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December 20

Category:Funny

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. No foreseeable benefit for collaboration; misnamed. Icewedge (talk) 15:14, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm unsure what the creator of this category intended, but it does not seem to be contributing to the creation of the encyclopedia. - Stepheng3 (talk) 19:55, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. VegaDark (talk) 00:25, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not really funny... and clearly redundantly useless. -- Menti sock 14:51, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Underpopulated, redundant, and misleading, since the userpage it links to really isn't funny. —MarsJenkar (talk | contribs) 21:41, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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December 14

Category:Free use license

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The result of the discussion was: Rename per Derek Andrews. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:29, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from CfD. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:01, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Propose renaming Category:Free use license to Category:Wikipedians who have licensed their contributions under a Free use license

Nominator's rationale: As it stands one would expect these categories to contain articles related to Free Use Licences. The names do not suggest that these are categories designed for administration of the project. ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 07:10, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the current title is confusing, but the proposed one is rather verbose (and does not escape the difficult issue of American and British English spelling differences). While I'm not sure what the ideal format would be, we might consider something shorter like what accompanies other "serious" userboxes e.g. Category:User en, Category:User php, etc. That said, this nomination may actually belong at WP:UCFD (so please copy my comment if it is moved there). — CharlotteWebb 14:55, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support proposed renames; these are Wikipedia-related categories, and should have names that reflect that. Terraxos (talk) 16:57, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: for the sake of consistency, I suggest following the convention used in Category:Public domain licensing Wikipedians, and renaming as:

Category:Free use licensing Wikipedians

Category:Wikipedians with free use text contributions

Category:Wikipedians with free use text contributions (minor edits only) Derek Andrews (talk) 11:18, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New discussion

I agree with Derek Andrews' rename proposal. VegaDark (talk) 19:38, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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December 8

Category:Wikipedians who play Japan exclusive video games

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 22:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The very last category we have on Wikipedia with the "who play" naming convention. There's a reason for this, which is that categorizing "who plays" certain sports/games is an unencyclopedic thing to categorize, as playing something does not necessarily indicate an encyclopedic interest in improving the article relating to the sport/game in question. This category is no different. This apparently was restored after the original mass nomination that resulted in deleting the entire "Wikipedians by video game" category tree, see here. However, I don't find the reasoning in that compelling. Yes, "Japan exclusive" is probably broad enough to support collaboration, but we still have the "who play" problem. At minimum this need to be renamed to Category:Wikipedians interested in Japan exclusive video games, but my first preference is to delete. VegaDark (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nom, rename if no consensus to delete. VegaDark (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedians who understand Leet

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 22:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does not benefit the encyclopedia to categorize such users. Can this be considered a substantially similar recreation of these categories? If so, speedy delete. VegaDark (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete/speedy delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedians who like Jean-Luc Godard films

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. --MZMcBride (talk) 21:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Needs to be renamed to Category:Wikipedians interested in Jean-Luc Godard films per naming conventions at Category:Wikipedians by interest in a film director. VegaDark (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rename as nom. VegaDark (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Rename per nom, WP:NC and Category:Wikipedians by interest in a film director. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^T ^C 20:23, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

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Category:Vandalism Control Network members

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No indication this is a user category, so needs a rename at minimum. Also wouldn't oppose deletion based on the fact that this is near identical to Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit, except isn't actually a Wikiproject.VegaDark (talk) 23:20, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to Category:Wikipedians in the Vandalism Control Network or delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 23:20, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, VegaDark (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rename per nom. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^T ^C 20:29, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

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Category:WikiProject Los Angeles members

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The result of the discussion was: Merge. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Duplicative of Category:WikiProject Los Angeles participants. VegaDark (talk) 22:06, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge as nom, would slightly prefer participants over members. VegaDark (talk) 22:06, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, VegaDark (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^T ^C 20:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

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Category:Chinese Canadian Wikipedians

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 22:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity/nationality combination category which has a precedent (see here) to either delete or double upmerge (In this case to Category:Chinese Wikipedians and Category:Canadian Wikipedians. VegaDark (talk) 22:06, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or double upmerge as nom. VegaDark (talk) 22:06, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, VegaDark (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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December 4

Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Mater Dei High School

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 21:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikipedians by high school" category, which have an extensive history of deletion. Speedy delete. VegaDark (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Icewedge (talk) 15:19, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedians who like Ciara

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 20:54, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikipedians by individual" and/or "Wikipedians by band/artist" category, all of which have been deleted. VegaDark (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete per nom. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^T ^C 20:21, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

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Category:Rudy Giuliani Presidential Campaign Supporters

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 21:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikipedians by support/oppose" category, which have all beed deleted. Additionally, no indication it is a user category, and improper capitalization. VegaDark (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete soapboxing category. Icewedge (talk) 23:29, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. —MarsJenkar (talk | contribs) 19:45, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Wikipedians in Warminster

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The result of the discussion was: Delete. Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 04:27, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikipedians by small location" category, which have all beed deleted. Additionally no indication if it is this one or this one, either way the population is below 50,000. VegaDark (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment the link in the userbox generating the category leads to Warminster Township, Pennsylvania. Icewedge (talk) 23:32, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nom. VegaDark (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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