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Category:Rajputana Agency

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:32, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, a British government agency is not a defining characteristic of Indian princely states that mostly existed since long before the British came. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:36, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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A few more award categories

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:33, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
child categories of these awards
  • Propose deleting Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Prussia) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Knights of the Order of the Crown (Prussia) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Prussia) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Prussia), 1st class (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Prussia), 2nd class (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Prussia), 3rd class (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Prussia), 4th class (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Military Order of Maria Theresa recipients (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Knights Commander of the Military Order of Maria Theresa (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Knights of the Military Order of Maria Theresa (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:OCAWARD, per WP:NONDEF, per previous discussion and many discussions before. People in these categories are notable for being politician, high military, scientist, artist etc. while the award is by no means a defining characteristic. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:44, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Tennis in Macau

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:27, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Overly detailed. We don't have 'Tennis in...' categories for cities / regions with the exception of a handful of important cities (London, Paris, New York). Wolbo (talk) 20:03, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: The category is part of the tree Category:Sport in Macau by sport and Macau (like Hong Kong) has many categories going back to when they were separate colonies rather than Special Administrative Areas of China. Hugo999 (talk) 23:23, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Lists of parks categories

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:35, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename. It is a geographical location, and would follow the parent category Category:Parks in Canada. Funandtrvl (talk) 16:53, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename. It is a geographical location, and would follow the parent category Category:Urban public parks in Canada. Funandtrvl (talk) 17:05, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename. It is a geographical location, and would follow the parent category Category:Parks in the United Kingdom. Funandtrvl (talk) 16:59, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename. It is a geographical location, and would follow the parent category Category:Parks in the United States.Funandtrvl (talk) 17:05, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Matsya kingdoms‎

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 13:07, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose deleting Category:Matsya kingdoms‎‎
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:SMALLCAT, two articles in the category that already refer to each other. No need to upmerge, the two articles are already well-categorized. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:51, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Eccentric

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 12:23, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Well intentioned creation, but the term 'eccentric' is too nebulous and ill-defined to support a category, and ultimately depends on personal judgement, which is the antithesis of our Wikipedia categories. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 10:57, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Masterpiece Theatre

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The result of the discussion was: keep, but use only for list articles about Masterpiece Theatre (purge of articles about individual plays/programmes). Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:39, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining characteristic of the included TV series, usually British-produced, which are just broadcast under this banner on PBS in the States. Rob Sinden (talk) 09:42, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'd be on board with this approach, as long as the category is purged of the programmes. --Rob Sinden (talk) 13:15, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Mystery!

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Users could create a separate list article from the link provided. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:38, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining characteristic of the included TV series, usually British-produced, which are just broadcast under this banner on PBS in the States. Rob Sinden (talk) 09:42, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Seems to already be there! :) --Rob Sinden (talk) 13:14, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Can we split that into a separate list article? -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 04:23, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Talukas in Vidarbha

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 12:24, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Vidarbha is a region (region is defined on basis of historic, social and sentimental grounds) in the Maharashtra state of India and not an administrative division. See List of districts of Maharashtra. The administrative hierarchy in India goes down like; Country--> State --> Division --> District -->Taluka --> Village. In smaller states "Division" is totally eliminated. In this context I don't see why the Talukas should be categorized under region, which is not a defining feature and is just over categorization. To maintain uniformity throughout the categories of all states in India, a sub-category based on "Division" should also not be present, let alone a sentimental thing like "region". Hence delete. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 09:03, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Talukas in Marathwada

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The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 12:25, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Marathwada is a region (region is defined on basis of historic, social and sentimental grounds) in the Maharashtra state of India and not an administrative division. See List of districts of Maharashtra. The administrative hierarchy in India goes down like; Country--> State --> Division --> District -->Taluka --> Village. In smaller states "Division" is totally eliminated. In this context I don't see why the Talukas should be categorized under region, which is not a defining feature and is just over categorization. To maintain uniformity throughout the categories of all states in India, a sub-category based on "Division" should also not be present, let alone a sentimental thing like "region". Hence delete. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 09:03, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Shyamsunder:, yes it is good idea to create category based on division like Category:Talukas in Aurangabad division, but have you read my comment, Marathwada also has its constitutional status, how one can ignore what constitution says and also there is already special board named Marathwada Statutory Development Board to oversee development of the region same way like division. --Human3015 knock knock • 23:07, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Marathwada Statutory Development Board is not relevant for categorising. Whole Maharashtra is not covered/divided by the recognized regions.Shyamsunder (talk) 23:37, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Shyamsunder, thats why I said you to read my comments, there are three regions recognised by Constitution of India named Vidarbha, Marathwada and Rest of Maharashtra. Each one has development boards and all divisions and districts comes under those boards. Read article 371 of Constitution of India. Also read all above mentioned references. --Human3015 knock knock • 01:13, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with all your reasons. On WT:INB you say that navigation is a problem within Category:Talukas in Maharashtra, well then hello, we have to make subcategories district-wise below the state-wise category. Division-wise and/or region-wise are both bad ideas. Keeping district-wise is better given the whole larger Category:Tehsils of India. Getting recognized as different boards through constitution or laws has nothing to do with how Wikipedia should arrange the articles. Btw, these boards don't completely administer their regions autonomously. In many aspects the hierarchy still runs from State-District-Taluka excluding the middle levels which aren't fully integrated in the system. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 05:05, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Dharmadhyaksha, neither district governs region autonomously nor state itself governs region autonomously. So why is even need of Category:Talukas in Maharashtra? I think Category:Tehsils of India is enough. It doesn't matters if constitution recognizes Maharashtra as state, Wikipedia doesn't work on Indian constitution. What say? --Human3015 knock knock • 05:50, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sure! Delete the whole Wikipedia! §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 05:59, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Dharmadhyaksha:, maybe you are now on right track, as you said it doesn't matters if constitution recognizes Marathwada, Vidarbha and "Rest of Maharashtra" as official regions of Maharashtra, so with this logic we have to delete many things if we ignore constitutional official claims. In your nomination you said Marathwada is not official region of Maharashtra, but when I gave you constitutional reference that "its official" then you changed your stand that "constitution doesn't matters". In your nomination you said "division" is official entity but somehow you changed your that stand too and now you are saying only "state">"district">"Talukas" are relevant. Why you are changing your stands? There is an Indian Administrative Service(IAS) officer appointed as commissioner on "divisional level", even commissioner of development boards like Marathwada Statutory Development Board is an IAS officer. Do you think that these IAS officers getting their salaries without doing any work? Why government should appoint top class IAS officers on such "useless" "divisional" or "development board" level? see here divisonal commissioner of Aurangabad division is IAS officer (click on 'vibhagiy prashasan'), if according to your logic these divisions don't administer region "truly" then why IAS officers need here, irony is that IAS includes word "administrative" service. also read "administrative" set up of Marathwada Statutory Development Board. --Human3015 knock knock • 07:33, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Reread what I said first; "To maintain uniformity throughout the categories of all states in India, a sub-category based on "Division" should also not be present, let alone a sentimental thing like "region". Also read WP:WALLS and I will let others speak here from now. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 08:24, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Colonial Chile

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The result of the discussion was: rename. MER-C 13:07, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This better matches the name used at Commons along with the name used at the main article (Captaincy General of Chile). Ricky81682 (talk) 07:29, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:FC Petržalka 1898 players

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (But should the category be renamed to Category:FC Petržalka akadémia players, since the article is at FC Petržalka akadémia?) Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:41, 28 August 2015 (UTC) [reply]
Nominator's rationale: Merge. The incipit of both categories link to the same article. Epìdosis 07:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:1965 establishments in Guyana

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The result of the discussion was: merge/rename as specified. MER-C 12:27, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Guyana was still British Guiana until 1966 when it became Guyana (Commonwealth realm) and then Guyana in 1970. As described in Bank of Guyana, "1965 [was] *in advance* of the country's independence in 1966." Ricky81682 (talk) 06:50, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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