Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 October 26
October 26
NEW NOMINATIONS
Category:Black Jewish people
- Propose renaming Category:Black Jewish people to Category:Jews of African descent
- Nominator's rationale: The norm isn't to have Black FOO, but instead be clearer that the intent is of African descent SMasonGarrison 16:35, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support in principle but split to Category:African Jews and Category:Jews of African descent, some are Africans themselves rather than of African descent. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:43, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Split?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 11:18, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
Category:Russian salon-holders
- Propose merging Category:Russian salon-holders to Category:European salon-holders
- Nominator's rationale: merge, redundant category layer with only one subcategory. Marcocapelle (talk) 17:35, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: essentially, this is the same category as the Category:Salon holders from the Russian Empire, and all articles in the later category, can be placed in the former. The only reason there are two categories, is because one user dislike "Russian" and believe it is more correct to use the term "Russian Empire" - and personally, I don't know which category name is most correct. Perhaps Category:Russian salon-holders should be a subcategory of the Category:Salon holders from the Russian Empire and not the other way around, I don't know. But essentially: these two categories are the same category.--Aciram (talk) 22:15, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- It is correct to have them in Category:Salon holders from the Russian Empire, as it belongs under Category:People from the Russian Empire. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:11, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 11:17, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
Category:Surinamese people of Jamaican descent
- Nominator's rationale: Upmerge for now. Underpopulated category. SMasonGarrison 04:44, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Comment, I'm not seeing an issue with categories with one entry, nor am I seeing a note that these categories ought to be deleted. My challenge is this: if this category gets deleted, if another page is made in the future that could fit in this category, the page would keep getting deleted or wouldn't be recreated unless somebody happens to make the connection randomly. It affects not just this page, but many others. And I don't see why these categories are less important if they have 1 entry vs 2 or 3, or 50. Ortizesp (talk) 05:07, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Merge, this is not helpful for navigation between related articles (which is the purpose of categories). Marcocapelle (talk) 06:25, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
Category:Venetian expatriates in China
- Nominator's rationale: underpopulated category. upmerge for now. SMasonGarrison 04:32, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Merge per nom. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:27, 26 October 2025 (UTC)