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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. ✗plicit 09:38, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deleting Category:Croatian principalities (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: delete as anachronistic, except the Duchy of Croatia these were principalities outside the duchy/kingdom of Croatia. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:19, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support or ALT of Category:Dalmatian principalities. Laurel Lodged (talk) 13:15, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of the current content, only the redirect would fit Category:Dalmatian principalities. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:09, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this nomination is actually amusing given https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medieval_principalities_in_southern_Dalmatia&diff=706882419&oldid=581573869 So are you now saying that this edit should effectively be reverted, and categories "Medieval Croatia" and "Medieval Serbia" are more proper for that topic? I think the issue is whether we expect people to interpret subcategorization as "this topic is completely subsumed under the parent topic" or "this topic is typically categorized together with the parent topic"? The former would clearly be wrong in these cases, as historical connections between both the Pannonian and southern Dalmatian principalities to either the contemporary core Croatian or core Serbian principalities were not as strong as nationalists would have liked them to be, yet the latter would make some sense, because it's common to see them described in the context of the history of Croatia and Serbia at the time, since it's not typically very clear how these medieval Slavs substantially differed from those other medieval Slavs. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 08:16, 13 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Although some Croatian principalities were outside the Duchy of Croatia (but with Pannonian Croatia incorporated into the Kingdom of Croatia since approx. 925), they were inhabited with people who came from White Croatia, who then called themselves either Croats, Slavonians, Dalmatians or Narentines etc. and later formed the modern Croatian nation. Almost none of modern states existed in the 7/8/9th centuries in present-day form, surface area, territory coverage or even name. So the Duchy of Croatia (Littoral), Medieval principalities in southern Dalmatia and Duchy of Pannonian Croatia (an article recently merged or moved into the article Slavs in Lower Pannonia, which is inappropriate, generalized, too wide and even misleading, being a title too wide to describe not a tribe or nation, but a COUNTRY) should all be kept in the existing category. --Silverije 21:56, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So are you suggesting an alternative name of Category:White Croatian principalities or Category:Principalities principally populated by White Croatian peoples ? If not, your vote makes no sense. Laurel Lodged (talk) 14:24, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, no, no. I am not suggesting any altenative name. Please, read once more what I've written. Keep means keep, in other words make no change. Why shouldn't that make no sense? --Silverije 16:23, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Because not all of the principalities are contained within the boundaries of the current state of Croatia (and so are not Croatian) and because some of the principalities, by your own explanation above, consist of people who would not now self-describe as Croatian. So it fails on the test of "is part of the state of Foo" and it fails on the test of "Is part of the nation of Foo". Laurel Lodged (talk) 16:36, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, not all of the principalities are contained within the boundaries of the current state of Croatia in their full surface area (some of them only partially), because many of the boundaries changed during past centuries. For instance, a large part of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of the Kingdom of Croatia before Ottoman invasion. I didn't say that "some of the principalities consist of people who would not now self-describe as Croatian" but people who came from White Croatia, who THEN called themselves either Croats, Slavonians, Dalmatians or Narentines etc., later formed the modern Croatian nation. Nothing fails on any of your tests. --Silverije 23:35, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Withdrawn by Rathfelder (non-admin closure) Asmodea Oaktree (talk) 13:12, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:French classical violists to Category:French violists

Nominator's rationale: Only classical musicians play violas. Rathfelder (talk) 13:06, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

^{[citation needed]}. See Viola#Contemporary_pop_music. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:17, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support in principle though it should be expanded to other nationalities. With only a handful of articles about non-classical violists it does not make sense to set up two parallel by-nationality trees. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:03, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Given that there are multiple by-nationality trees extant, if that is the intention then this nomination should be withdrawn pending considerable replanning - simply upmerging a single category based on a false assumption is not a good solution. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:25, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep unless there is a much wider nomination, covering all nationalities. I note that there are American Jazz violists, for example. I suspect there is a problem of definition: the commonest bowed string instrument is a violin, played by violinists. The viola is a larger version; and I would call its exponents viola players. The viol is an early music instrument, which is a predecessor of the others. I very much doubt that many jazz or pop musicians actually play viols, or even violas. This makes me think that there is widespread miscategorisation. The first step would be to rename all to "violinists", and then purge that of those who mainly play the viol or viola. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:31, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Which would leave those who actually play viola uncategorized. Rather we should remove any who play violin and not viola from these categories, and appropriately categorize them as violinists. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:35, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - the rationale is manifestly false: see Category:Violists by genre. Oculi (talk) 17:29, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There seem to be a total of no more than 15 non-classical viola player articles. Is it sensible to subdivide them by genre when most of the sub categories onky have one article? I quite agree that this discussion is just touching on a topic, but I'd like to hear more points of view before bringing up a more comprehensive proposal. There are quite a lot of categories in Category:Musicians by nationality and instrument where the only content is the classical sub-category. Rathfelder (talk) 18:06, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep viola is not exclusive to any genre. Dimadick (talk) 09:36, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
THat's true,k but given the very small numbers do we need to divided them by genre?Rathfelder (talk) 21:57, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Rathfelder: I think it is better to withdraw and to re-nominate the whole tree with a better rationale. Fellow discussants are mainly reacting on the assertion that only classical musicians play violas. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:35, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
OK I withdraw this proposal. Would someone like to propose something which would help what seems like a bit of a mess at the moment? Rathfelder (talk) 09:13, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:French viola d'amore players. redundant category (non-admin closure) Asmodea Oaktree (talk) 08:53, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:French classical viola d'amore players to Category:French viola d'amore players

Nominator's rationale: There do not appear to be any other sort of viola d'amore players. Rathfelder (talk) 13:05, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support in principle, per above. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:06, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- This is an early music instrument (technically pre-classical). It is unlikely there are any jazz or pop players of it. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:33, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: Merge categories with one article. (non-admin closure) Asmodea Oaktree (talk) 13:31, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Category:Conferences in Algiers to Category:Events in Algiers
Propose merging Category:Conferences in Port Harcourt to Category:Events in Port Harcourt
Propose merging Category:Conferences in Warsaw to Category:Events in Warsaw

Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, currently only one article in each of the categories. A second merge target is not needed because the articles are already in Category:Diplomatic conferences in Algeria, Category:Journalism conferences and Category:Diplomatic conferences in Poland respectively. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:32, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kerp Warsaw, which now has five members; merge the other two. – Fayenatic London 07:04, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Television stations in North Dakota. ✗plicit 02:02, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Television stations in the Fargo–Grand Forks market to Category:Television stations in the Red River Valley

Nominator's rationale: Consistency with main article's name; don't want to get in trouble with Nielsen Mvcg66b3r (talk) 19:44, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We do not have a category tree for Category:Red River Valley. Alternatives: split between Category:Television stations in Fargo, North Dakota and Category:Television stations in Grand Forks, North Dakota, or merge to Category:Television stations in North Dakota. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:43, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't know what to to about that. Marcos alternative proposals are welcome and pertinent. But there is no obvious favorite. Could anyone give pros and contras about the possible split? Any advantages? --Just N. (talk) 13:59, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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As nobody indicates a clear preference for either alternative, I would add that merging to Category:Television stations in North Dakota is preferable for convenience, as it avoids manual recategorization. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:13, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Category:Television stations in North Dakota in the absence of a better target, per Marcocapelle. bibliomaniac 1 5 17:25, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. ✗plicit 02:02, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:History of Greek Antiquity by period to Category:Ancient Greece by period

Nominator's rationale: cf. Category:Ancient Rome by period. Going by the naming convention in Category:Former countries by period, it would be Category:History of ancient Greece by period, but that seems like tautology. MClay1 (talk) 07:49, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

'Support per nom. Laurel Lodged (talk) 09:05, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
'Oppose One of the subcategories covers the Hellenistic period (323-30 BC). Greek culture had spread at the time to much of the Ancient Near East, to Bactria, and to northern areas of Indian subcontinent. In other words, far beyond the borders of Greece. Dimadick (talk) 21:38, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Irrespective of the nomination, Category:Hellenistic period should be purged, while Category:Hellenistic Greece is already a valid subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:53, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That subcat was only added last year. It's not an important part of the scope. MClay1 (talk) 15:44, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hellenistic Greece is part of the scope, Hellenistic Persia is not. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:02, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My point was that the fact that someone added a subcat that doesn't fit the proposal isn't a reason to oppose the proposal, unless they think the inclusion of that subcat is important. MClay1 (talk) 13:04, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

rename Category:Ancient Greece to Category:Ancient Greek world and merge both into that. This provides a broad enough category to cover Greek colonies in Libya, Crimea, and Italy; and Greek cities such as Ephesus in modern Turkey; as well as the Hellenistic world as far afield as Bactria. This should give us a broad enough category to cover all aspect of ancient Greek culture. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:28, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I would oppose that. Category:Ancient Greece is a clear topic that includes Category:Greek colonies and all aspects of ancient Greek culture (all of which is ultimately a subcategory of Category:Greece), just as Category:United Kingdom includes Category:Former British colonies and all aspects of British culture. Category:Ancient Greek world sounds more like a synonym for a period of Category:Classical antiquity, though the phrase is used in Category:Ancient Greek world by region. MClay1 (talk) 14:59, 13 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. ✗plicit 04:11, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Propose deleting Category:Far-right politicians in the United States (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: WP:SUBJECTIVECAT What is far right or far left? Categories labeling politicians conservative[1] or liberal[2] have been deleted in the past. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 19:45, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Nothing subjective about far-right politics. Regardless of area of activity, they always are the same collective of anti-communists, authoritarians, ultranationalists, and nativists. Basically the same people vocally supporting genocide as a political goal. Dimadick (talk) 21:30, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- We long ago deleted categories for conservative and liberal politicians, unless the name referred to their party (as in UK). Dimadick refers to articles about political persuasions, not categories, where the inclusion criteria may involve judgment by the editor, i.e. the editor's POV of a person. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:13, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- Categories for politicians based on political idealogy are a heavily subjective concept that is open to widespread abuse and pov pushingTheFinalMigration (talk) 04:54, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
~~Comment~~ Procedural oppose, there are also siblings in Category:Far-right politicians by nationality that ~~might~~ should be included in the discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:15, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am changing my earlier comment in a procedural oppose. In a cross-country discussion it may be deemed helpful to collect politicians of parties across different countries with similarities in their political programs and then it does not make sense to delete the American category on its own. However I understand objections against having articles directly in a far-right category and would suggest containerization. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:03, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Is it worth expanding the nomination to address Category:Far-right politicians by nationality? If not, I don't think there's a consensus to delete at the moment.
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Delete per nom because inclusion is bound to be subjective. Not surprising to see Trump in there but is he really that far right? Matter of opinion and therefore POV. Re the points made by Marcocapelle, political situations vary across several countries and I think each one should be considered individually. No Great Shaker (talk) 14:00, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- I am wary of expanding this too far, though logic would require it. I looked at the UK sibling for inspiration. A person could be classified as far right (1) if a member of a far right political party (e.g. British Union of Fascists; National Front) or (2) being self-identifed as a fascist, Nazi, neo-Nazi or such like (provided this is properly sourced - due to BLP issues). The opinion of others ought not to be enough. Peterkingiron (talk) 19:07, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Very subjective. Josh Hawley is in here, and the only mention of him being far-right in his article is a Bill Maher joke. Clearly an untenable category. Nohomersryan (talk) 04:19, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Category:Far-right politicians by nationality is a well established category scheme. Regarding subjectivity reliable sources exist.--Asmodea Oaktree (talk) 17:23, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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September 19

Category:Croatian principalities

Category:French classical violists

Category:French classical viola d'amore players

Category:Conferences in Algiers

Category:Television stations in the Fargo–Grand Forks market

Category:History of Greek Antiquity by period

Category:Far-right politicians in the United States

Category:Ottoman emigrants to England