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Category:Nephology to Category:Cloud and fog physics

Even though word nephology is defined in dictionaries as study of clouds it is used only sporadically in meteorological context these days. For example, almost all if not all books in the last 50 years use "cloud physics" in its title (I list some of them below). All university graduate classes use "Cloud Physics" name. I added "fog" to incude in the category a related phenomena.

Example books using cloud physics in their title

Short Course in Cloud Physics, Third Edition (International Series in Natural Philosophy)

by M K Yau, R R ROGERS ,

The physics of clouds, (Oxford monographs on meteorology) by B. J Mason , 1957
Cloud Physics and Cloud Seeding (Science Study Series)

by Louis J. Battan (Hardcover - October 15, 1979)

Elements of Cloud Physics by Horace R. Byers

Category:Klezmorim/Category:Klezmer musicians

I propose merging these categories under 'Klezmer musicians'. 'Klezmorim' means 'Klezmer musicians' in Yiddish - the categories are thus identical. There are 4 entries (so far) in 'Klezmer musicians' and only one in 'Klezmorim'. --Smerus 20:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Macao/Macau categories

For consistency with the parent category, Category:Macau, main article, Macau, and a number of other existing categories, as per the naming conventions, and similarly to these recent renamings. Last one we could easily go with personal preference on, as obviously this isn't intended to be a "main namespace category". Alai 19:07, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Move all. -Silence 20:43, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American Civil War National Battlefields and Military Parks to Category:American Civil War battlefields

The category seems too specific in its current scope.— Eoghanacht ^talk 18:05, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. With the proposed change, where would the Military parks go in the Civil War catgory scheme? To articles in Category:American Civil War sites or another subcat? Vegaswikian 19:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, this category is specifically for those units administered by the National Park Service and should be a child of Category:National parks of the United States. It could also be made a child of a generic American Civil War battlefields category, of course, which could contain non-National battlefields and parks, but IMHO that purpose is served by Category:American Civil War sites. - choster 20:22, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Sports occupations and Category:People known in connection with sports and hobbies, merge to new category

I've suggested this on the Category talk:People by occupation and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories with no response so I'm just going to propose it. These two catagories are basically the same. I think they should be merged under the new name Athletics which I prefer to Athletes because it can include related occupations like Coaching and Officiating. There are only two hobbies listed in the "People in connection..." category, Philatelists and Pranksters, which can be moved back to the main level for now. JeffW 17:32, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Well, if we're bringing this up... I've spent a lot of time in these categories lately, and wonder if a new heirarchy might be a good idea, with category:Sportspeople at the top, and everything branching out of it. So I'd suggest that some group come together and figure out the right way to organize these top-end articles so that it all make sense. I'd certainly volunteer to help with that.--Mike Selinker 19:23, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In principle support merge, dislike name "athletics", which is only a synonym for "sports" in the US, and elsewhere means what USians would call "track and field", and also fails to convey in any way these are biographical article. "Sportspeople" is better. "Sports biographies" would also suffice. Factor out "hobby" aspect entirely. Alai 20:12, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Pardon recipients to Category:American pardon recipients

I'm a little uncertain of this, as there may be non-Americans in this, but as the description defines it and as the entries appear to conform to, it only includes those who have received pardons from the U.S. president or U.S. state governors. Maybe Category:Pardon recipients in the United States? Or should it be subdivided into Category:People who were pardoned by the President of the United States and Category:People who were pardoned by state governors in the United States? I'd be fine with any of those. Postdlf 16:44, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support the last two. Vegaswikian 19:41, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Hybrid animals to Category:Mammal hybrids

All the current examples are mammals, and I suspect all future members will be as well. This renaming would also entail this category being changed from a subcategory of Category:Animals to Category:Mammals. Stemonitis 15:56, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Legislative Branch of the United States Government to Category:United States Congress

They are the same thing. Right now, cat:USCongress redirects to cat:LBoftheUSG. However, the cat ought to be called Category:United States Congress and cat:LBoftheUSG should redirect to it. —Mark Adler (markles) 14:58, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose. This conforms to Category:Judicial Branch of the United States Government and Category:Executive Branch of the United States Government, which cannot be similarly renamed, as those branches are not one unitary body or office. The U.S. government is organized into three branches, and the category system, as it is, properly reflects that. Postdlf 16:23, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

However… Just because two branches work that way, doesn't mean the third should. And while we're at it, perhaps Category:Executive Branch of the United States Government ought to be cfr'ed to Category:Presidency of the United States because it, too, is synonymous. Unlike Exec & Legis, the Judicial Branch is more than just one body: it's the Supreme court and the lower courts too. By the way, I've also cfr'ed Category:Article III tribunals for similar reasons (see its entry here).
…But…
…Let's Wait. As the proposer of this merger, I'm willing to withdraw this proposal. However, I think this discussion needs to continue here. So when the alotted seven days are over, and this is to be archived, perhaps then someone (maybe Postdlf?) can move this discussion to a relevant talk page for one of the three categories (legis, executive, judicial)
OK? (I really didn't expect opposition, I just figured this had become Category creep). —Mark Adler (markles) 19:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I supported the merging of Article III tribunals into Judicial Branch, but the Executive Branch is not simply the Presidency; it also includes the VP and the Executive Departments. I don't see what is to be gained from messing with any of this because the category structure is simple and accurate as it is. Postdlf 19:57, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Punk users to Category:Punk Wikipedians

In the categorization of the editors on this site, they are referred to as Wikipedians, not users. All the other categories are called "Blank" Wikipedians - Esprit15d 14:27, 23 February 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Category:Transportation in Saint Lucia to Category:Transport in Saint Lucia

Rename in accordance with local usage as in Saint Lucia'sMinistry of Communications, Works, Transport & Public Utilities CalJW 10:11, 23 February 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Category:Nuclear power plants in Canada to Category:Nuclear power stations in Canada

It seems that this category should use "station" like the UK and Australia rather than "plant" like the U.S. because five of the entries use "station" but none use "plant". Rename Choalbaton 09:23, 23 February 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Comment "Station" is also the most common use in Category:Nuclear power plants in the United States so perhaps both categories and the parent should also be renamed. - choster 20:25, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Field hockey by nation to Category:Field hockey by country

This should be renamed as all the other by sport subcategories of Category:Sports by country use "country" rather than "nation". Choalbaton 08:33, 23 February 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Category:Stadiums by country

This should have been deleted at the same time as its three sparsely populated subcategories. The system in place is to use Category:Sports venues by country. Choalbaton 08:20, 23 February 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Category:People shot by standing Vice Presidents to Category:People shot by sitting Vice Presidents of the United States

Correct English usage and clarify scope. (Since it was no concensus on delete, but there were also several proposals for renaming.) JRP 06:28, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rename. Absolutely. They're definitely not standing, and they're definitely from the U.S.--Mike Selinker 06:44, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: Since posting, category has been deleted, recreated, and deleted again. If an admin wants to delete this CFR, please go ahead. The category is currently in Wikipedia:Deletion_review and could be created again... JRP 06:51, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Man, this makes me angry. I'm not opposed to there being a review of this page, or that it comes to different conclusions than this forum, but the fact that there's no way to know about it unless somebody posts a request like the one above is very frustrating. At the very least, the review board's actions should be posted back here, and some time should be given for comment.--Mike Selinker 16:11, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The deletion review debate was closed leaving the category deleted. Vegaswikian 19:59, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Skiers from Madagascar

Replaced by Category:Malagasy alpine skiers (harmonization of Category:Alpine skiers). -- Citius 02:19, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom; does not follow existing naming conventions for skier categories. --Muchness 02:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Rename. Sure.--Mike Selinker 16:22, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Apple CEOs to Category:Apple Computer executives

Rename. Currently the category contains an abbreviation, and the "Apple" is slightly ambiguous. By unambiguously naming the company and expanding the category from mere CEOs to all senior executives it has more potential for growth and brings it in line with, for instance, Category:Disney executives and Category:Ford executives. - choster 00:40, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Dreamworks Animation SKG characters

A strange way of categorising fictional characters based on the company producing or distributing the film they appeared in - one from Wallace and Gromit, one from Shrek and one group from Madagascar. I could understand Disney characters, or Aardman animations characters, but the characters in this category don't really have much in common. JW 00:14, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. There is some Disney-like commonality between most of their traditionally-animated films, but there aren't that many of those, and the set isn't easy to define. ×Meegs 14:23, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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+===={{cl|Nephology}} to {{cl|Cloud and fog physics}}====
+Even though word nephology is defined in dictionaries as study of clouds it is used only sporadically in meteorological context these days. For example, almost all if not all books in the last 50 years use "cloud physics" in its title (I list some of them below). All university graduate classes use "Cloud Physics" name. I added "fog" to incude in the category a related phenomena.
+Example books using cloud physics in their title
+*Short Course in Cloud Physics, Third Edition (International Series in Natural Philosophy)
+by M K Yau, R R ROGERS ,
+*The physics of clouds, (Oxford monographs on meteorology) by B. J Mason , 1957
+*Cloud Physics and Cloud Seeding (Science Study Series)
+by Louis J. Battan (Hardcover - October 15, 1979)
+*Elements of Cloud Physics by Horace R. Byers
 ===='''[[:Category:Klezmorim]]/[[:Category:Klezmer musicians]]'''====
 I propose '''merging''' these categories under 'Klezmer musicians'. 'Klezmorim' means 'Klezmer musicians' in Yiddish - the categories are thus identical. There are 4 entries (so far) in 'Klezmer musicians' and only one in 'Klezmorim'. --[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] 20:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)