Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 11

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January 11

NEW NOMINATIONS

This should not be deleted as it relates to the Wikipedia article "Widescreen" ... also, what's the harm in having something if it's not doing any harm to anyone? We have lots of seemingly pointless articles or irrelevant or infrequently visited articles on Wikipedia, why not have a category for widescreen wallpapers? Surely it would be used.

Category:Mormonism-related criticism

Propose renaming Category:Mormonism-related criticism to Category:Criticism of Mormonism

Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match main article Criticism of Mormonism and to match parent (and other subcategories of) Category:Criticism of religion. Snocrates 03:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Mayors of Aliso Viejo

Propose renaming Category:Mayors of Aliso Viejo to Category:Mayors of Aliso Viejo, California

Nominator's rationale: For consistency with parent categories Category:People from Aliso Viejo, California and Category:Aliso Viejo, California, and with main articles List of mayors of Aliso Viejo, California and Aliso Viejo, California. LeSnail (talk) 03:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Mayors of Fort Worth

Propose renaming Category:Mayors of Fort Worth to Category:Mayors of Fort Worth, Texas

Nominator's rationale: For consistency with main article Fort Worth, Texas and parent category Category:Fort Worth, Texas. LeSnail (talk) 02:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

rename well deserved. Unfortunately, there are thousands of such city based categories to rename. Hmains (talk) 03:02, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Mayors of Plano

Propose renaming Category:Mayors of Plano to Category:Mayors of Plano, Texas

Nominator's rationale: For consistency with main article Plano, Texas and parent category Category:Plano, Texas. LeSnail (talk) 02:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

rename well deserved. Unfortunately, there are thousands of such city based categories to rename. Hmains (talk) 03:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Bay of Plenty-East Coast

Propose deletion: Category:Bay of Plenty-East Coast - Template:Lc1

Nominator's rationale: Category describes two regions in New Zealand, both of which now have their own category. This category is currently empty and unlikely to be repopulated. Cheers. – Liveste [talk • contrib] 02:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:German of Portuguese descent

Propose renaming Category:German of Portuguese descent to Category:Germans of Portuguese descent

Nominator's rationale: Rename. Should be plural. Alternately, rename to Category:Portuguese-Germans. Olessi (talk) 00:54, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as overcategorization. Most people are of multiple nationality/ethnic descents. Breaking them down on this basis leads to ever more fragmented caregories. Next up, Category:Germans of Portuguese descent who have some Lithuanian in them. Stop the madness. Otto4711 (talk) 02:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
keep and rename to Category:Germans of Portuguese descent per nom. Good call to fix the name. Bad call to delete it that flies in the face of well-discussed WP consensus. Nonsense exaggeration is not an argument deserving respect or discussion. Hmains (talk) 03:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and Rename per nom and because 'German of Portugese descent' is poor grammar.Kyriakos (talk) 03:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Romantischen Opern

Propose renaming Category:Romantischen Opern to Category:Romantische Opern

Nominator's rationale: Rename. Without an article, the correct German grammar is "Romantische Opern". Michael Bednarek (talk) 00:54, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fictional escapees

Category:Fictional escapees - Template:Lc1

Nominator's rationale: Delete - this was nominated for discussion along with its parent cat and got kind of lost in the bog over the discussion of the parent. Being an "escapee" is not a defining characteristic for the vast majority of fictional characters who have escaped from something or someone. Many fictional characters have been imprisoned or captured at some point in their fictional history and escaped from it. Every character from Alias could be in this category, most of the characters from 24, most of the characters from Lost, every super-villain ever, any fictional character who's been kidnapped, etc. Even if this were restricted to those who have escaped from some form of formal custody, that still isn't a defining characteristic of most of said characters. Otto4711 (talk) 23:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. I agree that this is not defining in almost all cases. Snocrates 03:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]