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Categories for discussion (CfD) is the central venue for discussing specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories and stub types in accordance with the guidelines for categorization, category naming and stub articles.
For detailed instructions about using CfD, see "How to use CfD" below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:
- Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see "Speedy renaming and merging" below.
- Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open for at least seven days and are closed once a rough consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.
Except in uncontroversial cases such as reverting vandalism, do not amend or depopulate a category once it has been nominated at CfD as this hampers other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.
Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a CfD request that is limited in scope to renaming, as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the request closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of a CfD move discussion to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines. CfDs involving deletion should be reviewed at Wikipedia:Deletion review.
Scope
[edit]CfD is intended only for specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories or stub types. For general discussion about how to improve the category system, use other appropriate venues such as Wikipedia talk:Categorization, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and any relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.
Current discussions
[edit]Closing procedure
[edit]After seven days, an administrator (or possibly a non-admin) will determine if consensus has formed, and close the discussion. If appropriate, the discussion instead may be relisted to allow for more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented. As noted at Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions, non-admins may follow the process at Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion/Working, and list discussion results there for an admin to review, and to log to the page directly.
Discussions awaiting closure
[edit]- List of links to individual open discussions (>7 days old): Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Old unclosed discussions - updated by User:AnomieBOT
- Full text of all open discussions (>7 days old): Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/All old discussions - powered by a Lua module parsing /Old unclosed discussions
- List of days with open discussions (>7 days old): included below from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Awaiting closure – powered by a Lua module parsing /Old unclosed discussions
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 24 (10 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 23 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 22 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 21 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 20 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 19 (7 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 18 (5 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 17 (6 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 16 (9 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 14 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 4 (1 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 3 (2 open)
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 2 (2 open)
How to nominate a category for discussion
[edit]Nomination procedure
[edit]Twinkle
[edit]You may use Twinkle to facilitate CfD nominations. To install Twinkle, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and check "Twinkle" in the "Browsing" section. Use the now-installed "XfD" (Start a deletion discussion) tab while viewing the page you want to nominate.
Twinkle only allows you to nominate a single category or stub template. For bundled nominations including multiple categories, see § MassCFD.
MassCFD
[edit]You can use the script User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD to automatically make mass nominations.
Manual nominations
[edit]I | Preliminary steps.
Before nominating a category:
In the following special cases:
For further information, see Wikipedia:Categorization and Wikipedia:Manual of Style. |
II | Edit the category.
Add one of the following templates at the beginning of the category page (not the talk page) of every category to be discussed. For nominations involving large numbers of categories, help adding these templates can be requested here.
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III | Create the CFD section.
Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries. Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) to copy and paste one of the templates below. When inserting category names into these template's parameters, except the
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Stub types
[edit]I | Preliminary steps.
In general, a stub type consists of a stub template and a dedicated stub category. Before nominating a stub type for deletion, merging or renaming:
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II | Edit the template.
Add one of the following tags at the beginning of the template to be discussed.
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III | Create the CFD section.
Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries. Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) and paste the following text (remember to update the default parameters):
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Notifying interested projects and editors
[edit]In addition to the steps listed above, you may choose to invite participation by editors who are likely to be informed about a nominated category. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing. In addition, to help make your messages about the CfD discussion clear, avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations, link to relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the discussion itself.
- Notifying related WikiProjects
WikiProjects consist of groups of editors who are interested in a particular subject. If a nominated category is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, consider adding a brief, neutral note on their talk page(s) about the nomination. You may use {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2025 August 1|CfD section name}} ~~~~
or write a personalized message.
Tagging the nominated category's talk page with a relevant WikiProject's banner will include the category in that WikiProject's Article Alerts if they subscribe to the system. For instance, tagging a nominated category with {{WikiProject Physics}} will add the discussion to Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.
- Notifying substantial contributors to the category
While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and main contributors of the category that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, check the category's page history or talk page. You may use {{Cfd notice}}
to inform the category's creator and all other editors.
- Notifying other interested editors
It may be helpful to invite other subject-matter experts by posting a message on the talk page of the most closely related article, such as Protein family for Category:Protein families. You may use {{Cfdnotice}}
for this.
Speedy renaming and merging
Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested only if they meet a speedy criterion, for example WP:C2D (consistency with main article's name) or WP:C2C (consistency with established category tree names). Please see instructions below.
- Determine which speedy criterion applies
- Tag category page with
{{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
or{{subst:cfm-speedy|Merge target}}
- List request along with speedy criteria reason under "Current requests" below on this page
Please note that a speedy request must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points, but only at a full discussion at WP:Categories for discussion.
Requests may take 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the speedy criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.
Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g., "patent nonsense", "recreation") can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}
with no required delay. Empty categories can be deleted if they remain empty 7 days after tagging with {{db-empty}}. Renaming under C2E may also be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation on G7.
To oppose a speedy request you must record your objection within 48 hours of the nomination. Do this by inserting immediately under the nomination:
- Oppose, (the reasons for your objection). ~~~~
You will not be able to do this by editing the page WP:Categories for discussion. Instead, you should edit the section WP:Categories for discussion#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here or the page WP:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here (WP:CFDS). Be aware that in the course of any discussion, the nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience – you may need to search WP:CFDS to find the new location. Participate in any ongoing discussion, but unless you withdraw your opposition, a knowledgeable person may eventually bring forward the nomination and discussion to become a regular CFD discussion. At that stage you may add further comments, but your initial opposition will still be considered. However, if after seven days there has been no support for the request, and no response from the nominator, the request may be dropped from further consideration as a speedy.
Contested speedy requests become stale, and can be untagged and delisted after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}
. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at WP:Categories for discussion (CfD) in accordance with its instructions.
If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.
Speedy criteria
[edit]The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:
C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes
[edit]- Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under C2C. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
- Appropriate conversion of hyphens into en dashes or vice versa (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).
- Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing conjunction (e.g. Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads). This includes pluralizing a noun in the name of a set category, but not when disagreement might reasonably be anticipated as to whether the category is a topic or set category.
C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices
[edit]- Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
- Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.).
C2C: Consistency with established category tree names
[edit]Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Category names
- This should be used only where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
- This criterion should be applied only when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case then the category in question must be brought forward to a full Cfd nomination.
- This criterion will not apply in cases where the category tree observes distinctions in local usage (e.g. Category:Transportation in the United States and Category:Transport in the United Kingdom).
C2D: Consistency with main article's name
[edit]- Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous page (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
- This applies only if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is:
- unambiguous (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); and
- uncontroversial, either because of longstanding stability at that particular name, or because the page was just moved (i) after a page move discussion resulted in explicit consensus to rename, or (ii) unilaterally to reflect an official renaming which is verified by one or more citations (provided in the nomination). C2D does not apply if the result would be contrary to guidelines at WP:CATNAME, or there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result, or it is controversial in some other way.
- This criterion may also be used to rename a set category in the same circumstances, where the set is defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.
- Before nominating a category to be renamed per WP:C2D, consider whether it makes more sense to move the article instead of the category.
C2E: Author request
[edit]- This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
- The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.
C2F: One eponymous page
[edit]- This criterion applies if the category contains only an eponymous article, list, template or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories, where applicable. Nominations should use
{{subst:cfm-speedy}}
(speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article). When listing the nomination at WP:CFDS, you must manually add all the appropriate parent categories as targets if the member page is not already in them.
Admin instructions
[edit]When handling the listings:
- Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
- With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
- Make sure that there is no opposition to the listing; if there is a discussion, check if the opposing user(s) ended up withdrawing their opposition.
If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed or merged – follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is to Rename, Merge, or Delete"; to list it for the bots, use the Speedy moves section.
Applying speedy criteria in full discussions
[edit]- A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
- The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed here, and
- No objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.
- If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.
Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here
[edit]If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.
If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.
Use the following format on a new line at the beginning of the list:
* [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
If the current name should be redirected rather than deleted, use:
* REDIRECT [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
To note that human action is required, e.g. updating a template that populates the category, use:
* NO BOTS [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~
Remember to tag the category page with: {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 05:33, 30 July 2025 (UTC). Currently, there are 98 open requests (. )
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Current requests
[edit]Please add new requests at the top of the list, preferably with a link to the parent category (in case of C2C) or relevant article (in case of C2D).
- Category:Lists of Romanian monarchs to Category:Lists of monarchs of Romania – C2D: Lists of monarchs of Romania. NLeeuw (talk) 03:43, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Siena College alumni to Category:Siena University (Loudonville, New York) alumni – C2D: College changed name to university. Jahaza (talk) 23:54, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Siena College people to Category:Siena College (Loudonville, New York) people – C2D: College changed name to university. Jahaza (talk) 23:53, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Siena College faculty to Category:Siena University (Loudonville, New York) faculty – C2D: College changed name to university. Jahaza (talk) 23:52, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Siena College to Category:Siena University (Loudonville, New York) – C2D: College changed its name to university. Jahaza (talk) 23:49, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Not just "Siena University" because that's a disambig. Jahaza (talk) 23:51, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Ectodemia to Category:Ectoedemia - C2D, Ectoedemia. Plantdrew (talk) 21:53, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Information Commissioners of Bangladesh to Category:Information commissioners of Bangladesh – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 21:03, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Public Sector Integrity Commissioners of Canada to Category:Public sector integrity commissioners of Canada – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:46, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Privacy Commissioners of Canada to Category:Privacy commissioners of Canada – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:42, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:United States Commissioners of Patents to Category:United States commissioners of patents – C2C with sister category Category:United States superintendents of patents. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:40, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Colombian Secretaries of Finance and Development to Category:Secretaries of finance and development of Colombia – C2C, consistent with sister categories Category:Secretaries of foreign affairs of Colombia and Category:Secretaries of the interior of Colombia. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:12, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Russian football defender, 1980s births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1980s birth stubs – C2C: Consistency with others in Category:1980s birth stubs. – numbermaniac 13:49, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Scottish monarchy to Category:Monarchy of Scotland – C2C: Parent Category:Monarchy of the United Kingdom. NLeeuw (talk) 08:17, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy. There's also the sibling category Category:English monarchy, and in Category:Former monarchies by country we have 33 instances of "Fooian monarchy" versus 7 of "Monarchy of Foo". In Category:Monarchies by country we have 11 instances of "Fooian monarchy" versus 16 of "Monarchy of Foo". Ham II (talk) 17:13, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Monarchies of Europe to Category:Monarchies in Europe – C2D: Monarchies in Europe. NLeeuw (talk) 08:14, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:World Sailor of the Year Awards to Category:World Sailing – C2F. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 07:10, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:World Sailing ESport competitions to Category:World Sailing esports competitions – C2C: Category:Esports competitions by organizer. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 07:08, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Medical College of Virginia alumni to Category:VCU Medical Center alumni – C2D: Rename to match title of parent article at VCU Medical Center Alansohn (talk) 02:22, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Well this is a mess, but the successor of the Medical College as a college is Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, not the Medical Center, which is the successor as a hospital. So I think it should be Category:Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine alumni Jahaza (talk) 02:29, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Women, Life, Freedom to Category:Woman, Life, Freedom – More widely used name, consistency with main article. Qualiesin (talk) 01:41, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- I have only tagged the category now. Ymblanter (talk) 05:32, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Qualiesin: this should be Category:Woman, Life, Freedom movement, C2D per Woman, Life, Freedom movement. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:52, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- I have only tagged the category now. Ymblanter (talk) 05:32, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Danish monarchs to Category:Monarchs of Denmark – C2D: Main article List of monarchs of Denmark. Compare c:Category:Monarchs of Denmark. NLeeuw (talk) 23:26, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Please leave redirects for this genre of categories so that the templates behave ( Template:Monarchs by nationality and century category header) SMasonGarrison 01:13, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Atlético Madrid B players to Category:Atlético Madrileño players – C2D. BRDude70 (talk) 18:50, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Atlético Madrid B managers to Category:Atlético Madrileño managers – C2D. BRDude70 (talk) 18:50, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Sporting de Gijón B players to Category:Sporting Atlético players – C2D. BRDude70 (talk) 18:50, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Union Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs to Category:Union Commonwealth Bulldogs – C2C, C2D Jweiss11 (talk) 17:11, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Union Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs athletic directors to Category:Union Commonwealth Bulldogs athletic directors
- Category:Union Bulldogs football to Category:Union Commonwealth Bulldogs football
- Category:Union Bulldogs football coaches to Category:Union Commonwealth Bulldogs football coaches
- Category:Union Bulldogs football players to Category:Union Commonwealth Bulldogs football players
- Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (football) to Category:Besta deild karla – C2D, match parent article name. GiantSnowman 16:13, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Secretaries of State of Ancien Régime France to Category:Secretaries of state of Ancien Régime France – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:24, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Canadian Secretaries of State for External Affairs to Category:Canadian secretaries of state for external affairs – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:20, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Jacobite Secretaries of State to Category:Jacobite secretaries of state – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:06, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Chief Secretaries of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Category:Chief secretaries of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 14:59, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Council of Europe Secretaries-General to Category:Secretaries general of the Council of Europe – C2D with main article Secretary General of the Council of Europe while still being pluralized. Woko Sapien (talk) 14:41, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Commissioners of Essex County, Massachusetts to Category:Essex County commissioners (Massachusetts) – C2C, fits better with parent category Category:County commissioners in Massachusetts and with similar categories for other states (e.g. Category:Blair County commissioners (Pennsylvania). Woko Sapien (talk) 14:21, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Russian football defender, 1990 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1990 birth stubs – C2C: Consistency with others in Category:1990s birth stubs. – numbermaniac 07:04, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Russian football defender, 1991 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1991 birth stubs
- Category:Russian football defender, 1992 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1992 birth stubs
- Category:Russian football defender, 1993 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1993 birth stubs
- Category:Russian football defender, 1994 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1994 birth stubs
- Category:Russian football defender, 1995 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1995 birth stubs
- Category:Russian football defender, 1996 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1996 birth stubs
- Category:Russian football defender, 1997 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1997 birth stubs
- Category:Russian football defender, 1998 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1998 birth stubs
- Category:Russian football defender, 1999 births stubs to Category:Russian football defender, 1999 birth stubs
- Category:Collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design to Category:Collection of the National Museum of Norway – C2D; the article for the museum is at National Museum of Norway and this category is a duplicate. Ham II (talk) 05:32, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Former United States citizens to Category:People who lost United States citizenship – C2C: Siblings are all Category:People who lost FOO citizenship SMasonGarrison 23:34, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: procedural oppose, the category was renamed in reverse in full discussion. See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2020_November_22#Category:People_who_lost_United_States_citizenship. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:49, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Can you bring it to full and ping folks from the last conversation?@Marcocapelle SMasonGarrison 20:52, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: I won't because there is also a case to be made that the other countries should follow the US. If you would move it to full CfD I would put that as a comment, without support or oppose. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:57, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- I'm indifferent to which name as well. I was more viewing the request as procedural so that we can make them consistent regardless of which why it turned out. SMasonGarrison 21:01, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: I won't because there is also a case to be made that the other countries should follow the US. If you would move it to full CfD I would put that as a comment, without support or oppose. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:57, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Can you bring it to full and ping folks from the last conversation?@Marcocapelle SMasonGarrison 20:52, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Smasongarrison: procedural oppose, the category was renamed in reverse in full discussion. See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2020_November_22#Category:People_who_lost_United_States_citizenship. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:49, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Playstation 5 redirects to lists to Category:PlayStation 5-only games redirects to list – C2A capitalization fix and C2C. This is a redirects to list of Category:PlayStation 5-only games and is the agreed-upon name of the category per the DRN. Jursha (talk) 17:03, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- wouldn't exclusive be the proper term? Gonnym (talk) 17:29, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Maybe outside of Wikipedia, but traditionally, these exclusive game categories are named "[x platform]-only games". Examples: Category:Nintendo Switch-only games, Category:Dreamcast-only games, Category:Sega Genesis-only games. Jursha (talk) 17:38, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Gonnym: if the proper term in real life is "exclusive" it would be worthwhile to oppose this and to take siblings to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:39, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- I personally see either way of phrasing the category as valid. I think changing the other categories to "-exclusive" is outside the scope of this speedy renaming request, though. Jursha (talk) 20:22, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Gonnym: if the proper term in real life is "exclusive" it would be worthwhile to oppose this and to take siblings to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:39, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- Maybe outside of Wikipedia, but traditionally, these exclusive game categories are named "[x platform]-only games". Examples: Category:Nintendo Switch-only games, Category:Dreamcast-only games, Category:Sega Genesis-only games. Jursha (talk) 17:38, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- wouldn't exclusive be the proper term? Gonnym (talk) 17:29, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
Opposed requests
[edit]- Category:Norwegian encyclopedias to Category:Encyclopedias in Norwegian – C2D: Main article List of encyclopedias in Norwegian. Compare c:Category:Encyclopedias in Norwegian. NLeeuw (talk) 11:35, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. This is out of sync with the parent category tree for non-fiction literature. A CfD should really be opened on all of them. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:35, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Russian-language encyclopedias to Category:Encyclopedias in Russian – C2D: main article List of encyclopedias in Russian. Compare c:Category:Encyclopedias in Russian. NLeeuw (talk) 10:18, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. This is out of sync with the parent category tree for non-fiction literature. A CfD should really be opened on all of them. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:35, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- @PARAKANYAA What do you mean? Category:Russian-language encyclopedias is not in the Category:Non-fiction literature by nationality tree at all. NLeeuw (talk) 03:48, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
- It's in the "Category:Russian-language [media]" categories, which is the same. It should be in the non-fiction literature one, I'm surprised it isn't. The pattern for all our language-media categories onwiki is in the form of [blank]-language [media]", the encyclopedia moves are the only category I have seen that does something else. All of the rest of the media tree does this. I feel like this should go to CfD in all of them instead of piecemeal 1-by-1 moving them per individual list. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:39, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
- @PARAKANYAA What do you mean? Category:Russian-language encyclopedias is not in the Category:Non-fiction literature by nationality tree at all. NLeeuw (talk) 03:48, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. This is out of sync with the parent category tree for non-fiction literature. A CfD should really be opened on all of them. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:35, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Massachusetts cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Massachusetts – C2C: Parents Category:Cuisine of New England, Category:Food and drink in Massachusetts. Siblings: Category:Cuisine of New York (state), Category:Cuisine of New Jersey, Category:Cuisine of Vermont, Category:Cuisine of Pennsylvania, etc. NLeeuw (talk) 01:45, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Rhode Island cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Rhode Island – C2C: Parents Category:Cuisine of New England, Category:Food and drink in Rhode Island . Siblings: Category:Cuisine of New York (state), Category:Cuisine of New Jersey, Category:Cuisine of Vermont, Category:Cuisine of Pennsylvania, etc. NLeeuw (talk) 01:41, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Maryland cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Maryland – C2C: Parents Category:Culture of Maryland, Category:Cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic states; Category:Food and drink in Maryland. Siblings: Category:Cuisine of West Virginia, Category:Cuisine of Pennsylvania, Category:Cuisine of New Jersey, Category:Cuisine of New York (state), etc. Cat desc:
Articles about the cuisine of Maryland
. NLeeuw (talk) 01:35, 22 July 2025 (UTC) - Category:Virginia cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Virginia – C2C: Parents Category:Culture of Virginia, Category:Cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic states; Category:Cuisine of the Southern United States. Siblings: Category:Cuisine of West Virginia, Category:Cuisine of Kentucky, etc. Cat desc:
Articles about the cuisine of Virginia
. NLeeuw (talk) 01:31, 22 July 2025 (UTC)- Oppose. These are all below "American cuisine" and at the country level it's Fooian cuisine. Jahaza (talk) 04:03, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
- That may be, but at the state level, the main articles are pretty much all Cuisine of California, Cuisine of Hawaii, Cuisine of Kentucky, Cuisine of Michigan, Cuisine of Minnesota, Cuisine of New Mexico, Cuisine of North Dakota, Cuisine of Ohio, Cuisine of Wisconsin. I think state-level main articles take precedence over country-level articles when it concerns state-level categories. I.e. WP:C2D takes precedence over WP:C2C, because the category space should always follow the main articles as directly as possible. NLeeuw (talk) 13:03, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Nederlandse Leeuw: I am afraid you need to move these to full discussion too. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:33, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- If necessary, I am willing. NLeeuw (talk) 06:55, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Nederlandse Leeuw: I am afraid you need to move these to full discussion too. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:33, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- That may be, but at the state level, the main articles are pretty much all Cuisine of California, Cuisine of Hawaii, Cuisine of Kentucky, Cuisine of Michigan, Cuisine of Minnesota, Cuisine of New Mexico, Cuisine of North Dakota, Cuisine of Ohio, Cuisine of Wisconsin. I think state-level main articles take precedence over country-level articles when it concerns state-level categories. I.e. WP:C2D takes precedence over WP:C2C, because the category space should always follow the main articles as directly as possible. NLeeuw (talk) 13:03, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. These are all below "American cuisine" and at the country level it's Fooian cuisine. Jahaza (talk) 04:03, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
On hold pending other discussion
[edit]- Category:Ahsoka (TV series) to Category:Star Wars: Ahsoka – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:26, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Please put on hold until User talk:Rotideypoc41352#Lack of a closing statement for the requested move on Talk:Ahsoka (TV series) is resolved. Gonnym (talk) 17:33, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Gonnym: not much happens over there. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:43, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- Please put on hold until User talk:Rotideypoc41352#Lack of a closing statement for the requested move on Talk:Ahsoka (TV series) is resolved. Gonnym (talk) 17:33, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Ahsoka (TV series) episode redirects to lists to Category:Star Wars: Ahsoka episode redirects to lists – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:26, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Ahsoka (TV series) images to Category:Star Wars: Ahsoka images – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:26, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Ahsoka (TV series) characters to Category:Star Wars: Ahsoka characters – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 17:26, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
Moved to full discussion
[edit]- Category:Asian American state legislators in Washington to Category:Asian-American state legislators in Washington – C2C: norm is Category:Asian-American state legislators in Utah. no comment on whether the tree should follow the grandparent name "of Asian descent" SMasonGarrison 23:19, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose Asian American should not be hyphenated. All categories under Category:Asian American and Pacific Islander state legislators should have hyphens removed.—Myasuda (talk) 00:27, 20 July 2025 (UTC)
- The article is located at Asian Americans, so C2D would suggest omitting the hyphen. – numbermaniac 14:27, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Myasuda @Numbermaniac can one of you bring this to full to make these consistent? SMasonGarrison 20:53, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:NIO (car company) to Category:Nio Inc. – C2D, Nio Inc. Inpops (talk) 13:36, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:NIO (car company) people to Category:Nio people
- Category:NIO (car company) vehicles to Category:Nio vehicles
- @Inpops: for consistency the latter two should become Category:Nio Inc. people and Category:Nio Inc. vehicles respectively. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:28, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:ORA vehicles to Category:Ora vehicles – C2D, Ora (marque). Inpops (talk) 13:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:WEY vehicles to Category:Wey vehicles – C2D, Wey (marque). Inpops (talk) 13:28, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Inpops: for consistency these should be Category:Ora (marque) vehicles and Category:Wey (marque) vehicles. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:31, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:European Film Award for Best Costume Designer winners to Category:Best Costume Designer European Film Award winners – C2E. Consistency with established Wikipedia naming for film winners See categories for Academy, Bafta or César Award winners for example
- Category:European Film Award for Best Editor winners to Category:Best Editor European Film Award winners – C2E. Consistency with established Wikipedia naming for film winners See categories for Academy, Bafta or César Award winners for example
- Category:European Film Award for Best Production Designer winners to Category:Best Production Designer European Film Award winners – C2E. Consistency with established Wikipedia naming for film winners See categories for Academy, Bafta or Cesar Award winners for example
- Category:European Film Award for Best Sound Designer winners to Category:Best Sound Designer European Film Award winners – C2E. Consistency with established Wikipedia naming for film winners See categories for Academy, Bafta or César Award winners for example
LordTort (talk) 16:00, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose all. Not consistent with WAG, SAG, DGA, PGA, or Teen Choice Awards. Not convinced this is really a consensus. Jahaza (talk) 04:07, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
- Except SAG, in fact, has the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild Award winners category, not the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (without "for" in it), which is further proof of my point. The DGA doesn't even have specific categories for its feature or TV winners; they are all sorted into the single Directors Guild of America Award winners category. The same goes for WGA; all its winners are sorted into Writers Guild of America Award winners. As for the PGA, it doesn't have a category for its winners at all. So I stand by my request. LordTort (talk) 11:18, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
- Please compare Best Editing BAFTA Award winners and Best Film Editing Academy Award winners with European Film Award for Best Editor winners. The former two omitted "for" in the category name. The same goes for Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners, Best Sound Editing Academy Award winners, or Best Sound BAFTA Award winners, as opposed to European Film Award for Best Sound Designer winners. Same with Best Production Design AACTA Award winners, Best Production Design BAFTA Award winners, Best Art Direction Academy Award winners, and European Film Award for Best Production Designer winners.
- If you prefer referencing SAG, all their categories are created without "for" in their names and go through the standard naming practice; see Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners or any category of their winners. WGA, DGA, PGA, and Teen Choice Awards articles, to name a few, are irrelevant in this matter, as their awards don't have specific subcategories for their winners. LordTort (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
- Except SAG, in fact, has the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild Award winners category, not the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (without "for" in it), which is further proof of my point. The DGA doesn't even have specific categories for its feature or TV winners; they are all sorted into the single Directors Guild of America Award winners category. The same goes for WGA; all its winners are sorted into Writers Guild of America Award winners. As for the PGA, it doesn't have a category for its winners at all. So I stand by my request. LordTort (talk) 11:18, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
- @LordTort: are you planning to move this to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 02:33, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. In my opinion, the proposed name change for European Film Award winner categories is correct, particularly to maintain consistency with names for other film award winner categories/subcategories. LordTort (talk) 08:04, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Can you please delete this speedy request so I can apply for a full discussion? Or the process will move forward automatically after some time?. LordTort (talk) 09:27, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
- moved categories for full discussion LordTort (talk) 11:30, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- @LordTort: please tag the category pages for full discussion too (it is ok for the pages to have two tags). Marcocapelle (talk) 17:47, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose all. Not consistent with WAG, SAG, DGA, PGA, or Teen Choice Awards. Not convinced this is really a consensus. Jahaza (talk) 04:07, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Films about police officers to Category:Police films – to match the titles of the main subcategories Category:Police films by century, Category:Police films by country, and Category:Police films by decade, along with the subcats Category:Police comedy films, Category:Police procedural films, and Category:Police detective films. AHI-3000 (talk) 05:07, 20 July 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose, this is controversial, see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2017_July_19#Category:Police_films. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:04, 20 July 2025 (UTC)
- I've renominated this for a full renaming discussion here. AHI-3000 (talk) 18:24, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Public Research Organisations in New Zealand to Category:Public Research Organisations – C2D: 1) Match article name Public Research Organisation 2) Remove unnecessary disambiguator. Public Research Organisation is a type of New Zealand research organisation. Gjs238 (talk) 14:50, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
- I am not convinced that a disambiguator is unnecessary. However a different form of disambiguation, namely Category:Public Research Organisations (New Zealand), would bring it more in line with the main article. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:10, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
- Perhaps it would be better to delete the category and merge to Category:Research institutes in New Zealand. If the category is kept, it will at most contain 4 articles plus 1 eponymous one, only 2 of which currently exist. Gjs238 (talk) 23:51, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
- Merging would be fine with me, but that is not for speedy either. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:42, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
- Moved to Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_May_26#Category:Public_Research_Organisations_in_New_Zealand. Gjs238 (talk) 22:56, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
- Now at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_July_4#Category:Public_Research_Organisations_in_New_Zealand. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:37, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
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