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*'''Rename''' per nom. [[User:Carlossuarez46|Carlossuarez46]] ([[User talk:Carlossuarez46|talk]]) |
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*'''Rename''' per nom. makes sense to me. <font color="green" face="Vladimir Script">[[User:Sting au|<b>Sting au</b>]]</font> ''<small>[[User_talk:Sting au|<span style="color:gold; ">Buzz Me...</span>]]</small>'' 05:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC) |
*'''Rename''' per nom. makes sense to me. <font color="green" face="Vladimir Script">[[User:Sting au|<b>Sting au</b>]]</font> ''<small>[[User_talk:Sting au|<span style="color:gold; ">Buzz Me...</span>]]</small>'' 05:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC) |
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*'''Rename''' per nom. Ah, thank you, Zoporific. These were on my to-do list when I found out I could get an Internet connection. [[User:Snocrates|Snocrates]] 21:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC) |
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February 8
Category:PKP people
- Propose renaming Category:PKP people to Category:Polskie Koleje Państwowe people
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. Expansion of potentially ambiguous abbreviation. Parent cat is already expanded as Category:Polskie Koleje Państwowe. Caerwine Caer’s whines 22:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Johnbod (talk) 23:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Abbreviation unnecessary. Sting au Buzz Me... 04:21, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nomination. No reason for abbreviation. Doczilla (talk) 07:07, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom to expand relatively uncommon abbreviation. Snocrates 20:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:PKP chairmen
- Suggest merging Category:PKP chairmen to Category:Polskie Koleje Państwowe people
- Nominator's rationale: Merge, At minimum it needs a rename as per the above nomination for Category:PKP people, but with only one member I can't see the justification for being so hyper specific just yet. Caerwine Caer’s whines 22:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Johnbod (talk) 23:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Comment - shouldn't this be a rename? Sting au Buzz Me... 04:27, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Reply - If it weren't for the rename of PKP people above, I'd have brought this here to merge into that. A simple rename of this would be a rename to Category:Polskie Koleje Państwowe chairman. Caerwine Caer’s whines 04:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Well I was a little confused because you're wanting to merge an existing cat into one that doesn't exist. A rename should fix it. Sting au Buzz Me... 04:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Reply - If it weren't for the rename of PKP people above, I'd have brought this here to merge into that. A simple rename of this would be a rename to Category:Polskie Koleje Państwowe chairman. Caerwine Caer’s whines 04:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename to Category:Polskie Koleje Państwowe people. Sting au Buzz Me... 04:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename–"Merge" per nom. Snocrates 20:58, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:British football broadcasters
- Propose renaming Category:British football broadcasters to Category:British association football commentators
- Propose renaming Category:Scottish football broadcasters to Category:Scottish association football commentators
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. For consistency with the proposed rename of Category:Football (soccer) announcers; using association football per the name of the article, and using "commentators", rather than "broadcasters", which could mean the tv & radio stations rather than the people. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Johnbod (talk) 23:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Sting au Buzz Me... 04:29, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename for consistency. Doczilla (talk) 07:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Jimmy Buffett
- Category:Jimmy Buffett - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Eponymous category for a rather famous singer; not allowed per WP:OCAT. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete per nom & ample precedent. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:55, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
KeepSeems to have plenty of valid sub-cats and articles; enough to justify this.Changed to Delete - neither above mentioned the screenfull of Jimmy Buffet template, which does give a reason to delete, unlike the nom (or ample precedent). This provides perfectly well for navigation. Sorry Johntex! - he refers to my first comments of course. Johnbod (talk) 23:50, 8 February 2008 (UTC)- Keep
per Johnbod.The nominator points to WP:OCAT, which is a guideline (not policy) to avoid over-categorization. However, Iagree with Johnbodthink that the large number of pages grouped into this category is a valid argument that this category is needed and that it is not an example of over-categorization. Johntex\talk 03:14, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- I see Johnbod changed his mind. It is an interesting idea that the navigation template could take the place of the category. However, I am going to stay with my "Keep" recommendation for now. For one thing, the template wouldn't naturally reside in parent categories like the Jimmy Buffet category can. Johntex\talk 06:15, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete per Johnbod (second version). Sting au Buzz Me... 04:38, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete eponymous category. Doczilla (talk) 07:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete - eponymous overcategorization, which although it is a guideline rather than a policy still applies. Everything here is extensively interlinked through the gi-normous template and through text links. Otto4711 (talk) 15:45, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Kalamazoo Wings players
- Suggest merging Category:Kalamazoo Wings (1974-1995) players to Category:Kalamazoo Wings (1974-2000) players
- Suggest merging Category:Michigan K-Wings players to Category:Kalamazoo Wings (1974-2000) players
- Rationale:Both categories are redundant with the (1974-2000) category. It was the same franchise the entire time, it just shifted names for a while. Note that Category:Kalamazoo Wings (2000-) players represents a unique and separate franchise, so should remain separate. Resolute 18:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Comment I do agree that atleast one needs to be merged. But I feel the it should be Category:Kalamazoo Wings (1974-2000) players to Category:Kalamazoo Wings (1974-1995) players and leave the Category:Michigan K-Wings players alone. When franchises change names we usually create a new category for it. See Category:Anaheim Ducks players and Category:Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players for examples. -Djsasso (talk) 18:45, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- I can't say I agree with that though. I don't think that a simple name change should warrant a new category. This may merit some greater discussion at WT:HOCKEY. Resolute 18:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- But you have to think someone who is looking for a player who only played for the team when they were called the Michigan K-Wings would not think to look in a category named for the Kalamazoo Wings. I could see the point with the Anaheim Ducks perhaps as thats an obvious derivative, but I don't know that in this case its so obvious. Other examples of course are Category:Detroit Red Wings players, Category:Detroit Falcons players and Category:Detroit Cougars players -Djsasso (talk) 19:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Fair enough, though that could be handled via redirects. Resolute 19:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- I have no problem with redirects. I would be ok with that just always forget you can redirect cats. Merge and Redirect old cats to new one. -Djsasso (talk) 19:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Considering the categories can be redirected (I actually had no idea that was possible), I agree with the Merge and Redirect solution. Skudrafan1 (talk) 05:57, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- It is possible in the way articles are redirected, but can be problematic. I'd be slapping a {{Category redirect}} template on the redirected categories. Its basically a soft redirect that will point users to the right cat. Resolute 06:10, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Considering the categories can be redirected (I actually had no idea that was possible), I agree with the Merge and Redirect solution. Skudrafan1 (talk) 05:57, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- I have no problem with redirects. I would be ok with that just always forget you can redirect cats. Merge and Redirect old cats to new one. -Djsasso (talk) 19:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Fair enough, though that could be handled via redirects. Resolute 19:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- But you have to think someone who is looking for a player who only played for the team when they were called the Michigan K-Wings would not think to look in a category named for the Kalamazoo Wings. I could see the point with the Anaheim Ducks perhaps as thats an obvious derivative, but I don't know that in this case its so obvious. Other examples of course are Category:Detroit Red Wings players, Category:Detroit Falcons players and Category:Detroit Cougars players -Djsasso (talk) 19:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- I can't say I agree with that though. I don't think that a simple name change should warrant a new category. This may merit some greater discussion at WT:HOCKEY. Resolute 18:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Merge & redirect Michigan K-Wings cat since they are the same franchise in the same city. I believe that this should happen for the Ducks & Red Wings examples given for the same reason. -- JamesTeterenko (talk) 21:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Hockey in Calgary
- Propose renaming Category:Hockey in Calgary to Category:Ice hockey in Calgary
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. Disambiguate Ice hockey, consistency in naming with parent categories. Resolute 17:29, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per Resolute for consistancy. -Djsasso (talk) 17:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. more descriptive. Sting au Buzz Me... 04:40, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom for consistency/clarity. Zoporific 04:48, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Snocrates 20:58, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Ice hockey teams by nation
- Propose renaming Category:British ice hockey teams to
Category:Ice hockey teams in Great BritainCategory:Ice hockey teams in the United Kingdom - Nominator's rationale: Rename. A continuation of a nomination from yesterday. Consistency in naming per WP:NCCAT, as well as the parent categories Category:Ice hockey in the United States and Category:Ice hockey teams by country. Also nominating the following:
- Category:English ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in England
- Category:Scottish ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Scotland
- Category:Czech ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in the Czech Republic
- Category:Danish ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Denmark
- Category:Finnish ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Finland
- Category:French ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in France
- Category:German ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Germany
- Category:Italian ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Italy
- Category:Japanese ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Japan
- Category:Latvian ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Latvia
- Category:Lithuanian ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Lithuania
- Category:Norwegian ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Norway
- Category:Polish ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Poland
- Category:Russian ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Russia
- Category:Slovak ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Slovakia
- Category:Swedish ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden
- Category:Swiss ice hockey teams to Category:Ice hockey teams in Switzerland
Resolute 16:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per Resolute. Just plain makes sense. -Djsasso (talk) 17:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Should be United Kingdom rather than Great Britain as it contains Belfast Giants. Tim! (talk) 18:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Excellent point. Changed to reflect this. Resolute 19:07, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom for consistency. Sting au Buzz Me... 04:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename for consistency. Doczilla (talk) 07:07, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per WP:NCCAT and clarity/consistency. Neier (talk) 12:22, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Tribal societies that have practiced headhunting
- Propose renaming Category:Tribal societies that have practiced headhunting to Category:Societies that have practiced headhunting
- Nominator's rationale: "Tribe" has specific connotations and a particular meaning within anthropology. Not all of the societies included in this category can or should be described as "tribal". Robotforaday (talk) 16:36, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename. I agree 100%.--Woland (talk) 17:17, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename to something. As I said last time "Former headhunting societies" is shorter. Johnbod (talk) 22:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- Comment. Category:Historic headhunting societies? Vegaswikian (talk) 01:29, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- What would Dr S say? Johnbod (talk) 03:18, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- We should not necessarily make the assumption that headhunting is a phenomenon restricted to the past. Robotforaday (talk) 13:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Certainly Rename, though perhaps Peoples' with Headhunting Traditions or more simple Headhunting Traditions might better suit - given the uncertain and variable scale of the named groups of people listed?? Bruceanthro (talk) 13:29, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Comment .. having randomly sampled a few of the named groups listed, and knowing the often contested, unreliable nature of 'headhunting' and 'cannibal' type reputations and claims about others .. it is of some concern that some of these groups should be so readily identified/described/and listed on Wikipedia as headhunters, most often without citations or relevant Wikipedia standard verification!! Perhaps, in addition to renaming the category and associated list, it should be tagged as unverfied and in need of verfication? Bruceanthro (talk) 13:29, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete - I do not see how headhunting is a defining aspect of a society, and if it is, let's also include "societies that have practiced bayoneting of infants", "societies that blow their enemies up with bombs", and "societies that send agents to assassinate or kidnap foreign leaders". Moreover, since the practice varies, it seems much more appropriate to simply discuss peoples that practice headhunting, as appropriate and as sourced, in the headhunting article(s). --Lquilter (talk) 17:21, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete not defining for the society - many peoples do things that others think odd or distinctive but these are so numerous to make nearly every cultural aspect a category and hence not defining: think of cannibalism, slavery, nudity, intolerance of nudity, polygymy, shunning, taboo, adoption, eating meat, not eating meat, pedophilia, incest, animal sacrifice, human sacrifice, celibacy, circumcision, scarification, foot binding, head flattening, neck elongation, and thousands of others... Carlossuarez46 (talk) 02:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kbdank71 14:14, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete per above. Non-defining characteristic. Resolute 19:09, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete per above. not defining for the society. Sting au Buzz Me... 04:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename - headhunting has resulted in several invasions over history - e.g. 1880s punitive expeditions in the Chin-Lushai Hills, very defining events for those people. Ephebi (talk) 15:24, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Speedy Keep/rename Though this article should be renamed, headhunting is a relatively significant and unique attribute of a society and is certainly notable enough to have this article.--Woland (talk) 16:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- This is a category, not an article. The practice of headhunting is certainly notable and worthy of an article (which it has) but notability for an article doesn't translate automatically into categorizable. Delete because allegations that a society engaged in headhunting require reliable sourcing which a category can't provide. Otto4711 (talk) 18:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Whoa, hang on! We have many categories classifying things that need reliable sourcing (what doesn't that is not provided by the category itself, but in the individual articles. See Category:Murderers etc. Johnbod (talk) 19:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Surely reliable sourcing is (or should be) provided within a given article, and then based on the reliably sourced material in the article, it can be placed in particular categories? To be honest, everything on wikipedia ought to be reliably sourced... Hence your objection ought to apply equally to all categories. Robotforaday (talk) 21:02, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Whoa, hang on! We have many categories classifying things that need reliable sourcing (what doesn't that is not provided by the category itself, but in the individual articles. See Category:Murderers etc. Johnbod (talk) 19:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:American Jews
- Propose renaming Category:American Jews to Category:Jewish Americans
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. Should be consistent with the vast majority of other American people by ethnic or national origin. Maher-shalal-hashbaz (talk) 13:45, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- rename per nom to match other similar cats. Hmains (talk) 17:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per the White House's Jewish American Heritage Month. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 21:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete unnecessary racial/ethnic/religion category. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete per Carlossuarez46. unnecessary. Sting au Buzz Me... 04:59, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete per Carlos and WP:OC. Doczilla (talk) 07:05, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Renameas it follows convention (in regards to deletion: Jewish Americans have a significant difference in culture and history to warrant their own article).--Woland (talk) 16:35, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- comment and by 'article I mean category of course.--Woland (talk) 16:43, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Football (soccer) announcers
- Propose renaming Category:Football (soccer) announcers to Category:Association football commentators
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. As the category itself states, the term "announcer" is very much a North American term. The term "commentator" is much more common, not just in Britain, but all over the English-speaking world. – PeeJay 13:49, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related page moves. – PeeJay 14:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Should be Category:Association football commentators per the main article on the subject. пﮟოьεԻ 57 14:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Comment I thought that discussion determined that categories and things like that should carry on using "football (soccer)". – PeeJay 14:04, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Only one person actually said that, and it seems a bit silly to me; Football (soccer) is quite an ugly bastardisation. пﮟოьεԻ 57 14:15, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Okie dokie. I've changed the nomination. – PeeJay 14:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Only one person actually said that, and it seems a bit silly to me; Football (soccer) is quite an ugly bastardisation. пﮟოьεԻ 57 14:15, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Comment I thought that discussion determined that categories and things like that should carry on using "football (soccer)". – PeeJay 14:04, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename to match the page. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per (changed) nom. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:00, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Propose renaming Category:Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to Category:Northern Cyprus
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. Main article is at Northern Cyprus. We generally use the common name for states and pseudo-states. We have Category:East Germany, not Category:German Democratic Republic; Category:South Vietnam, not Category:Republic of Vietnam; Category:Libya, not Category:Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; etc. The common name for this largely unrecognized state is Northern Cyprus. (There are also some subcategories which use the full name; if this rename is successful I will also nominate them. I think it may be better and simpler to do them separately when this one concludes as there are some other problems with the subcategories that will need to be discussed that are distinct from this naming issue.) Zoporific 11:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:10, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Comment - this is not a recognized state? At least not by the United Nations. The U.N. recognizes only Cyprus. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, only Turkey recognizes the "state". The UN and many other countries regard Turkey's occupation there as a violation of intl law. Zoporific 05:22, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- And why does that have a bearing on what our category is called? We have categories on lots of places not recognized as a state by the UN - Category:Roman Empire, Category:Gaza Strip, Category:Hong Kong, Category:Taiwan, Category:Puerto Rico, Category:Kurdistan, so your point is? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 23:38, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Were you talking to Sting or to me? I don't think it really plays any role at all in what name is chosen. Zoporific 08:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- I think he was talking to me. Just pointing out that it was not recognized? I guess I thought that might have had some bearing on the eventual name of the category. The defacto government calls it TRNC and Northern Cyprus is stated on the article page as the "common" name. I would have thought we would be sticking to official names here? But whatever floats your boat. I've lost interest in it now. I'm still trying to get my head around Roman Empire, Hong Kong etc. If you want to drop me a line on my talk page about it then go for it. Sting au Buzz Me... 12:53, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- Were you talking to Sting or to me? I don't think it really plays any role at all in what name is chosen. Zoporific 08:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- Comment - this is not a recognized state? At least not by the United Nations. The U.N. recognizes only Cyprus. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename to match article (which does not use the name I would have chosen, but there we go). Johnbod (talk) 14:17, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename; use of common names is best per nom. Plenty of subcategories there that should also be renamed per nom. Snocrates 21:00, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Propose renaming Category:Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina society
- Category:Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina culture
- Category:Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina law
- Category:Media of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina media
- Category:Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina music
- Category:Musical groups from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina musical groups
- Category:Bosnian architecture to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina architecture
- Category:Bosnian films to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina films
- Category:Bosnian cuisine to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina cuisine
- Category:Bosnian cheeses to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina cheeses
- Category:Bosnian orchestras to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina orchestras
- Category:Bosnian mobsters to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina mobsters
- Category:Bosnian classical guitarists to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina classical guitarists
- Category:Bosnian university teachers to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina university teachers
- Category:Bosnian pianists to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina pianists
- Category:Bosnian classical pianists to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina classical pianists
- Category:Bosnian classical musicians to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina classical musicians
- Category:Bosnian classical musicians by instrument to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina classical musicians by instrument
- Category:Bosnian extrajudicial prisoners of the United States to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
- Category:Bosnian people by occupation to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina people by occupation
- Category:Bosnian and Herzegovinian artists to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina artists
- Category:Bosnian and Herzegovinan hip hop to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina hip hop
- Category:Bosnian and Herzegovinan hip hop musicians to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina hip hop musicians
- Category:Bosnian and Herzegovinian film directors to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina film directors
- Category:Bosnian and Herzegovinan rappers to Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina rappers
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. Many of the Bosnia and Herzegovina people categories were recently renamed to the standard "Fooian Foo" format, using "Fooian=Bosnia and Herzegovina". These other categories which are phrased using nationality should also be renamed for consistency. There are also a few people categories that were not nominated last time. Currently, the category consistency is a bit of a mess, and the ones for nationality use any of "Bosnia and Herzegovina Foo", "Foo of Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Bosnian Foo" "Bosnian and Herzegovinian Foo" and "Bosnia and Herzegovinan Foo". "Bosnian" should not be used when it is meant to apply to the people of the entire country, which it does, more often than not. "Bosnian and Herzegovinian" is not commonly used. "Bosnian and Herzegovinan" is just plain wrong. This proposal, if accepted, will bring all the Bosnia and Herzegovina nationality categories in line with each other and the overall by nationality category schemes. Zoporific 08:41, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename to Category:Bosnian and Herzegovinian foo. Why is this "just plain wrong?" when the main article states this demonym? Lugnuts (talk) 12:15, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- I said "Bosnia and Herzegovinan" is wrong. Check the spelling. I said "Bosnian and Herzegovinian" is not commonly used, and right now there are only 2 of the above categories that use it. The main article does not give "Bosnian and Herzegovinian" as the demonym: it gives "Bosnian" and "Herzegovinian" separately. This is because "Bosnian" is common; "Herzegovinian" is semi-common; but "Bosnian and Herzegovinian" is almost never used. Zoporific 12:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename to Category:Bosno-Herzegovinan foo. The correct demonym for someone from Herzegovina is "Herzegovinan". – PeeJay 14:07, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- "Bosno-Herzegovinan" — sounds like a neologism to me. Perhaps I did get that backwards in my above comments, though — "Herzegovinan" is correct; "Herzegovinian" is just wrong. In any case, I don't support either, so what I think about them doesn't much matter. ... Zoporific 00:32, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom to avoid the difficulties exhibited above in finding an adjective. -- roundhouse0 (talk) 17:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom & per Roundhouse. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:12, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom and Roundhouse. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:21, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nomination and for adjective problems. Doczilla (talk) 07:08, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nominator to "Bosnia and Herzegovina Foo". I think "Herzegonvinian" or "Herzegovinan" are both technically acceptable, but nom is right that this word is not typically used in combination with "Bosnian" to describe a person from the country. "Bosnian" and "Herzegovin(i)an" are used almost exclusively as ethnic group identifiers. For this reason, simply using "Bosnia and Herzegovina" seems the simplest solution that is least likely to be misunderstood. Snocrates 21:04, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Propose renaming Category:Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo culture
- Category:Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo society
- Category:Films of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo films
- Category:Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo music
- Category:Law of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo law
- Category:Media of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo media
- Category:Cuisine of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo cuisine
- Category:Musical groups of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo musical groups
- Category:Congolese hip hop to Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo hip hop
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. The Democratic Republic of the Congo people categories were recently renamed to the standard "Fooian Foo" format, using "Fooian=Democratic Republic of the Congo". These other categories which are phrased using nationality should also be renamed for consistency. Snocrates commented with the previous nomination that he would do these, but since he's gone, I thought I would do them. This will bring all the Democratic Republic of the Congo nationality categories in line with each other and the overall by nationality category schemes. The last category, Category:Congolese hip hop, only has one article in it, and it is about a hip hop group from DRC, not the Republic of the Congo. Zoporific 08:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Carlossuarez46 (talk)
- Rename per nom. makes sense to me. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Ah, thank you, Zoporific. These were on my to-do list when I found out I could get an Internet connection. Snocrates 21:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Republic of the Congo
- Propose renaming Category:Culture of the Republic of the Congo to Category:Republic of the Congo culture
- Category:Films of the Republic of the Congo to Category:Republic of the Congo films
- Category:Music of the Republic of the Congo to Category:Republic of the Congo music
- Category:Law of the Republic of the Congo to Category:Republic of the Congo law
- Category:Society of the Republic of the Congo to Category:Republic of the Congo society
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. The Republic of the Congo people categories were recently renamed to the standard "Fooian Foo" format, using "Fooian=Republic of the Congo". These other categories which are phrased using nationality should also be renamed for consistency. This will bring all the Republic of the Congo nationality categories in line with each other and the overall by nationality category schemes. (The first and last target categories are currently redirects.) Zoporific 07:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:13, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:23, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Solomon Islander people
- Propose renaming Category:Solomon Islander people to Category:Solomon Islands people
- Category:Solomon Islander people by occupation to Category:Solomon Islands people by occupation
- Category:Solomon Islander criminals to Category:Solomon Islands criminals
- Category:Solomon Islander murderers to Category:Solomon Islands murderers
- Category:Solomon Islander politicians to Category:Solomon Islands people politicians
- Category:Solomon Islander sportspeople to Category:Solomon Islands sportspeople
- Category:Solomon Islander athletes to Category:Solomon Islands athletes
- Category:Solomon Islander culture to Category:Solomon Islands culture
- Category:Solomon Islander music to Category:Solomon Islands music
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. "Solomon Islander" is properly used only as a noun, not as an adjective. This is similar to the New Zealand – New Zealander issue, where categories named "Fooian Foo" use "New Zealand Foo", not "New Zealander Foo". Some of the categories by nationality are already properly named, e.g., Category:Solomon Islands media. Zoporific 03:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:13, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename per nom for consistency. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:24, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Rename for consistency. Doczilla (talk) 07:09, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Gangs in Massachusetts
- Suggest merging Category:Gangs in Massachusetts to Category:Irish mob
- Nominator's rationale: Merge, Once again, I see no rationale for a sub-cat for Irish gangs specifically in Massachusetts. All of the gangs listed are also listed either at the Irish gangs or Irish mob categories, or both. Do we require these "Gangs in ___" categories, even when said categories contain only one or two gangs?-RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 03:28, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- keep as is. Category:Gangs in Massachusetts is one of a series of by-state articles for gangs in various states of the US. The suggested merge category does not do this. In any case, it is presumptuous to think all gangs in Massachusetts are, or every will be, the Irish mob. Hmains (talk) 17:12, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Keep per Hmains, and because what's there now doesn't mean that's all there are or ever will be. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:14, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Keep per Hmains and Carlossuarez46. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:26, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Keep per gang category norms. Even if underpopulated, it fits into the naming system. Doczilla (talk) 07:10, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Winter Hill Gang
- Suggest merging Category:Winter Hill Gang to Category:Irish mob
- Nominator's rationale: Merge, I suggest that this sub-cat (really a sub-cat of the Irish gangs sub-cat) be merged into its parent cat. I can see no rationale for a sub-cat for one particular gang, especially considering that all of the individuals listed are in the much larger Irish-American mobsters sub-cat.-RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 03:20, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- keep as is. There is no reason whatsoever to get rid of the Category:Winter Hill Gang category which has 20 articles, 19 of which are persons who were in that gang. Whether they are also in some other appropriate category is not relevant. Hmains (talk) 17:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Just because said category has 20 articles is not a reason to keep it. The question is, why do we need a category for one gang---one gang out of many Irish gangs? There is no other category for a specific gang, and since the gang is already listed in the Irish gangs category, and all of the members are listed in either Irish gang members or Irish mobsters (or both), this category is superfluous. You have failed to provid a justification for its continued existence. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 17:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- The facts are found in Category:Modern street gangs where various gangs have their members listed. Do we have the facts on who belongs to other gangs? Then we need to create categories to show these facts. The idea is to improve WP, not degrade it to the lowest common denominator. Hmains (talk) 18:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Just because said category has 20 articles is not a reason to keep it. The question is, why do we need a category for one gang---one gang out of many Irish gangs? There is no other category for a specific gang, and since the gang is already listed in the Irish gangs category, and all of the members are listed in either Irish gang members or Irish mobsters (or both), this category is superfluous. You have failed to provid a justification for its continued existence. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 17:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Keep per Hmains. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:15, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Keep per others. I've changed a mistake in the nom too as it was a repeat of previous nom. now reads Category:Winter Hill Gang as it should. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Keep. Category is sufficiently possible that no merging would be useful. Doczilla (talk) 07:10, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Irish gangs
- Suggest merging Category:Irish gangs to Category:Irish mob
- Nominator's rationale: Merge, I suggest that this rather poorly-populated sub-cat be merged into its parent category Irish mob. I think we are better served by one larger category than a small category with a host of very small subcats.-RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 03:15, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- keep as is. Category:Irish gangs and Category:Irish mob serve different purposes and have different contents as would be expected since Category:Irish gangs is a subcat of Category:Irish mob. Upmerging this cat will not help WP in the proper and helpful-to-readers organization of its categories. Hmains (talk) 20:41, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete unnecessary racial/ethnic category. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete as unnecessary racial/ethnic category. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:42, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- question Since the articles in the Category:Irish gangs identify the gangs as an 'Irish gang', do you propose to suppress that historical correct information also? Is this all for the sake of political correctness at the expense of historical fact? Hmains (talk) 18:23, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- No I don't think anyone wants to suppress any info in the articles? I know I don't. If the article primarily about an Irish Gang was put into Category:Gangs that's not going to change any of the article content. It is still categorized and we do away with an unnecessary ethnic level of categorization. Sting au Buzz Me... 13:03, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- Keep or upmerge to Category:Irish mob (which has its own article Irish mob, giving clear justification to the existence of this particular ethnic category). There is also Category:Irish American gangs which is surely the same category as Category:Irish gangs (as these are all US gangs). -- roundhouse0 (talk) 16:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Irish-American gang members
- Category:Irish-American gang members - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: This category is irrelevant, since all of the people listed within it are already listed in the much larger Category:Irish-American mobsters]] . As such, it should be deleted. RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 03:11, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- keep The people in Category:Irish-American gang members were generally not listed in Category:Irish-American mobsters until the nominator placed them there, without any apparent justification from the contents of the articles. This deletion argument is therefore specious. Article content drives categories not the other way around. Hmains (talk) 17:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Please explain to me, if you can, sir, what the inherant difference is between an "Irish-American gang member" and an "Irish-American mobster." You cannot, of course, because there is no inherant difference. As the two are identical, the smaller category should be deleted. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 18:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Do not presume you can know what I can explain or not. Gangs and gang members refer to street gangs; the mob and mobsters refer to organized crime of the Mafia and its associates. And there is nothing wrong about small categories in WP. They are allowed. Hmains (talk) 18:26, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Please explain to me, if you can, sir, what the inherant difference is between an "Irish-American gang member" and an "Irish-American mobster." You cannot, of course, because there is no inherant difference. As the two are identical, the smaller category should be deleted. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 18:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete unnecessary race/ethnicity category. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete par Carlossuarez46. unnecessary. Sting au Buzz Me... 05:44, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:OC Doczilla (talk) 07:11, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- question Since the articles in the Category:Irish-American gang members identify the people as Irish American and as gang members, do you propose to suppress this historically correct information also? Is this all for the sake of political correctness at the expense of historic fact? Hmains (talk) 18:29, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Well, there are only 13 Google hits for "Irish American" "gang member" on the English wiki. And you don't need the category to find them. Not a big universe. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:50, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Free integrated development environments
- Propose renaming Category:Free integrated development environments to Category:Open source integrated development environments
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. The criteria for this category is having an OSI license, which is somewhat different to what is considered free software. See the discussion at Open Source Initiative#Relations with the free software movement. Either the category name or criteria should be changed to match. In addition, the use of the word "free" in this context is not in line with normal English usage. Ham Pastrami (talk) 02:10, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Category:Java tools
- Propose renaming Category:Java tools to Category:Java development tools
- Nominator's rationale: rename: Category name is vague and does not specify the intended contents of the category. Ham Pastrami (talk) 01:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)