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Category:Recyclable materials

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The result of the discussion was: delete. — ξxplicit 20:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Recyclable materials (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. Nominated for deletion, but really this merits a discussion. How many times do we need to list paper in a category like this? I suspect that this is a category that would include everything in some way. Maybe the solution is to just make this a parent category. But then what do we do with every paper article? I did notice that guano was not included. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Electricity generation

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The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 20:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Electricity generation to Category:Electric power generation
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The included articles and categories commonly have power in the name. In addition, this collective provides power, except for the standalone systems, to the Category:Electric power transmission systems so having power in the name follows a logical structure. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:40, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Ballads by genre

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The result of the discussion was: Keep. Ruslik_Zero 18:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Ballads by genre (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Needs trimming or deletion of category and subcategories. It seems that everyone is slapping "x ballads" categories on willy-nilly without sources explicitly identifying any song as a ballad. It seems people think "slower song" = "ballad" when there's more defining characteristic than that. For instance, very few of the songs here use a narrative; I Swear doesn't; So Small doesn't; etc. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 17:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Celebrities with Criminal Records

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The result of the discussion was: speedy deleted as re-created material (and per WP:SNOW, for that matter): has been deleted squillions of times under various names. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Celebrities with Criminal Records (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Subjective category with respect to definition of "celebrity", and per WP:BLPCAT, a nightmare. Many of the people already listed in it were convicted years ago and have a right to move on from youthful indiscretions; additionally, some jurisdictions allow old convictions to become rehabilitated and this category gives undue emphasis to such. This should be approached with the same caution as if we were adding Category:Criminals to biographies. Rodhullandemu 15:55, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:British Superbike riders

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The result of the discussion was: rename. — ξxplicit 20:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:British Superbike riders to Category:British Superbike Championship riders
Nominator's rationale: to clarify that this category is for riders who gave ridden in the British Superbike Championship, not Superbike riders who are British. DH85868993 (talk) 15:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment this category has recently survived a deletion proposal originated by this editor. And the British Superbike Championship is not a race, it's a championship comprised of multiple races each year. DH85868993 (talk) 07:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have proposed that rename separately. (I didn't add it to this proposal to avoid corrupting Beagel's !vote). DH85868993 (talk) 12:31, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Best engineering colleges in india

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The result of the discussion was: DELETE, WP:SNOW. postdlf (talk) 06:36, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Best engineering colleges in india (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: This category is 100% OR and NPOV. I would request a speedy deletion if there was an appropriate criteria. Qwyrxian (talk) 15:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Humane societies

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The result of the discussion was: rename and merge as nominated. "Organisations" will be used for the UK category instead of "organizations" for obvious reasons. — ξxplicit 20:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Humane societies to Category:Animal welfare organizations.
Nominator's rationale: Category:Animal welfare already has subcategories Category:Animal welfare organizations, Category:Animal charities, Category:Animal sanctuaries, and Category:Animal shelters. I don't see "Humane societies" adding any useful specificity to this. It looks like it's being used synonymously with Animal welfare organizations. It should be merged, and the country-specific subcategories should be renamed and made subcategories of the merged parent, thus:
  • Category:Humane Societies of Canada→Category:Animal welfare organizations in Canada
  • Category:Humane Societies of Great Britain→Category:Animal welfare organizations in the United Kingdom
  • Category:Humane Societies of the United States→Category:Animal welfare organizations in the United States
The article humane society is also problematic. It partly recognises that "humane society" sometimes means animals, and sometimes not. Twice now Royal Humane Society has been added to Category:Humane Societies of Great Britain, even though it has nothing to do with animal welfare. AFAIK the animals sense of "Humane society" is mainly US specific, so "Animal welfare organization" is a clearer, more generic name. I think humane society should be merged into animal welfare and/or List of animal welfare groups (or at least renamed Animal welfare organization) and the name "humane society" should be a WP:DAB linking to the merged/moved article, Royal Humane Society, and humanitarianism.
jnestorius(talk) 10:43, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not so pessimistic; it's not as though Humane Society of the United States will be renamed, just one of the catgories it belongs to. jnestorius(talk) 15:35, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I meant renaming or merging the article Humane society- shouldn't the discussion about that be on the article's talk page rather than here? Richerman (talk) 17:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
To avoid duplication I think it should be here, at least to start; if a separate debate develops it can be moved there later. I have linked here from Talk:humane society jnestorius(talk) 18:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In this case, yes, but not necessarily always. Some organisations operate on an all-Ireland basis with a sister organsiation in GB. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:58, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think you are confusing the issue of articles vs. the issue of categories. As I said, the UK is standard for categories; but there are articles that are about GB orgs. In other words, there are articles that refer to organisations that only act within GB, but there are no categories that limit inclusion to organisations in GB. The categories all apply UK-wide. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:59, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: the human-life organization was placed in the +cat by mistake, it has been removed. WritersCramp (talk) 20:50, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes and it will happen again and again as long as the category has a name that it shares. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:58, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There are many organizations which do exactly the same things as a humane society, but are named differently. It really isn't a distinct class of thing; it's just a name that some organizations within a single class of thing use while other organizations within that same class of thing don't. So there's no real need for a distinct category for what boils down to a naming trait. Bearcat (talk) 06:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Applications of Telecommunication

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The result of the discussion was: merge. — ξxplicit 20:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Applications of Telecommunication to Category:Telecommunications
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Category with unclear inclusion criteria. Best upmerged to the main category. Tassedethe (talk) 09:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Armored Core Games

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Armored Core.--Mike Selinker (talk) 21:03, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Armored Core Games to Category:(to be decided)
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Category name currently incorrectly capitalized. Could be renamed to Category:Armored Core to match the main article Armored Core, or Category:Armored Core games, or Category:Armored Core video games. Tassedethe (talk) 09:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Blackouts

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Electric power blackouts. — ξxplicit 20:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Blackouts to Category:Power outages
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match the main article which lists blackouts as another name. Since the articles tend to use blackout almost exclusively not mentioning power outage, I wonder if renaming the main article is the better choice. So raising the issue here to see which direction has the consensus. Vegaswikian (talk) 07:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment Like 'electricity blackouts' ? Hmains (talk) 16:07, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Either that or "Power blackouts", I suppose -- unless somebody has a better idea. Cgingold (talk) 19:44, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Or to be overly precise and follow the nomination below, Category:Electric power blackouts. So I guess a question is, do we have other types of power blackouts? If yes, we need to use the more precise suggestion. Otherwise the shorter one should be fine. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Electricity transmission

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The result of the discussion was: rename both — ξxplicit 20:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Electricity transmission to Category:Electric power transmission
Propose renaming Category:Electricity distribution to Category:Electric power distribution
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Rename to match main article. Vegaswikian (talk) 07:02, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Speedway Defunct teams

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The result of the discussion was:  Relisted on Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_September_7. Ruslik_Zero 12:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Speedway Defunct teams to Category:Defunct speedway teams in the United Kingdom
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match the correct categorization style in Category:Defunct sports teams and to more accurately describe the contents (contains, and is limited to, defunct British teams). Tassedethe (talk) 06:30, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Hospitals in Massachusetts by county

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The result of the discussion was: merge Category:Hospitals in Massachusetts by county to Category:Hospitals in Massachusetts. Any further specificity (or lack thereof) will need to be part of a subsequent nomination.--Mike Selinker (talk) 16:01, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Propose merging Category:Hospitals in Massachusetts by county to Category:Hospitals in Massachusetts and Category:Buildings and structures in Foo County, Massachusetts
Nominator's rationale: Merge. Upmerge to both parents. Adds an unnecessary level of navigation. I may nominate some of the small categories for the same reason. A large number of small categories is not always helpful for navigation. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:41, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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