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June 21

Category:17th century in Massachusetts

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The result of the discussion was: merge & redirect. (non-admin closure) Qwerfjkltalk 12:08, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Merge and redirect, following precedent at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_June_4#Years_in_Massachusetts. Move the old page over the new one and reparent it. – Fayenatic London 21:47, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Grassland plant species of Alabama

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The result of the discussion was: Delete (non-admin closure) * Pppery * it has begun... 18:10, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Wikipedia has no established scheme of categorizing wild grass species as "grassland plant species of [specific geographic location]". This would lead to extreme category bloat if allowed to proliferate -- the very first entry here, Agalinis purpurea has according to its article been documented in 32 American states, the District of Columbia and a Canadian province, which would require 34 categories on that article alone if we were to "grassland plant species of [every one of those individual entities]" this. And if we're not doing it for every other state, then there's no reason why Alabama has any unique need for special treatment that other states or provinces aren't getting. Bearcat (talk) 21:41, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete (Creator of the category here) Fair enough. I chose Alabama because that's the place I am interested in and I thought a category like this would be useful and could possibly be expanded to other states, but your point about wanting to avoid bloat makes sense. Also, after reading over the Categorization FAQ, I think that what I was trying to do would be better suited for a list article instead. Would you agree?
A list for Alabama might be too particular, though, so I'm thinking now that a list for the southeastern US as a whole would be better (i.e. "List of grassland plants of the southeastern US"), as it's a distinct ecoregion that Alabama is a part of, and I was basing the plants I was adding to the category on data from the Southeastern Grasslands Institute, in particular, it was based on their project on iNaturalist. They have a good circumscription, I think:
>"Grasslands of the southeastern U.S. (eastern unglaciated U.S.). Southern grasslands include prairies, pine and oak savannas, balds, barrens, glades, bogs, fens, meadows, dune grasslands)."
I think something like that would be appropriate to make a list for. Delvethedragon (talk) 23:06, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Delvethedragon:, a list could be appropriate, but I'm not sure that it is worth the effort. Grassland species of the southeastern US is a pretty specialized topic that is unlikely to attract many readers. There are a bunch of lists of plants that are woefully incomplete, some of which can be found in {{Flora of the United States}}, although there are others such as List of wildflowers in Indiana. Plantdrew (talk) 16:31, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Appreciate the input. Delvethedragon (talk) 20:08, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete this doesn't just open the door to a proliferation of categories by state, it also opens the door to multiplying those potential categories by categories for different habitats. I'm not sure that any of the plants in this category are exclusive to grassland habitats. Some of the included species are trees. While trees can be present (at low densities) in grasslands, habitats with trees at high densities are, by definition, not grasslands. I'm most familiar with Pinus echinata in forest and scrub habitats; categorizing it by habitat would require additional categories. Plantdrew (talk) 16:38, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:French Catholics

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The result of the discussion was: Keep (non-admin closure) * Pppery * it has begun... 18:10, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category:French Catholics merge into Category:French Roman Catholics. Reason=Largely the Same thing. Unless someone good in history can distinguish between historical usages of 'Catholics' to describe French people and 'Roman Catholics' to describe French people, merger may be better than continued separation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FatalSubjectivities (talkcontribs)


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Category:1960s assassinated Argentinian politicians

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The result of the discussion was: delete. – Fayenatic London 09:56, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per WP:SMALLCAT. This category has only 1 entry. Estopedist1 (talk) 17:11, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Tottori, Tottori

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The result of the discussion was: speedy merge. The nominated page will be moved over the new one at the target name. – Fayenatic London 08:23, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Duplicate category; merge target matches article name Tottori (city). ミラP@Miraclepine 16:56, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Physical systems

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 July 5#Category:Physical systems

Category:Disaster preparedness by continent

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 July 5#Category:Disaster preparedness by continent

Category:Veo cómo cantas

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 July 11#Category:Veo cómo cantas

Category:Emigrants from the United Kingdom to British Overseas Territories

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The result of the discussion was: rename. – Fayenatic London 11:06, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: procedural nomination, stale discussion at WP:CFDS. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:55, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
copy of speedy discussion
  • Oppose The current form is clearest. It does not mix a nationality with a country/territory. There is a clear "From state/To State/territory" form which is incapable of misinterpretation. Laurel Lodged (talk) 17:54, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support (as creator) for the purpose of consistency as above. The obvious issue is that it reads as anachronistic i.e British people as emigrants to a British place. As far as I know it is a valid category because there is an element of paperwork needed for GB (UK) citizens to move permanently to one of these places; in an attempt to prevent confusion I am considering adding an explanatory note about British referring to the UK, but not certain how to word it accurately. Crowsus (talk) 07:24, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    How about "People who emigrated from the United Kingdom to British Overseas Territories ."? Laurel Lodged (talk) 09:04, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    That is a completely different scope. Someone moving from the UK could be any nationality. This would be categorisation by travel itinerary which we don't know. I myself am British, have had university posts in A, B and C (in that order, all in Africa) and am now in the UK. What categories do I go in? And don't tell me I have become 'of British descent' by some mysterious process. The description is given in Category:Emigrants by nationality: "Emigrants categorized by their pre-existing nationality, as opposed to the country to which they immigrate (Immigrants). Note that many but not all immigrants acquire citizenship of the country to which they move." It is the nationality of the emigrant (which is defining), not the country from which they move (which may or may not be defining). Oculi (talk) 11:29, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose because of the obvious issue is that it reads as anachronistic i.e British people as emigrants to a British place. This error is less likely with the current name. Nothing is broken here that needs to be fixed. It does its job perfectly. Laurel Lodged (talk) 08:54, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

*Procedural objection the nominator advances no rationale other that noting that it was in CFDS. Either the nom should be withdrawn or rationale offered. Laurel Lodged (talk) 09:08, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Royal houses of the Netherlands

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 July 11#Category:Royal houses of the Netherlands

Category:Rulers of Qin

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The result of the discussion was: Rename (non-admin closure) * Pppery * it has begun... 18:10, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: WP:C2C Template:Monarchs of Qin and parent Category:Chinese monarchs. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 01:28, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Dual internationalists (football)

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 July 11#Category:Dual internationalists (football)

Category:Supporters of the Aryan idea

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: delete. – Fayenatic London 10:36, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: delete, not a defining characteristic and WP:OPINIONCAT. A number of articles do not even mention it at all. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:25, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:Yugoslav emigrants

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The result of the discussion was: Keep (non-admin closure) * Pppery * it has begun... 16:03, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per form of parent Category:Emigrants from former countries. Laurel Lodged (talk) 15:11, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:West German emigrants

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The result of the discussion was: Keep (non-admin closure) * Pppery * it has begun... 16:03, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per form of parent Category:Emigrants from former countries. Laurel Lodged (talk) 15:04, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:Rhodesian emigrants

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The result of the discussion was: Keep (non-admin closure) * Pppery * it has begun... 16:03, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per form of parent Category:Emigrants from former countries. Laurel Lodged (talk) 14:55, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:Tibetan emigrants

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The result of the discussion was: Keep (non-admin closure) * Pppery * it has begun... 16:03, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's rationale: Per form of parent Category:Emigrants from former countries. Laurel Lodged (talk) 14:49, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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  • Note this is also currently parented to "Chinese emigrants". The nomination avoids the thorny question of whether Tibetan nationals are also Chinese nationals. They just emigrated from Tibet. Who knows if they were Irish Buddhists originally who held Tibetan passports and got out of Tibet with the Dalai Lama? The nom covers this possibility. Laurel Lodged (talk) 07:36, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • These Irish buddhists (going to Boo) would be 'Irish emigrants to Boo' and 'Irish emigrants to Tibet'. Oculi (talk) 19:46, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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