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Category:Poles from Zaolzie

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Poles from Zaolzie to Category:Polish people from Zaolzie. -- Xdamr talk 18:44, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Poles from Zaolzie to Category:Polish people from Zaolzie
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Change "Poles" to "Polish people" per recent change in other similarly-named categories: 2009 August 24 CfD. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:22, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Speedy rename per content of previous discussions and speedy criteria #4. Debresser ( talk) 12:40, 8 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Swiss people

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The result of the discussion was: Rename:
-- Xdamr talk 18:45, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Swiss of Hungarian descent to Category:Swiss people of Hungarian descent
Nominator's rationale: Rename. For consistency. Matching these to parents Category:Swiss people and Category:Swiss people by ethnic or national origin and to subcategories for other Swiss people of different ethnic origins. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:13, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Support nom Mayumashu ( talk) 02:57, 8 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Speedy rename per arguments of nominator and speedy criteria 34. Debresser ( talk) 12:39, 8 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Support Renames to match title of parent category. Alansohn ( talk) 00:02, 14 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Rename all, per similar discussions. -- Soman ( talk) 12:53, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Mountain biking venues

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The result of the discussion was: Close per WP:SNOW and the functional withdrawal of the nomination by the nominator. NAC. Otto4711 ( talk) 02:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Mountain biking venues to Category:Mountain biking venues and trails
Nominator's rationale: Rename. There exist places called 'venues' meant for mountain biking. There also exist 'trails' that goes from place A to B. Kslotte ( talk) 21:43, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
I didn't had the chance to give a comment on the thoughts and the decisions back then. Now I'm watching this page and can give you reasons for the namings. Note, that naming changes are not exactly the same as the earlier ones. -- Kslotte ( talk) 22:33, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Mountain biking in Australia

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The result of the discussion was: Keep. -- Xdamr talk 18:47, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Mountain biking in Australia to Category:Mountain biking venues and trails in Australia
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Same reasons as for 'Mountain biking venues and trails' . Kslotte ( talk) 21:43, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Rename to reflect content of category. Alansohn ( talk) 00:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Mountain biking resorts, venues and trails in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Mountain biking resorts, venues and trails in the United States to Category:Mountain biking venues in the United States. -- Xdamr talk 18:48, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Mountain biking resorts, venues and trails in the United States to Category:Mountain biking venues and trails in the United States
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Same reasons as for 'Mountain biking venues and trails'. Kslotte ( talk) 21:43, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
I support this suggestion. -- Kslotte ( talk) 11:52, 8 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Mountain biking venues in the United Kingdom

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The result of the discussion was: Close per WP:SNOW and the functional withdrawal of the nomination by the nominator. NAC. Otto4711 ( talk) 02:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Mountain biking venues in the United Kingdom to Category:Mountain biking venues and trails in the United Kingdom
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Same reasons as for 'Mountain biking venues and trails'. Kslotte ( talk) 21:43, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Mountain bike races and events in the United Kingdom

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Mountain bike races and events in the United Kingdom to Category:Mountain biking events in the United Kingdom. -- Xdamr talk 18:49, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Mountain bike races and events in the United Kingdom to Category:Mountain biking races and events in the United Kingdom
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Having the same naming conventions for all categories in Category:Mountain biking races and events. Additionally naming need both 'races' and 'events', since different type MTB disciplines have different naming ( Freeride and Bike trials events; but for example 24 hour mountain bike races is a race). Kslotte ( talk) 21:14, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
I support this suggestion. -- Kslotte ( talk) 11:52, 8 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Mountain bike races and events in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Mountain bike races and events in the United States to Category:Mountain biking events in the United States. -- Xdamr talk 18:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Mountain bike races and events in the United States to Category:Mountain biking races and events in the United States
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Same reasons as the United Kingdom above. Kslotte ( talk) 21:14, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Coatbridge Irish

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The result of the discussion was: Merge Category:Coatbridge Irish to Category:People from Coatbridge and Category:Scots of Irish descent. -- Xdamr talk 19:10, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Category:Coatbridge Irish ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Upmerge to Category:People from Coatbridge and Category:Scots of Irish descent, as suggested at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 August 29#Category:Coatbridge irish. Fayenatic (talk) 20:55, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Support -- I thought that is what was decided in previous CFD, but that actually related to a mis-capitalised version of the present one. It is a pity that this was nmot dealt with at the same time. Peterkingiron ( talk) 12:51, 9 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Military personnel killed in action

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The result of the discussion was: No Consensus. -- Xdamr talk 19:08, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Military personnel killed in action to TO BE DETERMINED
Nominator's rationale: The title is misleading as the category's description indicates that it includes not only military personnel killed in action but also those who died of wounds sustained during combat. Moreover, it seems unnecessary to categorize separately those who died on the battlefield versus those who died from wounds sustained in battle after reaching a medical facility. Perhaps a more accurate title would be Category:Military personnel killed in combat...? A second issue to consider is whether to include personnel who died of non-combat causes, such as disease, while participating in a war. ( WikiProject Military history notified using {{ cfd-notify}}.) BLACK FALCON ( TALK) 20:45, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • "Killed in combat" wouldn't cover post-combat death of wounds either, I think. Something very broad like "military personnel killed in wartime" might work, but then we'd need to consider whether we want to include or exclude edge cases like commanders assassinated (outside of actual combat) during wartime, soldiers executed by a court-martial, and so forth. Kirill  [talk]  [pf] 21:44, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Category:Military personnel with combat-related deaths maybe? The "with" is kind of an odd construction but does the rest of the suggestion move us closer? Otto4711 ( talk) 07:16, 8 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Casualty would be better as it covers those who died of illness etc. Casualty is used by Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Category:Military casualties? Twiceuponatime ( talk) 08:27, 8 September 2009 (UTC) Sorry, I withdraw that - I should have read the description in the category. The cat covers those who died in action, or of wounds from action. That means it disregards those who died of illness. Twiceuponatime ( talk) 08:33, 8 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Keep -- Those who died of disease certainly do not count as KIA. The US uses this term, and I would suggest that the category should follow the definition given in the first paragraph of killed in action. This covers both those killed literally on the battlefield, and also those who subsequently die of their wounds. It would thus exclude the large number of British troops who died of disease on the Boer War and deaths from malaria in the Burmese campaigns of WWII. KIA is the recognised term. Though "killed due to combat" might be more accurate, I think we should stick with what we have. We may need a sister category for those who died of disease on campaign. Peterkingiron ( talk) 13:02, 9 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Rename to match title of parent article Killed in action. Alansohn ( talk) 01:47, 14 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Hank Williams Sr. albums

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Hank Williams Sr. albums to Category:Hank Williams albums. -- Xdamr talk 18:52, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Hank Williams Sr. albums to Category:Hank Williams albums
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match the article name Hank Williams. Tassedethe ( talk) 16:54, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Rename per nominator. Debresser ( talk) 12:38, 8 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Support Rename to match title of parent article. Alansohn ( talk) 01:48, 14 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:College houses of the University of Chicago

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. -- Xdamr talk 19:03, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Category:College houses of the University of Chicago ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Redundant category. Simply put, no college house of the University of Chicago has its own article, and so there is no need for this category. Every single page in this category is either a redirect to a Category: Residence halls of the University of Chicago or a residence hall with only one house. — DroEsperanto ( talk) 14:40, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Delete – most of the redirects should be deleted as well, as there is no mention of them in the articles to which they redirect. Occuli ( talk) 14:55, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • question I find residence halls that have a single college house; I find halls that have multiple college houses Burton-Judson Courts. Does this match the nomination assertions? Hmains ( talk) 20:00, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Yup. The only houses that (kind of) have their own articles are those of the single-house dorms, for which the article is really on the dorm, not the house community. — DroEsperanto ( talk) 21:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Guayaquil (canton seat)

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Guayaquil (canton seat) to Category:Guayaquil. -- Xdamr talk 18:54, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Guayaquil (canton seat) to Category:Guayaquil (city)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. It was not immediately obvious to me how this differed from Category:Guayaquil (canton). New name would be clearer English. Tassedethe ( talk) 13:17, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Greeks in Serbia

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Greeks in Serbia to Category:Serbian people of Greek descent. -- Xdamr talk 19:04, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Greeks in Serbia to Category:Serbians of Greek descent
Nominator's rationale: Rename. This could also refer to Category:Greek expatriates in Serbia, so rename to a less ambiguous title to match current contents. Tassedethe ( talk) 12:02, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Bahamian directors

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Bahamian directors to Category:Bahamian film directors. -- Xdamr talk 18:54, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Bahamian directors to Category:Bahamian film directors
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The current title is ambiguous, although the inclusion criteria state it is for "theatre directors". However the only entry is a Bahamian film director, so suggest renaming the category and altering the criteria. Category:Bahamian theatre directors can be created if needed. Tassedethe ( talk) 11:34, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Great Northern Railway locomotives

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Great Northern Railway locomotives to Category:Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) locomotives. -- Xdamr talk 18:55, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Great Northern Railway locomotives to Category:Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) locomotives
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match top category Category:Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) and to disambiguate from Category:Great Northern Railway (Ireland) locomotives. Tassedethe ( talk) 10:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Scenographs

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The result of the discussion was: Rename all per nom. -- Xdamr talk 18:56, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming
Nominator's rationale: Replace "scenographs" with the more common "scenic designers" as per the article Scenic design and Category:Scenic designers by nationality. Tassedethe ( talk) 09:50, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Speedy rename per nominator and speedy criteria #4. Debresser ( talk) 11:26, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Support Renames to match title of parent articles. Alansohn ( talk) 01:57, 14 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Lithuanian graphics

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The result of the discussion was: Merge Category:Lithuanian graphics to Category:Lithuanian graphic designers. -- Xdamr talk 18:57, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Suggest merging Category:Lithuanian graphics to Category:Lithuanian graphic designers
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Only content is a bio of a Lithuanian graphic designer, current title suggest "Graphic designs from Lithuania" or similar. Tassedethe ( talk) 09:37, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Merge per nominator. Debresser ( talk) 11:25, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Support Merge to use category in broader structure. Alansohn ( talk) 01:59, 14 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Journalists killed while covering the war in Afghanistan

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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Journalists killed while covering the war in Afghanistan to Category:Journalists killed while covering the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)'. -- Xdamr talk 18:58, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Journalists killed while covering the war in Afghanistan to Category:Journalists killed while covering the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Nominator's rationale: The category description claims that the category "covers the Afghan Civil War, the Soviet war in Afghanistan and the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)", but we should not mix categories for different military conflicts. In any case, all of the journalists in this category were killed in late 2001 or thereafter, so they all died while covering the War in Afghanistan (2001–present). (Category creator not notified because: indef-blocked). BLACK FALCON ( TALK) 02:54, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Support Rename to match title of parent article. Alansohn ( talk) 01:59, 14 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Military personnel of the Afghanistan War

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The result of the discussion was: Rename all per nom. -- Xdamr talk 18:59, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Propose renaming Category:Military personnel of the Afghanistan War to Category:Military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Nominator's rationale: For consistency with the parent category, Category:War in Afghanistan (2001–present), and in order to clarify to which Afghanistan War (see War in Afghanistan) the categories are about. Note that my proposal does not involve using an en dash after "2001", even though the parent category does include an en dash, since past CfD discussions suggest that there is no consensus to use en dashes in category titles instead of regular dashes; see related CfD 2009 Aug 28 and related discussion at Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion#Dashes in category names. – BLACK FALCON ( TALK) 00:11, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Support Renames to match title of parent article. Alansohn ( talk) 01:59, 14 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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Category:Nonwar armed confrontations

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. -- Xdamr talk 19:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Category:Nonwar armed confrontations ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: The scope of this category is much too broad for it to be a viable grouping. A "nonwar armed confrontation" could be understood to refer to "an armed confrontation other than a war"—a definition which would encompass even events that take place in the context of a war, such as individual battles—or "an armed confrontation outside the context of a war".
While the second definition is not quite as broad, it still would be too encompassing as it would include basically any armed confrontation (violent and non-violent) that takes place outside the context of a declared war or in which both sides are not formal militaries. So, it would include: riots, protests (even if protesters are unarmed, the police often are armed), law enforcement raids, shootouts between law enforcement and criminal elements, gang shootings, massacres of civilians, internal conflict that does not rise the to level of war (such as low-level insurgency), hostage crises, domestic disputes involving weapons, armed robberies, gunfights, armed repression by a state's security forces, and a host of other events whose only similarity is that they involved weapons outside the context of a war. (Category creator notified using {{ cfd-notify}}.) BLACK FALCON ( TALK) 00:01, 7 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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