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* [[:Category:Marne]] to [[:Category:Marne (department)]] — C2D per head article [[Marne (department)]], renamed to current title today per consensus at [[Talk:Marne (department)#Requested_move_28_December_2018]]. --[[User:BrownHairedGirl|<span style="color:#663200;">Brown</span>HairedGirl]] <small>[[User talk:BrownHairedGirl|(talk)]] • ([[Special:Contributions/BrownHairedGirl|contribs]])</small> 15:35, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
** [[:Category:Buildings and structures in Marne]] to [[:Category:Buildings and structures in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Burials in Marne]] to [[:Category:Burials in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Geography of Marne]] to [[:Category:Geography of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:People from Marne]] to [[:Category:People from Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Prefects of Marne]] to [[:Category:Prefects of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Sport in Marne]] to [[:Category:Sport in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Tourist attractions in Marne]] to [[:Category:Tourist attractions in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Châteaux in Marne]] to [[:Category:Châteaux in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Churches in Marne]] to [[:Category:Churches in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Museums in Marne]] to [[:Category:Museums in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Railway stations in Marne]] to [[:Category:Railway stations in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Sports venues in Marne]] to [[:Category:Sports venues in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Arrondissements of Marne]] to [[:Category:Arrondissements of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Cantons of Marne]] to [[:Category:Cantons of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Communes of Marne]] to [[:Category:Communes of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Gardens in Marne]] to [[:Category:Gardens in Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Intercommunalities of Marne]] to [[:Category:Intercommunalities of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Landforms of Marne]] to [[:Category:Landforms of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Marne geography stubs]] to [[:Category:Marne (department) geography stubs]]
** [[:Category:Former communes of Marne]] to [[:Category:Former communes of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Former commune communities of Marne]] to [[:Category:Former commune communities of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Rivers of Marne]] to [[:Category:Rivers of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Senators of Marne]] to [[:Category:Senators of Marne (department)]]
** [[:Category:Sportspeople from Marne]] to [[:Category:Sportspeople from Marne (department)]]

* [[:Category:Gonadosteroids]] to [[:Category:Sex steroids]] – Creator tried a cut/paste move of the [[sex steroid]] article to [[Gonadosteroids]], C2D to reflect the existing article name [[User:Le Deluge|Le Deluge]] ([[User talk:Le Deluge|talk]]) 12:27, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
* [[:Category:Gonadosteroids]] to [[:Category:Sex steroids]] – Creator tried a cut/paste move of the [[sex steroid]] article to [[Gonadosteroids]], C2D to reflect the existing article name [[User:Le Deluge|Le Deluge]] ([[User talk:Le Deluge|talk]]) 12:27, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
* [[:Category:Polish teachers]] to [[:Category:Polish schoolteachers]] – C2C: Like the rest of [[:Category:Schoolteachers by nationality]] [[User:Rathfelder|Rathfelder]] ([[User talk:Rathfelder|talk]]) 12:05, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
* [[:Category:Polish teachers]] to [[:Category:Polish schoolteachers]] – C2C: Like the rest of [[:Category:Schoolteachers by nationality]] [[User:Rathfelder|Rathfelder]] ([[User talk:Rathfelder|talk]]) 12:05, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

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Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested only if they meet a speedy criterion, for example WP:C2D (consistency with main article's name) or WP:C2C (consistency with established category tree names). Please see instructions below.

  1. Determine which speedy criterion applies
  2. Tag category with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
  3. List request along with speedy criteria reason under "Current requests" below on this page

Please note that a speedy request must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points but only at a full discussion at WP:Categories for discussion.

Request may take 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the speedy criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.

Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation") can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}} with no required delay. Empty categories can be deleted if they remain empty 7 days after tagging with {{db-empty}}. Renaming under C2E can also be processed instantly as it is a variation on G7.

Contested speedy requests become stale, and can be un-tagged and de-listed after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}. If the nominator wants to continue the process, it may be requested regularly at WP:Categories for discussion (CfD) in accordance with its instructions.

Speedy criteria

The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:

C2A: 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 C2C. 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).

C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices

C2C: Consistency with established category tree names

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 be used only 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 be applied only 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).

C2D: Consistency with main article's name

  • Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous page (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
  • This applies only if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is unambiguous, and uncontroversial – either because of longstanding stability at that particular name, or because the page was just moved (i) after a page move discussion resulted in explicit consensus to rename, or (ii) unilaterally to reflect an official renaming which is verified by one or more citations (provided in the nomination). If the page names are controversial or ambiguous in any way, then this criterion does not apply, even if an article is the primary topic of its name.
  • This criterion also does not apply if there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or if there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result.

C2E: Author request

  • This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
  • The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.

Admin instructions

When handling the listings:

  1. Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
  2. With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
  3. Make sure that there are no oppositions to the listing; if there is a discussion, check if the opposing user(s) ended up withdrawing the opposition(s).

If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed - follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is Delete, Merge, or Rename"; to list it for the bots, use the Speedy moves section.

Applying speedy criteria in full discussions

  • 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 here, 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.

Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here

If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, 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 on a new line at the beginning of the list:

* [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

This will sign and datestamp an entry automatically.

Remember to tag the category with: {{subst:Cfr-speedy|New name}}

A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 15:57, 17 June 2024 (UTC). Currently, there are 362 open requests (refresh).


Current requests

  • Category:Majority–minority relations to Category:Majority-minority relations – C2A: hyphen, not a dash: both these constructs – "majority-minority" and "minority-majority" – are modifier grammatical forms (serving as adjectives grammatically) to the following nouns (e.g. area or state), which are formed from non-hyphenated noun-like forms "majority minority" and "minority majority" resp. cherkash (talk) 21:17, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose - You would be correct for a phrase such as "majority-minority area", where "majority-minority" serves to modify the noun ("area"). In this case, however, the title appears to be about relations between majorities and minorities, and "majority-minority" does not modify "relations". -- Black Falcon (talk) 21:37, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Opposed requests

  • Category:Secretaries of State for Health (UK) to Category:Secretaries of State for Health (United Kingdom) – C2B - UK -> United Kingdom. There's perhaps a CfD to be had about the full name, but let's just fix the blatant C2B problem first. Le Deluge (talk) 15:21, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Le Deluge Oppose as proposed The main article of the category is Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, so this should be renamed to Category:Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care per C2D. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:03, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I thought someone might pull this one up. The way I see it, the C2B is straightforward and can be done speedily, there's an argument for C2D but it's complicated and I'd tend to oppose it. So perfection should not be the enemy of the good. Social Care was only added to the job title a few months ago, but the category goes back decades - it was simply SoS for Health for the last 30 years so that was the title held by most of the category members and that's the WP:COMMONNAME used even now that Social Care has been added. So there's no case for a simply speedy C2D - if you want to take it to CfD then fine, but I'd ask that you let the C2B go through first.Le Deluge (talk) 01:05, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    The main article was renamed in January, that's almost one year without being contested. I don't see why the category needs to be moved twice, if one move would suffice. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:10, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Armbrust: Again you're slightly missing the point. Yes, the article was renamed a year ago because the formal title was renamed a year ago - but the category represents decades of history in which just one individual has held the post under the current title - and even then he is commonly referred to as simply the Health Secretary, with no mention of social care. So it is factually incorrect to imply that dozens of former ministers were responsible for social care, whereas you can kinda get away with referring to the current incumbent as simply SoS for Health. So as I keep saying - there isn't two speedy moves to be had, there's a single speedy C2B, and then a disputable C2D that I for one would oppose. So let's just do the easy one and then CfD the disputed one - don't let perfection be the enemy of the good.Le Deluge (talk) 17:33, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Imperial election (Holy Roman Empire) to Category:Imperial election – C2B, C2D (unnecessary disambiguator). Incorrectly moved the other way at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 August 15, see Talk:Imperial election. —Kusma (t·c) 10:42, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose speedily reverting the result of a full discussion. Armbrust The Homunculus 12:59, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Kusma: I agree with @Armbrust. It would be outrageous to simply overturn without further discussion a consensus reached only 4 months ago. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:36, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @BrownHairedGirl: There doesn't seem to be anything worth discussing, so I didn't start a discussion. I don't know much about categories these days, so I am happy to leave as is (with the article at the correct name and the category having an unnecessary disambiguator), but thought I'd point out the inconsistency in case anyone cares. —Kusma (t·c) 12:05, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Airport rail links in London to Category:Airport rail links in the London region; more accurate description, as most airports serving London are technically outside London but considered to be in the London Region; will also be consistent with parent Category:Airports in the London region Cnbrb (talk) 22:50, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose. @Cnbrb: there is no Category:London region. The parent cat should be renamed. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:56, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment: true, but then how should the parent category be renamed? It presents the problem that Gatwick, Luton and Stansted airports are not themselves in Greater London, so how are they to be sensibly categorised? London region is understandable to the reader, and I'm not sure that it follows that there must be a London region category. The word "in" is perhaps problematic - "Airports serving London" might work, but it is not consistent with the other categories in Category:Airports by city. Cnbrb (talk) 16:31, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cnbrb: Category:Airports by city is a bit of a mess. It contains several categories which are not by city, e.g. Category:Airports in the San Francisco Bay Area relates to San Francisco Bay Area.
    It seems to me that the best solution would probably be to rename the lot to Category:Airports serving Foo. That would be better than inventing a region, with is what has happened here. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:48, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    How would you define "serving"? Some airports have a practical catchment area of multiple cities and then there's the annoying habit of rebranding some distant little airport to include the name of a major city that's nowhere near - to take a couple of extreme examples, does "Paris-Vatry (Disney)" serve Paris? Does "London Oxford" serve London? Timrollpickering (Talk) 19:57, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair point, Timrollpickering.
    But the current name puts Oxford in the "London Region", which is also nonsense.
    So I wonder if the answer isn't more fundamental: that the whole concept of Category:Airports by city is broken, because airports are a) often outside the city limits, and b) usually serve huge catchment areas.
    For example, Heathrow and Gatwick are pretty much national airports for England. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:06, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks like I've inadvertently opened a can of worms! Well, some interesting comments here. I agree that Category:Airports by city should be revisited, and I agree with @User:BrownHairedGirl to go for Category:Airports serving Foo. Yes, airports do also serve other towns or regions, but the common understanding is that an airport is associated with a large city like London or San Francisco. "Airports serving London" makes immediate sense to the reader. And yes, in southern England there is now a tendency for some regional airports to rebrand themselves with the "London" name to make themselves seem more attractive ("London Oxford"), and while I agree that this is a bit tenuous, I don't think Wikipedia should pass judgement on how ridiculous these may be. There may be some grey areas, but we can work around those. Cnbrb (talk) 11:55, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    It goes a lot further than southern England and also isn't always the airports themselves - sometimes airlines tack on the name of a popular city without mentioning the lengthy connection (just google "London Prestwick" for one of the more notorious cases) and in both the examples given above the city name isn't actually in the formal name of the airport. Invariably there would have to be judgement because different sources will say different things. Timrollpickering (Talk) 13:03, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cnbrb: sorry to be annoying, but I think that @Timrollpickering has effectively demolished my suggestion of a Category:Airports serving Foo. I think he has demonstrated very clearly that it wouldn't be viable without masses of WP:OR by editors.
    So I think that the only solution is to categorise airports by their actual location, according to whatever geographical categories we use for other topics. It seems to be the only way of avoiding either a) using madey-uppy geography like "London Region", or b) encouraging editors to make slews of subjective judgements about marketing claims.
    Europe's biggest airline Ryanair systematically associates airports with cities which can be up to 3 hours travel away. Their efforts alone would make any such category tree a nightmare of editorial disputes. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:23, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I appreciate the arguments, but this outcome will create the situation where Gatwick Airport will not be categorised as a London airport, but as a Surrey airport, when it is in every common understanding London Gatwick Airport. I don't know how we can square that particular circle, except to create a categorisation scheme that is not intuitive to the reader. All I can think of is to create list pages in their place.Cnbrb (talk) 20:11, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Lists sounds like the way to go, @Cnbrb. Every alternative seems flawed in one way or another.
A List of airports serving London could add a lot more info than a category conveys. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:08, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
So the (unintended) upshot of all the above discussion is that Category:Airports by city needs to be deleted and all child categories need to be renamed or removed. It sounds like that needs a fresh CFD entry. Anyone want to sort that out? Cnbrb (talk) 12:27, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Going back on-topic - I have no problem with Category:Airport rail links in London - the question is not whether the airport is in London, but one end of the rail link. View it as a daughter of Category:railway lines in London or something, the airport bit is not relevant. Going back to the "serving" question - London region is not a thing, it redirects to Greater London which is not what's intended. Not least because eg Heathrow serves Swindon and Coventry as much as it serves Beckenham. The "reach" of big airports really doesn't map well to individual cities, it can be entire countries or at least NUTS1-sized regions (and Heathrow reaches several such regions, as Greater London is one on its own). I'd suggest the best approach would probably be to make international airports in (country or possibly NUTS1/state) as a subset of airports in (country or possibly NUTS1/state), to avoid the subjectivity of "serving"?Le Deluge (talk) 14:57, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
On hold pending other discussion
Moved to full discussion
  • Category:Draft dodgers to Category:Draft evaders – C2D: Article and main category is Draft evasion, which is less pejorative. Rathfelder (talk) 12:15, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose speedy IMO that's too much of a difference from the main article to C2D to apply. Armbrust The Homunculus 09:55, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I support the change in terminology but C2D does not apply to set categories. -- Black Falcon (talk) 22:48, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Support rationale for change in terminology, but take to full CFD. Anomalous+0 (talk) 12:54, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Strongly support the change in title. Regarding Armbrust's and hopefully also Black Falcon's points above, the main article itself recognizes "draft dodger" as a sometimes pejorative synonym for "draft evader" (second paragraph). In some settings in the USA, the term "draft dodger" is a major insult! While this term may be more innocently used in some scholarly literature (and in Europe?), I see no reason for WP to continue labeling a category with a term that will strike many viewers as POV, particularly when a neutral alternative term is at hand. - Babel41 (talk) 05:34, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Moved to full discussion by nominator. Armbrust The Homunculus 12:50, 31 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Moved on to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 29. Chicbyaccident (talk) 00:33, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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