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Category:Athlete actors

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The result of the debate was delete Martinp23 20:21, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Athlete actors (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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Category:Apple printers

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The result of the debate was rename Martinp23 20:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rename as Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_July_4#Category:Apple_litigation_to_Category:Apple_Computer_litigation_or_Category:Litigation_of_Apple_Computer abd Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_November_14#Apple_Computer_category.Duwiwne 22:29, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:New Zealand football categories

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The result of the debate was rename. Andrew c 02:05, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:New Zealand football competitions to Category:New Zealand soccer competitions
Category:Football (soccer) players in New Zealand by club to Category:Soccer players in New Zealand by club
Category:New Zealand football clubs to Category:New Zealand soccer clubs
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Category:British elections (1707-1800)

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The result of the debate was rename to Category:Elections to the Parliament of Great Britain Martinp23 20:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:British elections (1707-1800) into Category:Elections in Great Britain

I set up this category before I was aware of the other one. I agree they should be merged and the change of name makes the scope of the category clearer. --Gary J 13:16, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:GPL accounting software

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The result of the debate was rename per nom. David Kernow (talk) 21:53, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The useage of "free" is much more the convention then "GPL" (which is the most prevelant kind of free software); asides from being out-of-synch, this could potentially leave out some Free software. Oberiko 19:29, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Years by decade

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The result of the debate was merge per nom. David Kernow (talk) 22:01, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Years by decade into Category:Decades

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Category:Operations of the South African Border War

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The result of the debate was rename per nom. David Kernow (talk) 01:53, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Operations of the South African Border War to Category:Battles and operations of the South African Border War

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Category:South African Alternatives

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The result of the debate was delete Martinp23 20:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, or at least Rename to Category:South African alternatives, no clear inclusion criteria. -- ProveIt (talk) 17:25, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Venezuelan military

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The result of the debate was rename per nom Martinp23 20:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Venezuelan military to Category:Venezuelan military personnel

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Category:Squeeze members

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The result of the debate was nom withdrawn. David Kernow (talk) 07:02, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, or Rename to Category:Squeeze, convention of Category:Categories named after musicians. -- ProveIt (talk) 16:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Jeremiah

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The result of the debate was delete Martinp23 20:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, contains only the article Jeremiah and an image, doesn't seem to need a category. -- ProveIt (talk) 15:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Streets in Minneapolis

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The result of the debate was nom withdrawn Martinp23 20:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to Category:Streets and squares in Minneapolis, convention of Category:Streets and squares by city. -- ProveIt (talk) 15:13, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys

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The result of the debate was moved to Wikipedia:User categories for discussion#Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys. Andrew c 02:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys into Category:Wikipedians who use PGP

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Category:Devout fictional characters

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The result of the debate was delete Martinp23 20:34, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redundant with Category:Fictional characters by religion. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional bigots

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The result of the debate was delete Martinp23 20:38, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not a defining characteristic, not objectively defined. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't necessarily want to keep this, but let me explain why I created it. People kept putting Ned Flanders in Category:Fictional racists. However this doesn't work as his prejudices are not racial or ethnic, but religious. So I intended this to be characters who are strongly prejudiced against other religions or cultures, Francis Griffin might also fit, but who don't appear to have any racial or gender biases. I feared it would never be used that way though and indeed it hasn't.--T. Anthony 11:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional characters who are opposed to humanity

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The result of the debate was rename to Fictional misanthropes. David Kernow (talk) 01:55, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I find this a rather weird name. It contains a number of aggressive aliens whom we've had fictional war with, and probably some of the more genocidally-inclined supervillains. This doesn't appear to be a meaningful grouping, so I hereby join Category:Real wikipedians who are opposed to this category. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I would be willing to renaming the category into Fictional misanthropes, though I'm not sure if we would need to create a subcategory for non-humans since almost all of the characters there are already non-human. --DrBat 18:36, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps creating a subcategory FOR human misanthropes would be better. Ones who have a distain for contact with other humans rather than an all out hatred of the human race. Animedude 07:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd support that; having a subcategory for human misanthropes (like Mandy (Billy and Mandy)).--DrBat 19:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional vegetarians

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The result of the debate was keep Martinp23 20:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A character's eating habits are not a defining characteristic. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional Freemasons

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The result of the debate was no consensus. David Kernow (talk) 02:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think this may be too narrow. It contains only two characters, for one of which (Grandpa Simpson) the membership is not a defining characterstic but a one-off joke in a single episode. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep It is underpopulated but then most of our extensive categories only started with a hand full of articles. According to our article on Freemasonry, fictional Freemasons also include Boycie and there is a list of novels with Freemason main or secondary characters. User:Dimadick
  • Delete per nom. - jc37 13:18, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. There have to be more than these two fictional freemasons out there. I think that the request for population works for now. (Caveat: I was the creator of the cat. It was created out of an attempt to sort out a category for Freemasons that conatianed waaaay too many articles) youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 22:21, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I would think that in many cases where this attribute is mentioned in fiction it is intended to be highly important. Hoylake 18:34, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional Democrats and Category:Fictional Republicans

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The result of the debate was rename to Category:Fictional United States Democrats and Category:Fictional United States Republicans. the wub "?!" 10:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
These should probably be renamed to counter systemic bias. Outside the USA, "democrat" means "someone who is democratic", not "someone who supports the USA Democrat Party". (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, are "democrat" and "Democrat" the same thing? :P ~ZytheTalk to me! 17:06, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment perhaps, but "Republican" has a number of meanings in the UK including both anti-monarchists and Irish unificationists. Timrollpickering 21:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I would prefer not to have two cats that differ only by capitalization; that'd be confusing. (Radiant) 22:12, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Perhaps Category:Fictional members of the Democratic Party (United States) and it's Republican counterpart? CovenantD 00:10, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Beat met to the comment Covenant. I'd agree if the cats didn't seem exceedingly redundant since they each contain a link to a relevant, better titled list. In light of that, keep the lists and Delete the cats. — J Greb 00:16, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional anarchists

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The result of the debate was keep, although perhaps members ought only qualify if their fictional source/s state they are anarchic...  David Kernow (talk) 02:13, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid this may constitute original research, as for most fictional characters being "anarchist" is poorly defined. For instance, Captain Nemo is in here, but he is more an escapist who lives away from governments; and V (for Vendetta) is more a revolutionary in that he wants a government but not this one. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep, I don't think it's really OR. Usually it's made quite clear in the text. V fits the definition of anarchist (and revolutionary). Anarchy can be defined as someone who believes in a bottom-up system of power, not simply someone who advocates chaos.~ZytheTalk to me! 17:06, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per Zythe Hawkestone 17:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep If they fit this political philosophy, then add them. Also make comparisons to the ideologies represented in Past and present anarchist communities which covers historic anarchy. User:Dimadick
  • Delete - per the Democrat/Republican nom, above (and because citations/references would be wanted). Listify if wanted. - jc37 13:18, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep I am an anarchist myself and personally, I'd like to see what books have been written with anarchist characters. Or films that featured anarchist characters, whether featured positively or negatively. At the moment, the category does not look that good but that does not mean it cannot be improved. Whether Captain Nemo belongs on the list should be of no relevance. Imperfections on a page does not mean that the page should simply be deleted. There are many instances where the author makes it explicitly and indisputably clear that a fictional character is supposed to be an anarchist - including Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Conrad and Alan Moore. By all means, get rid of the original research and improve this category but why single this out for deletion? There is a huge list of categories devoted to fictional characters. There are categories for fictional characters of the French Revolution, fictional characters with superhuman power and fictional characters of the Second World War. There are categories for fictional characters that are Nigerians, Ainu, Serbians, Cubans and numerous other ethnic groups. Most relevantly, there are categories for fictional christians, fictional muslims, fictional fascists, fictional nazis and various other modes of beliefs. I do not see how a category for fictional anarchists differ from any of these. --Anarchodin 06:43, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Debates over which characters can be called anarchists should be carried out on individual talk pages. Owen 19:39, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    If it requires a debate, then it requires citations/references. And if so, it should be a List, not a Category. - jc37 10:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I feel that the particular category in question has been much abused with the inclusion of Bart Simpson (a trouble making youth), the Left Hand from Vampire Hunter D (a creature of fantasy horror), Flag-Smasher (an anti-nationalist), Winston Smith (a dissenter), and Nemo (an escapist). The inclusion of these characters is never justified, and so they were or should be removed. This seems to be tied with common misconceptions of what is an anarchist. To clarify the matter, inclusion in this category should require that the character in question or author explicitly states the character is meant to be an anarchist, and that the article for the character should explain how this is the case. Not that they have some incidental "anarchist" qualities, or make some modestly "anarchic" remarks. There are many such characters, either major or minor, in the works of Alan Moore (V for Vendetta) and Le Guin (The Dispossessed) as mentioned above, as well as in the work of Alan Grant (Anarky) and Philip K. Dick (The Last of the Masters.) The category should be kept, but refined. Cast
  • Delete - 3 edits in 9 months implies there is a very low likelyhood of this being cleaned up or maintained properly, and requires too much WP:OR to determine. Noting the inviduals as having an anarchic outlook would suffice. --ElaragirlTalk|Count 22:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. POV cat. Vegaswikian 22:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Worth cleaning up and keeping. Certain characters - such as V and King Mob - have been identified by their authors as anarchists. Others clearly self-identify as anarchists in their respective stories. Any problems with the category are fixable and the result of editor misunderstanding, not problems inherent to the category.
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Category:Fictional patriots

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The result of the debate was delete. --RobertG ♬ talk 14:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a defining characteristic. It would technically include almost all superheroes and fictional spies. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional characters who have committed mariticide

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The result of the debate was merge with Fictional murderers per Radiant. David Kernow (talk) 02:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Overcategorization, merge back to "fictional murderers". And I've learned a new word today :) (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I made the category because I thought killing your spouse was more significant than just killing a stranger (I specifically created it for Saul Tigh's character). --DrBat 23:13, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional mass murderers

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The result of the debate was no consensus. David Kernow (talk) 02:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The weird thing is that this category states it should only be used for villains, and lists Luke Skywalker as an example of someone who is a mass murderer (since he killed a bunch of storm troopers) but can't be listed since he's a good guy. We should either rename this cat to reflect that, or reword the header to straighten it out, or simply merge into "cat:murderers". (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This category does clarify its standard in its introduction. "This page lists fictional people in literature, film, television, and comic books who have committed mass murder, defined as the killing of four or more people in a single incident.
For fictional characters who have committed multiple separate murders over a period of time see category:Fictional serial killers. Note that someone who has killed in war or battle or self defense is not necessarily a murderer."
So no point in distinguishing heroes and villains here. User:Dimadick
Comment That standard is the same one set forth by the United States government - it's what prompted my initial weak keep. CovenantD 12:00, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional characters with speech impediments

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The result of the debate was delete. --RobertG ♬ talk 14:18, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Considering most speech impediments (e.g. those by many cartoon characters) are just silly jokes (as opposed to real-life speech impediments that are not) I do not consider this a meaningful characterization. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fictional dyslexics

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The result of the debate was no consensus. David Kernow (talk) 02:19, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Overly narrow - only one entry. Indeed, in most genres of fiction it is never mentioned whether characters can read well or poorly. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - I would disagree with the characterization that it is overly narrow. It's a disability, just like any other disability listed on the fictional people with disabilities parent category. Only one entry -- there are quite a few topics with 1 or few entries on the categories to populate template, that in itself doesn't seem to be a strong reason to delete. In modern times, disabilities are being discussed more and more in fiction and among characters, even protagonists. Let's be conscious of the times that are a changing. :) Siyavash 17:17, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, as per Siyavash - Skrewball
  • Keep Being underpopulated is not a good reason for deletion. Being flawed in conception or definition is. User:Dimadick
  • Delete - it could possibly be re-created if it's needed in the future. (At which point I have a feeling it'll be back on CfD again : ) - jc37 13:18, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional wheelchair-bound people

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The result of the debate was keep Martinp23 20:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Appears to be redundant with Category:Fictional lame characters, except that the latter may contain characters in a setting where wheelchairs have not been invited yet. Suggest merging. (Radiant) 13:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Multiple people

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The result of the debate was category relisted on December 8 CfD. David Kernow (talk) 02:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Multiple people (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete, or, because I realise deletion is a very bold proposal, at least rename to Category:Biographies of multiple people. I do not think that being "multiple people" is a defining characteristic of any of the subjects of articles in the list, or of its sub-categories: at random, the Wright brothers, Dorothea, and Margaret of York, Gilbert and George, Flanders and Swann, Marx brothers are not notable because they are more than one person, but because they have made a notable contribution in their field of collaboration, Category:Married couples are perhaps notable for being married, but not for being more than one person, Category:Multiple births are notable for being more than one person only in gynaecology. This category answers only the question "what articles are about more than one person?" which I do not class as an encyclopedic question. Its parent category is Category:People by status, but being more than one of you is not really a "status", and after some thought I have not been able to suggest another useful parent cat. The category's current title is too broad: jury, cabinet, quorum, string quartet, Queen (band), and collective bargaining all arguably fit its current name. I feel it should be submitted for discussion, anyway, to test whether I am a lone voice, and in case a consensus is forthcoming. RobertG ♬ talk 12:12, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete, not a meaningful characterisation. (Radiant) 13:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep A meaningful characterisation. One of the most prominent attributes of most of these people. Hoylake 14:17, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps meaningful, perhaps prominent, but if Wikipedia categories simply categorised everything and everyone by every meaningful or prominent characteristic there would be no need for WP:CFD. Is it an encyclopedic characteristic? Are you saying that every prominent group of people should be in this category? --RobertG ♬ talk 14:26, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Although I'm not wild about the name I can't think of a better one. Being a multiple person certainly is defining in cases like the Dionne quintuplets. That said I'd ideally prefer this to be much smaller. Possibly just Category:Multiple births and maybe Category:Sibling duos (Along with their subcats)--T. Anthony 17:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment, but the Dionne quintuplets aren't in this category, they're in "multiple births", and I haven't nominated that category (and they are not notable for being multiple people, they are notable for their multiple birth). --RobertG ♬ talk 20:48, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    True, but this makes a useful parent category. The name is slightly strange, unless we mean people with a disassociative disorder who may/may-not be in a sense "multiple people", but it's purpose should be as a parent category so it doesn't have to be well-titled.--T. Anthony 04:37, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. But I love the name: "I am a multiple person." That one cat litter commercial ("for multiple cats") always makes me snicker too. It's probably because I read too many comic books. Postdlf 18:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: would we keep Category:Individuals? --RobertG ♬ talk 20:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep this good category. There are a lot of categories that bother me but I know I have to live with as they will never get deleted, but this isn't one of them. Osomec 23:01, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I think you missed the point. As per its introduction This category identifies biographies of multiple people and locates which articles incude them. The category does not reflect on the people themselves. Its main use is being always able to locate the articles and decide which may eventually be turned into seperate articles. For example my combined article on Agnes of France was at first included here since 5 May, 2005 and was eventually expanded and turned into two seperate articles as of 11 June, 2006. - User: Dimadick
    Comment: "the category does not reflect on the people themselves" - an unanswerable argument for deleting any category? Also, even if its use is as you say (which I don't think it is, because among my examples only Dorothea qualifies as a possible article to be split) then it's a project category, and the talk pages should be in it rather than the articles. --RobertG ♬ talk 19:44, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - If kept, this category should be emptied, with its members shuffled into its subcats. - jc37 13:18, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Irrelevant classification, misleading name. Pavel Vozenilek 14:51, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, has many obvious subcategories (i.e. musical groups), seems both clear and useful to me. Emptying per Jc37 sounds reasonable, though, but I think it's a very logical and useful super-category. Xtifr tälk 01:07, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I've recently made an effort to take this in a more inclusive direction. How else would you propose we collect articles about groupings of six, seven, eight, nine, forty-seven, or seventy people? –Unint 07:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Is it encyclopedic? Have you considered not categorising groups by the number of people in them? --RobertG ♬ talk 12:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    There are a number of commonalities amongst these articles. Patterns I notice include groups of prosecuted people, groups of atheletes, groups of historical people, or groups of people who precipitated a significant event. History attached collective names to these people for a reason. Also, what's the alternative — categorize these articles as individuals? –Unint 20:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    So the category is actually "Groups of people with a collective name"? OK, I see where you are coming from; I just don't agree with you. And the Birmingham Six are categorised as "British wrongfully convicted people"; the Edinburgh Seven are categorised under "History of medicine" and "Women's rights"; the Traitorous Eight are categorised under "History of computing"; the Nine Saints are categorised as "Ancient Roman saints"; the Forty-seven Ronin are categorised as "Samurai", "traditional stories" and "Seppuku"; the Seventy Disciples are categorised as "followers of Jesus". I think in each case, among the least notable things about them is that they were more than one. Should every group that either acted collectively or have been collected into one article by a Wikipedian belong in this category? What about the LSO, United States Army, the NAS/UWT, the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (UK), the 5000, the Rat Pack, nude celebrities on the Internet? I think we will have to agree to differ! --RobertG ♬ talk 10:01, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Quite possibly we will have to agree to disagree regarding the level of abstraction we like for our categories. However, if you are asking how we're supposed to exclude all those examples you named...
    • Most of what you named are formal organizations of some sort; their articles are not about the many people who are members of those organizations, but about the structures, histories, practices, etc. of the organization themselves — nobody would mistake those for articles about people.
    • Orchestras are categorized under musical groups, which is a subcategory of this to begin with; they're included, but we don't have to worry about the two categories interacting.
    • "Entertainment cliques" like the Rat Pack do belong here; the article covers groups of people referred to by some collective name. It's a new concept to me, though; I won't say that I know how valid the category is to begin with.
    • The nude celebrities on the Internet article isn't even a list of people; it's a description of the phenomenon itself.
    • Perhaps there might be a need to diffuse the current contents of the category into "historical groups" as opposed to "names used by multiple people", but there's a distinct difference from historical organizations and historical phenomena. –Unint 16:31, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - At first reading of the nomination, I felt that this should be a list, and after reading the several comments in the discussion above, I am convinced - this would be better as a list, than as a category. There is simply too much disparate information. And (as somewhat noted above) why aren't military groups, marching bands, and houses of government listed? This vague category has the potential of ballooning to a rather grandiose size. - jc37 10:37, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep or weak rename per nom. It is a jumping off place for articles that include more than one person, which is necessary since it is somewhat of an anomoly (like the Olsen Twins, or conjoined twins, or comic duos that are only known as a pair. I would hesitate to rename it biographies, but would prefer this to an outright deletion.--Esprit15d (talk ¤ contribs) 19:48, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - The nominator says that "jury, cabinet, quorum, string quartet, Queen (band), and collective bargaining all arguably fit its current name," but I don't believe is in reality being used in this manner.--Esprit15d (talk ¤ contribs) 19:53, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep or Rename Q0 03:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep and Rename NTXweather 00:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Fictional lottery winners

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Andrew c 02:18, 7 December 2006 (UTC) Not a defining characteristic. Way too many characters in series have won a lottery at some point. (Radiant) 10:26, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Judaic views

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The result of the debate was delete. David Kernow (talk) 02:23, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Judaic views (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

  • Delete as nominator - after nearly one month of existence category contains only 3 articles; other categories exist to assume articles contained; category's practical function will continue to be the duplication of existing article content/mirroring other category content. Sam 08:21, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Alpha Flight Members, Category:Alpha Flight members & Category:Thunderbolts Members

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The result of the debate was delete all. the wub "?!" 13:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Alpha Flight Members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Alpha Flight members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Thunderbolts Members (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Speedy delete as re-created categories. See Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_October_17#Marvel_Comics_superhero_team_memberships. CovenantD 07:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Geez, I get flak when I combine similar CfDs and I get flak when I leave them separate. I give up trying to get it right. There is no right way to format similar categories. CovenantD 11:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Alpha Flight - Keep and Merge "Members" to "members". - This organisation does not have the mass character overlap that many other superteams have (which was the over-riding concern of the previous nominations). - jc37 08:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's not really true. The overriding concern expressed for the first batch of team membership categories (DC Comics) was the inability to annotate the entries versus a list.[1] The Marvel teams were based on that logic. CovenantD 11:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:BDSM submissives

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The result of the debate was keep. David Kernow (talk) 02:24, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete, as nominator. Category has only one article in it. Blast 11.24.06 0146 (UTC -5)  
  • I'd have no real problem moving Flanagan up into Category:BDSM. It is remarkable that this category is so empty when (I just checked, following a guess) Category:Dominatrices has 12 entries and Category:Bondage models has a whopping 76. [Warning, slightly tasteless humor follows.] Just goes to show what the nerdboys writing articles in this subject area are into, I guess. And at a quick look, 100% of the bondage models listed are female. Don't we have any gay nerdboys into leather here at the 'pedia? Practically worthy of WP:CSB. - Jmabel | Talk 03:07, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • This should be a valid category. It certainly has the potential to assist research on the subject ... but not with just one entry! Surely someone somewhere out there can help to fill out the list with some more names? The category obviously suffer more from neglect than any reason to delete it. Should this be brought to the attention of the WikiProject Sexology and sexuality group or the WikiProject LGBT studies group? Members there might be able to flesh out these categories (dominatrix and submissive) more. --Anarchodin 06:51, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Good thought. I cross-post to those WikiProjects. Can we try to give this a week or so to see what happens before we decide whether or not to keep? It's hardly as if the presence of the category is an active problem. - Jmabel | Talk 18:02, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. If you look at the parent, it does not appear to have any people included in the 185 articles which begs for more subcats. Given the current size and the likelyhood that more entries for this category, keeping seems to be reasonable. Another option would be a Category:BDSM people for single entries like this. Vegaswikian 00:56, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Prominent Trivandrumites

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The result of the debate was rename to Category:People from Thiruvananthapuram. --RobertG ♬ talk 11:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Prominent Trivandrumites to Category:People from Trivandrum

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Category:Fictional anti-heroes

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The result of the debate was delete. --RobertG ♬ talk 11:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fictional anti-heroes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Speedy delete as recreated category. See Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_May_13#Category:Anti-heroes. CovenantD 00:13, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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