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Categories for discussion (CfD) is the central venue for discussing specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories and stub types in accordance with the guidelines for categorization, category naming and stub articles.
For detailed instructions about using CfD, see "How to use CfD" below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:
- Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see "Speedy renaming and merging" below.
- Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open at least seven days and are closed once a rough consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.
Except in uncontroversial cases such as reverting vandalism, do not amend or depopulate a category once it has been nominated at CfD as this hampers other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.
When a category is renamed or merged with another category, in limited circumstances it may be helpful to leave an instance of the {{Category redirect|...}} template on the category's former page. See "Redirecting categories" below for more information.
Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a CfD request that is limited in scope to renaming, as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the request closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of a CfD move discussion to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines. CfDs involving deletion should be reviewed at Wikipedia:Deletion review.
Scope
CfD is intended only for specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories or stub types. For general discussion about how to improve the category system, use other appropriate venues such as Wikipedia talk:Categorization, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and any relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.
Current discussions
Discussions awaiting closure
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CfD | 0 | 0 | 74 | 14 | 88 |
TfD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
MfD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
FfD | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
AfD | 0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 52 |
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 June 2 (11 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 June 1 (3 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 31 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 30 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 28 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 27 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 26 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 25 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 24 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 23 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 22 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 21 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 18 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 17 (4 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 16 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 15 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 13 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 12 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 9 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 6 (9 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 May 5 (1 open)
See also the list of individual discussions awaiting closure here and the list of full open discussions awaiting closure here.
How to use CfD
Nomination procedure
Twinkle
You may use Twinkle to facilitate CfD nominations. To install Twinkle, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and check "Twinkle" in the "Browsing" section. Use the now-installed "XfD" (Start a deletion discussion) tab while viewing the page you want to nominate.
Twinkle only allows you to nominate a single category or stub template. For bundled nominations including multiple categories, or if you prefer not to use Twinkle, follow the manual steps below.
Manual nominations
I | Preliminary steps.
Before nominating a category:
In the following special cases:
For further information, see Wikipedia:Categorization and Wikipedia:Manual of Style. |
II | Edit the category.
Add one of the following templates at the beginning of the category page (not the talk page) of every category to be discussed. For nominations involving large numbers of categories, help adding these templates can be requested here.
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III | Create the CFD section.
Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) to copy and paste one of the templates below. When inserting category names into these template's parameters, except the
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Stub types
I | Preliminary steps.
In general, a stub type consists of a stub template and a dedicated stub category. Before nominating a stub type for deletion, merging or renaming:
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II | Edit the template.
Add one of the following tags at the beginning of the template to be discussed.
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III | Create the CFD section.
Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) and paste the following text (remember to update the default parameters):
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Notifying interested projects and editors
In addition to the steps listed above, you may choose to invite participation by editors who are likely to be informed about a nominated category. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing. In addition, to help make your messages about the CfD discussion clear, avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations, link to relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the discussion itself.
- Notifying related WikiProjects
WikiProjects consist of groups of editors who are interested in a particular subject. If a nominated category is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, consider adding a brief, neutral note on their talk page(s) about the nomination. You may use {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2021 June 10|CfD section name}} ~~~~
or write a personalized message.
Tagging the nominated category's talk page with a relevant WikiProject's banner will include the category in that WikiProject's Article Alerts if they subscribe to the system. For instance, tagging a nominated category with {{WikiProject Physics}} will add the discussion to Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.
- Notifying substantial contributors to the category
While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and main contributors of the category that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, check the category's page history or talk page. You may use {{Cfd notice}}
to inform the category's creator and all other editors.
- Notifying other interested editors
It may be helpful to invite other subject-matter experts by posting a message on the talk page of the most closely related article, such as Protein family for Category:Protein families. You may use {{Cfdnotice}}
for this.
Closing procedure
After seven days, someone will close the discussion according to the consensus that formed or, if needed, relist it to allow more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and, except in the case of a "keep" or "no consensus" outcome, implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented.
Redirecting categories
In general, an unpopulated category should be deleted (see speedy deletion criterion C1) because it is not useful for navigation and sorting. In limited circumstances, and because categories cannot be redirected using "hard" redirects (i.e. #REDIRECT[[''target'']]
), we use a form of "soft redirect" to solve the issue. You can "create" a category redirect by adding {{Category redirect|target}}
to the category page. Bots patrol these categories and move articles into the "redirect" targets.
In particular, category redirects are used at the former category name when we convert hyphens into en dashes (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations). It is also helpful to set up category redirects from titles with plain letters (i.e. characters on a standard keyboard) where the category names include diacritics.
A list of redirected categories is available at Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories.
Speedy renaming and merging
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.
- Determine which speedy criterion applies
- Tag category with
{{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
- 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.
To oppose a speedy request you must record your objection within 48 hours of the nomination. Do this by inserting immediately under the nomination:
- Oppose, (the reasons for your objection). ~~~~
You will not be able to do this by editing the page WP:Categories for discussion. Instead you should edit the section WP:Categories for discussion#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here or the page WP:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here (WP:CFDS). Be aware that in the course of any discussion, the nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience – you may need to search WP:CFDS to find the new location. Participate in any ongoing discussion but, unless you withdraw your opposition, a knowledgeable person may eventually bring forward the nomination and discussion to become a regular CFD discussion. At that stage you may add further comments but your initial opposition will still be considered. However, if after seven days there has been no support for the request, and no response from the nominator, the request may be dropped from further consideration as a speedy.
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 revive the process, this may be requested at WP:Categories for discussion (CfD) in accordance with its instructions.
If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.
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).
- Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing conjunction (e.g. Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads). This does not include changing the plurality of a noun when such the distinction between topic and set categories is uncertain.
C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices
- Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
- Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.).
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 (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); 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). C2D does not apply if the result would be contrary to guidelines at WP:CATNAME, or there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result, or it is controversial in some other way.
- This criterion may also be used to rename a set category in the same circumstances, where the set is defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.
- Before nominating a category to be renamed per WP:C2D, consider whether it makes more sense to move the article instead of the category.
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.
C2F: One eponymous article
- This criterion applies if the category contains only an eponymous article, list or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories, where applicable. Nominations should use
{{subst:cfm-speedy}}
(speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article).
Admin instructions
When handling the listings:
- Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
- With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
- Make sure that there is no opposition to the listing; if there is a discussion, check if the opposing user(s) ended up withdrawing their opposition.
If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed or merged – follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is to Rename, Merge, or Delete"; 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 ~~~~
(The four ~ will sign and datestamp the entry automatically.) If the current name should be redirected rather than deleted, use:
*REDIRECT [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
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 01:02, 8 June 2021 (UTC). Currently, there are 64 open requests (. )
Current requests
Please add new requests at the top of the list.
- Delete Category:Protestant church buildings in United Kingdom – Wrongly spelled duplicate of Category:Protestant church buildings in the United Kingdom (author's request). Place Clichy (talk) 00:09, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Acrobatic diving-related lists to Category:Diving (sport) related lists – C2C within Category:Diving (sport). Tagged by anon in May, not listed until now. – Fayenatic London 20:37, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:People from Pochayiv to Category:People from Pochaiv – C2D: after parent category’s main article Pochaiv. —Michael Z. 18:48, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Pochayiv to Category:Pochaiv – C2D: after the main article Pochaiv. —Michael Z. 18:47, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Dia (band) albums to Category:DIA (group) albums – C2D: DIA (group). 1857a (talk) 17:34, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Deadweight (American band) albums to Category:Deadweight (band) albums – C2D: Deadweight (band). 1857a (talk) 17:25, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Dawn (metal band) albums to Category:Dawn (Swedish band) albums – C2D: Dawn (Swedish band). 1857a (talk) 17:22, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Howard Jones (musician) albums to Category:Howard Jones (English musician) albums – C2D: Howard Jones (English musician). 1857a (talk) 14:56, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Songs written by Rick Smith (Underworld) to Category:Songs written by Rick Smith (musician) – C2D: Rick Smith (musician). 1857a (talk) 14:47, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Ion (TV network) affiliates to Category:Ion Television affiliates – C2D: Main article moved back to original title Mvcg66b3r (talk) 12:59, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Laban Movement Analysis to Category:Laban movement analysis – C2A/C2D per Laban movement analysis Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:41, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Flag Officers Submarines to Category:Flag Officers Submarines (India) – C2D per Flag Officer Submarines (India) Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:14, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Kazakhstan–El Salvador relations to Category:El Salvador–Kazakhstan relations – C2C; countries always listed in alphabetical order in bilateral relations categories Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:12, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Gim clan of Gimhae to Category:Gimhae Kim clan – C2D: Rename after main article CountHacker (talk) 02:08, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Gim clan of Gwangsan to Category:Gwangsan Kim clan – C2D: Rename after main article CountHacker (talk) 02:06, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Apple Inc. processors to Category:Apple silicon – C2D: Rename to match article name (Apple silicon), for article move discussion see Talk:Apple silicon -- Andibrema (talk) 22:32, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Girlguiding UK to Category:Girlguiding – WP:C2D per Girlguiding. - RevelationDirect (talk) 20:20, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:EM_Lyon_Business_School_alumni to Category:Emlyon_Business_School_alumni – C2D: consistency with main article name: Emlyon Business School.WKPDA3 (talk) 20:03, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:116 Clique albums to Category:116 (hip hop group) albums – C2D: consistency with main article name. Richard3120 (talk) 19:43, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Songs written by Valeriy Polienko to Category:Songs written by Valery Polienko – C2D: Valery Polienko. 1857a (talk) 17:34, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Vagabond songs to Category:Vagabond (UK band) songs – C2D: Vagabond (UK band). 1857a (talk) 17:20, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Nepal districts established in 2015 to Category:Districts of Nepal established in 2015 – C2C. Bada Kaji (talk • श्रीमान् गम्भीर) 16:49, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Nepal districts established in 1962 to Category:Districts of Nepal established in 1962 – C2A. Bada Kaji (talk • श्रीमान् गम्भीर) 16:48, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Nepal districts established during Rana regime or before to Category:Districts of Nepal established during Rana regime or before – C2C. Bada Kaji (talk • श्रीमान् गम्भीर) 16:48, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:UPC Tavagnacco players to Category:U.P.C. Tavagnacco players - C2D U.P.C. Tavagnacco. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:22, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:A.S.D. Sassuolo Calcio Femminile players to Category:U.S. Sassuolo Calcio Femminile players - C2D U.S. Sassuolo Calcio Femminile (updated club name). Joseph2302 (talk) 16:22, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) seasons to Category:NK Olimpija Ljubljana seasons – C2D NK Olimpija Ljubljana Snowflake91 (talk) 13:24, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Upmerge Category:Scouting and Guiding in Anguilla to Category:Overseas branches of Scouting and Guiding associations per C2F, one eponymous article (Scouting and Guiding in Anguilla). - RevelationDirect (talk) 11:31, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Upmerge Category:Scouting and Guiding in the Cayman Islands to Category:Overseas branches of Scouting and Guiding associations per C2F, one eponymous article (Scouting and Guiding in the Cayman Islands). - RevelationDirect (talk) 11:31, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Upmerge Category:Scouting and Guiding in Gibraltar to Category:Overseas branches of Scouting and Guiding associations per C2F, one eponymous article (Scouting and Guiding in Gibraltar). - RevelationDirect (talk) 11:29, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Adventist secondary schools in United States to Category:Adventist secondary schools in the United States – C2A (missing article). Place Clichy (talk) 10:19, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians interested in United States Soccer Federation to Category:Wikipedians interested in the United States Soccer Federation – C2A (missing article). Note that this categiry is apparently fed by {{User UBX/US soccer}}. Place Clichy (talk) 10:19, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Cathedrals in Isle of Man to Category:Cathedrals in the Isle of Man – C2A (article), C2C per Category:Churches in the Isle of Man. Place Clichy (talk) 08:45, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Films scored by Sankar Ganesh to Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh – C2D: Match Shankar–Ganesh. Kailash29792 (talk) 05:00, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Screenshots of Xbox to Category:Screenshots of Xbox games – Obvious duplicate category, one entry (Oinkers42) (talk) 04:49, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- It's a WP:SMALLCAT, but it does not have the same scope as the target. The image shows the Xbox dashboard (user interface), not an Xbox game. Maybe it should be merged to parent Category:Screenshots of video games, as an image of a game console, but this does not fit the Speedy criteria. – Fayenatic London 07:06, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Maybe it could go in Category:Screenshots of software by operating system? Gonnym (talk) 09:14, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Ah, well spotted; and that one has an existing Category:Xbox screenshots, so this one should be speedily merged there. – Fayenatic London 10:34, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Maybe it could go in Category:Screenshots of software by operating system? Gonnym (talk) 09:14, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- It's a WP:SMALLCAT, but it does not have the same scope as the target. The image shows the Xbox dashboard (user interface), not an Xbox game. Maybe it should be merged to parent Category:Screenshots of video games, as an image of a game console, but this does not fit the Speedy criteria. – Fayenatic London 07:06, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Screenshots of Microsoft Windows games to Category:Screenshots of Windows games – Obvious duplicate category, one entry (Oinkers42) (talk) 04:47, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Category:FK Mesto Prievidza players to Category:FC Baník Prievidza players – C2D: FC Baník Prievidza. - Darwinek (talk) 00:21, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Merge Category:Aboriginal Victorians (Australia) to Category:Indigenous Australians in Victoria (Australia) after out-of-process move
Opposed requests
- Category:Science fiction Westerns with Category:Space Westerns – self-explanatory why. Elan Morin Tedronai (talk) 06:25, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
- I do not think this is self-explanatory.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:17, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
- Oppose; after checking the contents, I find that some are not space westerns. – Fayenatic London 06:43, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- Oppose;Space westerns are western-style stories that take place in space, like Star Wars or Firefly. Science ficion westerns are stories that take place in the 19th century Old West but have science fiction elements, such as Brisco County Jr. or Wild Wild West. These are two different genres. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.255.73.242 (talk • contribs) 11:24, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- I do not think this is self-explanatory.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:17, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
On hold pending other discussion
- Category:Geography of South Georgia to Category:Geography of South Georgia (island) – C2D per South Georgia (island) Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:04, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Landforms of South Georgia to Category:Landforms of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Bodies of water of South Georgia to Category:Bodies of water of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Bays of South Georgia to Category:Bays of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Coves of South Georgia to Category:Coves of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Glaciers of South Georgia to Category:Glaciers of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Lakes of South Georgia to Category:Lakes of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Beaches of South Georgia to Category:Beaches of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Headlands of South Georgia to Category:Headlands of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Islands of South Georgia to Category:Islands of South Georgia (island) (not sure if this one works; can something be an island of an island? – I think so)
- @Good Olfactory: sometimes I think we take principles too far… – Fayenatic London 21:00, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Fayenatic london:, I am open to other options. As it stands, I'm afraid that there is a decent chance of it being misinterpreted as islands in the south part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:46, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- What about Category:Islands of South Georgia (southern Atlantic)? Marcocapelle (talk) 05:07, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- The main article's Infobox names the archipelago as South Georgia group, so I suggest we use Category:Islands of the South Georgia group. – Fayenatic London 17:06, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- Sounds reasonable to me. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:32, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- Me too. This probably requires a full. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:44, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
- For this whole "South Georgia" category list, or should most go ahead as nominated? The Rock formations category also includes locations not on the main island, e.g. Theodor Rock. That raises the question for the intermediate parent Category:Landforms of South Georgia, and Category:Geography of South Georgia. The rest of the listed categories probably cover just the island, and some say so explicitly e.g. Glaciers/ Mountains and hills. – Fayenatic London 08:39, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
- It may make sense to take all of them to CfD. Note that Category:Geography of South Georgia is parented to the non-existing Category:South Georgia (island), there aren't apparently any other categories that might cause C2C issues in a full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:25, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
- For this whole "South Georgia" category list, or should most go ahead as nominated? The Rock formations category also includes locations not on the main island, e.g. Theodor Rock. That raises the question for the intermediate parent Category:Landforms of South Georgia, and Category:Geography of South Georgia. The rest of the listed categories probably cover just the island, and some say so explicitly e.g. Glaciers/ Mountains and hills. – Fayenatic London 08:39, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
- Me too. This probably requires a full. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:44, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
- Sounds reasonable to me. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:32, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- The main article's Infobox names the archipelago as South Georgia group, so I suggest we use Category:Islands of the South Georgia group. – Fayenatic London 17:06, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- What about Category:Islands of South Georgia (southern Atlantic)? Marcocapelle (talk) 05:07, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Fayenatic london:, I am open to other options. As it stands, I'm afraid that there is a decent chance of it being misinterpreted as islands in the south part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:46, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Good Olfactory: sometimes I think we take principles too far… – Fayenatic London 21:00, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- Category:Mountain passes of South Georgia to Category:Mountain passes of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Mountains and hills of South Georgia to Category:Mountains and hills of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Rock formations of South Georgia to Category:Rock formations of South Georgia (island)
- Category:Ports and harbours of South Georgia to Category:Ports and harbours of South Georgia (island)
- Let's try this differently. I have nominated Category:Islands of South Georgia for merging at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_May_21#Category:Islands_of_South_Georgia. Articles in Category:Rock formations of South Georgia about island rocks should be moved to Category:Rock formations of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. When all that is done, the remainder can be speedied. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:33, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Moved to full discussion
- Category:Fans to Category:Fans (machines) – C2D per Fan (machine) since Fan/Fans is ambiguous. Crouch, Swale (talk) 10:40, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- Oppose, Crouch, Swale the category includes hand fans, which are not machines. TSventon (talk) 11:24, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- Probably I should start a full CFD but this probably still does need moving as ambiguous. Crouch, Swale (talk) 11:30, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- Commons uses "ventilation fans", which may be appropriate. Meanwhile it might be useful to split the contents between hand fans and machines.– Fayenatic London 12:02, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- Moved to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 June 9#Category:Fans. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:18, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Commons uses "ventilation fans", which may be appropriate. Meanwhile it might be useful to split the contents between hand fans and machines.– Fayenatic London 12:02, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- Probably I should start a full CFD but this probably still does need moving as ambiguous. Crouch, Swale (talk) 11:30, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- Oppose, Crouch, Swale the category includes hand fans, which are not machines. TSventon (talk) 11:24, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
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