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18th-century Lithuanian people by occupation

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Category:Byzantine queens consort

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 16:27, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:NONDEFINING WP:ARBITRARYCAT. These royal women were not queens consort of the Byzantine Empire (as the name might suggest), they were just born in the Byzantine Empire and then moved abroad to marry a king of some other country. It is that other country which defines their queenship, their "job", not the country they just so happened to have been born in. (If the "Byzantine" part had been important, this should have been a subcategory of Category:Byzantine women by occupation, but it isn't, unlike Category:Byzantine empresses‎, Category:Byzantine women writers‎) etc.). Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 13:41, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Irreligion in the Arab world

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The result of the discussion was: speedy keep. Withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 20:37, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:ARBITRARYCAT, there is no agreed definition of "Arab world". The items should be merged to sibling Category:Irreligion by country; the child Category:Arab atheists should be re-parented to Category:Atheists by ethnicity. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 16:04, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Monodnaviria

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The result of the discussion was: do not merge; delete Category:Non-cellular life. I note that in other Wikipedias the categories linked at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9513006 include more articles such as prion, viroid, virusoid and satellite (biology), but most of these are not even mentioned in the page non-cellular life, so there seems to be no case for further discussion. – Fayenatic London 20:45, 29 August 2023 (UTC) – Fayenatic London 20:45, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, DNA viruses is a more clearly defining characteristic of the content of this category. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:23, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: For more input on the merge.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CLYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE 19:50, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Acting presidents by country

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The result of the discussion was: keep. I have added a "see also" link from Category:Presidents to allow the navigation that the nominator wanted. – Fayenatic London 15:12, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: rename and re-parent so that it becomes an immediate subcategory of Category:Presidents. It is strange that you can currently only find acting president via the by country subtree. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:28, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:10th-century women rulers

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Category:Arab–Iranian conflict

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The result of the discussion was: delete. – Fayenatic London 20:47, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, the scope seems to overlap with Category:Arab nationalism in Iran. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:18, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Head of Government elections

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Category:Archaeological cultures of Central Asia

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Category:11th-century rulers in Al-Andalus

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Category:Indo-European archaeology

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Category:7th-century women rulers

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Category:8th-century women rulers

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Category:Alumni of Preston Lodge High School

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The result of the discussion was: rename. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:02, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: This is a secondary institution; alumni is used for Higher or tertiary institutions Crowsus (talk) 19:32, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I might suggest you look at any 50 articles on high schools in the US or Canada and make note of the "Notable alumni" section or the essay "WP:ALUMNI" which offers guidance on how to create said section, including guidance on what an alumni is. This is a very widely accepted standard for how the term "alumni" is used here. Maintain the status quo. 4.37.252.50 (talk) 15:09, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
How wrong can one person be?? Crowsus (talk) 12:28, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Coaching associations based in the United Kingdom

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The result of the discussion was: merge. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:03, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, only three articles in the category and the parent is also sparsely populated. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:02, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Romance legendary creatures

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Category:9th-century women rulers

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Category:Naval aviation in fiction

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Category:Buildings and structures damaged by earthquakes

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The result of the discussion was: purge and use "destroyed" instead of "damaged".. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:11, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose renaming Category:Buildings and structures damaged by earthquakes to Category:Buildings and structures damaged or destroyed by earthquakes
  • Propose renaming Category:Buildings and structures destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to Category:Buildings and structures damaged or destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
  • Propose renaming Category:Buildings and structures demolished as a result of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake to Category:Buildings and structures damaged or destroyed by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake
  • Propose renaming Category:Buildings damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami to Category:Buildings and structures damaged or destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
  • Propose renaming Category:Buildings damaged by the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake to Category:Buildings and structures damaged or destroyed by the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
Nominator's rationale: Lack of consistency with each other; includes buildings that were damaged to various degrees, including complete collapse. –LaundryPizza03 (d) 07:55, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Assassinated heads of government

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Category:Pan-Slavic languages

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The result of the discussion was: merge all. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:09, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: merge, only two articles in the category. By all means recreate the category when more articles will fit, but I would not expect that to happen soon. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:25, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:08, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Small cat Mason (talk) 04:36, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Members of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:08, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose Deleting Category:Members of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie
Nominator's rationale: WP:NONDEFINING, WP:OCASSOC and (potentially) WP:OVERLAPCAT
The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie is the international association for stamp collecting and this category is for affiliated national organizations. Philatelic Federation of Pakistan is currently the only article in this category but SMALLCAT isn't an issue since most national bodies are in it, per the official FIP list. But that means this category could move most of the national organisations out from Category:Philatelic organizations to a subcategory many readers would be unfamiliar with. (Alternatively, if the consensus is to keep, I'm happy to populate it though.) - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:26, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Members of Royal Agricultural Society

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The result of the discussion was: delete. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 17:07, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose Deleting Category:Members of Royal Agricultural Society
Nominator's rationale: WP:V, the spirit of WP:C1, an unpopulated category, and presumably WP:OCASSOC
There's not much here. The only article in this category, Tha Myat, makes no mention of being a member of this group. It's not even clear which organisation we're talking about here since Royal Agricultural Society is a disambiguation page. - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:26, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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