Category talk:Former Roman Catholic church buildings

Inclusion criteria

The inclusion criteria in this category are too broad and should be revised. As currently stated they are:

• Church buildings which were built by the Roman Catholic Church, but are either:

1. no longer standing
2. no longer in use as church buildings
3. now used by another religion or denomination.

After the English Reformation every church in England became used by another denomination, so this category would include thousands of medieval churches in England. The same applies in other formerly Roman Catholic countries. Applying this rule would make the number of members of these categories huge, and make the categories of very limited use.

The simplest way to resolve this is to remove rule 3, and for clarity change rule 2 to no longer in use as church buildings by any Christian denomination. Alternatively we could frame the criteria to exclude churches whose denomination changed as a direct result of a Protestant Reformation within their country. Verbcatcher (talk) 15:22, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

There is CFD history behind this hierarchy. Most church buildings affected by the Protestant Reformation should be in the subcats, Category:Lutheran church buildings converted from Roman Catholicism Category:Lutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism and Category:Former Roman Catholic churches in the United Kingdom. – Fayenatic London 00:57, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Are you referring to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 July 20? Verbcatcher (talk) 01:18, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Yes, plus: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_July_1

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_July_13

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2014_January_17

– Fayenatic London 08:45, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Link updated after Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 May 1. – Fayenatic London 14:20, 21 July 2015 (UTC)