Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy

Speedy renaming and speedy merging

WP:CFDS

Categories may be listed here if they fall under the criteria specified below. Deletion and de-listing may occur after 48 hours if there are no objections. They must be tagged with {{subst:cfr-speedy|new name}} so that users of the categories are aware of the proposal. This delay is to allow for objections over correct spelling, etc. to be made and to ensure that items are not listed here that do not meet the criteria.

Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation", categories that have been empty for four days) can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}, and no delay is required for these.

Contested requests can be removed from this list after 48 hours. If the nominator wants to continue the process they need to submit the request as a regular CfD using the instructions above.

Speedy criteria

Criteria for speedy deletion, renaming, or merging are strictly limited to: From 20 November 2009 to 4 December 2013 the policy page Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion transcluded the criteria for deletion of categories from a discussion page instead of having them directly coded in the policy page. To see the history of that section of the speedy deletion policy during that period, see the editing history of Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy/Criteria. For current discussion page for the same material see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Speedy criteria.

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 above, 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 here

If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria in C2 listed above, 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:

* [[:Category:OLD name]] to [[:Category:NEW name]] ~~~~

Don't forget to tag the category with {{subst:Cfr-speedy|new name}}

Please add new entries at the top of the list and sign and date stamp your entries with ~~~~.

A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, the time stamp shown is 18:26, 9 August 2024 (UTC) or earlier.

Category:1828 established in France to Category:1828 establishments in France — typo. Tim! (talk) 10:13, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Fictional People with Bipolar Disorder to Category:Fictional people with bipolar disorder — C2A Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 04:58, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Hmmmm. This category looks very shaky. It was created apparently to diagnose Callisto (Xena), though the claim of bipolarity is unsourced in the article. The article Fictional people with bipolar disorder (which I moved from Fictional People with Bipolar Disorder and placed in this category) contains only the name of this character, again without sources. This might be better as a delete nomination.--Mike Selinker (talk) 15:09, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations with objections or that don't meet speedy criteria will be dropped from this list if not taken to a full CfD.

Category:National Labour politicians to Category:National Labour Organisation politicians — C2A/C2C, per parent Category:National Labour Organisation and main article National Labour Organisation Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 04:32, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- The normal naming guidelines are good and appropriate but there may be a case for an exception here. National Labour was a very weak organisation and did not formally exist until after the first election it contested in 1931. That the formal body was known as 'National Labour Organisation' (rather than 'National Labour Party') was not widely known to the public. Most of the MPs were elected on their own merits and because of local support, rather than backing from the centre (see the special note in 'Dictionary of Labour Biography' vol XIII sub Elton for some comment about the personalities involved). Sam Blacketer (talk) 10:14, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Political people by country to Category:Political people by nationality (C2.C, convention of Category:People by occupation and nationality) -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 00:28, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose (or at a minimum, Needs discussion). "Nationality" can refer generically to a person's place of birth or place of citizenship, but the "by country" and "by city" categories for politicians are specific to the political jurisdiction in which the politician is or was active. --Orlady (talk) 15:39, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Politicians by country to Category:Politicians by nationality (C2.C, convention of Category:People by occupation and nationality) -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 00:24, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for reasons given under "Political people by country". --Orlady (talk) 15:39, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Politicians by country and city to Category:Politicians by nationality and city (C2.C, per above) -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 00:24, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for reasons given under "Political people by country". --Orlady (talk) 15:39, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations with objections taken to a full CFD

Category:Non Chalcedonianism to Category:Non-Chalcedonianism — C2A, per Non-Chalcedonianism Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:33, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose The grounds for the objection are flawed: they assume that the article page is correctly named - it is not. It too should conform to the "Non Chalcedonisism" format. Wiktionary states that "Non meaning not in phrases taken from Latin and some other languages, non is a separate word and is not hyphenated. Examples: non compos mentis, persona non grata." The technical phrase Chalcedonian has Latin roots and would only be used in the context of the Church, which in the West used Latin. It is not in common usage so the hyphenated format would not apply. Laurel Lodged (talk) 22:59, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I would like to see that reasoning adopted by a consensus of editors at Talk:Non-Chalcedonianism using WP:RM before we go down that road. All the non-WP sources I can find use the hyphen. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 23:14, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Moved to a full discussion. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 23:41, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Khans in Israel and Palestine to Category:Khans in Israel and the Palestinian territories — Consistency. Chesdovi (talk) 00:17, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Objection I think you're entirely on base with the "and the Palestinian territories" part, but I think it should be changed to "Category:Caravanserais in Israel and the Palestinian territories per the main article being at Caravanserai. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:01, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Moved to a full discussion. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 23:34, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:University of Giessen to Category:University of Gießen — C2C; University of Gießen. Jared Preston (talk) 19:27, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question: Should the name of categories or articles on English Wikipedia include characters (other than accents) that do not exist in English grammar? Davshul (talk) 19:36, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Answer: According to Wikipedia's naming policy, there is no problem with it. ß is simply a Latin alphabet ligature. Jared Preston (talk) 19:48, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request Can you please provide a reference to Wikipedia's naming policy regarding the "ß". I could not trace it. Davshul (talk) 16:07, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Well, there is this, but it's not an official guideline, just the one often referred to by WikiProject Germany participants. Apart from that I too can find nothing about this issue. Does anyone know where we can find this "naming policy" that has been referred to? Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 02:04, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How about this? Wikipedia:Article_titles#Foreign_names_and_anglicization to go with the parent Category:Gießen? Jared Preston (talk) 12:43, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think that is on point. What I get from that is basically we should try to follow the most common English-language usage, unless there really aren't any to follow. I find it hard to believe that "Gießen" is preferred over "Giessen" in English-language usages? Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:39, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The university itself uses "Gießen" but "Giessen" in English - see the English language page on their website. The article was at University of Giessen for years until Jared Preston moved it to University of Gießen without any discussion just before making the category nomination. Timrollpickering (talk) 12:14, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, "Gießen" isn't going to be written with ß in many English texts since most English keyboards don't have the letter. Gießen doesn't have a typically English name either, like München → Munich. Gießen is Gießen, just like Düsseldorf is Düsseldorf and Großräschen is Großräschen. Jared Preston (talk) 01:54, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's an explanation for the usage, but isn't what this is saying is use "Giessen" if it is most commonly used in English-language sources? It doesn't say anything about analysing why the sources choose the usage they choose. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 04:56, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Object all the "Gießen" renames, this should go to full CfD as it appears that "Giessen" should be used per Good Olfactory. 76.66.203.138 (talk) 05:59, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:University of Giessen alumni to Category:University of Gießen alumni — C2C as above. Jared Preston (talk) 19:27, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Object all the "Gießen" renames, this should go to full CfD as it appears that "Giessen" should be used per Good Olfactory. 76.66.203.138 (talk) 05:59, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:University of Giessen faculty to Category:University of Gießen faculty — C2C as above. Jared Preston (talk) 19:27, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Object all the "Gießen" renames, this should go to full CfD as it appears that "Giessen" should be used per Good Olfactory. 76.66.203.138 (talk) 05:59, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have now taken the above discussion to a full CfD here, nominating the parent category Category:Gießen for renaming. Davshul (talk) 22:27, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ready for deletion

Check Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion for out of process deletions. In some cases, these will need to be nominated for discussion and the editor who emptied the category informed that they should follow the WP:CFD process.

Once the renaming has been completed, copy and paste the listing to the Ready for deletion section of Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Manual.