< May 22 May 24 >

May 23

Category:African-American members of the United States House of Representatives

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: keep (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 05:24, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: First, to simplify category name; second, the list article is List of African-American United States Representatives; and lastly, a comparable and existing category is Category:African-American United States Senators. Mitchumch (talk) 22:25, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:Expatriates from Northern Ireland in Pakistan

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: keep without prejudice to nominating the entire tree of expatriates from Northern Ireland (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 05:27, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:OVERCAT Greenbörg (talk) 18:47, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:Pakistani people of Anglo-Irish descent

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: keep without prejudice to nominating the entire tree of nationality by Anglo-Irish descent (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 05:31, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Not needed WP:NARROWCAT. Greenbörg (talk) 18:45, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:NCAA Football Cover Players

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: relisted, see here (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 04:46, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:TRIVIALCAT - no encyclopedic value —swpbT 18:31, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:Turkish drama television series in Arab World

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: relisted, see here (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 04:47, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:Turkish drama television series in Arab World to [[:Category:]]
Nominator's rationale: Needs renaming and cleanup - are these series that take place in the Arab world? Or are made there? What exactly is meant by the Arab world? —swpbT 18:18, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:Filipino people of Breton descent

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 05:34, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:NARROWCATswpbT 18:12, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:Kashmiri Muslims

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: convert to container category. xplicit 23:47, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Redundant to Category:Kashmiri people. Most Kashmiris are Muslims anyway. Mar4d (talk) 17:59, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Greenbörg: "Kashmiri people are not Muslims anyway" What? The majority of Kashmiris are Muslims. And no, this category is not based on ethnicity. Kashmiri Muslims are not an ethnicity, they are a religious sub-group within the Kashmiri ethnicity. A category already exists for that at Category:Kashmiri people which includes Muslim Kashmiris. We don't have any conventions on Wikipedia widely categorising people by religion in addition to ethnicity. So your category is an exception to the norm. My categories are based on the existing categorisation trees, and follow a structure that is already established. Yours' isn't, thus your comment is irrelevant. Mar4d (talk) 19:08, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Religious ethnic groups are Jews, Sikhs but not Kashmiris. Jews are religious ethnic group because of Judaism and Sikhs because of Sikhism and there are some others. So, your point is not valid. Greenbörg (talk) 07:59, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Let me reiterate: Islam is a religion, Kashmiris are an ethnicity. "Kashmiri Muslims" is neither. It's a group of people of Kashmiri ethnicity who follow Islam. Given the majority of Kashmiris follow Islam, most people under Category:Kashmiri people fit this definition. We categorise people by religion and nationality, but I see no evidence of categories doubling religion + ethnicity (or that this is a convention). You have yet to prove me wrong. Mar4d (talk) 08:54, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
That seems like a workable idea, and one that I would not oppose. Mar4d (talk) 08:34, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:Infrastructure as Code

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: relisted, see here (non-admin closure). Marcocapelle (talk) 18:37, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Underpopulated (two entries), one likely non-notable, little rationale for why this would be ever populated, seems spammy. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:08, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:Underlying principles of microeconomic behavior

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: merge. xplicit 23:47, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: non-defining (none of the articles characterizes its subject as an underlying principle) and subjective (who has the authority to determine what an underlying principle is). Marcocapelle (talk) 05:42, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:Marketing companies of China

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: merge. xplicit 23:47, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: empty except for a subcat, and not part of a large established tree. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:28, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Category:Wikipedians who retain on their userpages categories which have been deleted by consensus

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Wikipedians who retain deleted categories on their userpages. There is an insufficient amount of support to merge or delete this category. xplicit 23:47, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming
    Category:Wikipedians who retain on their userpages categories which have been deleted by consensus to
    Category:Wikipedians who retain on their userpages categories which have been deleted
Nominator's rationale: The "by consensus" is galling. For many deleted usercategories, the deletion discussion was participated only by a very small group of editors, and usually stakeholders were not advised of the discussion. At best, the "consensus" was some form of qualified consensus, somewhere between a "CfD local consensus" and a "rough consensus".

One example of a "weak consensus", seriously close to a "dubious consensus" cf a "no consensus" is Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/User/Archive/January_2008#Category:Fantastic_Wikipedia_editors. However, the point is that they are properly, according to procedures of the time, "delete". Let the category title reflect to simple important fact, without invoking a misuse of the spirit of WP:Consensus in using the word as a stick to beat or otherwise intimidate the many disagreeing Wikipedians.

A yet more concise version would be:

Just from the verbosity angle, I think this change is better. The current verbose version I feel even encourages long silly point making categories. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:16, 23 May 2017 (UTC) I prefer Category:Wikipedians who retain deleted categories on their userpages. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:42, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the categories in Category:Idiosyncratic Wikipedians have not been deleted, so that would be misleading. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:16, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're right. Anyway I agree with Tryptofish that having two categories for a single purpose is not desirable. Perhaps something like Category:Redlinked user categories created to avoid cluttering of Special:Wantedcategories. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:14, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for those comments. If we do in fact make that upmerge, it might be best, for starters, to simply retain the Idiosyncratic Wikipedians name, and then leave the rename discussion of that for the next discussion. This would have the benefits of (1) renaming the "deleted by consensus" wording that editors here seem to agree is a problem, (2) eliminating redundant categories, and (3) getting all of these categories into a single category and out of the rest of category space (and I want to repeat that the hard redirects should also be eliminated). That would be a lot of good progress, and it's surprisingly complicated to craft a rename for the entire thing, which might make for a second, separate discussion as a good idea. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:32, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I actually like Category:Redlinked user categories created to avoid cluttering of Special:Wantedcategories, but there was some consensus on both sides of the issue to requiring all categories with users in them to have some form of "Wikipedians" in them. So I would recommend Category:Wikipedians in redlinked user categories that were created to avoid cluttering of Special:Wantedcategories. That doesn't address the verbosity angle, however. I'll also re-add here that I'm not 100% on board with the concept of creating these categories for the sole purpose of making them not show up in Special:Wantedcategories, but can live with the solution for the time being. VegaDark (talk) 18:44, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Category:Wikipedians in redlinked user categories that were created to avoid cluttering of Special:Wantedcategories? Some of those words would go better in the categories lede than in the title. That title would create a paradox, because the category turns the redlink blue, and also I don't think it is worded right. No one creates redlinked user categories to avoid cluttering of Special:Wantedcategories. I am 80% on board with keeping these categories to make things not show up in Special:Wantedcategories, and 20% on board with depopulating them with prejudice. I note the first option is already in place, and the second would have pesky notification requirements and may lead to resistance with user's who think they own their userpage. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:20, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Redlinked categories are redlinked because there's no cat page created for them. In order to add them to a category such as this, a cat page would need to be created on which to add the category. Hence, no categories in another category can be redlinked. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:30, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not suggesting sanctions, I'm stating information that should be very relevant to any discussion about what to do with this category. Should categories made to make a point (which continue to have the effect long after they're made) be kept? I don't think so. But since this cat serves another purpose as well, and it's the name that makes the point, the best solution is to change the name, if only to comply with WP:POINT. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 15:44, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.