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Discussion for Today[edit]
- This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024_May_11
May 11[edit]
NEW NOMINATIONS[edit]
Category:Cartoonists by country templates[edit]
- Nominator's rationale: Only contains 1 template which is already within Category:Comics creator navigational boxes. – Fayenatic London 21:00, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- If not deleted, then rename to Category:Cartoonists templates which could also hold Template:Underground comix cartoonists, Template:Cartoonists from Kerala, Template:Cartoonist-stub and its 3 related national templates, and Template:Seth (cartoonist). These are the only templates with cartoonist in the name, although there may be other navboxes for comics creators who are more specifically cartoonists. – Fayenatic London 21:00, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- Renaming and populating isn't a bad idea at all. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Delete or rename?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 19:01, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:United States National Recording Registry albums[edit]
- Nominator's rationale: The same rationale as last time: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 April 28#Category:United States National Recording Registry albums. I still see no reason for this category to be active and it is still redudant to Category:United States National Recording Registry recordings. Even if all the album articles were listed under the United States National Recording Registry albums category, that would just leave songs and other miscellaneous records under the United States National Recording Registry recordings category. It is really a crime to have all the inducted recordings under one category? QuasyBoy (talk) 18:18, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- If not kept, at least merge to Category:United States National Recording Registry recordings rather than delete. Nominator does not make clear what is wrong with Category:United States National Recording Registry albums though. It is not redundant per se, it is simply more specific. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 13:24, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 19:00, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:Former universities and colleges of Jesuits[edit]
- Nominator's rationale: The current name is not only awkward and not parallel to the name of the related category for current Jesuit institutions ("Jesuit universities and colleges") but its meaning is also unclear. ElKevbo (talk) 18:44, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:People of South Asian descent[edit]
- Propose merging Category:People of South Asian descent to Category:People of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:American people of South Asian descent to Category:American people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Australian people of South Asian descent to Category:Australian people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:British people of South Asian descent to Category:British people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Canadian people of South Asian descent to Category:Canadian people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Chinese people of South Asian descent to Category:Chinese people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Emirati people of South Asian descent to Category:Emirati people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Filipino people of South Asian descent to Category:Filipino people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Hong Kong people of South Asian descent to Category:Hong Kong people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Indian people of South Asian descent to Category:Indian people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Iraqi people of South Asian descent to Category:Iraqi people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Israeli people of South Asian descent to Category:Israeli people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Japanese people of South Asian descent to Category:Japanese people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Kenyan people of South Asian descent to Category:Kenyan people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Kuwaiti people of South Asian descent to Category:Kuwaiti people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Lebanese people of South Asian descent to Category:Lebanese people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Malaysian people of South Asian descent to Category:Malaysian people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:New Zealand people of South Asian descent to Category:New Zealand people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Nigerian people of South Asian descent to Category:Nigerian people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Omani people of South Asian descent to Category:Omani people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Pakistani people of South Asian descent to Category:Pakistani people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Qatari people of South Asian descent to Category:Qatari people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Russian people of South Asian descent to Category:Russian people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Saudi Arabian people of South Asian descent to Category:Saudi Arabian people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Singaporean people of South Asian descent to Category:Singaporean people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:South African people of South Asian descent to Category:South African people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Thai people of South Asian descent to Category:Thai people of Asian descent
- Propose merging Category:Turkish people of South Asian descent to Category:Turkish people of Asian descent
- Nominator's rationale: The boundaries of South Asia are not well-defined. Beyond the central regions of the Indian Empire, there is significant inconsistency in which additional countries are considered part of South Asia. Clear demarcations—whether geographical, geopolitical, socio-cultural, economic, or historical—between South Asia and other Asian regions are lacking. Aldij (talk) 16:05, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:Carib people[edit]
- Propose deleting Category:Carib people
- Propose deleting Category:British people of Carib descent
- Propose deleting Category:Dominica people of Carib descent
- Propose deleting Category:French people of Carib descent
- Propose deleting Category:Trinidad and Tobago people of Carib descent
- Propose deleting Category:Venezuelan people of Carib descent
- Nominator's rationale The term "Carib" is ambiguous as it can be used to refer to either the Kalinago (Island Caribs) or the Kalina (Mainland Caribs). Despite both being commonly called "Caribs", the Kalinago and the Kalina are different peoples with different languages and cultures. There isn't a single "Carib" group encompassing both the Kalina and Kalinago. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 13:55, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:20th-century Algerian photographers[edit]
- Nominator's rationale: Dual upmerge for now. This category is only has one person in it and doesn't help navigation. Mason (talk) 04:50, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
- Single merge to Category:20th-century photographers, the article is about someone who spent his childhood in Algeria but as a photographer he was not related to Algeria. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:39, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:Students in Mauritius[edit]
- Propose merging Category:Student protests in Mauritius to Category:Student protests in Africa and Category:Protests in Mauritius
- Propose deleting Category:Students in Mauritius (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. There's only one page in this category, which is unhelpful for navigation. Mason (talk) 01:54, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:49, 11 May 2024 (UTC)