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Category:People from Brentwood, Pennsylvania

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The result of the discussion was: merge (non-admin closure) Marcocapelle (talk) 07:12, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Small one county community with just 3 entries. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 15:42, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Albums recorded at A&M Studios

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. ✗plicit 12:16, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Nothing defining about an album being recorded at a studio where albums are recorded. Surprisingly, many albums in this category are compilations which means the songs were recorded for other albums made at the studio. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 22:55, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, that bugs me, too. Most compilation albums are compiled of previously recorded material produced for other albums and the producers had nothing to do with the compilation itself. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 17:32, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Marcocapelle (talk) 10:11, 2 April 2021 (UTC) [reply]
  • So you assume it's just hiring an arbitrary location with recording devices? No, your guesswork is not about reality. Have you ever been in a professional rec studio? A lot of musicians talk about recording studios that offer "atmosphere" (which elevates their creative spirits). Technical devices are the basal, but the recording engineers and even the landscape surroundings are important. Music is self-evidently not just another job of operating instruments and "sound" manipulating machines. So stop talking of "generic places". If professional studios were just only availability of high-end rec machines bands wouldn't book them! --Just N. (talk) 13:48, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Football and apartheid

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Soccer and apartheid. ✗plicit 11:29, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: We use "soccer" when referring to this sport in South Africa: Soccer in South Africa, Category:Soccer in South Africa. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:48, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Video game characters in other media

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:20, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Not defining. ★Trekker (talk) 01:04, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
I have taken the liberty to merge the six nominations into one. If that is undesirable after all, feel free to split it again. Thanks, Marcocapelle (talk) 12:39, 1 May 2021 (UTC) [reply]
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Category:Songs about Count Dracula

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:22, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: The members of this category are not “Songs about Count Dracula” but collate articles that mention him in the title, save for the 2 songs, of which neither are specifically about Dracula, therefore ignoring the term ‘defining’ from WP:CAT.
I had removed 2 musicals from this category, before I realised a further 4 were musicals, Dracula – Entre l'amour et la mort, Dracula – L'amour plus fort que la mort, Dracula (Czech musical) and Dracula: A Chamber Musical. Two of the entries are albums, Nosferatu (Helstar album) and Transylvania (Nox Arcana album).
This leaves us with just two songs, Bela Lugosi's Dead which is nominally about an actor who played Dracula and Monster Mash, which I assume mentions Dracula in the lyrics, but hardly defining when the song is also in Category:Songs about parties, Category:Songs about dancing, Category:Songs about films, Category:Songs about monsters, Category:Songs about vampires and Category:Songs about werewolves. Richhoncho (talk) 11:13, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Marcocapelle:. I thought I had made the point that the two songs were not specifically about Dracula, so would fail WP:CATDEF, but I am not strongly opposed to them being moved to Works based on Dracula, even though I am of the opinion they don't belong there either. --Richhoncho (talk) 19:52, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Female impersonators by nationality

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The result of the discussion was: rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:25, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename for consistency, all subcategories (except the Australian) are named "drag queens". Also, if renamed, the category should be re-parented. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:38, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This nomination is related to a broader category discussion at WikiProject LGBT, @Bearcat, Mathglot, and Bluerasberry: pinging contributors to that discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:42, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Buddhist scholars

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The result of the discussion was: rename; some purging may be required. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:24, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming and purging:
Nominator's rationale: rename and purge to avoid ambiguity. This is (or should be) about scholars specializing in Buddhism, not scholars of Buddhist faith who specialize in something completely different. The latter is suggested by the page header of the top category but that would be a clear violation of WP:OCEGRS. The proposed category names are in line with Category:Scholars of Islam. Some purging will be necessary, e.g. Chen Yuan (historian) does not belong in this tree, he was not a scholar of Buddhism.
This is related to this earlier discussion, though it is a different nomination. @Paul 012, Invokingvajras, Naddruf, JarrahTree, Anomalous+0, and Peterkingiron: pinging contributors to that discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:04, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Paul 012: it is not the intention of the nomination to deal with Category:Buddhist scholars separately, because the nomination is about this very category. The text "This category is about Buddhist people who are scholars. For scholars of Buddhist studies, see Category:Buddhist studies scholars." should be removed as it goes against WP:OCEGRS. We should not categorize e.g. chemists or French linguists by their religion. I have no objection against your other idea to merge Category:Buddhist studies scholars and Category:American Buddhist studies scholars. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:55, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Fair enough; I've struck my keep !vote, though please consider me neutral regarding Category:Buddhist scholars for now. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:08, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Iranian military personnel promoted posthumously

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The result of the discussion was: merge all to Category:Iranian military officers. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:23, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose Deleting Category:Iranian military personnel promoted posthumously
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:V and WP:NONDEFINING generally
The Iranian officers in these categories were generally killed in action like with Ahmad Keshvari, Gholamali Bayandor, and Ali Sayad Shirazi but the articles generally don't mention the promotion. In the US context, police officers killed in the line of duty are often promoted posthumously to increase the pension for the surviving family. I'm not sure if this is also an economic benefit or an informal award to those killed in action and there is no Posthumous military promotions in Iran article to provide cultural context. There are no equivalent categories for other countries under Category:Posthumous recognitions. - RevelationDirect (talk) 02:49, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm, that's a good point since the target categories might have the same WP:V issue since none of the articles I looked at mention the rank at all. Straight deletion might be a better option for now. - RevelationDirect (talk) 11:11, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Even if it's hypothetically defining, we still have a verifiability issue since the articles usually make no mention of it let alone source it. - RevelationDirect (talk)
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Category:129th Field Artillery Regiment

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:21, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose Deleting Category:129th Field Artillery Regiment
  • Propose Deleting Category:129th Field Artillery Regiment officers
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:PERFCAT for the subcat and, for the parent category, WP:C2F one eponymous article
We have 47 regiments under Category:Field artillery regiments of the United States Army National Guard and this is the only one with a separate category, which would be fine if it was populated but there are only 3 articles total. The 1 article in the parent category is 129th Field Artillery Regiment. The 2 biography articles in the subcat are U.S. President Harry S. Truman and his aid, Harry H. Vaughan. Both were career military officers who serviced with multiple regiments and categorizing by each one would create category clutter. All three articles are well categorized so no mergers are needed. - RevelationDirect (talk) 02:49, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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