Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 27
November 27
Category:Paramilitary equipment
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:04, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose deleting Category:Paramilitary equipment ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: This whole subcategory has major issues of failing WP:NONDEF. By listing things as "paramilitary" it seems to imply it cannot have a military or law enforcement use, which is obviously not true. While many of them are used by paramilitary forces, most are not solely defined by paramilitary use, and some not in the slightest. This nomination encompasses the several subcategories with "paramilitary" in their title as well. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:19, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per nom, some subcategories should be included in the nomination. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:26, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Improvised military vehicles
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- The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Improvised weapons. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:04, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Improvised military vehicles to Category:Military vehicles by type
- Nominator's rationale: Nothing in category besides one subcategory. Possible dual merge to Category:Improvised weapons. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:08, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge category as proposed in nomination, it is currently unpopulated other than one subcat. Netherzone (talk) 01:29, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- Single merge to Category:Improvised weapons as the subcategory is already in the tree of Category:Military vehicles by type. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:28, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Flonzaley Quartet
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:04, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose deleting Category:Flonzaley Quartet ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: Unnecessary eponymous category containing only articles for the quartet and its founder. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 20:05, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete - concur with the nom, that it's an unnecessary category that is only populated with the quartet itself and its founder. Netherzone (talk) 01:27, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, the two articles are already directly interlinked. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:30, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Personal weapons
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:04, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose deleting Category:Personal weapons ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: Overly vague - no obvious definition for the term, and the main article is just a redirect. All I am getting is "personal defense weapon" which obviously has no relation to whatever is in this category, and already has its own category. Possibly a very selective merge into Category:Military personal equipment. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:23, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:30, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Masters of the Universe Evil Warriors
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- The result of the discussion was: merge. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:04, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Excessive categorization for Category:Masters of the Universe characters with very few articles that fit this definition. The main category is enough. Jontesta (talk) 16:42, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:31, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Masters of the Universe Snake Men
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:04, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose deleting Category:Masters of the Universe Snake Men ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: Excessive categorization for Category:Masters of the Universe characters with no actual articles that fit this definition. Jontesta (talk) 16:41, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete Per nom. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:27, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete category per nomination that no articles fits the cat. Netherzone (talk) 01:30, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:32, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Masters of the Universe Heroic Warriors
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- The result of the discussion was: merge. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:04, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Excessive categorization for Category:Masters of the Universe characters with very few articles that fit this definition. The main category is enough. Jontesta (talk) 16:41, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom - I would bundle these IMO, they all have the same reasons for merging. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:26, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Doctor Who technology
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- The result of the discussion was: merge to Category:Doctor Who. (non-admin closure) Kingsmasher678 (talk) 19:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Doctor Who technology to Category:Doctor Who
- Nominator's rationale: Virtually nothing to add to this category. The whole show is about fictional technology and we don't need to contort every other article to pointlessly fill this. Jontesta (talk) 16:26, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge Just too small at the moment. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 17:41, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:34, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Not enough content for a separate category here. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 19:21, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Too small to be a separate category. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:14, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Forest planets in fiction
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- The result of the discussion was: split rename and merge. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:24, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:Forest planets in fiction to Category:Fiction set on forest planets
- Nominator's rationale: This will match other similar categories such as Category:Fiction set on desert planets, Category:Fiction set on ocean planets, Category:Fiction about rogue planets, etc... This category already includes more articles about fiction rather than the planet themselves, and will be more accurate. (It would be preferable to re-categorizing the incorrect articles and deleting this category as too small.) Jontesta (talk) 15:42, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Rename per nom and merge what doesn't fit into Category:Fictional planets. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 17:43, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Split rename and merge per above. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:08, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:All articles needing copy edit
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- The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:All Wikipedia articles needing copy edit. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:09, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: For consistency with Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit; also Wikipedia:Categorization#Project categories. JJPMaster (she/they) 15:20, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support with caveat: this makes sense; all of the monthly sub-cats are titled thus: Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit from October 2023. Please redirect to avoid breaking or fix 1,762 inbound links, and the rarely-used shortcuts CAT:COPYEDIT and CAT:ALLCE. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 18:29, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support, with Baffle gab1978's caveat about redirecting. Miniapolis 20:34, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support: Sounds okay to me. Dhtwiki (talk) 07:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:People from Baldwin, Chemung County, New York
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- The result of the discussion was: merge. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Category with just one entry. Lost in Quebec (talk) 11:54, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:09, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Fortification weapons
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose deleting Category:Fortification weapons ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: Vague categorization without any established definition. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:49, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support nom this is an unclear choice for categorization and may be WP:OR. Too small and can be categorized some other way. Jontesta (talk) 15:43, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Vehicle weapons
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- The result of the discussion was: rename. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:09, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:Vehicle weapons to Category:Vehicle-mounted weapons
- Nominator's rationale: This category is clearly not about all weapons that are vehicles, but rather, weapons attached to vehicles. The name should be less vague. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:46, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Wahhabists
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- The result of the discussion was: merge/rename as nominated. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:Wahhabists to Category:Wahhabis
- Propose renaming Category:Wahhabists by nationality to Category:Wahhabis by nationality
- Propose renaming Category:Indian wahhabists to Category:Indian Wahhabis
- Propose renaming Category:Pakistani Wahhabists to Category:Pakistani Wahhabis
- Propose renaming Category:Saudi Arabian Wahhabists to Category:Saudi Arabian Wahhabis
- Propose merging Category:Afghan Wahhabists to Category:Wahhabis
- Propose merging Category:Indonesian Wahhabists to Category:Wahhabis
- Nominator's rationale: Common name. An incomplete nomination was previously made for the parent category at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_12#Category:Wahhabists with a valid rationale, but that one was subject to a procedural close. Merge Afghan and Indonesian for now, as they currently only hold one page each. – Fayenatic London 11:32, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Rename/merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:11, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Oriental Orthodox congregations established in the 4th century
Category:Primitive weapons
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose deleting Category:Primitive weapons ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: WP:SUBJECTIVECAT like its parent category, except this seems to be unsalvageable in comparison. The definition of primitive is up for debate, a spear is relatively advanced compared to, say, a rock. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:19, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support this is a WP:SUBJECTIVECAT for sure. What is primitive? This isn't the right way to categorize weapons. Jontesta (talk) 15:44, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:36, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Primitive technology
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:21, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:Primitive technology to Category:Low technology
- Nominator's rationale: Rename to become the category with the main article low technology. "Primitive" appears to be WP:SUBJECTIVECAT. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:17, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Weak support what is "low" technology is subjective. A better solution would be renaming/merging this to Hand tools or manual tools, in contrast to power tools. Alternately this could simply by deleted, since other categories make more scientific distinctions. Jontesta (talk) 15:48, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- I would also not mind pure deletion or merging. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 17:45, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per Jontesta, without objection to add any article to tools categories if appropriate. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:39, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Weapons by target
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- The result of the discussion was: no consensus. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:56, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Weapons by target to Category:Weapons
- Propose merging Category:Land mines by target to Category:Weapons
- Nominator's rationale: Confusing - I initially assumed it contained weapons meant to be used on a particular person or object. I am having a hard time thinking of a way the title might be modified to actually make sense or be defining, best to put the subcategories back where they used to be. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:08, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Keep, per The Bushranger. Kingsmasher678 (talk) 06:32, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- Perhaps salvage the first to Category:Weapons by type of target. On the other hand Category:Land mines by target can just as well deleted, it has only two subcats and both are also somewhere else in the tree of Category:Weapons by target. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:23, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Notified WP:MILHIST for input on this dicussion [1] - The Bushranger One ping only 07:25, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support nom. Unclear what this is supposed to subcategorize. Better off up merging and using other categorization schemes to address this. Jontesta (talk) 15:48, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose - I don't understand why this is confusing, honestly. It's weapons, by the target they are designed to 'service'. That's pretty simple, and defining. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:28, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- I've always understood "target" as an individual person or thing. I am not convinced that the general purpose of a weapon counts as a "target", as hopefully in a perfect world the weapon is not used for its intended purpose. It is troubling to go around describing anything a weapon can kill or destroy as a "target". ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:30, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- We don't live in a perfect world. In common useage, an aircraft is a target. A ship is a target. Etcetera. The "general purpose of a weapon" is to destroy its target, regardless of what that target is. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:36, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- I've always understood "target" as an individual person or thing. I am not convinced that the general purpose of a weapon counts as a "target", as hopefully in a perfect world the weapon is not used for its intended purpose. It is troubling to go around describing anything a weapon can kill or destroy as a "target". ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:30, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Songs from Joker: Folie à Deux
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:21, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose deleting Category:Songs from Joker: Folie à Deux ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: None of these songs are defined by its use and appearance in the Joker movie. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 03:18, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Strong Keep Many covers were made for the movie Vinnylospo (talk) 03:10, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, we should only categorize original songs from films. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:25, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete. Isn't this a jukebox musical? The songs weren't from the movie. Even if we renamed it to "songs in" or something, I agree with the nominator that this isn't a defining attribute. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 03:33, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Birth control law and case law
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- The result of the discussion was: split as nominated. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:21, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose splitting Category:Birth control law and case law to Category:Birth control law and Category:Birth control case law
- Nominator's rationale: I think we should split this becayuse typically case law is nested under law SMasonGarrison 01:13, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- There is only one article about a law in the category, do you really suggest making a separate category for it? I think just a rename to the less clunkier Category:Birth control law would suffice. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:38, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- The split would allow the categories to be more cleanly nested. The One child policy category wouldn't fall under birth control case law. Having both would make the parents cleaner, because Category:Reproductive rights case law is currently a parent. SMasonGarrison 02:13, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Thoughts on Mason's most recent comment?
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- Ok, unless further comments let's just go ahead with the split as nominated. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:22, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support. I'm inclined to Mason's most recent comment on this and support the split. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 03:35, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Puerto Rico Adjutant Generals
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- The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Adjutants General of Puerto Rico. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:22, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose renaming Category:Puerto Rico Adjutant Generals to Category:Puerto Rico Adjutants General
- Nominator's rationale: Correct plural per Category:Adjutants general of the National Guard of the United States StAnselm (talk) 19:23, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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- Rename to Category:Adjutants General of Puerto Rico per all other subcategories of Category:Adjutants general of the National Guard of the United States. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:55, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Rename target?
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- That's fine by me. Good idea, actually. StAnselm (talk) 02:28, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Fictional extraterrestrial robots
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- The result of the discussion was: no consensus. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:23, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Fails WP:NONDEF as, while they are a character type that appears from time to time, there does not seem to be something defining about the combination of extraterrestrial and robot in particular. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:03, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Keep, as the categories are well-populated, and it is worth distinguishing bots of alien origin from home-grown ones. – Fayenatic London 09:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, I'll bite - I will gladly withdraw this if you can show evidence of the defining nature of an extraterrestrial robot. Heck, if it really is notable, Extraterrestrial robots in fiction would seem like a cool article for me to write. I'm just not seeing it right now though, and that is just an assertion. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 09:35, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Keep I fail to see how characters types are not defining. Dimadick (talk) 19:11, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Dimadick: Being an alien as a character type is defining. Being a robot or cyborg is also defining. However, this is questioning whether being both at the same time is also defining, which is wholly different and not just "a single character type". ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 21:17, 18 November 2024 (UTC)Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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- Support nom. This is a WP:CROSSCAT that is too subjective to categorize. Jontesta (talk) 15:50, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Marvel Comics film characters
Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 December 4#Category:Marvel Comics film characters
Category:Swedish military-related articles
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:23, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose deleting Category:Swedish military-related articles ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: This seems to be a "catchall" sort of category that aims to collect all articles related to the Swedish military...except the various subcategories of Category:Military of Sweden already cover these articles. This appears to be some sort of "this one user found it useful" thing, which would best be used as a list page in userspace - but not a facing-all-users category. The Bushranger One ping only 01:30, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger: One article in the cat is not anywhere else in the Category:Military of Sweden tree: Tapper-class patrol boat. Could you perhaps find a place for it in one of the subcategories? Felida97 (talk) 08:12, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Felida97: Good catch, thanks. Fixed! - The Bushranger One ping only 18:08, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger: Ok, great, thanks! Felida97 (talk) 18:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Felida97: Good catch, thanks. Fixed! - The Bushranger One ping only 18:08, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- @The Bushranger: One article in the cat is not anywhere else in the Category:Military of Sweden tree: Tapper-class patrol boat. Could you perhaps find a place for it in one of the subcategories? Felida97 (talk) 08:12, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:42, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per nom (and follow-up). Felida97 (talk) 18:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Extraterritorial properties of the Holy See
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- The result of the discussion was: merge. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:23, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: Non-defining category, upmerge SMasonGarrison 01:20, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge, not sure of the lack of definingness, but there is only one article in the category. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:30, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Fictional melee weapons practitioners
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- The result of the discussion was: diffuse and delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator's rationale: With the deletion of Category:Melee weapons, this category has no reason to exist either. As for the category's individual members, I suggest a manual merge to Category:Fictional martial artists for whatever qualifies, but otherwise total removal. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 01:01, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Diffuse per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:31, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete or diffuse Doesn't make sense anymore. Jontesta (talk) 15:51, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Fist-load weapons
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- The result of the discussion was: delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:26, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose deleting Category:Fist-load weapons ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Fictional fist-load fighters ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: Made by a banned user who had a fondness for this "fist-load" term. Unfortunately, it is not a term with an article and fails WP:NEO. It's possible some (but not necessarily all) may be best merged to Category:Blade weapons and Category:Blunt weapons. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 00:57, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Point of order, the user who created these categories was not a banned user. The one who (apparently) added a lot to them was. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:57, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- They are the same user. Said user made numerous sock accounts over the years to recreate faulty fictional categories they made. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:50, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Wonder how come the category-creating user was never blocked? - The Bushranger One ping only 07:21, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- I believe it was not seen as necessary due to them abandoning that account. Can't say I get the logic, but they'd probably be blocked fast if they started using it for disruption. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:22, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Wonder how come the category-creating user was never blocked? - The Bushranger One ping only 07:21, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- They are the same user. Said user made numerous sock accounts over the years to recreate faulty fictional categories they made. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:50, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Point of order, the user who created these categories was not a banned user. The one who (apparently) added a lot to them was. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:57, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete WP:OR and WP:NEO. Jontesta (talk) 15:51, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Armories (military)
Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 December 4#Category:Armories (military)
Category:Honorary weapons
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- The result of the discussion was: manual merge to Category:Individual weapons and Category:Military awards and decorations. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:48, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Honorary weapons to Category:Individual weapons
- Nominator's rationale: There are only a few articles in this category that are actually honorary weapons. The others appear totally miscategorized. It is likely going to be better to selectively dual merge the few that apply to Category:Individual weapons and Category:Military awards and decorations than continue with such a totally inaccurate and misleading category. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 00:43, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete WP:OR and WP:NEO. Even if someone can find proof this is a real thing there aren't enough clear examples and it could be merged. Jontesta (talk) 15:52, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Weapon guidance
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- The result of the discussion was: rename to Category:Weapon guidance techniques. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:50, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Weapon guidance to Category:Guided weapons
- Nominator's rationale: Seems totally redundant, per WP:OVERLAPCAT. If there is a reason both of these categories should exist separately, let me know, otherwise I don't see why they can't be merged. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 00:33, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
Keep. "Weapon guidance" is for types of guidance, while "Guided weapons" is for specific weapons that are guided - a rather distinct difference. This category may need some trimming of its contents, but as far as its existiance goes, it is completely cromulent. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:33, 27 November 2024 (UTC)- You saw the contents of the category, correct? Because nothing in there appears to be a "type of guidance" besides acoustic homing, fire-and-forget and Missile guidance (but that has its own category). ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 02:21, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- ...yes, I did, and that's why I said what I said about it needing to be trimmed. Which I have in fact now done. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:52, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- I have subsequently moved even more articles away from the category. That said, I suppose I can be fine with agreeing to a rename Category:Weapon guidance techniques in order to clarify the difference. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:32, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Move to Category:Weapon guidance techniques - sounds good to me. - The Bushranger One ping only 05:35, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- I have subsequently moved even more articles away from the category. That said, I suppose I can be fine with agreeing to a rename Category:Weapon guidance techniques in order to clarify the difference. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:32, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- ...yes, I did, and that's why I said what I said about it needing to be trimmed. Which I have in fact now done. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:52, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- You saw the contents of the category, correct? Because nothing in there appears to be a "type of guidance" besides acoustic homing, fire-and-forget and Missile guidance (but that has its own category). ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 02:21, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Category:Boeing military aircraft
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- The result of the discussion was: merge. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:23, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Propose merging Category:Boeing military aircraft to Category:Boeing aircraft
- Nominator's rationale: Un-needed splitout; all other subcategories of Category:Aircraft by manufacturer do not distinguish between civil and military types (and indeed, many are both, which would lead to unneeded category duplication). All aircraft here are already also in appropriate subcategories of Category:United States military aircraft. The Bushranger One ping only 00:07, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Merge, per "many are both". Marcocapelle (talk) 05:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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