Category talk:Male spearfishers of insular areas of the United States

Value of category?

In what way is this category useful to anyone? · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 09:39, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

@Pbsouthwood: it matches categories in Category:Sportspeople of insular areas of the United States by sport. From what I have learned from creating spearfishing articles, it seems to be a big deal in Micronesia, for example James Borja was Guam's Chef de Mission at the 2024 Summer Olympics. There is potential for growth of these categories, spearfishers without articles from these areas include: Barnaby Acfalle, Kenneth Borja, Tony Borja, Roberto Cabreza, Myles Driscoll, Jay Sternadel from Guam and Morito Asai, Frank Pangelinan, Mark Hapdai from the Northern Mariana Islands. The problem is is that there is little information about these people online which is why I'm hesitant to create them because although they seem notable, it is difficult to prove that they are notable, the next Micronesian games are in two years so that could lead to more spearfisher pages being created. Sahaib (talk) 15:51, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

If I understand the principle correctly, categories should not be subdivided unnecessarily, which generally means wait until there are a substantial number of articles in a category before splitting it. I will try to find clear guidance on this point. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 03:55, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

It seems that I cannot find specific guidance against such narrow categorisation, though I seem to remember some CfDs which closed in deletion of low population categories. No big deal either way, it just seems a bit pointless to me. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 05:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:NARROWCAT would be the one. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 05:34, 3 October 2024 (UTC)