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Category:Pentannual journals

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The result of the discussion was: speedy delete per WP:G7. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:07, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I can't find the word "pentannual" in any dictionary. When I google it, I get hits saying that it means "every 5 years", which obviously is not intended here. Randykitty (talk) 22:56, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Songs written by Courtney Harrell

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:24, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: No article on category subject, see no reason to have a cat on their works. MSJapan (talk) 05:50, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Every single one of her five songs is written by at least one other person who is not the artist performing the song, so I have a real issue with saying "the fact that Courtney Harrell wrote this song is a defining feature of this song." There's got to be some sort of lower limit where this becomes WP:TRIVIA. I'd also note WP:NONDEF as "something we wouldn't mention in the lede or is not mentioned often in sources" also fits here. MSJapan (talk) 23:06, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Note that we typically do categorize by songwriter, so this would be an exception if deleted.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~ Rob13Talk 22:13, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Davarzan County geography stubs

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The result of the discussion was: Keep. Dawynn (talk) 13:29, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: A sparsely populated county in Iran. Permanent category only has the 5 articles, which have all been tagged as stubs. No need for a stub category at this time. Propose deleting stub category and upmerging template to Category:Razavi Khorasan Province geography stubs. Dawynn (talk) 18:25, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Royal Air Force airmen

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus to rename or merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:22, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Rename to a gender-neutral title, since this title includes women. If "aircrew" is an inappropriate term, then please suggest a gender-neutral alternative. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:42, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Renaming proposal withdrawn. See new merger proposal below. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)
"...aircraftmen and aircraftwomen" would imply a category containing only those who held the lowest rank in the RAF, i.e. not flight sergeants etc. The category should be for all RAF other ranks. Opera hat (talk) 10:14, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Rather than try to devise an unambiguous new name, I think that the crucial point here is that it sets out out to categorise people by a particular rank. In other armed services we have single-rank categories only for the very highest ranks (general/admiral/air marshal), and otherwise have a generic category for personnel, with a subcat for officers. I see no need for a catchall category for those below officer rank.
I suggest that RAF personnel should be categorised in the same way as those other services. We already have Category:Royal Air Force officers, so all we need to do with this category is to merge it to Category:Royal Air Force personnel. Many of the pages can then be diffused to Category:Royal Air Force personnel by war, the rest can be diffused to either Category:20th-century Royal Air Force personnel or Category:21st-century Royal Air Force personnel. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:58, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Mathematical and quantitative methods (economics)

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus on any action at this time. -- Tavix (talk) 00:23, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: As per definition: "Econometrics is the application of mathematics, statistical methods, and computer science to economic data." fgnievinski (talk) 15:37, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Econometrics and mathematical economics exist side by side, I've never seen econometrics being presented as subordinate to mathematical economics (very literally side by side here: [5]). In fact econometrics is much better known than mathematical economics too, as you'll see when trying to find the both terms online.
So while both of these are clearly defined categories that can remain unchanged, mathematical and quantitative methods (economics) isn't as concrete, it doesn't have a main article as an illustration hereof, that's why I agree on a merger, but to a better target (agreeing with John Quiggin in that respect). Marcocapelle (talk) 17:46, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Auditor General of Sri Lanka

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The result of the discussion was: renamed and merged. -- Tavix (talk) 00:20, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:Auditor General of Sri Lanka to Category:Auditors General of Sri Lanka
  • Propose merging Category:Accountant and Auditor General to Category:Auditors General of Sri Lanka
  • Propose merging Category:Accountant General and Civil Auditor to Category:Auditors General of Sri Lanka
  • Propose merging Category:Accountant General and Controller of Revenue to Category:Auditors General of Sri Lanka
  • Propose merging Category:Auditor General of Ceylon to Category:Auditors General of Sri Lanka
  • Propose merging Category:Civil Auditor and Accountant General to Category:Auditors General of Sri Lanka
  • Propose merging Category:Civil Auditor General to Category:Auditors General of Sri Lanka
  • Propose merging Category:Colonial Auditor to Category:Auditors General of Sri Lanka
Nominator's rationale: The first category listed needs to be pluralised; this would regularly be a speedy change but I want to supplement it with the rest of this nomination. The position of Auditor General of Sri Lanka has gone through a number of name changes over the years (see the article). Each subcategory listed includes the individuals who held the position in question when it had one particular name. Although the name changed over time, the position did not really change that much—at least not enough to justify having a different article for the positions. So I do not understand why we cannot just categorize these all in one category, named in a plural form to match the article for the positions, which is Auditor General of Sri Lanka. Several of the subcategories contain just one article. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:28, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Pashto film stubs

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:17, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Only 21 articles in permanent category. Only half of these are stubs. Stub category not needed at this time. Propose deleting category and upmerging template to Category:Pakistani film stubs. Dawynn (talk) 03:24, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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