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Category:Education fraud by country

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Education fraud. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 02:41, 9 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Only two categories in here, which is not super helpful for navigation. There's not a parent category for Education fraud, so I think that this category should be repurposed Mason ( talk) 23:51, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support for now, but as a matter of fact I think the whole tree can go. We do not have an article on Education fraud and in this tree there are only two articles directly about fraud, Bogus colleges in the United Kingdom and Trump University which may well be moved to an education controversies category. Marcocapelle ( talk) 10:16, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support – it was easy to populate the US sub-category, as there were more education-related articles in its parent about fraud, and others findable by a search. It is the UK category which is weaker, containing articles on regulators ( one of which I have removed) mentioning fraud prevention, rather than on frauds; I suggest that it should be nominated after this for a selective merge, purging regulators, only moving the single article on bogus colleges up to the parent. – Fayenatic London 15:17, 3 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Kuni no miyatsuko

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 17#Category:Kuni no miyatsuko

Category:14th-century Bohemian rabbis

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The result of the discussion was: rename as nominated. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 02:42, 9 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: C2C with Category:18th-century clergy from Bohemia; was opposed at speedy in spite of there being an extremely recent consensus on this Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_October_10#Category:Bohemian_clergy Mason ( talk) 22:11, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
copy of speedy discussion
@ Omnis Scientia, Marcocapelle, Jahaza, and Fayenatic london: pinging contributors to speedy discussion. Mason ( talk) 22:13, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Arab people of Asian and African descent

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 02:39, 9 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Following the discussions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 November 16 and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 November 20, ethnic categories should be reserved for individuals who are identified as Arabs in reliable sources, rather than being used as containers for countries. Yorkporter ( talk) 21:56, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Delete all per nom. Marcocapelle ( talk) 10:25, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Delete per nom. There are significant minorities in most of these countries who do not define themselves as Arabs (e.g. Copts in Egypt, Kurds in Iraq & Syria, Kabyles/Berbers in Algeria) so this category scheme is just wrong. Place Clichy ( talk) 18:34, 3 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Lyelchytsy District

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 9#Category:Lyelchytsy District

Category:Fictional rampage and spree killers

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Fictional spree killers. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 02:36, 9 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Rename Category:Fictional rampage and spree killers to Category:Fictional spree killers
Nominator's rationale: This new name would not only be shorter, but also parallels well with its real-life counterpart, Category:Spree killers. AHI-3000 ( talk) 19:32, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Support per nom. – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 07:53, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support per nom (or if some articles definitely fit "rampage" better than "spree" then split the category). Marcocapelle ( talk) 10:34, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:The New Jedi Order

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: delete and merge those with "Jedi" in the title to Category:Jedi. Some of the categories are already empty at time of writing. (non-admin closure) – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 17:06, 17 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Every category in this nomination contains only 1 article. They are categories for Star Wars book series where the individual book articles have been merged/redirected to the now only remaining article. Mika1h ( talk) 18:28, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Comment. Could be speedy merged under C2F: One eponymous page if you identify a merge target Mason ( talk) 22:20, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:People from the United States by state

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:American people by state or territory. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 20:43, 16 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: This would fit with both parents Category:American people by location and Categories by state or territory of the United States, and other recent consensuses to use "by state or territory" including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and other insular areas. – Fayenatic London 16:06, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Support per nom. It helps with navigation and seems unnessary to isolate the non-states. Mason ( talk) 22:19, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
@ Fayenatic london, I think it would also make sense to merge Category:American people by location to Category:People from the United States by state. The former contains categories of people from Washington, D.C. and the insular areas and also contains categories which are present in the latter. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 08:32, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
I don't agree about a full merge, as "by location" also includes subcats for regions and populated places, but some content can be moved. As for insular areas, they have their own hierarchy, and I would like to modify my nomination to including Puerto Rico and other insular areas where there is not enough content to make an "insular areas" category useful. – Fayenatic London 12:29, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Yes, that makes sense. Omnis Scientia ( talk) 12:37, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support, including the renaming of the many children categories. Note that besides Washington D.C. and present-day territories (which are all located on islands and therefore often referred to as insular areas), US-related categories also include content for historical territories before statehood and the uninhabited minor outlying islands. Place Clichy ( talk) 18:29, 3 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support -- This prevents us needing a separate tree for DC and territories. Peterkingiron ( talk) 19:34, 10 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Spies by nationality

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 20#Category:Spies by nationality

Category:American spies

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: split to Category:American spies and Category:Spies for the United States. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 13:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: As same as subcategories of Category:Spies by nationality. 寒吉 ( talk) 11:28, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Fictional Manchu people

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Fictional Chinese people. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 02:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: merge for now, only one article in the category. This nomination is without objection to recreate the category when multiple articles about fictional Manchu people are published. Marcocapelle ( talk) 10:04, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Oppose AHI-3000 ( talk) 11:00, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment We have an article on Fah Lo Suee, Fu Manchu's daughter. Dimadick ( talk) 14:11, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    I added that page to this category. AHI-3000 ( talk) 19:23, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    Support per nom. @ AHI-3000 please explain WHY you oppose. Mason ( talk) 22:18, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    I don't agree with this concept of merging every category just because there's only one or two articles in it. AHI-3000 ( talk) 22:21, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    • The fewer articles in a category, the fewer you can navigate to from one article to another in the same topic area. When you want to know something about a topic area it is more useful to have a few dozens of articles in a category. Marcocapelle ( talk) 10:42, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support As overcategorization. Wikipedia policy is to aim for as few categories as necessary, only creating categories when it would assist navigation. Such overspecific categories hinder navigation more than assist it. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 12:33, 3 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Fictional British people by ethnicity

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 17:10, 17 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only two subcategories. Also add Category:Fictional Black British people directly to Category:Fictional people by ethnicity. Marcocapelle ( talk) 10:01, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Merge to Category:Fictional British people by ethnic or national origin instead. All these categories belong there. AHI-3000 ( talk) 11:02, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • No they don't, this is about characters' own etnicity, not about ancestors' nationality. Marcocapelle ( talk) 12:57, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    What's the distinction between ethnic ancestry and national ancestry? You're the one who arbitrarily gutted this category of its subcategories. AHI-3000 ( talk) 19:05, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Since this category has been deleted/merged, then I alternately suggest to merge Category:Fictional British characters by descent into Category:Fictional British people by ethnicity. AHI-3000 ( talk) 05:35, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • It is not about their ethnic ancestry but about their own ethnicity. A Jew is a Jew by himself (ethnicity), while someone in a Jewish descent category has Jewish ancestors but is not a Jew by himself. That is a big difference. Marcocapelle ( talk) 10:47, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge per nom. This category layer does not improve navigation with just 2 children. Also, ancestry/descent is not the topic here. Fictional characters in fact rarely have an ancestry, although in the case of a select few fictional ancestors may be specified. Place Clichy ( talk) 18:43, 3 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge as nominated per Place Clichy. House Blaster talk 02:34, 9 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge per nom. This is an unnecessary level, merely housing 3 subcats. Peterkingiron ( talk) 19:41, 10 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Fictional Brazilian people by ethnicity

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Fictional Brazilian people. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 02:33, 9 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only two subcategories. There is no need to merge to Category:Fictional people by ethnicity because the subcategories are already deeper down in that tree. Marcocapelle ( talk) 09:59, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Support per nom. Mason ( talk) 22:21, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Oppose AHI-3000 ( talk) 09:10, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Merge per nom. Not a useful navigation layer with just two children. Place Clichy ( talk) 18:45, 3 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Iranian lesbians by occupation

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Iranian lesbians. (non-admin closure) House Blaster talk 02:32, 9 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: upmerge for now. There's no other categories in the parent, so this doesn't help navigation Mason ( talk) 05:30, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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Category:Users willing to set up archiving

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: speedily renamed under WP:G7. – Fayenatic London 12:32, 2 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Per standard naming conventions of starting user categories with "Wikipedians". VegaDark ( talk) 01:59, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
I have no problem with that. I can rename it right now if appropriate. - FlightTime ( open channel) 02:02, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
 Done Special:Diff/1187804468 - FlightTime ( open channel) 14:45, 1 December 2023 (UTC) reply
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