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Category:Silver Buffalo awardees

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The result of the debate was Keep. — ERcheck (talk) 12:08, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Silver Buffalo awardees (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
-- routine award of no great importance--rarely mewntioned in major biographies. Rjensen 03:54, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Repairing malformed CFD.... — ERcheck (talk) 02:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep Hogwash. It's the highest adult award in the BSA--hardly routine and is VERY prestigious. Rlevse 10:06, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep It is a highly honored award, and it DOES have recipients, not everyone can win everything. Darthgriz98 03:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Boy Scouts of America are an important part of the United States culture (even if not everyone agrees with them). Plus the award has been made to people of many nationalities for a variety of services to youth, not just for Americans working within the BSA. Kingbird 04:03, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep It is awarded for extraordinary service to youth, and is bestowed upon BSA members and non-members based on their service. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 09:49, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Not a defining characteristic in most cases. Nonomy 12:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Do we have another category like this where the directors make a similar award? With this year's recipient being the 'Order of the Arrow National Chairman' one wonders how open the competition is. Vegaswikian 06:02, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename to Category:Recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award. - jc37 10:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The original contention has been convincingly refuted, and if we were to follow a doctrine of 'defining characteristic' we would be deleting most of the categories in Wikipedia (the 'Year X foundations', birth years, death years,'University of X alumni', etc.) --Robminchin 02:54, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep I generally don't like "award winner" categories, because there are hundreds of organizations that bestow awards on people and particularly famous people therefore could end up with hundreds of categories, one per award, if each award had its own category. Only the very, very top, most notable awards should have their own category; otherwise you're better off using a list article instead. It's only because the Boy Scouts are such a prominent group and this award is their top award that I'm somewhat ok with keeping this specific category. Dugwiki 17:22, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong delete Not even close to being a defining characteristic. Hawkestone 23:08, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Since this appears to be an award that has no notable selection criteria, it needs to go. The apparent lack of other categories like this is support for deletion. Just because the BSA is notable does not automatically make their awards notable. Vegaswikian 05:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment Ludicrous rationale. If you'd bother to check, it has a very high standard for selection. That other cats like it are few is not the fault of this cat. The award is notable on its own. Sumoeagle179 09:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The award is hardly 'routine' just because it is awarded regularly (compare to something like the NBA MVP), and if it were to be overseen in a "major" biography, I'd fault the biographer, not the award. Scoutersig 14:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep International recipients, top award from a prestigious organization for exceptional service to youth, there is no 'defining characteristic' requirement for wiki--this is certainly more useful and notable than a cat like 'living persons'. Get real folks. Sumoeagle179 09:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wild West

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The result of the debate was merge. David Kernow (talk) 13:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:History of the American West. -- ProveIt (talk) 23:56, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Districts of Ukraine

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The result of the debate was rename. Despite "raion" not being a common (English) word, per people's remarks below it like "oblast" is used to discriminate between country subdivisions that would otherwise be (mis)label/led "district" or the like. Hope that makes sense. David Kernow (talk) 13:37, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Districts of Ukraine to Category:Raions of Ukraine

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Category:Bushisms

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The result of the debate was Delete. — ERcheck (talk) 11:07, 27 October 2006 (UTC) Category:Bushisms (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)[reply]

Delete, it makes a fun and interesting article, but it doesn't really need a category. -- ProveIt (talk) 22:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Bollywood's Oscar entries

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 15:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, or rename to Category:Bollywood films nominated for an Academy Award.-- ProveIt (talk) 21:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Bavarian Soviet Republic

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The result of the debate was no consensus, but as it's empty, delete --Kbdank71 15:35, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Category:Munich Soviet Republic, since both names are used. -- ProveIt (talk) 21:14, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Polish theater

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The result of the debate was delete, empty --Kbdank71 15:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Polish theater (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete, Duplicates Category:Theatre in Poland, which is how all the other categories are named. Appleseed (Talk) 20:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Monotesticular people

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The result of the debate was delete. David Kernow (talk) 13:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Monotesticular people (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Not a defining characteristic, and also vulgarly intrusive and out of place in a serious encyclopedia.Piccadilly 19:34, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Famous comic book readers

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The result of the debate was delete. David Kernow (talk) 13:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Famous comic book readers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Not a defining characteristic of the person - nobody is famous for being a comic book reader. CovenantD 17:48, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Compositions by Antonín Dvorák

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The result of the discussion was: SPEEDY DELETED; deletion requested by only contributor for mistakenly created duplicate category. Postdlf 17:31, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Compositions by Antonín Dvorák (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete, I mistakenly created a incorrectly cat that already exists under the correct name, Category:Compositions by Antonín Dvořák. Quale 16:47, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Old West Lawmen

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The result of the debate was rename/merge to Category:Lawmen of the American Old West --Kbdank71 15:23, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to ...? Best so far is Category:Lawmen of the old American West. -- ProveIt (talk) 16:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The catagory is new as of a few days ago, & hasn't had much of a chance yet; deletion is, I think, hasty. --mordicai. 15:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm the guy who created the category, as a response to how the current default category for most western lawmen, Category:American police officers, seems more suited for and populated by 20th century (and after) policemen. I realize it has only one entry at present, but I've made it my personal project over the next few days and weeks to fill out the category by adding to it the entries for all current Wiki old west lawmen, and writing new articles for it. The arguments for a Rename are sound, and I will be happy to do it myself, once I figure out how. Ford MF 20:21, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I can't figure out how to do a move of the category, since the regular MOVE button's not there for some reason. In the interim I am creating Category:Lawmen of the American Old West and will now endeavor to populate it while I try to figure out how to delete the original category page. If anyone can offer assistance with this, I would be grateful. Ford MF 20:40, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Okay. NOT creating a new category, as I've been counseled by Mordicai that this is an admin job and I have to wait for someone else to do the Rename? Okay, I guess I'm going to continue to add entries to the old category then? If there is any problem with this, please let me know.
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Category:Abortion and reproductive rights advocacy groups in the United States

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The result of the debate was no consensus --Kbdank71 15:11, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Abortion and reproductive rights advocacy groups in the United States to Category:United States pro-choice organizations

Rename, Retitle will help harmonize this recently-created category with other categories in WikiProject Abortion. Current title is on the long side and also presents a neutrality concern in the use of "Abortion and reproductive rights." A previous CfD nomination established that the succinct, self-identifying terms for the two sides in the abortion debate, "pro-life" and "pro-choice," are preferrable for use in categorization. Severa (!!!) 16:37, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Regards, David Kernow (talk) 21:03, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • rename per nom. ThuranX 01:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I don't know which is worse, the NPOV mouthful or the POV slogan. Do the "pro-X" names allow for moderate groups and those which focus less on abortion and more on other topics? I have a sense of pigeonholing here. --Dhartung | Talk 07:15, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - There is a difference between an organisation and an advocacy group. I also don't know if "pro-choice" is a good umbrella term for a category. I am leaning rather towards delete. - jc37 10:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose; the proposed rename introduces ambiguity as to whether members are "pro-choice" or "pro-life" as a matter of primary focus/organizing principle, such as NARAL or NRLC, as opposed to those which are broadly "pro-choice" or "pro-life" as a position on a few issues among many, such as People for the American Way or the Christian Coalition. Even the existing name is somewhat problematic, though less so than the proposed. It's hard to find a simple construction which captures the intent of (Pro-choice advocacy) + (organizations) as opposed to (Pro-choice) + (advocacy organizations). -choster 15:37, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Polymaths

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The result of the debate was mark as {{deletedcategory}}. David Kernow (talk) 13:23, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Polymaths (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of polymaths for reasons why such a category is inherently inappropriate. Rmrfstar 16:30, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:VRE stations

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The result of the debate was rename. David Kernow (talk) 13:21, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to Category:Virginia Railway Express stations, expanding the abbreviation. -- ProveIt (talk) 16:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Good Charlotte singles

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The result of the debate was merge. David Kernow (talk) 13:21, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:Good Charlotte songs, convention of Category:Songs by artist. -- ProveIt (talk) 15:15, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Ecchi anime

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The result of the debate was nom withdrawn. David Kernow (talk) 21:06, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:H anime, or suggest something else. It looks like a duplicate to me, but I'm hardly an expert. -- ProveIt (talk) 15:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Ecchi is not hentai: hentai is explicit, ecchi is not. Hentai is the US equivalent of pornography and equally restricted, ecchi is not. — Dark Shikari talk/contribs 15:59, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Depowered mutants

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 15:05, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Depowered mutants (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Aside from the category name making no sense due to lack of context, even if that were corrected it would still be even more ephemeral trivia than a "dead mutant" category. Postdlf 14:34, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete per nom. Hiding Talk 16:13, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Completely necessary in regard to all other Marvel Universe related articles. -- Voldemort 14:26, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • ...because? Postdlf 14:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      • Because of the significance the Decimation has had on the entire Marvel Universe. Within that fictional universe, being a depowered mutant is pretty significant aspect. -- Voldemort 14:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
        • Within our universe (which is the only one that matters here), it's a very recent storyline of questionable permanence (how long do you honestly think the X-Men editors going to keep Magneto, the title's chief villain, powerless)? And if we don't have categories for fictional characters who are depicted as having died, why should we have categories for fictional characters who are depicted as having merely lost their powers? You haven't explained why a category is "completely necessary." Postdlf 15:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, the category is no less legitimate than the other categories on Marvel Comics mutants. -- Crevaner 21:33, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Marvel's not going to let a vast quantity of merchandisable characters wallow in normalcy indefinitely, and the category will rapidly depopulate, since WP:COMIC zealously insists one permanent present stle writing. ThuranX 01:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • See also this prior deletion decision on Category:Deceased X-Men. Death is not permanent enough in comics fiction to be suitable for a category; "depowering" necessarily less so. And as ThuranX pointed out about present tense writing about fiction (and as was true of the dead fictional character categories too), unless the character is introduced as depowered, it isn't depowered in every depiction (and that's not even taking into account appearances in other media that don't follow the same story changes). Postdlf 01:55, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. At best temporary, at worst inaccurate.--Mike Selinker 01:56, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. There have been characters in the various Marvel mutant series that have both lost and regained their powers over the years. Does Storm belong in this category? There was a storyline in the eighties in which she lost and regained her powers. This category just isn't clear enough and will lead to too much confussion. Stephen Day 02:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • And then after staying depowered for maybe a year or so, Storm was killed (along with the rest of the X-Men at the time) and very shortly afterward resurrected (along with the rest of the X-Men at the time, and which I believe caused her to regain her powers), and then made into a child. Then she got better, again. As they always do. Which is why plot-driven alterations of established characters are a really lousy way of categorizing them. We should stick to defining traits—what makes a depiction of that character identifiable as that character. Unless we want to create a parent Category:Fictional characters by what writers have inflicted upon them. Postdlf 03:35, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. There are plenty of other marvel mutant related articles. -- TrojanMan 08:33, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Huh? I really don't understand the meaning or relevance of your comment. Could you please address the problems with this category that have been raised above, and put forth a clear rationale for keeping it? Postdlf 15:47, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - but it needs renaming. - jc37 10:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment, I think the instructive thing here is that we don't do this in other categories. We don't have former members of the Roling Stones, only Category:The Rolling Stones members. We don't have deceased Presidents of the US, only Category:Presidents of the United States. We don't have Category:People terminally ill, and we only have Category:Living people due to legal necessities. Depowered mutants aren't special, aren't fixed, aren't real and aren't without controversy. Depowered mutants aren't quantifiable without attribution, aren't recognisable without detail and aren't important. The research value of the category is limited, we shouldn't be promoting the category structure as a research method, that's what the article space is for. We shouldn't be detailing the trivia of comic book plotlines, we should be looking at the broad sweep of publishing history, we should be looking at the cultural impact of the medium, we should be looking at the influences within society, the uses the comics language is being put to, the scope of the medium and the longevity of the form. We shouldn't be analysing the plot points of works in situ; we should be seeking to summarise other thinkers on the worth of anything. Depowered mutants are hard to categorise, and ultimately, the worth of categorising them has to be questioned. Hiding Talk 16:54, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Misleading title does not specify "Fictional mutants depowered in the 2005 Decimation Marvel Comics event" as it should and means to. If it did, then it would be even more obviously trivial. Fails WP:WAF's aim of out-of-universe treatment of fictional characters. --NewtΨΦ 18:15, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete after checking to make sure it's fully listified in the Decimation (comics) article. All the character articles should note that they've lost their powers. --HKMarksTALKCONTRIBS 19:47, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. The title alone violates WP policies regarding making it clear what's fiction. The article's name makes it sound like these are real mutants of some kind. And it's a pointless, transient category that cannot be properly maintained. Doczilla 20:22, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. As per the above, the nature of the stories makes the "tag" transitory and vague. — J Greb 23:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Although maybe with a minor renaming. -- HowardDean 11:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, given the rapid recovery of dead characters, one can presume this cat of merely depowered ones will be so fluid as to be unmaintainable and virtually useless. KillerChihuahua?!? 17:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Agree with Voldemort's reason. -- AmeriCan 18:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • What "reason" did he express? Perhaps you could answer what he did not: If we don't have categories for fictional characters who are depicted as having died, why should we have categories for fictional characters who are depicted as having merely lost their powers? Could you please distinguish that prior precedent? No one stating a preference of "keep" has addressed any of the arguments for deletion. CFD is not a vote; unsupported opinions should not be given any weight by the closing admin in the face of substantive, policy-based arguments. Postdlf 18:55, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, per nom, per ThuranX, per Mike Selinker, per Stephen Day, and per KillerChihuahua. --Rindis 16:16, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Marvel vs. Series characters

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The result of the debate was delete. Current membership now listed at List of Marvel vs. Series characters. David Kernow (talk) 13:05, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Marvel vs. Series characters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete category based on crossover video games between Marvel Comics characters and Capcom video game characters. A list would suffice; the fact that Spider-Man was licensed for use in a particular video game is hardly a defining feature, any more than if he were merchandised in a particular toy line. Just unnecessary and trivial clutter on articles. Postdlf 14:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Fauna of the Scottish Highlands

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 15:03, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fauna of the Scottish Highlands (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Every article in Category:Fauna of the Scottish Highlands is already in Category:Fauna of Scotland. GameKeeper 19:48, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Userboxes for speedy deletion

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 15:01, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Seven-Year War

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The result of the debate was rename first as nominated, rename second to Category:Battles of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598) --Kbdank71 14:58, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Pirates by religion

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The result of the debate was upmerge to Pirates. David Kernow (talk) 13:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Pirates by religion (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete, I believe most pirates do not care about gods! Szvest 12:56, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They should be retained obviously. So does that mean that we have to include them in Category:Pirates before deleting the subcat? -- Szvest 14:43, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Skeptics and subcats

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The result of the debate was no consensus --Kbdank71 13:36, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Per the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 October 13#Category:British skeptics and my closure of it, I have grouped all the skeptic categories together for an umbrella listing. The issue is whether to delete the categories, or to rename them to make their purpose clearer, something along the lines of Category:Skeptics to Category:Skeptic philosophers, and then a discussion of whether to follow the same convention for the sub-categories or whether to delete them as unneeded with the newly named category. Note the sub-cats are sparsely populated, 3 in the British, 3 in the Finnish, 9 in the Indian and 35 in the American, which includes Isaac Asimov and Julia Sweeney. I myself support renaming Category:Skeptics to Category:Skeptic philosophers and deleting Category:British sceptics, Category:Indian skeptics and Category:Finnish skeptics and Category:American skeptics. Hiding Talk 11:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep national subcategories, weak keep of "Skeptics" - First, I'd suggest keeping the national subcategories as that seems to be in line with having national subcategories for occupations and philosphies, such as Category:American agnostics and Category:American philosophers. I also would recommend using a standard spelling for all such categories; either have them all use "skeptics" or "sceptics". Using different spellings will make it more difficult for readers to locate the category they're looking for. Finally, just my personal opinion, I think simply saying "Skeptics" in this context is probably sufficient. I'm not sure "Skeptic philosophers" is really necessary, as the category description and its parent categories should make pretty clear to the reader that you're talking about people who espouse skepticism in the philosophical sense. Dugwiki 17:27, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Wikipedians who support the Bahujan Samaj Party

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The result of the debate was delete. David Kernow (talk) 12:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wikipedians who support the Bahujan Samaj Party (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Unnecessary category that will lead to many more such categories. A waste of donors' money. Jimbo discourages such categories[2]. This category doesn't help in article development anyway (unlike some other categories based on political ideas, which might help Wikipedians to find people interested in similar articles). Delete. utcursch | talk 11:35, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not involving the person (who has created the category) in this voting and taking unilateral decision seems like a UN Security Council/US Congress vote, its better if you involve concerned parties in such voting. For me its a very elitist decision, can you people apply same principle for numerous other categories present in 'Category:Wikipedians by politics'.
POV : I feel currently most of the wikipedians are quite elitist people but am sure it will change over time.
Pls forgive me for ignoring 'pls do not modify it' notification as the category in question doesn't exist.
I Accept the Delete decision. Regards. Vjdchauhan 06:18, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
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Category:New Mexico train stations

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The result of the debate was rename both to Category:New train stations in Mexico. Ha ha, just kidding. Reverse merge. --Kbdank71 13:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:New Mexico train stations into Category:Passenger train stations in New Mexico

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Category:Actors who appeared in MST3K movies

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The result of the debate was delete. --RobertG ♬ talk 10:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Actors who appeared in MST3K movies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
This is another case of overcategorization. Mystery Science Theatre 3000 was essentially a rerun program of bad movies with funny commentary provided by puppets. CovenantD 05:16, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Tom Servo. This is not a defining characteristic of any person in the category. --Dhartung | Talk 08:20, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Marvel animated characters

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 13:29, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Marvel animated characters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Should be deleted, nearly every Marvel Comics character has appeared in a TV show based on the comics. UnDeRsCoRe 02:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment As above, this category is specifically for characters who made their debut on an animated program. The nominator apparently didn't realize that in his nomination and thought it would apply to every Marvel character. Note that knowing where a character first debuted is important historical information for comics, so categorizing by the character's debut vehicle might be worth considering. At the very least, a list article outlining a table of all Marvel characters and where they first appeared sounds like an ambitious but potentially pretty cool article for comic book fans. Dugwiki 17:40, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete overcategorization. Nearly every Marvel character has appeared in animated form. A list might be okay, but a category cannot be properly cited to back it up. For most of them, their articles do not mention these appearances, therefore this is not a defining quality. Doczilla 20:27, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment Again, the article was not for every Marvel character, just the ones created specifically for the cartoon seires based on their proporties, some of which have gone one into offical comic cannon, but mainly this category dosen't count those who started in the comics (like Spider-Man of Iron Man).
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Category:Supermodels from Montenegro

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The result of the debate was rename per nom. David Kernow (talk) 12:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to Category:Montenegrin models, convention of Category:Models by nationality and Category:Montenegrin people by occupation. -- ProveIt (talk) 02:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Freight terminals

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The result of the debate was rename, although renamed to Railway freight terminals per other subcategories of Rail infrastructure. David Kernow (talk) 12:54, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to Category:Rail freight terminals, just to make it clear it's rail cargo. -- ProveIt (talk) 00:17, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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