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January 8

Category:Jailed TDs

Propose renaming Category:Jailed TDs to Category:Imprisoned Teachtaí Dála OR Category:Imprisoned members of Dáil Éireann
Nominator's rationale: Rename. The abbreviation is obscure outside of Ireland and Britain (or the "Irish Isles", as I like to call this collective group of islands, just to continue the neverending sh*tstorm). The first proposed name is probably cryptic to most as well. The second is another option, slightly clearer, but the parent category is Category:Teachtaí Dála, not Category:Members of Dáil Éireann. (Teachtaí Dála are members of Dáil Éireann.) I also suggest "imprisoned" is slightly better than "jailed". (Ultimately, I would even be OK with delete for this intersection if that's consensus.) Notified creator with {{subst:cfd-notify}} Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:42, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm thinking delete because I'm less than sanguine about going down the path of categorizing by the intersection of profession and convict status. In most cases being of a particular profession is not related to being imprisoned and having been imprisoned does not necessarily have any impact on one's choice of profession (except such things as child molesters not being allowed to work in day care centers and the like).
  • Comment - This category is too vague and has Freedom fighters (de Valera, Collins), TDs taking a principled stand on an issue (Higgins, Gregory) and common criminals (Burke, Lawlor) all in one group. Renaming isn't the solution, it needs sub cats. Snappy (talk) 05:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Appropriate categorys exist to record criminal convictions. This cat is too vague in terms of the history of Ireland given a not insignificant % of TD were imprisoned during the War of Independence and associated events with or without trial so you will have a fairly mixed group in here Kernel Saunters (talk) 09:25, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename to Category:Imprisoned members of Dáil Éireann. That they were imprisoned for different reasons at different times does not detract from the utility of the category, though of course suitable sub-cats would help. Johnbod (talk) 16:29, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - This is too specific what members of Seanad Éireann who were jailed. Snappy (talk) 06:24, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
They aren't TDs, are they? Johnbod (talk) 12:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
So then we need a separate category for them too? Why not just have one for all members of the Oireachtas? Snappy (talk) 06:54, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Too vague and catch all. Snappy (talk) 06:24, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - (The original renaming proposal). However, given the issues raised by the responders, I think the cat should be converted to a list. I've given consideration to sub cats, but couldn't identify any with easily defined boundaries and without content overlap. A list can have inclusion information. -- Rye1967 (talk) 09:43, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I support converting it to a list. Snappy (talk) 06:54, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Nom. TD cannot be retained: it needs expansion. There is no reason why it should not be listified as well, which would enable details of date and crime to be added. However a category should be retained. Of the two nominations, I refer the second. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:26, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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