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Category:Leyland DAF

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The result of the debate was delete. the wub "?!" 14:54, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Public corporations in India

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 17:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Public corporations in India into Category:Companies of India

  • Merge, unless "public corporation" has a special meaning in India which justifies the creation of a special category. That doesn't seem to be the case based on the two articles in this category, but perhaps there is an explanation that Indian readers would take for granted. Wilchett 22:47, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Chancellors

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 17:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Chancellors to Category:Chancellors (government)

  • Rename, This category appears to be meant for people who have had an official government title of Chancellor. But there is also a chancellor in academia (see Chancellor (education) which is the head of a university and is otherwise an unrelated occupation. Recommend changing the name to disambiguate from academia office title. Might also be a good idea to create Category:Chancellors (education) to correspondingly store articles about university chancellors. Dugwiki 21:29, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename per nom. Wimstead 09:37, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Are there any other instances of chancellors in education other than university chancellors – or any other (significant) instances of chancellors other than university or government chancellors...?  If not, perhaps keep the present category and create University chancellors...?  Regards, David Kernow (talk)
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Category:Famous patients

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 17:17, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Famous patients to Category:Patients with notable medical histories

  • Rename, Per similar previous cfd discussions, the word "famous" is either redundant or ambiguous since all Wiki bios are presumably about notable people. The category name "Famous patients" isn't clear, since it also could mean "celebrities who became ill" (eg. Richard Pryor), but is intended per the description to be "people who are notable due to their illness" (eg. Terri Schiavo) I recommend replacing "famous patients" with something clearer. Dugwiki 20:35, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename or delete. The proposed rename will reduce the risk of over and misuse, but not eliminate it. If there is a majority for deletion, add me to it. Piccadilly 01:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong delete. Even renamed, the category would be ambiguous and overused. Dr.Who 08:07, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm not sure if the category should be deleted entirely. Each biography article needs at least one category corresponding to the most important, notable feature of that person. So there needs to be a category of some sort to catalog articles about people who are only famous because of their medical condition. Thus if this is deleted, you'll still need an alternative catagorization scheme for these people. Otherwise the only categories they'd probably have would be their birth/death date and place of birth, which tells you nothing about what makes them important. Dugwiki 15:28, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename per Dugwiki Wimstead 23:48, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd go with "people" or "persons" rather than "patients," personally (for the same reason it's practice in psychology to refer to people in experiments as "participants" rather than "subjects"). Otherwise support, this is an important category for people like HM (patient) or Phineas Gage who are notable entirely for their medical issues. --HKMarksTALKCONTRIBS 05:27, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • If no consensus, at least rename per nom to remove "Famous"...  David Kernow (talk) 11:46, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - another category that would be interesting as a list. - jc37 17:37, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - cruft. Not online database of patients. I cannot imagine what this could be useful for. Pavel Vozenilek 23:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Comic book fathers

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 17:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Comic book fathers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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Big Brother

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The result of the debate was rename Australia to Category:Big Brother (Australian TV series), keep the others --Kbdank71 17:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Marvel Comics villains, non-superpowered

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The result of the debate was merge. the wub "?!" 13:19, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:Marvel Comics villains, see related discussion. -- ProveIt (talk) 16:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Members of alleged cults

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The result of the debate was speedied --Kbdank71 19:01, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete, as per recently closed CfD Category:Alleged cults. See Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_October_15#Category:Alleged_cults ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 17:32, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Templates

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The result of the debate was redirect. David Kernow (talk) 11:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Category:Wikipedia templates, to help people find it. -- ProveIt (talk) 15:56, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was bold and redirected it. If/when other kinds of templates have one or more categories created for them, I suppose this will need to change. Regards, David Kernow (talk) 11:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Ancestors of President Bush

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 17:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:Bush family, duplicate since ancestors are family. -- ProveIt (talk) 15:17, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Breton Composer

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The result of the debate was already deleted. David Kernow (talk) 11:50, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To match the wikipedia naming conventions, I think it should be renamed to Category:Breton composers while it is still fairly new. I have also notified the author on their talk page to do so. Cheers, BNutzer 14:08, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Ngayarda language categories

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 17:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: These two categories are based on an outdated classification (that unfortunately is still followed by Ethnologue). So long as people use up-to-date sources when writing articles, nobody is going to put anything in these categories. --Ptcamn 13:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Places in Lancashire

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Category:Places in Cheshire

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 17:09, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Places in Lancashire to Category:Geography of Lancashire Category:Places in Cheshire to Category:Geography of Cheshire

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Category:Thursday Next series

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The result of the debate was no consensus --Kbdank71 17:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Thursday Next series to Category:Thursday Next novels

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Category:United States Representatives from Oklahoma

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 17:06, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:United States Representatives from Oklahoma into Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma

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Category:List Blasians

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 17:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:List Blasians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Delete. Empty category; category page is a copy of the article List of Blasians. Appears to be a wrong-headed attempt to re-create deleted Category:Blasians. --Paul A 07:33, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Actresses by nationality

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 17:04, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Still for consistency possibly it should be renamed "Female actors by nationality."--T. Anthony 16:51, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note however that I believe the three categories you mentioned were also all brought up for cfd and the result was "no consensus". It is not a matter of the policy being dumb and inconsistent; it's that in the cases you mentioned the consensus wasn't reached to delete them. It's quite possible that ultimately the categories you mentioned could be deleted down the road if a consensus is reached. Also note that previous "actress" categories have been deleted in cfd. Dugwiki 21:44, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. Still I don't see a problem in having some gendered categories. Especially not with acting where gender often really does matter. The policy as I understand it is that the person identifies as X and that being X is important to their notability. I think with actresses their renown would be different if they were actors i.e. men in acting. Their ability to get certain roles and awards would be altered. This is less true with say Category:Bisexual actors, but I don't see the same discomfort there.--T. Anthony 22:33, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Swedish Actresses

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 17:02, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:Swedish actors. -- ProveIt (talk) 07:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:British actresses

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 17:02, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:British actors. -- ProveIt (talk) 07:01, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Actresses

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 16:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:Actors, per policy against gender-based categories. -- ProveIt (talk) 06:32, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for reasons stated above. Although renaming "Female actors" I guess could be acceptable.--T. Anthony 21:39, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • As above, I'm for merging. However, if kept, I would prefer "actresses" to "female actors" since the former word is much more common and easier for readers to remember. Dugwiki 15:36, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge this and all the subcats. There's no reason to split actors by gender.--Mike Selinker 05:04, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American Actresses

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 16:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:American actors. -- ProveIt (talk) 06:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:American actresses

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The result of the debate was rename/merge as nominated --Kbdank71 16:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Category:American actors, policy against gendered categories. -- ProveIt (talk) 06:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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