Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 September 3
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Category:Aiki Framework
- Category:Aiki Framework - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Delete. Single entry category with limited growth potential. Articles have ample categories. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:00, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Document Management System
- Propose renaming Category:Document Management System to Category:Document management software
- Nominator's rationale: Rename. This may be a better name and would match commons. However, we also need to consider renaming to Category:Document management systems to match the main article, Document management system. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:55, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- rename to Category:Document management systems to match the current name of the main article. A system is more than just software, it is also hardware, etc. Hmains (talk) 17:43, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Queer anarchism
- Propose renaming Category:Queer anarchism to Category:Anarcho-queer
- Nominator's rationale: per main article —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:16, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Gulf sports channels
- Category:Gulf sports channels - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Delete or rename to Category:Persian Gulf sports channels, per Category:Persian Gulf music. I prefer deletion as I don't believe a category grouping sports channels by their proximity to a body of water is defining. Persian Gulf music, perhaps. Sports channels, I think not. If kept, it needs to be renamed as there is more than one gulf in the world. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:50, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Mystery Science Theater 3000 films
- Category:Mystery Science Theater 3000 films - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Per Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_September_2#Category:RiffTrax_films, this is not a defining characteristic. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:18, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment - the various discussions which have touched on this category (under the original name "MST3K movies") the notion has been floated that this category is warranted because unlike other similar categories (like RiffTrax and the other categories nominated yesterday) many of the films riffed by MST3K would not be notable were it not for their having been riffed. No real opinion on the validity of that argument. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 23:14, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- keep . More often than not, this is the defining characteristic of otherwise obscure films. Dimadick (talk) 07:15, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- Strong delete per nomination. If your only way of justifying a category is that it is being a defining feature of the film then all categories of this nature should be taken down. Just because someone took the time to ad "This film was later featured on MST3K" to each article about a movie does not mean that it's a defining attribute. It's arguable that the films define MST3K and not the other way around. This category is only useful to people who watch MST3K and doesn't tell you anything about the actual film other then it is probably of poor quality and easy to make fun of -- which would be adequately illustrated with the category "B-Films" which already exists and many of these films are already a part of. DixieDellamorto (talk) 08:13, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- Keep per my rationale for the deletion for Rifftrax films category - unlike there, most films that fall into this category would only be notable and on WP because of their use by MST3K. I would suggest a rename, since the present name suggests that MST3K *made* the films (there's technically only one MST3K film and that's MST3K The Movie), maybe "Films featured on MST3K" or "MST3K-Featured Films". --MASEM (t) 10:22, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- Keep per Masem. This is very often the only reason a film became notable. I also agree with renaming the category to something like Category:Films featured on MST3K. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 16:02, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment These films existed long before MST3K and they all had some level of appreciation before MST3K. The only people who think a film is more notable because of an appearance on MST3K is someone who watched the show or a fan of the show. The general public won't know what Manos Hands of Fate is -- there are A LOT of people who don't even know what MST3K is. (I know it's hard to believe) This Category is irrelevant to anyone who isn't a MST3K fan and doesn't contribute anything to these films and it's existence doesn't ad anything to the articles it's attached to.
Category:Chiranjeevins
- Propose renaming Category:Chiranjeevins to Category:Chiranjivins
- Nominator's rationale: Per main article —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:15, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Cities and towns in Vaslui County
- Propose renaming Category:Cities and towns in Vaslui County to Category:Localities in Vaslui County
- Nominator's rationale: Basically per Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_August_17#Category:Cities_in_Cluj_County; it's best that categories only encompass one subject, and rather than having a separate category for cities and towns, let's have one for "localities", putting cities and towns directly there, and communes as a subcategory. Biruitorul Talk 21:04, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- I'm also proposing renaming Category:Cities and towns in Suceava County to Category:Localities in Suceava County, along the same lines.
- Sorry, I don't see how "Localities" is equivalent to "Cities and towns". To me, a "locality" is just any place - certainly including villages, which are not towns or cities and hence are not included in this category. So renaming the category in this way wouldn't make sense - you would have to rearrange the existing categories somehow.--Kotniski (talk) 07:39, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- Clarify please. Once upon a time there was a "consensus" to dump all cities, towns and hamlets into Category:Populated places, hence Category:Populated places in Romania. What makes Județul Vaslui so special that it needs localities? East of Borschov 07:55, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- I don't believe there was ever a consensus to "dump" all these things together - just that when they are all dumped together, the category should be called "populated places..." rather than "settlements...". Here they are not all dumped together, so neither "settlements" or "populated places" or "localities" is the right term - at least, not for this category as presently consutrcted.--Kotniski (talk) 10:41, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- My original idea in creating these (and I'm considering expanding it to all of Romania's counties) was for cities and towns not to appear directly in the county category, but in a "geography" subcategory. (If you look at a city in another county, say Jibou, you'll see it appears directly in Category:Sălaj County.) "Localities" are cities, towns, communes and villages. (We don't really need to worry about villages, since we use redirects rather than separate articles for Romanian villages, except for a handful waiting to be merged.) Each county has dozens of communes but perhaps 5-15 cities and towns, so I figured it made sense to leave the latter in the more general "localities" category while keeping "communes" as a subcategory. Remember, at present most cities and town are in an even more general category, so this is an improvement in specificity.
- If you gentlemen come up with another proposal, do keep in mind that it should apply to Category:Localities in Cluj County and Category:Localities in Dolj County as well. - Biruitorul Talk 14:22, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Pages with Disambiguator's Barnstar
- Category:Pages with Disambiguator's Barnstar - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Delete. Trivial categorization. There's no reason to categorize pages by what type of barnstar a user has received. See also: nomination directly below. — ξxplicit 19:42, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete this and other similar categories as useless navel-gazing. Pichpich (talk) 00:18, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Pages with Portal Barnstar
- Category:Pages with Portal Barnstar - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Delete. Trivial categorization. There's no reason to categorize pages by what type of barnstar a user has received. See similar discussion concerning Category:Pages with Entrepreneur's Barnstar. — ξxplicit 19:33, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment: I only created the category because other barnstars have done the same. I was following what I assumed was established convention. —Bill Price (nyb) 22:42, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Scheduled spaceflights
- Category:Scheduled spaceflights - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: This category has been moved, and had its scope changed, so many times that its original purpose has been lost. Spaceflights don't necessarily have to be "scheduled" to be in the future, and there is no sense in having a category for the cross-section that are, excluding the rest. Since there is a consensus against using it for its original purpose - categorising all future spaceflights - I can see no reason to keep it on. GW… 09:29, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
- Comment. That was actually part of a batch nomination back in June, which was met with some resistance after the closure. It may be worth naming this back to Category:Future spaceflights. — ξxplicit 22:37, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- I'd be happy with either deletion or renaming, but to be honest this category has also been virtually useless due to disrepair since its associated template was deleted. --GW… 21:20, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ruslik_Zero 18:54, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:National law enforcement agencies of the Afghanistan
- Propose merging Category:National law enforcement agencies of the Afghanistan to Category:Law enforcement agencies of Afghanistan
- Nominator's rationale: Upmerge. There are no articles on regional enforcement agencies and I suspect that the new category was created by mistake. Pichpich (talk) 15:54, 3 September 2010 (UTC) Pichpich (talk) 15:54, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Sketch writers
- Category:Sketch writers - Template:Lc1
- Category:Sketch writers by nationality - Template:Lc1
- Category:American sketch writers - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Delete - breaking down writers this much cuts too fine. Writers produce in multiple forms within genres and categorizing by each kind of writing will lead to category clutter. Sketch writers, sitcom writers, drama series writers, made-for-television movie writers, dramedy writers, infomercial writers, clip show writers, talk show writers, awards show writers, etc. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 09:29, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- I know a former comedy sketch writer -- and I suppose I used to be one, myself -- and I agree this opens the door to a range of comedy writer by show type categories. To be honest, I kind of assumed a sitcom writer category existed. I see it does not. Certainly leaning towards delete. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:39, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Mock the Week
- Category:Mock the Week - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Delete - absent the performers who per WP:OC are incorrectly categorized there are three articles and a template. Not enough material to necessitate a category. Everything is linked through the template and the main article. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 09:13, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete per succinct nom. Johnbod (talk) 14:54, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Muppet writers
- Category:Muppet writers - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Delete - per WP:OC people are not categorized on the basis of series or franchises for which they have written. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 08:59, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete per nom and prior precedent; this is overcategorisation, since each of these writers may have written many other things over the course of their lives. (Look at Chevy Chase for example, who is in this category, but his article doesn't even mention that he wrote for the Muppets.) Robofish (talk) 13:58, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Signatories of the health and social care concordat
- Category:Signatories of the health and social care concordat - Template:Lc1
- Category:Full signatories of the health and social care concordat - Template:Lc1
- Category:Associate signatories of the health and social care concordat - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Delete - for organizations that at some point signed onto "a voluntary agreement between organisations that regulate, audit, inspect or review elements of health and healthcare in England." Does not appear to rise to the level of significance that would warrant categorization. Signatory status is reversible, further indicating the non-definingness of being a party to this document. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 08:25, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete - not a defining characteristic. I don't think we normally categorise organisations and institutions by what agreements they've signed up to. Robofish (talk) 13:54, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Cuisine of the Lazio
- Propose renaming Category:Cuisine of the Lazio to Category:Cuisine of Lazio
- Nominator's rationale: Syntax & consistency - Alex2006 (talk) 05:54, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose - of thirteen subcats that include the word "Lazio" some use "Lazio" while others use "the Lazio". The lead category is Category:Lazio and the lead article is Lazio, which consistently reads "Lazio" and not "the Lazio". Discussion should be broadened to make everything uniform rather than renaming a single subcat in isolation. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 07:26, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:CD Aves
- Propose renaming Category:CD Aves to Category:C.D. Aves
- Nominator's rationale: Per main article —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:49, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Rename to match parent article.--Lenticel (talk) 07:04, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Goth films
- Category:Goth films - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Delete. Vague classification. Trivialist (talk) 05:35, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete - highly subjective classification. We have Goth music, which is an established genre, but not Goth films, which seems here to just mean 'films with lots of goth fans'. Robofish (talk) 13:53, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- A Google book search for "Goth film" does reveal what seem to me to be WP:RS. I think a main article could be written. But until such time as it is, I'm concerned that the category may be WP:OC#SUBJECTIVE. Leaning towards delete but open to recreating the category if a good main article can be written. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:45, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Short-lived states
- Category:Short-lived states - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: Completely random inclusion criteria of statehood lasting for "generally less than ten years." Some of these are states, others are micronations, some are simply occupations. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete "Short" is POV and non-defining. Lugnuts (talk) 07:12, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete - entirely arbitrary classification. (Unfortunately, as it's quite a well-developed category tree.) Robofish (talk) 13:50, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Keep I accept it is an "entirely arbitrary classification", though not that it is POV. but it seems clearly a defining characteristic, and a useful tree, which is indeed large and has been around since 2005. Johnbod (talk) 14:47, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:Escape from communist countries
- Propose renaming Category:Escape from communist countries to Category:Escape from communist states
- Nominator's rationale: Per parent cat. and main article. Alternately, delete as too narrow. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:30, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Question. Is there a (substantial) difference between escapees and defectors (Category:Defectors by nationality is by far better populated). Some may argue that, for example, Arkady Shevchenko defected but did not escape because he already lived in New York for years - to me, the difference is marginal. I'd recommend keeping people in one place; Category:Escape from communist countries is better suited for how-to articles like Escape attempts and victims of the inner German border. East of Borschov 04:46, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete - looking at the escapees structure, it appears that the people so categorized are those who escaped after being the subject of a specific custodial process (arrested for a crime, etc.). This category appears to be for people who attempted to flee a locale (mostly East Berlin) without being subject to a specific custodial process. Categorizing them as "escapees" or under the more general "escape" header (especially since most of them didn't make it out of the locale but died in the attempt) doesn't fit in with our categorization system. The same information can be presented as a list of people who were killed trying to get past the Berlin Wall, a reasonable sub-article of Berlin Wall. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 07:49, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete - 'defectors' seems to be a better and more established way of classifying these articles. Robofish (talk) 13:48, 3 September 2010 (UTC)