Good Ol'factory's precedents for category deletion. Updated through CFDs of 2012 APRIL 24.
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See also: § Subjective |
Categories that use "alleged", "purported", "rumoured", "suspected", "accused", "possible", and other words that indicate bias.
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See also: § Heroes and anti-heroes, § Protagonists, and § Villains |
Categories that label people or fictional characters as "antagonists".
Categories that categorize by arbitrary inclusion criteria.
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See also: § Crime victims |
Categories that categorize subjects by arrest incident or criminal conviction.
Categories that categorize subjects by award reception.
Categories that categorize people by academic degree or honorary degree.
Categories that categorize people by induction into a hall of fame or walk of fame.
Categories that categorize award nominees.
Categories that categorize people by date of birth.
Categories that categorize people by place of birth.
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See also: § Controversial or banned |
Categories that inappropriately categorize subjects from the perspective of one or more cultural, national, ethnic, religious, occupational, or other groups.
Categories that categorize fictional characters by age or age group.
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See also: § Remainder categories |
Categories that include all of the individual articles that are included in various subcategories within the same topic
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See also: § Centric |
Categories that label subjects as "controversial" or categorize subjects that were banned somewhere.
Categories that categorize songs and artists that have been "covered" or parodied by others (and similar categories).
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See also: § Arrested or convicted |
Categories that categorize subjects that have been victims of crimes and other abuses.
Categories that categorize subjects by "cult following".
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See also: § Recent, § Living people, and § Former religion and converts |
Categories that categorize subjects by an explicitly "current" or "former" status.
Categories that categorize subjects according to burial place or burial method.
Categories that categorize subjects by cause of death.
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See also: § Living people |
Categories that explicitly categorize only dead subjects.
Categories that categorize fictional characters who have "died" in fiction.
Categories that categorize people by place of death.
Categories that categorize people by date (or other time) of death or by age at death.
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See also: § People by skin color |
Categories that categorize subjects by ethnicity/race (or nationality) or by an intersection of ethnicity/race and another characteristic.
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See also: § People by skin color |
Categories that categorize subjects as African American.
Categories that categorize subjects as "multiracial" or of "mixed descent".
Categories that categorize subjects by gender.
Categories that categorize groups by association membership.
Categories that categorize companies or firms by non-defining characteristic or intersection.
Categories that categorize musical groups by non-defining characteristic or intersection.
Categories that categorize schools, universities, and colleges by non-defining characteristics or intersections.
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See also: § Antagonists, § Protagonists, and § Villains |
Categories that label subjects as "heroes" or "anti-heroes".
Categories that label subjects as "icons" or "legends".
Categories that involve categorizing Jewish subjects.
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See also: § Current |
Categories that explicitly categorize only living subjects.
Categories that categorize subjects by marital or familial status or relationship.
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See also: § People by person |
Categories that categorize subjects as being children of or descended from someone else.
Categories that categorize fictional characters by fictional family or familial relationship.
Categories that categorize media by theme or meaning.
Categories that categorize films by theme, meaning, or subject.
Categories that categorize songs by theme or meaning.
Categories that categorize media or media artists by popularity or sales.
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See also: § By actor |
Categories that categorize subjects that are mentioned in a work.
Categories that catetgorize subjects that are named after someone or something.
Categories that categorize unrelated subjects that share a name or a naming feature.
Category names that contain neologisms.
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See also: § Arrested or convicted, § Crime victims, and § Political candidates |
Categories that categorize subjects by activity or event.
Categories that categorize subjects by blood type.
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See also: § People by food or drink, and § Philias and phobias |
Categories that categorize subjects by disease, disability, or drug use/addiction.
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See also: § People by group membership |
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See also: § People by disease, disability, or drug use; and § People by weight |
Categories that categorize people by choice of food or drink.
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See also: § People by employment |
Categories that categorize subjects by membership in a group.
Categories that categorize subjects by handedness.
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See also: § People by opinion or political position, and § Philas and phobias |
Categories that categorize subjects by hobby participation, interest, or fanship involvement.
See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Non-defining or trivial characteristic and Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Trivial intersection.
Categories that categorize subjects by spoken language.
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See also: § People by product use |
Categories that categorize subjects by their use of the internet or specific internet sites.
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See also: § People by hobby or fanship, and § Philias and phobias |
Categories that categorize subjects by an opinion or political position that the subject holds.
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See also: § Marriage and family |
Categories that categorize people by reference to another person.
Categories that categorize real or fictional people by physical appearance.
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See also: § Ethnicity |
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See also: § People by internet use |
Categories that categorize subjects by use of a particular product or class of products.
Categories that categorize subjects by sexual activity (or lack of sexual activity) or by sexual partner or love interest.
Categories that categorize people by personal or family wealth.
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See also: § By character, and § Media featuring or mentioning |
Categories that categorize subjects by actor appearance.
Categories that categorize subjects by connection to a particular media outlet.
See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Performers by action or appearance.
See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Performers by role or composition.
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See also: § Sportscasters by event |
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See also: § By actor |
Categories that categorize fictional characters by the actor who has portrayed them.
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See also: § Places and venues |
Categories that categorize performers by venue of performance.
Categories that categorize performers by performance in a particular work.
Categories that categorize performers by performance in a particular film (or series of films) or in a stage production.
Categories that categorize performers by performance in a media series (other than a series of films).
Categories that categorize people by appearance in a reality television series or game show.
Categories that categorize performers by media work or series (other than by film, stage production, television program, radio program, or by series of these).
Categories that categorize performers by guest appearance or cameo appearance in a work.
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See also: § People by hobby or fanship; § People by opinion or political position; and § People by disease, disability, or drug use |
Categories that categorize subjects by philia or phobia.
See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Venues by event.
Categories that categorize subjects who were candidates for a political position.
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See also: § Subjective |
Categories that categorize subjects by vague or ambiguous placement on a political spectrum
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See also: § Antagonists, § Heroes and anti-heroes, and § Villains |
Categories that label subjects as "protagonists".
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See also: § Arbitrary |
See Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Published list.
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See also: § Current or former |
Categories that categorize subjects as being "recent".
Categories that categorize subjects by religion or lack of religion.
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See also: § Current or former |
Categories that categorize people by former religion or by religious conversion status.
Categories that categorize performers and entertainers by religion, former religion, or lack of religion.
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See also: § Comprehensive parent categories |
Categories that categorize subjects into "miscellaneous", "not otherwise specified", "other", or "remainder" category schemes.
Categories that categorize subjects by sexual orientation.
Categories that categorize songs by the album or type of album the song appears on.
Categories that categorize songs by performance venue or use.
Categories that categories sports or sports leagues by broadcast on television networks.
Categories that categorize sportspeople by an event, venue, or incident they participated in, a team or league they were a member of, or a country or other location they competed in.
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See also: § Alleged |
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See also: § Political spectrum |
Categories that categorize subjects by subjective inclusion criteria.
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See also: § Antagonists, § Heroes and anti-heroes, and § Protagonists |
Categories that label subjects as "villains".