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Category:Video games based on films by director

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Video games based on films if not already in other sub-cats of that one, then delete. – Fayenatic London 19:29, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply
Category Video games based on films by director not found
Nominator's rationale: The soundtrack tree below is a pretty tenuous connection but this is really ropy: film directors have nothing to do with video game spinoffs of their franchises. I recommend a {{ catseealso}} where appropriate. ― Justin (koavf)TCM 19:20, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Category:Soundtracks to films by director

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Timrollpickering 21:18, 16 September 2018 (UTC) reply
Category Soundtracks to films by director not found
Nominator's rationale: This scheme just seems like an ill-advised intersection of who scored an album and who directed a film paired with that album. Plus, the individual subcategories are now in inappropriate schemes (e.g. Category:Soundtracks to films directed by Ang Lee is under Category:Films directed by Ang Lee but the Category:Films scheme is for movies and the Category:Soundtracks scheme is for albums--we now have albums subcategorized under films). ― Justin (koavf)TCM 18:15, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: As the creator of a lot of those categories, I suggest that it is meaningful, given that many directors work with the same composers or have soundtracks that are similar in style. You raise a good point about their parent categories, though, and I'll fix that for the categories I created. Trivialist ( talk) 18:51, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply
    • @ Trivialist: Use {{ catseealso}}? ― Justin (koavf)TCM 19:22, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply
      • If the categories aren't deleted, that's how I'll link them going forward. For now I'll hold off on any major changes, aside from taking them out of the "Films directed by..." categories Trivialist ( talk) 19:29, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Delete per WP:OC where the very second sentence reads, ' However, not every verifiable fact (or the intersection of two or more such facts) in an article requires an associated category.' These categories are intersections. -- Richhoncho ( talk) 09:57, 11 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Category:MBTI types

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The result of the discussion was: speedily renamed already. – Fayenatic London 19:26, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: To match name of main article, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator. Trivialist ( talk) 15:59, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Category:Banned Sahrawi human rights organizations

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The result of the discussion was: merge ( non-admin closure). Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:36, 11 September 2018 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: All the Human rights organizations based in Western Sahara have been banned by Morocco. The category is, sadly, superfluous. Rathfelder ( talk) 15:56, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Category:Academic journals in Argentina

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The result of the discussion was: rename all to "of" form. (It really helps if the nominator includes the proposed names so the closer doesn't have to construct them.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:35, 3 October 2018 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Also

Journals aren't physical entities that have an established location. As such, Academic journals in Foo reads incorrect (unless the categories contain articles about journal culture in each country, which is not the case). Alternatively, Each of the categories could probably be merged to Category:Academic journals published in Foo. Not sure why there's currently a separation between the two. -- Paul_012 ( talk) 13:51, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply

  • Support merging into "Academic journals published in Foo", unless someone can demonstrate the need for both categories. The "of Foo" variant is also fine, and there are existing categories such as Category:Defunct journals of the United Kingdom, so consolidation of category names might be useful, one way or the other. GregorB ( talk) 08:29, 5 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Rename to "published in". They will all in practice have a primary place of publication, even if called "international". Peterkingiron ( talk) 16:41, 6 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Support "of". Kraose ( talk) 08:04, 10 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Note: I just notified Fgnievinski, who created the first categories, of the discussion. -- Paul_012 ( talk) 04:28, 11 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Category:Jews and Judaism in Ottoman Palestine

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The result of the discussion was: do not merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:33, 3 October 2018 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Newly created category (2 Sep 2018) into much of Category:Jews and Judaism in Ottoman Syria has been moved into. Ottoman Palestine is an ill-defined concept - during the period there were a number of divisions by Ottoman authorities of Ottoman Syria, none of which included a "Palestine" - the closest being perhaps Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem - which did not include the northern parts of what is generally considered Palestine (e.g. Nablus, Haifa, the Galilee). The pre-1865 under Damascus Eyalet did not have a separate Palestine division. Furthermore, Jewish activities during this period extended into the southern bits of modern day Syria. Icewhiz ( talk) 12:38, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • What prodded me to nom was the re-catting of a bunch of articles I have watchlisted. In as much as this cat discussion ends up with a merge back to Ottoman Syria, it would make sense to merge many of the other "Ottoman Palestine" cats as well - on the same grounds. Icewhiz ( talk) 15:19, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose come back with a more comprehensive proposal please. The bones of it are visible above. Laurel Lodged ( talk) 20:10, 3 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • @ Greyshark09: Regarding your revert: nobody would ever argue that Palestine (region) is equal to Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem. Instead, Palestine (region) is roughly equivalent to Holy Land and both have been geographical terms in their own right throughout the course of history. I'm adding it here as a comment in this discussion because it seems that you misunderstand the scope of the nominated category. Marcocapelle ( talk) 19:01, 4 September 2018 (UTC) reply
    The boundaries of the Holy Land to the north, east, and south are far from defined. Gaza is usually in, Eilat is generally out (but could be in), large parts of Lebanon are in, Damascus could be in or out (Christian maps, given Conversion of Paul the Apostle on the road, are actually more likely to include). Prior to 1923 - both Palestine and the Holy Land are ill defined and very variable. Icewhiz ( talk) 19:19, 4 September 2018 (UTC) reply
Galilee was not generally included in the definition of Palestine in Ottoman times. You can find plenty of references on Zahir al-Umar as the ruler of Acre and all Galilee in 18th century in parallel with another Ottoman Sanjak-bey ruler of in Jerusalem, Gaza and Nablus; concerning Jews back then - another example is 19th century Makhlouf Eldaoudi who was the chief rabbi of Acre, Haifa, Safed and Tiberias (1889–1909 "Hakham Bashi of Ottoman Galilee") in parallel with Yaakov Shaul Elyashar as Chief rabbi of Jerusalem ("Hakham Bashi of Ottoman Palestine"). Those regions were clearly separate in Ottoman era. GreyShark ( dibra) 06:20, 5 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Marcopelle, you are anachronistically trying to use the borders of Mandatory Palestine to Palestine in Ottoman period. Why not using the borders of Ottoman Israel then? Anyway, Holy Land is a Christian concept, so its borders are less relevant to the Ottoman period. GreyShark ( dibra) 05:42, 5 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • No, the use of Palestine as a geographical region is much older than Mandatory Palestine. The Romans adopted the already existing name to create the province Syria Palaestina. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:02, 5 September 2018 (UTC) reply
So was the use of Israel and Canaan in even older times - then why don't we use the concept Ottoman Israel or Ottoman Canaan for the matter? How differing were the borders of Ottoman Palestine vs. Ottoman Israel vs. Ottoman Canaan? Do not be ridiculous. GreyShark ( dibra) 06:22, 5 September 2018 (UTC) reply
The usage of Israel and Canaan had diminished after ancient times, while the usage of Palestine and Holy Land hadn't. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:41, 6 September 2018 (UTC) reply
What is actually well defined - throughout the Ottoman period - is Ottoman Syria. Icewhiz ( talk) 06:40, 5 September 2018 (UTC) reply
Is it? It was a historical region, like Palestine. The fact that a collection of administrative subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire coincided with the historical region is just coincidental. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:38, 6 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose as nom. The anachronism argument is bogus. Ottoman-era history of the region of Palestine is a topic of encyclopaedia value, as shown e.g. in the First Aliyah article. There is no ambiguity whatsoever as to what people refer to when talking about "Ottoman Palestine", and the internal political borders of the time do not matter much. Similarly, one could argue that you cannot speak about 19th-century history of the Federal Republic of Germany because no state existed in the 19th century in the current borders of present-day Germany. Every time it is possible, Wikipedia history categories are organised along present-day geographical entities, with nuances of administrative boundaries well enough treated in the article detail. Trying to do "better" in the name of anachronism would, in fact, bring a much, much worse solution. Perfect is the enemy of good. Place Clichy ( talk) 16:04, 6 September 2018 (UTC) reply
    @ Place Clichy: - should we created an Ottoman Israel category, if we are organizing along present-day geographical entities ? Icewhiz ( talk) 11:08, 25 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose nom. The problem is that First Aliyah began in 1882. Syria was then split in 1887, with a Vilaret of Beirut. Jews were not interested in return to Damascus or other parts of northern Syria, but they did want to return to what had been ancient Israel. One of the difficulties is that Palestine is cognate with Philistia and probably derived from it, but the Philistines occupied a coastal strip in the southern part of Mandatory Palestine. We need to stick with Ottoman Palestine, even though the main article is a redirect to a section of History of Palestine. Sometimes it is impractical to have a perfect category system: life is too complicated for that. Peterkingiron ( talk) 16:57, 6 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Category:Destroyed landmarks in Spain demolished during Habsburg Spain

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:30, 3 October 2018 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete as trivial intersections. Neither of these periods is particularly known for demolishing landmarks. For the third category in particular, destruction - if it happened at all - often took place decades after confiscation, so there was no relationship between those events. There is no need to merge, since the articles are already in Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Spain or in one of its subcategories. Marcocapelle ( talk) 05:56, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Category:Partially demolished landmarks in Spain

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:28, 3 October 2018 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale:
Option A: delete as "partially demolished" is a non-defining characteristic.
Option B: rename to Category:Partially demolished buildings and structures in Spain per actual content. Marcocapelle ( talk) 05:45, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Option B to be consisted with parent category Category:Buildings and structures in Spain. Note however, that "partially demolished" seems to be another way to describe ruins. "the remains of human-made architecture: structures that were once intact have fallen, as time went by, into a state of partial or total disrepair, due to lack of maintenance or deliberate acts of destruction." Dimadick ( talk) 08:01, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Comment - there is Category:Ruins in Spain. Oculi ( talk) 09:27, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply
  • "Ruin" does not apply to any of the three articles currently in the category. Marcocapelle ( talk) 10:18, 2 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Vandalized works of art in the United States

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The result of the discussion was: Keep CA, IN, MD, NY, TX, DC, MA, WI; merge the rest as nominated. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:40, 3 October 2018 (UTC) reply
more categories nominated
Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT: too little content per state. This is follow-up on this earlier discussion.

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