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Category:Unconfirmed derivation elm cultivar

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The result of the discussion was: manual merge and delete. – Fayenatic London 22:10, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: WP:OCMISC * Pppery * it has begun... 23:29, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Masters of Oundle School

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Teachers of Oundle School. Taking into account Fayenatic's suggestion as well. bibliomaniac15 06:42, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: To make it clearer that these are not headmasters - and one is a woman. Rathfelder (talk) 21:28, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Maybe they were called that in the school, but this is an encyclopedia. Calling someone a Master of a school will generally be understood to mean a head teacher. Sarah Kerr-Dineen is not referred to as a Master. Rathfelder (talk) 21:09, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • As an encyclopaedia it is best to reflect facts- all of the people, of which only one is a woman, in this category are masters. So, perhaps it is best to update it to be Masters/Mistresses of Oundle School to be more inclusive. Likewise, the headmaster category could be made into headmasters/headmistress for fairness and fact. Suffolk J (talk) 22:31, 15 December 2021
  • "Masters of..." simply means schoolmasters and does not necessarily principals. It is not misleading. As I said this could be expanded to Masters/Mistresses to be more inclusive. Suffolk J (talk) 21:03, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So your case is that words are used differently in Oundle? That is exactly why we should rename this. Rathfelder (talk) 14:06, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • It is completely correct. The page you've linked to is a list not a category. If you'd paid more care to what I wrote, I put: " We went through all of this years ago with the category "Old Fooyans" (Old Wykehamists, etc, etc), ultimately changed to "People educated at Foo College"." (Cast your eyes to the top of this page and you'll see it's called "Categories for discussion" not "Lists for discussion".) And here is the link to the category I referred to: People educated at Winchester College. In addition, you are only meant to cast your "vote" Support or Oppose once. To do so three times does not lend your opinion three times the weight. Ericoides (talk) 16:59, 27 December 2021 (UTC
  • It is not for users, even ones party to the current discussion who log on with an IP address to give a fourth "oppose vote", to speculate whether "everyone's ideas" will or will not be satisfied. Could you please give a link to the Uppingham category you mention. Ericoides (talk) 17:51, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think that they are referring to the notable staff section on the Uppingham wiki page (likewise there is also a section on the Bradfield College wiki page). Although they are not categories, this could be an idea of what we rename the masters category too. This is because firstly 'Notable staff of Oundle School' is very clear for encyclopaedia purposes. Secondly, it also satisfies that all of the people included are members of staff. Overall I think that there could be a benefit to this.Suffolk J (talk) 10:01, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • With categories the idea is to use the same word across the project so that categories can nest within each other, teachers from Oundle, teachers from *county name*, teachers from *country name*. If you look at the bottom of a category page you can see how this well-established system works. Introducing a word like "staff" is completely unnecessary when there is a perfectly good, straightforward word: "teacher" (or schoolteacher). See here: Teachers at Eton College. What are your objections to "teacher"? Is it too common? (Incidentally, there is no need for "notable"; to have a Wiki page means you are de facto notable!) Ericoides (talk) 07:49, 14 January 2022 (±UTC)
  • The issue I have is not that it is too common but more so accuracy. Fair point about the notable thing though. We need to be careful calling them teachers as both Olver and Grewcock, who appear in the list did not teach in the school, so are not teachers. That is why I support the view Staff is better as it true. It is also perfectly clear and understandable. Suffolk J (talk) 18:50, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please remember that Wikipedia is about being useful to a worldwide readership rather than reproducing in-universe language. If it were we would have "Dons at Winchester College" rather than teachers, and "Men educated at Winchester College" rather than people (I'm sure you are aware, teachers and pupils in the "college" are referred to as "dons" and "men"). You haven't addressed my point about nesting of categories, which is crucial here. As far as I can see, "Staff of" categories on Wikipedia are given to teachers in tertiary not secondary education. And regarding the people who didn't teach at your school, they obviously should not be placed in the category "Teachers". When I created the Johann Coaz page, I didn't put him in the category Swiss neurosurgeons because he wasn't a neurosurgeon; I created the category Swiss foresters because he was a forester and placed him there. Why not create appropriate categories for Messrs Olver and Grewcock? Ericoides (talk) 10:59, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional Ukrainian Jews

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 03:38, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Only 3 entries, 2 of which are redirects to the same film. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:47, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional Australian people by ethnic or national origin

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The result of the discussion was: soft merge (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 03:47, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary wrapper for two subcategories, one of which is CfD'd below. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:45, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional Maltese Jews

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The result of the discussion was: soft merge (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 03:51, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: And Category:Fictional Maltese people, per WP:SMALLCAT. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:44, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional Australian Jews

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The result of the discussion was: soft merge (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 03:56, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: And Category:Fictional Australian people, per WP:SMALLCAT. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:43, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional Venetian Jews

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The result of the discussion was: soft merge (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 04:00, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT, contains only 2 characters from the same Shakesperean play. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:41, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Navigational boxes by country

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The result of the discussion was: merge(non-admin closure); @Oculi: feel free to nominate Category:Country navigational boxes. Marcocapelle (talk) 00:35, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Merge. A follow-up to the discussion started here. These two categories seem to cover exactly the same subject, and the latter is more correctly named, given that the navboxes are arranged by both topic and country. Grutness...wha? 12:04, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Justus Nussbaum and Ericliu1912:, who were involved in the previous discussion. Grutness...wha? 12:07, 13 December 2021 (UTC) [reply]
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Category:Club Litoral players

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The result of the discussion was: speedy split C2D. – Fayenatic London 21:51, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's rationale: Ambiguous category, see Club Deportivo Litoral: Club Deportivo Litoral (Cochabamba) and Club Deportivo Litoral (La Paz) Paradoctor (talk) 07:52, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • That is how a category split is normally implemented :-) Marcocapelle (talk) 20:05, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Peterkingiron:  Done Paradoctor (talk) 13:04, 17 December 2021 (UTC) and  Done again with the word "players" appended C2C per siblings. – Fayenatic London 21:51, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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