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Category:Ancient Roman forts

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: delete all that remain within this nomination (some were removed and considered separately at Nov 6). – Fayenatic L ondon 11:55, 30 December 2016 (UTC) reply
  • Propose deleting
Sub-categories
Nominator's rationale: Redundant due to Category:Roman fortifications by country, and its subcategories, being more precise, by splitting it off by type of fort. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 23:44, 5 November 2016 (UTC) reply
@ Andy Dingley: It was one category, because that category alone is in the ancient roman fort tree, when it shouldn't be, regardless of whether or not the roman fort tree is deleted. The other edits are me tagging them for deletion. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 00:13, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply
@ Laurel Lodged: would the best way to do that be to make a seperate merge discussion or change it here? Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:19, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply
  • Support Most Support all except those in the English and Welsh counties. Some more work needs to be dome there before they can be included. This nomination goes back to the recent October 5 proposal. I did not support it at the time because the linkages for complementary category trees were not in place and so they were not redundant. I have since (almost completely I think) remedied this defect; the categories are now redundant. So you now have the following schema:
By Province Category:Roman fortificationsCategory:Germania InferiorCategory:Roman fortifications in Germania InferiorTraiectum (Utrecht)
By Type Category:Roman fortificationsCategory:Roman fortifications by typeCategory:Roman legionary fortressesCategory:Roman legionary fortresses in NetherlandsTraiectum (Utrecht)
By Country Category:Roman fortifications by continentCategory:Roman fortifications in EuropeCategory:Roman fortifications in the NetherlandsTraiectum (Utrecht)
So you can see that Traiectum (Utrecht) has a triple linkage. Laurel Lodged ( talk) 16:15, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply
@ Laurel Lodged: I'll do them when I get home. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 16:20, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply
Are we to have this set of categories nominated for deletion every month, until we give the right answer? Andy Dingley ( talk) 16:52, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply
@ Andy Dingley: No, it just became entirely redundant as of recently, after the problems with the categorization were fixed. I see no argument that you have made here against it, other than some hostile words against me. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:17, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply
  • Comment -- I have been supporting the principle of restricting this tree, but I would like to see it being done by a series of mergers, rather than an omnibus one, when it is not clear that we will not be left with orphaned articles. I am not convinced that we need a continental split: Africa and Asia (as used today) are later constructs. To the Romans these referred to relatively small areas, single provinces or superior and inferior pairs of them. I would like to see the British categories (where there are many more articles) dealt with in a separate nom. Accordingly procedural close. I am sorry to be difficult, but this sort of thing needs to be handled by stages, establishing the principle and only then applying it. Peterkingiron ( talk) 18:51, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply
  • @ Laurel Lodged, Peterkingiron, Oculi, Marcocapelle, and Andy Dingley: per this discussion I have removed the british ancient roman categories, I will make a seperate nomination for them to be renamed, after which they can be recategorized. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 19:48, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply
To Peterkingiron: I agree that the continental classification is only of interest to modern eyes. However, Wiki is built for modern eyes. Nevertheless, I also created a series of "By province" categories for the fortifications. These use a different grouping that has more to do with geo-historico categorisation (e.g. Analtolia, Levant). So I think that that addresses your concerns. With the modifications to the original nomination by the nominator, I think that the nomination can now go forward. I see no necessity for a procedural close. Laurel Lodged ( talk) 20:33, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply
@ Oculi: You have struck your oppose, are you now supporting or are you staying neutral? Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:05, 12 November 2016 (UTC) reply
Disregard, I found your saying you now supported it and bolded it. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:06, 12 November 2016 (UTC) reply
My last response was a comment. Since there are few articles for most countries, I think we ought to close most continental items. I am not sure about Romania (which has a lot of articles). The British categories should be closed as no consensus, with the objective of working on a new scheme: auxiliary forts; and legionary forts in Britannia (without any split); possibily splitting out forts on or just behind Hadrians Wall and Antonine Wall; and ancient roman sites in foo <local government areas>. Peterkingiron ( talk) 13:57, 13 November 2016 (UTC) reply
The nomination for the English and Welsh forts by county has closed as "rename". I think that that decision allows this nomination to go forward. BTW, I nominated the Snowdonian forts for deletion. Laurel Lodged ( talk) 13:31, 18 December 2016 (UTC) reply

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Category:Murdered Israelis in rock attacks

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The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Israeli terrorism victims and Category:Deaths by rocks thrown at cars. The three articles were already in the tree of Category:Israeli murder victims ( non-admin closure). Marcocapelle ( talk) 07:13, 13 November 2016 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Oddly specific category which fails WP:SMALLCAT. Should also be upmerged to Category:Israeli murder victims. ~ Rob13 Talk 23:11, 5 November 2016 (UTC) reply

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Category:Star vs the Forces of Evil

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The result of the discussion was: delete ( non-admin closure). Marcocapelle ( talk) 07:19, 13 November 2016 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: WP:SMALLCAT This isn't a huge franchise with multiple articles and stuff to cross over. It only contains the main article and its episode list. AngusWOOF ( barksniff) 19:51, 5 November 2016 (UTC) reply
  • I know the Star vs the Forces of Evil category doesn't have enough articles, and I know Star vs isn't a huge franchise with multiple articles and stuff to cross over, and only contains the article and episode list, but you can't delete the category, because it already has became popular. I'm sorry, but there's a lot of merchandising. SpaceGoofsGeekerBoy ( talk) 20:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC) reply
"Popular" and "a lot of merchandising" are not reasons for an eponymous category on Wikipedia. There is one, and only one, valid reason for an eponymous category: a lot of articles already exist to file in the category. Bearcat ( talk) 04:39, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply

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Category:Roman Catholic Church sex abuse cases in Norway

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The result of the discussion was: merge. – Fayenatic L ondon 11:25, 30 December 2016 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: merge per WP:SMALLCAT, currently only one article, and hardly any chance of expansion if only because the Catholic Church is really tiny in Norway. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:52, 5 November 2016 (UTC) reply
  • Thanks for the observation. From what I remember in my own country (Netherlands), while the scandal as a whole was definitely a noteworthy topic, individual cases hardly ever were a significant news item. The same may have been the case in certain other countries. I've added some more countries in the nomination. Marcocapelle ( talk) 21:16, 6 November 2016 (UTC) reply

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Category:Radom Confederation

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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. -- Tavix ( talk) 00:02, 18 December 2016 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:SMALLCAT, it only contains its eponymous article. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC) Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC) reply
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