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February 26

NEW NOMINATIONS

Category:Christian denominations active in Germany

Propose merging Category:Christian denominations active in Germany to Category:Christian denominations in Germany

Nominator's rationale: upmerge per WP:OVERLAPCAT, the scope of this category largely overlaps with its parent category. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:39, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Upmerge per nom. Brandmeister^talk 20:46, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both I just do not see a justification of categorizing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by every country it has a presence in. This is the type of thing that can be handled by a list, but not an article. Even more so because categories always apply. So for example The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints article would have to be put in categories where it once operated but does not currently. This is just a headache causing mess as a category, but manageable and doable with by country list articles, that can specify things like times of operation, number and percentage of adherents, number of congregations and related useful statistics.John Pack Lambert (talk) 08:07, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably you mean further upmerge, don't you? Without merging, all subcategories become orphaned, and that is probably not the intention. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:59, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete both and upmerge to Category:Christianity in Germany. This whole Christian denominations in <country> category is bogus. It has in it faiths or churches that are not denominations (e.g. Catholicism, Eastern Christianity) while other very similar categories are found at a different category level, sometimes at the root category, such as Category:Protestantism in Germany. I think that Category:Catholicism in Germany, Category:Eastern Christianity in Germany, Category:Protestantism in Germany and maybe Category:Anglicanism in Germany should be placed at the root of Category:Christianity in Germany, and the other categories placed within these. Place Clichy (talk) 19:49, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: There is consensus this category shouldn't remain, but no clear consensus on where it should be merged.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 05:47, 26 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Category:African-American football quarterbacks

Propose deleting Category:African-American football quarterbacks (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator's rationale: Not a defining characteristic per WP:CATDEF; non-notable intersection of race and football position Natureium (talk) 16:10, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

~~Support~~ per nom, per WP:EGRS. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:22, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Category:African-American players of American football per comment below. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:19, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the ERGS rules say avoid the lowest level intersection. This is especially true of ethnicity categories often applied more as race categories. Unless you can convince me that men like Ezekiel Ansah who never set foot in the US before college are being excluded from African-American categories I am unconvinced they are anything other than race categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 08:02, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and make it a sub-category of Category:African-American players of American football. Aside from that category, we also have similar categories (e.g., Category:Jewish golfers, Category:Female bullfighters). I know, WP:OSE, but the quarterback position in the NFL has historically (and to this day) had very few AA players. AA QBs, and their rarity, are often discussed by reliable sources, and cited as an example of systemic racism. When an individual AA QB is written about in the media, it's often noted that they are one of the few AA QBs. I think in this case, AA QB is a notable sub-category of AA football players, per RSes. For example: [1] [2] [3] [4] Levivich (talk) 21:28, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and listify. Per WP:OCEGRS, there needs to be potential for a substantial article (not just a list) for the topic to be made an ethnic-based subcategory. I don't think it is the case here, however a list would be admissible IMHO. Place Clichy (talk) 19:36, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: There is consensus here to get rid of this category, both by numbers and by strength of argument. Further discussion should ideally focus on whether it's worth listifying this, since that possibility emerged later in the discussion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 05:25, 26 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]