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Category:Safavid Empire

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. (non-admin closure) 2pou (talk) 22:03, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename per main article: Safavid Empire redirects to Safavid Iran. I am not sure whether this is an uncontroversial speedy rename candidate. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:47, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Venetian emigrants

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:43, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: only 1. We dont categorise emigrants by city of origin. There is a seperate Category:Republic of Venice emigrants Rathfelder (talk) 20:39, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Agencies of the Confederate States government

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:41, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose merging Category:Agencies of the Confederate States government to Category:Government of the Confederate States
  • Propose deleting Category:Government agencies of the Confederate States (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Confederate States federal executive departments
  • Propose deleting Category:Organizations based in the Confederate States by subject (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Organizations based in the Confederate States (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
  • Propose deleting Category:Executive branch of the Confederate States government (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: removing unnecessary redundant and empty intermediate layers. The only content of this entire category structure is Category:Military of the Confederate States and its subcontent, such as Category:Confederate States War Department. Place Clichy (talk) 16:37, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American actor-athletes

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The result of the discussion was: delete. – Fayenatic London 22:33, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Non-defining intersection of two separate professions. User:Namiba 15:23, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note I've added Category:American athlete-politicians. If there are objections from anyone who has already commented, please let me know and I will create a separate nomination.--User:Namiba 21:11, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Namiba, I would object to including Category:American athlete-politicians in this nomination, not necessarily because I think it should be kept, but for two reasons. (1) Because it is part of the quite-extensive Category:Sportsperson-politicians by nationality, and I don't think that just one of these should be discussed in isolation, and (2) because the tree was discussed previously with a no consensus result. See here. Good Ol’factory (talk) 06:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. I will nominate it separately and removed it from this discussion.--User:Namiba 13:37, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Scholars of constitutional law

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The result of the discussion was: merge Category:Constitutional law scholars to Category:Scholars of constitutional law. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:39, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The latter phrasing is consistent with other members of Category:Legal scholars by specialty. (t · c) buidhe 14:06, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
William Allen Simpson (talk) 17:32, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The form "X law scholars" is more concise, so I would support renaming them all to that. (t · c) buidhe 12:13, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Murdered explorers

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:07, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: As suggested in earlier CfD, who were killed for political reasons.
Note: This does not include activists who died under mysterious circumstances, such as rumoured assassination attempts or other undetermined causes.
William Allen Simpson (talk) 13:52, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
User:William Allen Simpson, would you mind condensing all of the nominations under one heading so that we can discuss them together?--User:Namiba 15:25, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • My expection is that "explorers" who were military and were not assassinated were simply deaths. We don't call most military fatalities "murder". We do call specific military deaths "assassination", such as Qasem Soleimani.
    William Allen Simpson (talk) 14:26, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Most people in this category weren't military and even for the few who were, like Collet Barker, it was not an assessination. He was murdered as an explorer, not as military. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:29, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I do not agree with triviality in this case. Many explorers were murdered because indigenous people considered their exploration to be a threat. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:29, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Both murdered and assassinated indicate victimhood; no one killed in self-defense is considered to have been "murdered" or "assassinated" so the judgment of WP seems to side with western-centrism that there was no justification for the deaths of these intruders, invaders, and enslavers. I think this is thus an opinion category. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 00:56, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Murdered lawyers

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The result of the discussion was: delete, create Category:Assassinated lawyers out of purged contents. I have tried to include in Category:Assassinated lawyers only those who were killed for their work as a lawyer. I have been liberal in questionable cases, so someone else might want to take a look at the contents. At the time of the close there were 9 articles in it. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:20, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: As suggested in earlier CfD, who were killed for professional activities.
Note: This does not include activists who died under mysterious circumstances, such as rumoured assassination attempts or other undetermined causes.
William Allen Simpson (talk) 13:50, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Buidhe cites two articles in the previous discussion. If passed, this will likely require pruning.
    William Allen Simpson (talk) 14:40, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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People of Abruzzese descent

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The result of the discussion was: delete/merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:36, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Murdered revolutionaries

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:35, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: As suggested in earlier CfD, who were killed for political reasons.
Note: This does not include activists who died under mysterious circumstances, such as rumoured assassination attempts or other undetermined causes.
Category:Executed revolutionaries is separate.
William Allen Simpson (talk) 13:47, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Murdered animal activists

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The result of the discussion was: Withdrawn. Will split as suggested, and will be deleted as empty. (non-admin closure) William Allen Simpson (talk) 12:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:Murdered animal activists to Category:Assassinated animal activists
Nominator's rationale: Already in Category:Assassinated activists tree.
William Allen Simpson (talk) 13:05, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's a problem. By the rules, we aren't supposed to prune the category before renaming. It's fairly clear that we shouldn't categorize animal activists who happened to be murdered for some other reason. There's a well-populated tree for assassinations for political reasons. Then prune....
    William Allen Simpson (talk) 14:31, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done removing all who were not assassinated for their activism, merely murdered for profit or by family members.
    William Allen Simpson (talk) 17:18, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Murdered activists

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The result of the discussion was: delete; applicable articles can go in Category:Assassinated activists. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:34, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Trivial intersection. No notable WP:DEFINING link between the occupation and the manner of death. Not expected as a professional hazard or qualification. There may have been many years between the occupation and the death, making the link even weaker.
Note: Sources about the death of a person will often discuss both their occupation and their cause of death. This doesn't make this intersection any more notable than a combination with other aspects often discussed in such notices, such as their number of children.
Category:Assassinated activists‎ is in a separate tree.
See also: related rationale about suicides by occupation:
William Allen Simpson (talk) 12:56, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @William Allen Simpson: I am definitely not supporting violating the rules, I am proposing something in the discussion. It is up to the closing admin to determine if there is consensus for this proposal, and if so, to implement it in some way. Please revert your emptying. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:47, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Murdered judges

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The result of the discussion was: delete; applicable articles can go in Category:Assassinated judges. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:33, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Trivial intersection. No notable WP:DEFINING link between the occupation and the manner of death. Not expected as a professional hazard or qualification. There may have been many years between the occupation and the death, making the link even weaker.
Note: Sources about the death of a person will often discuss both their occupation and their cause of death. This doesn't make this intersection any more notable than a combination with other aspects often discussed in such notices, such as their number of children.
Category:Assassinated judges is in a separate tree.
See also: related rationale about suicides by occupation:
William Allen Simpson (talk) 12:40, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done. Most of them were by IRA, and were already in an assissinated or terrorism category.
    William Allen Simpson (talk) 16:33, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Murdered philosophers

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:09, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Trivial intersection. No notable WP:DEFINING link between the occupation and the manner of death. Not expected as a professional hazard or qualification. There may have been many years between the occupation and the death, making the link even weaker.
Note: Sources about the death of a person will often discuss both their occupation and their cause of death. This doesn't make this intersection any more notable than a combination with other aspects often discussed in such notices, such as their number of children.
See also: related rationale about suicides by occupation:
William Allen Simpson (talk) 12:33, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is no point in making speculations, by just reading the articles it becomes clear that this is not actually the case. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:25, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • To be defining, it must be commonly and consistently applied to the profession. Obviously not the case.
    William Allen Simpson (talk) 14:35, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Murdered writers

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:31, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Trivial intersection. No notable WP:DEFINING link between the occupation and the manner of death. Not expected as a professional hazard or qualification. There may have been many years between the occupation and the death, making the link even weaker.
Note: Sources about the death of a person will often discuss both their occupation and their cause of death. This doesn't make this intersection any more notable than a combination with other aspects often discussed in such notices, such as their number of children.
See also: related rationale about suicides by occupation:
William Allen Simpson (talk) 12:23, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Similarity and distance measures

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 January 27#Category:Similarity and distance measures

Category:2021 births

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:30, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: When someone of note is born this year, this category can be recreated. No need for placeholders even though it is an eventual certainty. Just have to wait until that time. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 02:52, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
FYI This happened last year, too (see WP:CfD/Log/2020 Jan 1). I'm not sure what the rush is. That one was recreated in May when there was something to populate it with. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 03:02, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:RIAJ Reco-kyō Chart number-one ringtones

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:11, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: My how time flies...I nominated this category 10 years ago (see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 January 7#Category:RIAJ Reco-kyō Chart number-one singles, and I still believe that no matter how many ringtones of a song are sold, reaching number one on a ringtone chart is not a defining aspect of a song. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 01:20, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete (as category creator) - Categories for #1 singles are a relic of the past. --Prosperosity (talk) 03:08, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:New Year films

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Films set around New Year. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:15, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:New Year films to Category:Films set during New Year or :Category:Films about New Year
Nominator's rationale: The term "New year films" alienates films that have a significant portion of the movie around the subject of New Year's eve and day or a significant portion of the motion picture takes place during New Year's Eve/day. ₛₒₘₑBₒdyₐₙyBₒdy₀₅ (talk) 01:16, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I would have no objection whatsoever to the category and list both being moved to "...during..." Grutness...wha? 03:24, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:GVC Holdings

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:28, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: C2D. Passotrein (talk) 00:31, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Sons of Confederate Veterans awards

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The result of the discussion was: merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:27, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT
No conceptual objection to an award by organization category but there is only one article here: Confederate Medal of Honor (Sons of Confederate Veterans). The Sons of Confederate Veterans article doesn't mention any other awards so I don't think there's any growth potential but no objection to recreating the category later if I'm wrong and it ever gets up to 5+ articles. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:08, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Recipients of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award‎

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:26, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose Deleting/Listifying Category:Recipients of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:NONDEFINING (WP:OCAWARD)
The Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management is a two-year business college in New Delhi that gives out a Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award to Indian businesspeople. Most of the winners don't have a Wikipedia article and, for those that do, the award is mentioned in passing with other honors because it's not defining. We have a Catch-22 where, when the award is defining enough for a category, they aren't notable enough for an article and, when they're notable enough for an article, the category is no longer defining. The contents are already listified here in the main article for any reader interested in the topic. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:08, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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