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Category:Simon Fraser soccer players

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 06:01, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Simon Fraser soccer players to Category:Simon Fraser Clan soccer players
Nominator's rationale: Simon Fraser University sports teams are known as the Simon Fraser Clan and as per naming convention with North American college (ie. university) sports teams (eg. Category:Duke Blue Devils soccer players) Mayumashu (talk) 22:26, 10 August 2008 (UTC).[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete; only article was deleted. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:57, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It only has one article in it. I think it is therefore redundant. Hiding T 21:45, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy keep Part of a grander scheme. All artists are entitled to name of artist albums categories, even if they only have one album. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshellsOtter chirpsHELP) 21:53, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Nomination is also part of a grander scheme. The album article and band are up for deletion too. The band article has been deleted three times already. We don't have categories for every single artist, so I reject the notion that "All artists are entitled to name of artist albums categories". Generalisations don't move the situation forwards and solve little. Better to discuss the specifics involved in this instance. Hiding T 21:56, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Didn't realize that the album and artist were up for deletion too. Album and band aren't likely to survive afd , so we might as well get rid of this too. Note that we do have plenty of one-shot artist-album categories, which are commonly accepted. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshellsOtter chirpsHELP) 22:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redundant cfd - if the article and album are deleted then the cat will be empty and speediable (after 4 days). If the album survives then the cat survives as it is part of a grander scheme. (Can we have a notable album by a non-notable band, or vice-versa?) Occuli (talk) 22:54, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Have done for a period of over a year with regards this band. Hence this nomination. Also, people are going to have to explain this theory of a grander scheme, since Wikipedia doesn't tend to have rules as such. There seems to be an insistence that if we have an article on an album, it immediately gets placed in a category per artist. I find that redundant and a symptom of misuse of the categorisation structure and over-categorisation. I appreciate that it has been a while since I invested time in categories, but it never used to be the done thing to have a category for every single artist. Since it appears consensus has moved, I would be interested in debating to move the consensus again. Why is it thought that such an idea is not over-categorisation and makes a mess of our categorisation structure, disrupting navigation through it? Hiding T 23:53, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep IF articles survive AfD, as part of the albums by artist categories. Lugnuts (talk) 07:19, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: delete; only article was deleted. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:59, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It only has one article in it, and we have no article on Beach Records. I think it is therefore redundant. Hiding T 21:45, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Arabic Music

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The result of the discussion was: delete. All the articles are already in subcategories of the target. Good Ol’factory (talk) 06:12, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Arabic Music to Category:Arab music
Nominator's rationale: Merge, Duplicate category. Ian Cairns (talk) 21:04, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well at face value the first sounds like "music written in the Arabic language" and the second sounds like "music performed by Arabs". While there would be a significant overlap there would plausibly be some music that belongs in only one category. Of course who knows what the creator had intended. I shall have to study this more closely. — CharlotteWebb 14:47, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just Delete these are all about albums etc of the Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram and are also correctly categorised in sub-cats of Arab music. Johnbod (talk) 14:55, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: close per CharlotteWebb. Nothing for CFD to do. Kbdank71 14:21, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Split into Category:Districts of Helsinki and Category:Neighbourhoods of Helsinki. As per the article Subdivisions of Helsinki, "district" is a larger entity consisting of several "neighbourhoods". In Finnish, a "district" is "peruspiiri" and a "neighbourhood" is "kaupunginosa". All this time I have been thinking a "district" meant "kaupunginosa" but apparently the official terminology is different. This is a massive undertaking as it needs reviewing, and potential rewriting, of every article in the category. The article Subdivisions of Helsinki should be consulted as an official guideline. JIP | Talk 18:26, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you only want to move some articles from one category to another category (even a newly created one) without deleting or renaming the first category, there is no need for a formal CFD nomination. I'm confident that you, my Finnish friend, know more about the subject than any of us who frequent CFD, and can handle this more efficiently without our intrusion. I'm inclined to close this unless you are proposing some action toward "Category:Districts of Helsinki" (other than removing select articles from it). — CharlotteWebb 14:22, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Freemasonry categories

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 14:19, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Per yesterday's Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 August 9#Category:Spanish freemasonry (note: moved from speedy as there does not seem to be an established convention for freemasonry by place). — CharlotteWebb 17:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Univerity of Pisa

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The result of the discussion was: speedy re-cat/delete. — CharlotteWebb 14:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging Category:Univerity of Pisa to Category:University of Pisa
Nominator's rationale: This should be a speedy, but I didn't find an appropriate template for merging. Admiral Norton (talk) 14:08, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Sportspeople from Singapore

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Kbdank71 14:18, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Sportspeople from Singapore (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:People from Singapore by occupation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

  • Delete both - These categories were both created to serve as parent cats for Category:Footballers from Singapore (which is proposed for renaming, below). They have no other contents, and there are no other analagous categories for other countries. In short, they amount to excessive categorization, as well as impeding navigation by interposing unnecessary intermediate-level categories between Category:Footballers from Singapore and the higher level parent for that category (which is currently Category:People from Singapore). Notified creator with {{subst:cfd-notify}} Cgingold (talk) 13:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I created these two categories in the process of trying to clean up "Category:Singapore" and its subcategories. My rationale for doing so was that it seemed inappropriate to place an article about a British national who had been born in Singapore in the category "Category:Singaporean footballers", which seemed to suggest Singaporean citizenship or nationality. However, the issues of whether "XYZian" categories are suitable for non-nationals, whether there should be two separate families of categories ("XYZian" categories for nationals, and "from XYZ" for non-nationals), or whether "from XYZ" categories should replace all "XYZian" categories, are matters that probably need to be resolved at a wider forum such as the Village Pump. — Cheers, JackLee talk 15:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually, issues of this sort are resolved right here at CFD every day, Jacklee -- there's nothing particularly unusual about this one. It's pretty amazing what goes on here in the basement! Cgingold (talk) 21:18, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Roads in Hamburg

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Unfortunately the category has been emptied, which will require some repopulation efforts. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:25, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Roads in Hamburg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Hi, I think the correct category is Category:Streets in Hamburg, I have been bold and moved the roads into the category street. Thank you. Sebastian scha. (talk) 13:19, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Songs written by Leslie Satcher

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. A repeated CfD this soon after the last one might usually warrant a procedural keep, but in this case it's understandable how the nominator could have been confused by the CfD for Category:Songs written by Anthony Smith or thought that consensus had somehow changed about these types of categories in general. But in this case, there's no consensus to delete and the Anthony Smith CfD may indeed be seen in the future as an out-of-the-ordinary "outlier" result. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:45, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Songs written by Leslie Satcher (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Last time I CFD'ed this, it got kept on the basis that it's part of a grander scheme; it was compared to the "Songs by artist" and "Albums by artist" categories which often have singular entries. However, I should point out that Category:Songs written by Anthony Smith was deleted even though it had two entries, so I see no point in this category sticking around either. I think that songwriters have to work harder (usually) to gain recognition. Furthermore, some acts are only part-time songwriters (for instance, Keith Stegall occasionally writes songs, and at least two of his songs have pages, but I don't see a need for a cateegory, as he's more known as a producer than songwriter). Therefore, I feel that one-shot songwriter categories like this are overly narrow in scope and should be deleted. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshellsOtter chirpsHELP) 12:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy keep - you nominated this on 20 July and it closed as a keep. No need to keep discussing it every few weeks. Its author/writer/composer/lyricist is obviously a defining characteristic of a song; other qualities the songwriter may or may not possess have no bearing on this. Occuli (talk) 19:03, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - not sure why a category with only one article would be kept. At very least I'd say delete until this songwriter has a one or two more hits notable for a WP article. Just out of curiosity and for future reference, can someone please explain the "wider scheme" that I see referenced in some CfD discussions? No one is denying that a songwriter is a defining characteristic of a song; I just don't understand the reason behind a scheme that would keep one-article-categories around. Thanks in advance! - eo (talk) 10:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Without taking a position either way on the merits of this category, I really must object to the practice of repeat CFD nominations before a decent interval has elapsed. It reminds me of "judge shopping". If an editor takes a somewhat debatable category to CFD enough times, he's bound to hit the jackpot at some point. Cgingold (talk) 10:38, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Footballers from Singapore

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 14:14, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Footballers from Singapore (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Please check out more carefully how new categories will fit into existing structures. Cheers Johnbod (talk) 18:05, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Timor-Leste

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Kbdank71 14:16, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Timor-Leste to Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in East Timor
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The English WP uses "East Timor" over the alternate name, "Timor-Leste", almost invariably. Timor-Leste redirects to the main article East Timor, and the main parent category is Category:East Timor. (The only exception to this that I can find is Template:Country data Timor-Leste.) Notified creator with {{subst:cfd-notify}} Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:40, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Inter-Earths

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The result of the discussion was: delete per consensus here and at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Inter-Earth. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:11, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Inter-Earths (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This type of planet doesn't exist, it's been made up. The related articles are up for deletion at AfD. 70.55.85.40 (talk) 09:28, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Inter-Jupiters

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The result of the discussion was: delete per consensus here and at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Inter-Jupiter. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:08, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Inter-Jupiters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This type of planet doesn't exist, it's been made up. The related articles are up for deletion at AfD. 70.55.85.40 (talk) 09:28, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Interplanets

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The result of the discussion was: delete per consensus here and at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Interplanet. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:09, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Interplanets (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This type of planet doesn't exist, it's been made up. The related articles are up for deletion at AfD. 70.55.85.40 (talk) 09:28, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:People by country by status

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Kbdank71 14:12, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:People by country by status to Category:People by nationality and status
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Using "people by country" instead of "people by nationality" was recently discussed, but there was no consensus for making the change at this point. The subcategories are people by nationality categories. Using "by foo by goo" is a bit confusing, and most categories simply use "by foo and goo", where "foo" is the first attribute in the subcategories (nationality) and "goo" is the second (by status). See, e.g., Category:People by nationality and religion, Category:People by nationality and occupation, etc. Notified creator with {{subst:cfd-notify}} Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:07, 10 August 2008 (UTC)}}[reply]

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Category:Prime Ministers of RSFSR

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:25, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Prime Ministers of RSFSR to Category:Prime Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Nominator's rationale: Full name, per main. —Justin (koavf)TCM09:03, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Jewish Singaporeans

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Kbdank71 14:09, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming/merging Category:Jewish Singaporeans to Category:Singaporean Jews
Nominator's rationale: Rename/merge. Per standard conventions of Category:Jews by country. The creator inexplicably emptied the target category and replaced it with the new category, essentially performing a manual rename. Notified creator with {{subst:cfd-notify}} Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:58, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Canals of London

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:57, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Canals of London to Category:Canals in London
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Consistency with other members of Category:Canals in England. Tim! (talk) 08:58, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Musical groups from Birmingham, England

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:35, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Musical groups from Birmingham, England to Category:Birmingham, England musical groups
and Category:Musical groups from Manchester to Category:Manchester musical groups
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The general naming convention appears to be Foo musical groups. As for Manchester, the whole tree for Manchester is not disambiguated please let's not rehash the tired old arguments to include disambiguation. Tim! (talk) 08:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I assume 'Birmingham, Alabama musical groups' sounds fine and easy to parse to a US ear ← actually, it doesn't. But I'm afraid turning the tides the other way, in favor of "Musical groups from Foo", would require nothing less (or more) than a potential genre vs. city naming collision. Please help me find one . — CharlotteWebb 03:33, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nonethless you are not nominating the other British sub-cats, so you are proposing inconsistency. Many categories use different forms between UK & US, per WP:ENGVAR. Personally I would oppose a group rename of the UK ones & support a global rename to "Musicians from Foo", unless Americans etc object on language grounds. "Category:Birmingham, England musical groups" in particular shows the problems caused by putting a disamed name first. Johnbod (talk) 16:59, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is plenty of precedent here (alumni cats for one) for trans-Atlantic inconsistency in cat names being upheld. ENGVAR does not exclude categories, which in my book means they are covered. The Brighton & Bristol "music from" categories (sub-cats of groups) are the ones you are not nominating - only Leicester follows your desired pattern. Johnbod (talk) 17:17, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think there was ever a consensus that musical-groups-by-city categories had to be named "City musical groups" — a few of them just kind of got started that way and other categories followed the pattern. I'd support a discussion to determine whether there should be a consistent convention one way or the other, but as of right now there's nothing in current policy or practice that compels either format. Keep as is, but refer this question to WP:MUSIC for consideration. Bearcat (talk) 19:27, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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