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Category:Programs acquired by ABS-CBN

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:27, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: I don't understand what this category is about. This is not Category:ABS-CBN shows but some odd subset of shows that were "acquired" by ABS-CBN. Further, I can't find a source in any of these articles about how they were "acquired" by a particular network. It seems like it's listing broadcasts but that categorization would drive almost every television article into complete overcategorization chaos. Ricky81682 (talk) 21:29, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:The Surreal Life participants

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) SSTflyer 06:03, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Like other categories on this page this category is not for people who became known through being on a reality show but for people who were already known before appearing in it. We should not categorize them in this manner. Mars Felix (talk) 18:29, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Association of American Universities

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The result of the discussion was: delete (non-admin closure) SSTflyer 06:06, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:Association of American Universities to Category:Members of the Association of American Universities
Nominator's rationale: Per previous precedent at CfD, university association categories have been renamed to clarify they are referring to membership, not a relationship to the topic in itself. Regards, James (talk/contribs) 15:56, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestants

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:37, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose deleting Category:I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestants (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! contestants (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK) contestants (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Fails WP:PERFCAT Rob Sinden (talk) 13:59, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:The Only Way Is Essex cast members

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The result of the discussion was: upmerge to Category:Participants in British reality television series. -- Tavix (talk) 17:10, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Fails WP:PERFCAT Rob Sinden (talk) 13:59, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Should it be upmerged to that category then? Appearance on a specific show is a performance, but if they are solely notable for being a reality show contestant, then the more general parent category would be the WP:DEFINING category, in the same way that we categorise people as Category:Actors but not by the films or shows they appeared in. --Rob Sinden (talk) 08:02, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Participants in British reality television series should probably be purged of the celebrities per WP:PERFCAT also. --Rob Sinden (talk) 08:03, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Except for the fact that they're real people in real storylines - not performers doing performances. Jim Michael (talk) 21:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Reality television is not "real people in real storylines", it is non-trained people acting in ways that are meant to have the aura of being more authentic, or competition that is just plain competition. Either way, it is form of casting, they are described as cast members, and so performance, and so we should not categorize by a particular show.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:05, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't say that TOWIE members are acting - there's no script and the storylines are real. The show is not a competition. The cat should be renamed, because they're not cast members or actors - they're real people who live in and around Brentwood. Jim Michael (talk) 18:48, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Strictly Come Dancing participants

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The result of the discussion was: delete. If someone is up for the task, they can go though the professinals at List of Strictly Come Dancing contestants and make sure they're in the relevant dancer category(ies). -- Tavix (talk) 17:01, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Fails WP:PERFCAT. Rob Sinden (talk) 13:58, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Would they not be categorised in one of the subcategories of Category:Dancers? That would be the WP:DEFINING category in my mind. --Rob Sinden (talk) 07:57, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Nonexistent or unplayable musical instruments

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:35, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete as we don't categorize things by what they are not. See also this earlier discussion which is still open. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:09, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Historical Figures from Kavajë

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:36, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: "historical figure" is undefined, we don't have any other historical figure categories. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:28, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedia categories named after presidents

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The result of the discussion was: renamed. Pinging Good Olfactory to implement the proposed broadening. -- Tavix (talk) 12:53, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: It would make sense to broaden this to cover all heads of states so that it can parallel Category:Wikipedia categories named after heads of government. If renamed, it would need to be re-parented and populated with non-presidential heads of state, which I am happy to do. Yes, the proposed category could just be created and populated as a parent category of the nominated one, but frankly, I don't see the point of having both since these are administrative categories only. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:24, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: we have Category:Wikipedia_categories_named_after_royalty, nearly all the children categories of which would be added to the newly named one above but not all (so we cannot just add this as a child category) such as Category:Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and several others like her husband, his son, and daughter-in-law all of whom with categories... Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:45, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yup, I was anticipating the expansion to include non-presidential heads of state, which include some, but not all, of those in Category:Wikipedia categories named after royalty. As you say, the presidential one is just kind of a categorization by shared name. Presidential heads of state vary greatly in their actual role and level of power. But the one thing that they do have in common is that they are heads of state. Renaming will also prevent non-head of state presidents from being added, such as presidents of corporations or associations. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:47, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral @Peterkingiron: I said my peace on how much I don't find these categories useful here. If the people that see value with this tree want to make changes, I don't want to get in the way. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:35, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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