Category:European Athletics Indoor Championships – C2D: per European Athletics Indoor Championships. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:07, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Pedros Cup to Category:Pedro's Cup – C2D: per Pedro's Cup. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:04, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:EAA Meetings to Category:EAA meetings – C2A: correct capitalisation Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:02, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Sprint running to Category:Sprint (running) – C2D: per Sprint (running). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 01:55, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Ultimate to Category:Ultimate (sport) – C2D: per Ultimate (sport). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 01:46, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Team sports on horseback to Category:Equestrian team sports – C2C: per Category:Equestrian sports and Category:Team sports. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 01:38, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Canadian western films to Category:Canadian Western films – C2A: capitalization, see Western (genre). -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 01:22, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:German western films to Category:German Western films – C2A: capitalization, see Western (genre). -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 01:22, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Roller Hockey templates to Category:Roller hockey templates – C2A: correct capitalisation Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 01:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Victoria Cup to Category:Victoria Cup (ice hockey) – C2D: per Victoria Cup (ice hockey). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 01:09, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Hoover Institute people‎ to Category:Hoover Institution people‎ - C2C and C2D per Category:Hoover Institution and Hoover Institution. Orlady (talk) 22:04, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Max Theon to Category:Max Théon – C2D: per Max Théon. jonkerz ♠talk 21:40, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Large Group Awareness Training to Category:Large-group awareness training – C2D: per Large-group awareness training. jonkerz ♠talk 21:37, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Films about Organ trafficking to Category:Films about organ trafficking – C2A: Capitalization. jonkerz ♠talk 21:21, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:IIHF Tournaments to Category:IIHF tournaments – C2A: correct capitalisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 21:21, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Malaysian film lists to Category:Lists of Malaysian films – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 20:59, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Philippine film lists to Category:Lists of Philippine films – C2C. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 20:58, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Lists of best seller albums to Category:List of best-selling albums – C2D: per List of best-selling albums. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 20:42, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Best sellers to Category:Bestsellers – C2D: per Bestseller. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 20:42, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
~~Category:Canonical Ltd. to Category:Canonical Ltd – Basic grammar. If full stops are being used, the format would be "Canonical L.t.d"; but that's not the case.~~ Sladen (talk) 19:08, 9 March 2012 (UTC) withdrawn per MilborneOne suggestion

Oppose because the main article is still Canonical Ltd., note it is a shortened word so would never be L.t.d strictly speaking should be Category:Canonical Limited but the main article would have to moved first. MilborneOne (talk) 19:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

So lets fix that[1] rather than making the situation worse. It appears that there was an undiscussed move at some point[2] after the previous discussed move that cleaned this up previously. —Sladen (talk) 19:35, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

As you have made a move request to the main article you really need to suspend/withdraw the speedy until or if the article is moved, and by the way although I believe we should spell it out as Limited in the article title the full stop is correct usage as it shows a shortened word so Ltd without the full stop is never correct. MilborneOne (talk) 19:44, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:Sanremo Music Festival Songs to Category:Sanremo Music Festival songs - C2A: I created the category, but I realized that the title was wrong when it was too late: there's no reason why songs should be written with capital "S". I'm sorry! --Stee888 (talk) 13:36, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Abortion in Oceania & Australasia to Category:Abortion in Oceania – C2A: Per category:Health in Oceania (there are no "Australasia" categories).-- Mike Selinker (talk) 12:50, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Ansaldobreda multiple units to Category:AnsaldoBreda multiple units – C2D: per AnsaldoBreda. jonkerz ♠talk 11:29, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:SAP (company) to Category:SAP AG – C2D: per SAP AG jonkerz ♠talk 11:25, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Tourist attractions in Jharkhand to Category:Visitor attractions in Jharkhand – C2C Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 06:55, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

OpposeThe tern Tourist attraction is prominent and more widely used in India, and editors are comfortable with it. Even while placing the categories one first looks for categories starting with tourist. -- Ðℬig XЯaɣ 10:58, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't matter. All such categories begin with "Visitor attractions." See Category:Visitor attractions.--Mike Selinker (talk) 12:53, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure why we use "visitor" instead of "tourist" – perhaps it's so that we don't exclude local visitors – but the former is used even for most India categories; see Category:Visitor attractions in India and subcategories. -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 18:45, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Finnish Athletics Championships to Category:Finnish Championships in Athletics – C2D: per Finnish Championships in Athletics. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:30, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:FIBA Americas Championship to Category:FIBA Americas Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:27, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Oceanian Futsal Championship to Category:Oceanian Futsal Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:25, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:FIBA Oceania Championship to Category:FIBA Oceania Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:24, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:FIRA Women's European Championship to Category:FIRA Women's European Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:22, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships to Category:Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships – C2D: per Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:22, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:European Korfball Championship to Category:European Korfball Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:21, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:European women handball championships to Category:European Women's Handball Championship – C2A: & C2D: correct capitalisation per European Women's Handball Championship. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:20, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:European men handball championships to Category:European Men's Handball Championships – C2A: & C2D: correct capitalisation per European Men's Handball Championship. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:20, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:UEFA Futsal Championship to Category:UEFA Futsal Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:19, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:ECA Canoe Sprint European Championships to Category: Canoe Sprint European Championships – C2D: per Canoe Sprint European Championships. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:18, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:European Championship (darts) to Category:European Championships (darts) – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:18, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks football players to Category:Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks football players – C2A, en dash. Jrcla2 (talk) 02:18, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Eurobasket to Category:EuroBasket – C2A: & C2D: correct caps per EuroBasket. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:17, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:European Baseball Championship to Category:European Baseball Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:16, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:LEN European Championships to Category:LEN European Aquatics Championships – C2D: per LEN European Aquatics Championships. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:15, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Asian Netball Championship to Category:Asian Netball Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Asian Handball Championship to Category:Asian Handball Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:FIBA Asia Championship to Category:FIBA Asia Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:11, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Asian Beach Volleyball Championship to Category:Asian Beach Volleyball Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:08, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Asian Baseball Championship to Category:Asian Baseball Championships – C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:07, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Asian Championships in Athletics to Category:Asian Athletics Championships – C2D: per Asian Athletics Championships. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:05, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:African Handball championships to Category:African handball championships – C2A: correct caps Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Afrobasket to Category:FIBA Africa Championships – C2D: per FIBA Africa Championship and C2B: Set categories need pluralisation. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:02, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:American Championships to Category:American championships – C2A: correct caps & C2D: per American championships. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 02:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Tajik films to Category:Tajikistani films – C2B per Category:Tajikistani media, etc. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 23:59, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:People from Monaro to Category:People from the Monaro (New South Wales) – C2B per Monaro (New South Wales) Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Portuguese Volleyball competitions to Category:Portuguese volleyball competitions – C2A: caps. Jenks24 (talk) 22:33, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:People from Orana, New South Wales to Category:People from the Orana (New South Wales) – C2B per Orana (New South Wales) Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:32, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:People from Capital Country, New South Wales to Category:People from Capital Country – C2B per Capital Country Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:30, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Towns in the Macarthur Region to Category:Towns in the Macarthur (New South Wales) – C2B per Macarthur (New South Wales)/Category:Macarthur (New South Wales) Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:27, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Mayors of Mt Roskill to Category:Mayors of Mount Roskill – C2B per Mount Roskill Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:23, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:National Volleyball leagues to Category:National volleyball leagues – C2A: caps. Jenks24 (talk) 22:12, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Carriages museums in Italy to Category:Carriage museums in Italy – C2A/C2B per Category:Carriage museums Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 21:56, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- Category:Carriages museums in the United Kingdom to Category:Carriage museums in the United Kingdom
- Category:Carriages museums in England to Category:Carriage museums in England
- Category:Carriages museums in Scotland to Category:Carriage museums in Scotland
- Category:Carriages museums in the United States to Category:Carriage museums in the United States
Category:Athletics to Category:Athletics (sport) – C2D per Athletics (sport) Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 21:38, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Volleyball European Championship to Category:European Volleyball Championship – C2D: per European Volleyball Championship. Jenks24 (talk) 21:20, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:Communities Caerphilly county borough to Category:Communities in Caerphilly county borough – C2C as per Category:Communities of Wales. Zangar (talk) 18:06, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- Category:Communities of Swansea‎ merge into Category:Communities in Swansea‎

[edit] Opposed nominations

HP WebOS
- Category:HP WebOS to Category:WebOS – C2D per WebOS Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 07:34, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
- Category:HP WebOS devices to Category:WebOS devices
object ambiguous with web operating system. 70.24.251.71 (talk) 05:08, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Archaeology artifacts of China to Category:Archaeological artefacts of China - C2C Hugo999 (talk) 11:14, 4 March 2012 (UTC) (PS: I think artefacts not artifacts is the usual spelling?
- Oppose This is a case of US/UK spelling differences, although both seem to use the alternative as a variant. For non-English speaking countries the convention is to keep the initial spelling used. Note also Artifact (archaeology). Timrollpickering (talk) 19:40, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Asian Badminton Championships to Category:Badminton Asia Championships – C2D: per Badminton Asia Championships. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 00:40, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

No, rename main article. --Florentyna (talk) 07:17, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Moved to full CfD. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 10:54, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:Mid North (South Australia) to Category:Mid North – C2D per Mid North Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 02:38, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
- Comment couldn't this be confused with Mid-North District ? 70.24.251.71 (talk) 05:14, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
  - To my knowledge, the regions of SA are never referred to as "districts". Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 05:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
    - You've got my point reversed. "Mid-North District" could be interpreted as "Mid North". 70.24.251.71 (talk) 14:45, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
      - I'm not sure that the district is prominent enough for any confusion to be viable; if there was, Mid North would likely be disambiguated. A move could be proposed to discuss, but I don't see that one has been. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 20:58, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:2011 CAA men's soccer season to Category:2011 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season – C2C. Jrcla2 (talk) 03:07, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
- But the main article is at 2011 CAA men's soccer season, so per C2D it should remain at the current title. Not a clear-cut speedy, probably needs a full discussion. Jenks24 (talk) 21:10, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:Kosli language to Category:Koshali language – C2D per Koshali language Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 02:04, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
- Comment The main article was moved back to Kosli language. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 01:24, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:West Coast Range (Tasmania) to Category:West Coast Range – C2D per West Coast Range Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 02:43, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
- 'Comment - the qualifier is important -there are other West Coast Ranges - it is where the category should stay the same and the article title changed - rather than the other way aound SatuSuro 08:16, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
  - The move could be proposed for the article if this is a real issue; I don't see that it's ever been discussed on the article talk page. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 21:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:Snow tubing areas in Vermont to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in Vemont – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:08, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in South Dakota to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in South Dakota – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:08, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in New York to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in New York – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:07, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in New Hampshire to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in New Hampshire – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:07, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in Michigan to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in Michigan – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:07, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in Massachusetts to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in Massachusetts – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in Maine to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in Maine – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in Connecticut to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in Connecticut – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in Colorado to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in Colorado – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in California to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in California – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in the United States to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in the United States – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:04, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in Quebec to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in Quebec – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:04, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in British Columbia to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in British Columbia – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:03, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas in Canada to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas in Canada – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:03, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing areas by country to Category:Tubing (recreation) areas by country – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:02, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Category:Snow tubing to Category:Tubing (recreation) – C2D: per Tubing (recreation). Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:02, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
- Opppose all of the above "Snow tubing" renames. "Tubing (recreation)" is ambiguous as "tubing" is also the recreational activity of riding an inflatable tube-like raft down a river (Ichetucknee Springs being a famous location for that). While the article covers both forms of the sport (snow- and water-based tubing), the categories should, I think, remain seperate. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 03:19, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
- Opppose, for the same reason as Bushranger. Woodbury Ski Area and Satan's Kingdom have nothing in common as one is snow and the other is water tubing. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 14:34, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

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