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Category:Australian geishas

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The result of the discussion was: relist at June 18, as the Japanese category had not been tagged. – Fayenatic L ondon 19:53, 18 June 2015 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: There is only one Australian geisha at this time. Don't believe this category is necessary or helpful. Cannolis ( talk) 21:47, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply
From my understanding, categories are meant to group like pages together and serve as a navigational tool between said pages. If there is but one page in a given category, doesn't that nullify the stated purpose of a category? Cannolis ( talk) 11:58, 1 June 2015 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. As above, a category of one serves no purpose, and this category is highly unlikely to become more populated in the near future. Even the main Category:Geishas category is sparsely populated, with just seven Japanese names, so there is no obvious need to sub-categorize by nationality. -- DAJF ( talk) 01:51, 1 June 2015 (UTC) reply
  • delete It's been a long time since that name popped up on my radar... anyway, we obviously don't need a category for the one non-Japanese geisha, especially since she's also in the parent category as well. Mangoe ( talk) 13:45, 1 June 2015 (UTC) reply

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Category:Armenian people of Oceanian descent

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus, insufficient participation to delete this as it forms part of a hierarchy Category:Asian people of Oceanian descent. – Fayenatic L ondon 20:15, 22 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: No need for another subcategory. Empty. Hovhannes Karapetyan 18:18, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

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Category:Transhumanist Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: resisted Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 August 23. – Fayenatic L ondon 19:41, 23 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/User/Archive/October 2007#Category:Transhumanist Wikipedians, where a category of identical name was renamed to Category:Wikipedians interested in transhumanism. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:46, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – almost 4 times as many people identify as transhumanists (41), rather than as merely interested in the underlying philosophy (11). I'm a transhumanist, and I'd like to be identified as one. Plus, we have a couple userboxes dedicated to this category. Please keep this category title. Thank you. The Transhumanist 05:03, 1 June 2015 (UTC) reply
  • Support as Wikipedians categories aren't meant to be a social network or as a self-identifier but rather they serve as a collaboration network per topic of interest. Marcocapelle ( talk) 19:49, 22 June 2015 (UTC) reply

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Ancient populated places by century

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The result of the discussion was: merge. MER-C 12:34, 20 July 2015 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, only one article in every of these categories. Marcocapelle ( talk) 12:15, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply

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Ancient establishments by century

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. – Fayenatic L ondon 19:49, 23 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, only one article in every of these categories. No upmerge to millennia establishment categories needed because the articles are happily in an establishment by millennium and continent (or country) already, e.g. in Category:2nd-millennium BC establishments in Asia. Marcocapelle ( talk) 11:44, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply
  • States and territorities is a bit of a tricky nomination. This discussion was closed as keeping the States and territories category within the century. So the current nomination contradicts that former keep closure, but it does not contradict the former rationale to keep it within the century: this new nomination does keep it within the century after all. Marcocapelle ( talk) 19:46, 2 June 2015 (UTC) reply

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Female members of the House of Habsburg

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The result of the discussion was: merge/delete as specified. MER-C 12:33, 18 June 2015 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:NONDEF and per WP:OVERLAPCAT with Category:House of Habsburg and Category:House of Habsburg-Lorraine. For female members of the House of Habsburg (i.e. Austrian princesses), Bohemian princess and Hungarian princess and Tuscan princess and Archduchess of Austria were just formal titles hardly worth mentioning. This is a follow-up nomination after the deletion of the corresponding male categories. Marcocapelle ( talk) 09:28, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply

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