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Category:Belgian independence activists

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The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Independence activists of the Brabant Revolution. – Fayenatic London 11:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: rename per parent Category:People of the Brabant Revolution and to avoid confusion with the much later actual independence in 1830. I haven't listed this for speedy renaming for in case someone has a better alternative for "Belgian". Marcocapelle ( talk) 22:52, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Musicals about writers

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The result of the discussion was: delete. – Fayenatic London 11:29, 23 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: delete per WP:SMALLCAT, currently only two articles in the category. Merging is not applicable, the articles are already in other subcats of the parent categories. Marcocapelle ( talk) 20:35, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Socialist rulers

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The result of the discussion was: delete (merge Category:Ba'athists). (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 10:19, 25 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Alternative:
Nominator's rationale: WP:ARBITRARYCAT, WP:OVERLAPCAT. Category:Rulers is currently a child of Category:Sovereignty suggesting that "rulers" are sovereign. Some are not rulers, they were elected. Some are not socialists, or are distingished as communists. Most are in parallel related categories, not aid to navigation.
William Allen Simpson ( talk) 18:12, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply
@ JayCoop and Fayenatic london: 2018 discussion at Speedy.
William Allen Simpson ( talk) 18:48, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. Politicians and rulers should be categorized by actual regime rather than catch-all terms like socialist which cover too many different things. In turn, if supported by reliable sources, the regime may be placed in an appropriate socialism category. Place Clichy ( talk) 11:53, 15 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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People depicted in music

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The result of the discussion was: keep Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, rename others to match. For the record, this outcome also fits with retaining "Cultural depictions" at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_February_11#Cultural_depictions.
The renamings are:
Fayenatic London 11:14, 23 February 2023 (UTC) reply


Nominator's rationale: rename and standardize all.
Option 1: "X in music" (which I slightly prefer for brevity).
Option 2: "Depictions of X in music".
Option 3: "Portrayals of X in music".
Option 4: "X music" (perhaps the worst option because it may suggest music by X).
Option 5: "Music about X" (matching "Songs about X" and "Films about X" but with music it sounds a bit strange to me). Marcocapelle ( talk) 12:51, 5 February 2023 (UTC) reply
copy of speedy discussion
@ StarTrekker and Armbrust: pinging contributors to speedy discussion. Marcocapelle ( talk) 12:59, 5 February 2023 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl talk 18:10, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply


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Polish-Lithuanian office-holders names

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The result of the discussion was: keep. However, the first nine may be nominated for speedy renaming to lowercase per MOS:JOBTITLE; I am stating this in case anyone checks WhatLinksHere. – Fayenatic London 11:10, 23 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Bundled nomination for renaming Polish-Lithuanian office-holders names, to make them consistent and shorter. Also I propose "Vice-Chancellor" instead of "Deputy Chancellor" as the one used by WP:RS Marcelus ( talk) 17:00, 5 February 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Also those Poles, Ruthenians, and Ukrainians became (Little) Russians after they were conquered by the Russian Empire. sarcasm The Ukrainians themselves seem to have a different view, and seem willing to die for it. Note that we don't categorize Greeks or Egyptians or Britains as Romans after they were conquered either. That's why we have these detailed suffix standards. Keep them.
    William Allen Simpson ( talk) 11:14, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Tagged categories.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwerfjkl talk 18:09, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply

  • Support generally -- I do not think the objection to vice-chancellor is sound: the British use of the term is very much as local one, due to the Chancellor of universities having become a figurehead position. I do not think LL's objection that Lithuania and Poland-Lithuania are distinct has any merit: one succeeded the other, so that it is quite likely that there was a continuous succession where an office operated only in Lithuania. Peterkingiron ( talk) 15:33, 19 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:AC using state parameter

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Categories emptied. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkl talk 10:21, 25 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Full name of the template and consistent with Category:Pages using authority control with parameters and Category:Pages with authority control identifiers needing attention. Gonnym ( talk) 15:20, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply
All these are unneeded and in the process of being emptied and deleted. No point renaming at this stage. — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 05:22, 14 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Basketball venues in Indonesia by city

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The result of the discussion was: merge. – Fayenatic London 10:48, 23 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary category layer for one city. – Aidan721 ( talk) 15:15, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Kabaddi venues by country

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The result of the discussion was: merge. – Fayenatic London 22:50, 22 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary category layer for one country. – Aidan721 ( talk) 15:12, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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Biographical works

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The result of the discussion was: rename. – Fayenatic London 10:46, 23 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: rename aligning with parent categories Category:Biographical works and Category:Biographies (books), and to clarify that these are container categories ("by"). Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:40, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Black comedy video games

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The result of the discussion was: delete. – Fayenatic London 10:45, 23 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: In-keeping with Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 March 6#Category:Comedy video games, "comedy" is not a widely used theme or genre applied to video games. "Black comedy", as well, is an original research distinction, without common mention in reliable sources, and is not a " defining" characteristic in all articles I spotchecked within this category. Pinging prior participants @ Hellknowz, The1337gamer, Gamingforfun365, and Martin IIIa czar 04:27, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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Category:Manitoba radio station stubs

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The result of the discussion was: merge. – Fayenatic London 22:45, 22 February 2023 (UTC) reply
Nominator's rationale: Underpopulated stub category with no record of approval by WikiProject Stub Sorting. As always, stub categories have a much, much higher price for creation than regular content categories do, and are not justified until there are at least 60 articles to file in them -- much below that, a stub template is only allowed to sort its entries into parent categories, like the proposed targets, rather than getting its own dedicated stub category. And for that very reason, stub categories have to be approved by the wikiproject, and are not free for just any editor to create at their own whim. So {{ Manitoba-radio-station-stub}} should just go back to sorting its entries in the same categories it did until this got created in 2021, because there just aren't the numbers to justify a standalone category here. Bearcat ( talk) 00:38, 13 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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