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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
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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
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 July 4|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 20:41, 2 July 2025 (UTC). Currently, there are 118 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:Manx music to Category:Music of the Isle of Man – C2D: Music of the Isle of Man. NLeeuw (talk) 19:43, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Caribbean culture by dependent territory to Category:Culture of the Caribbean by dependent territory – C2C: Parent Category:Culture of North America by dependent territory, grandparent Category:Culture of the Caribbean and its main article Culture of the Caribbean NLeeuw (talk) 18:35, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Caribbean culture by country to Category:Culture of the Caribbean by country – C2C: Parent Category:Culture of the Caribbean and its main article Culture of the Caribbean. NLeeuw (talk) 18:32, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Tibetan music to Category:Music of Tibet – C2D: Music of Tibet. NLeeuw (talk) 16:46, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL (men's team) to Category:Team Picnic–PostNL (men's team) – C2D: C2D: Team Picnic–PostNL (men's team) Joseph2302 (talk) 16:31, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Judaic studies journals to Category:Jewish studies journals – C2C: Per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 June 18#Category:Judaic studies BlasterOfHouses (HouseBlaster's alt • talk • he/they) 14:44, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:SC Internacional – Per C2C. Svartner (talk) 11:08, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Sport Club Internacional managers to Category:SC Internacional managers
- Category:Sport Club Internacional (women) players to Category:SC Internacional (women) players
- Category:Sport Club Internacional presidents to Category:SC Internacional presidents
- Category:Sport Club Internacional matches to Category:SC Internacional matches
- Category:Sport Club Internacional seasons to Category:SC Internacional seasons
- Category:Dorset cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Dorset – C2D: Cuisine of Dorset. NLeeuw (talk) 09:34, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Devonshire cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Devon – C2D: Cuisine of Devon. NLeeuw (talk) 09:33, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Corsican cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Corsica – C2D: Cuisine of Corsica. NLeeuw (talk) 08:40, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Vermont cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Vermont – C2D: Cuisine of Vermont. NLeeuw (talk) 06:30, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Kentucky cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Kentucky – C2D: Cuisine of Kentucky. NLeeuw (talk) 06:27, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Florida cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Florida – C2D: Cuisine of Florida. NLeeuw (talk) 06:26, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Hawaiian cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Hawaii – C2D: Cuisine of Hawaii. NLeeuw (talk) 06:25, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:New England cuisine to Category:Cuisine of New England – C2D: Cuisine of New England. NLeeuw (talk) 06:21, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Mid-Atlantic culture to Category:Culture of the Mid-Atlantic states – C2C: Parents: Category:Mid-Atlantic states, Category:Culture of the United States by region, Category:Culture of the Northeastern United States, Category:Culture of the Southern United States. NLeeuw (talk) 06:19, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Appalachian culture to Category:Culture of Appalachia – C2C: Parents Category:Culture of the United States by region and Category:Society of Appalachia. NLeeuw (talk) 06:13, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Maryland culture to Category:Culture of Maryland – C2D: Arts and culture of Maryland. NLeeuw (talk) 05:52, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:United States Virgin Islands culture to Category:Culture of the United States Virgin Islands – C2C: Sibling Category:Culture of the British Virgin Islands. NLeeuw (talk) 05:40, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Angelicum to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas – C2D: per Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. 1857a (talk) 05:23, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Universität Potsdam to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Potsdam – C2D: per University of Potsdam. 1857a (talk) 03:28, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: RWTH Aachen to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: RWTH Aachen University – C2D: per RWTH Aachen University. 1857a (talk) 03:26, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Trinity College, Dublin to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Trinity College Dublin – C2D: per Trinity College Dublin. 1857a (talk) 03:24, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Victoria, Australia to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Victoria (state) – C2D: per Victoria (state). 1857a (talk) 03:14, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of New England, Australia to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of New England (Australia) – C2D: per University of New England (Australia). 1857a (talk) 03:12, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Newcastle, Australia to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Newcastle (Australia) – C2D: per University of Newcastle (Australia). 1857a (talk) 03:11, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Technology, Sydney to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Technology Sydney – C2D: per University of Technology Sydney. 1857a (talk) 03:10, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: St Mellitus College, London to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: St Mellitus College – C2D: per St Mellitus College. 1857a (talk) 23:22, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Standardized tests for Engineering to Category:Standardized tests for engineering education – C2C: parent is Engineering education SMasonGarrison 23:14, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Standardized tests for Law to Category:Standardized tests for legal education – C2C: parent is Legal education SMasonGarrison 23:14, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Australian Rugby League Commissioners to Category:Australian Rugby League commissioners – C2A, cap fix. See sister categories like Category:National Hockey League commissioners and Category:Canadian Football League commissioners. Woko Sapien (talk) 21:28, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Corporation Commissioners of Oklahoma to Category:Corporation commissioners of Oklahoma – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 21:23, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Virginia culture to Category:Culture of Virginia – C2D: Culture of Virginia. NLeeuw (talk) 20:28, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:South Dakota culture to Category:Culture of South Dakota – C2D: Culture of South Dakota. NLeeuw (talk) 20:27, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Oregon culture to Category:Culture of Oregon – C2D: Culture of Oregon. NLeeuw (talk) 20:26, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:North Carolina culture to Category:Culture of North Carolina – C2D: Culture of North Carolina. NLeeuw (talk) 20:24, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:New Mexico culture to Category:Culture of New Mexico – C2D: Culture of New Mexico. NLeeuw (talk) 20:23, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Minnesota culture to Category:Culture of Minnesota – C2D: Culture of Minnesota. NLeeuw (talk) 20:21, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Louisiana culture to Category:Culture of Louisiana – C2D: Culture of Louisiana. NLeeuw (talk) 20:20, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Kentucky culture to Category:Culture of Kentucky – C2D: Culture of Kentucky. NLeeuw (talk) 20:19, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Georgia (U.S. state) culture to Category:Culture of Georgia (U.S. state) – C2D: Culture of Georgia (U.S. state). NLeeuw (talk) 20:17, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Florida culture to Category:Culture of Florida – C2D: Culture of Florida. NLeeuw (talk) 20:16, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:California culture to Category:Culture of California – C2D: Culture of California. NLeeuw (talk) 20:15, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Arkansas culture to Category:Culture of Arkansas – C2D: Culture of Arkansas. NLeeuw (talk) 20:14, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Texas culture to Category:Culture of Texas – C2D: Culture of Texas. NLeeuw (talk) 20:13, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Melanesian culture to Category:Culture of Melanesia – C2C: Parent Category:Culture of Oceania. NLeeuw (talk) 20:09, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners – C2D with main article King's commissioner. Woko Sapien (talk) 18:43, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Drenthe to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of Drenthe – Main article List of King's and Queen's commissioners of Drenthe
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Flevoland to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of Flevoland – Main article List of King's and Queen's commissioners of Flevoland
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Friesland to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of Friesland – Main article List of King's and Queen's commissioners of Friesland
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Gelderland to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of Gelderland
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Groningen to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of Groningen
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Limburg to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of Limburg – Main article List of King's and Queen's commissioners of Limburg
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of North Brabant to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of North Brabant – Main article List of King's and Queen's commissioners of North Brabant
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of North Holland to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of North Holland – Main article List of King's and Queen's commissioners of North Holland
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Overijssel to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of Overijssel
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of South Holland to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of South Holland
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Utrecht to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of Utrecht – Main article List of King's and Queen's commissioners of Utrecht
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Zeeland to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners of Zeeland – Main article List of King's and Queen's commissioners of Zeeland
- Category:Lists of King's and Queen's Commissioners in the Netherlands to Category:Lists of King's and Queen's commissioners in the Netherlands
- Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners by province to Category:King's and Queen's commissioners by province
- Category:Women King's and Queen's Commissioners of the Netherlands to Category:Women King's and Queen's commissioners of the Netherlands
- Category:Musicals written by David Yazbek to Category:Musicals by David Yazbek – C2C: Naming of similar categories under Category:Musicals by writer. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 18:40, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Micronesian culture to Category:Culture of Micronesia – C2C: Parent Category:Culture of Oceania. Children Culture of Guam, Kiribati, the Mariana Islands etc. NLeeuw (talk) 18:37, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: St Chads, Durham to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: St Chad's College, Durham – C2D: per St Chad's College, Durham. 1857a (talk) 17:50, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Van Mildert, Durham to Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Van Mildert College, Durham – C2D: per Van Mildert College, Durham. 1857a (talk) 17:48, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Tributaries of the Nahe to Category:Tributaries of the Nahe (Rhine) – C2D: per Nahe (Rhine). 1857a (talk) 17:33, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Nahe basin to Category:Nahe (Rhine) basin – C2D: per Nahe (Rhine). 1857a (talk) 17:31, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Avanti (India) to Category:Avanti (region) – C2D: per Avanti (region). 1857a (talk) 17:26, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Office of the Prime Minister (Israel) to Category:Prime Minister's Office (Israel) – C2D: per Prime Minister's Office (Israel). 1857a (talk) 17:23, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:People educated at St John's Theological College, Melbourne to Category:St John's Theological College, Melbourne alumni – C2C: Consistency with others in Alumni by university or college in Victoria. – numbermaniac 09:17, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Australian Liberal Party members of the Parliament of Victoria to Category:Australian Liberal Party (1926) members of the Parliament of Victoria – C2D: Matches the relevant article, Australian Liberal Party (1926). – numbermaniac 03:49, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Soviets to Category:Soviets (councils) – C2D Soviet (council) * Pppery * it has begun... 21:51, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if speedy criteria applies here (although I could be wrong), we might want to have a formal discussion. Charles Essie (talk) 07:44, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Ministers of State of the 21st Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 21st Dáil – C2C with parent category Category:Ministers of state of Ireland. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Ministers of State of the 22nd Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 22nd Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 23rd Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 23rd Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 24th Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 24th Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 25th Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 25th Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 26th Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 26th Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 27th Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 27th Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 28th Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 28th Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 29th Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 29th Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 30th Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 30th Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 31st Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 31st Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 32nd Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 33rd Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 33rd Dáil
- Category:Ministers of State of the 34th Dáil to Category:Ministers of state of the 34th Dáil
- Category:Lists of Ministers of State of Ireland to Category:Lists of ministers of state of Ireland
- Category:Defunct Ministers of State of Ireland to Category:Defunct ministers of state of Ireland
- Category:Ukrainian politicians of Jewish desent to Category:Ukrainian politicians of Jewish descent – C2A: typo in the word "descent". Helpful Cat🐈(talk) 13:55, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Warp (record label) artists to Category:Warp Records artists – C2D: per Warp Records. フランベ (talk) 13:27, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Warp (record label) compilation albums to Category:Warp Records compilation albums – C2D: per Warp Records. フランベ (talk) 13:27, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Warp (record label) live albums to Category:Warp Records live albums – C2D: per Warp Records. フランベ (talk) 13:27, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Warp (record label) remix albums to Category:Warp Records remix albums – C2D: per Warp Records. フランベ (talk) 13:27, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Warp (record label) singles to Category:Warp Records singles – C2D: per Warp Records. フランベ (talk) 13:27, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Warp (record label) soundtracks to Category:Warp Records soundtracks – C2D: per Warp Records. フランベ (talk) 13:27, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Alexander Mackenzie to Category:Alexander Mackenzie (politician) – C2D: per Alexander Mackenzie (politician). Armbrust The Homunculus 13:09, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:ICIMOD alumni to Category:ICIMOD people – C2C: As per scheme used in Category:People by intergovernmental organization Gjs238 (talk) 12:43, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Southport 24 Hour Races to Category:Southport 24 Hour Race – C2D. Gjs238 (talk) 12:27, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
Opposed requests
[edit]- None currently
On hold pending other discussion
[edit]- Category:Dramatiska Institutet alumni to Category:Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art alumni – C2D: Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art Kaffet i halsen (talk) 07:53, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Kaffet i halsen:, I think Dramatiska Institutet is probably the common name, see Talk:Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art#Article name. TSventon (talk) 10:21, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- Let's hold this the article name is decided. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 06:33, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- @TSventon and Kaffet i halsen: you probably need to start a formal RM. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:17, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- Let's hold this the article name is decided. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 06:33, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Kaffet i halsen:, I think Dramatiska Institutet is probably the common name, see Talk:Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art#Article name. TSventon (talk) 10:21, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
Moved to full discussion
[edit]- After the Vietnam's Provincial Merger 2025 came to effect on 1 July 2025, Vietnam reduced its number of provinces and cities into 34. The Wikipedia categories need to follow the new provincial administrative units after merger:
- Merge Category:People from Kiên Giang province to Category:People from An Giang province
- Merge Category:People from Bắc Giang province to Category:People from Bắc Ninh province
- Merge Category:People from Bạc Liêu province to Category:People from Cà Mau province
- Merge Category:People from Phú Yên province to Category:People from Đắk Lắk province
- Merge Category:People from Bình Phước province to Category:People from Đồng Nai province
- Merge Category:People from Tiền Giang province to Category:People from Đồng Tháp province
- Merge Category:People from Bình Định province to Category:People from Gia Lai province
- Merge Category:People from Thái Bình province to Category:People from Hưng Yên province
- Merge Category:People from Ninh Thuận province to Category:People from Khánh Hòa province
- Move Category:People from Yên Bái province to Category:People from Lào Cai province
- Merge Category:People from Bình Thuận province to Category:People from Lâm Đồng province
- Merge Category:People from Hà Nam province and Category:People from Nam Định province to Category:People from Ninh Bình province
- Merge Category:People from Hòa Bình province and Category:People from Vĩnh Phúc province to Category:People from Phú Thọ province
- Merge Category:People from Kon Tum province to Category:People from Quảng Ngãi province
- Merge Category:People from Quảng Bình province to Category:People from Quảng Trị province
- Merge Category:People from Long An province to Category:People from Tây Ninh province
- Merge Category:People from Bắc Kạn province to Category:People from Thái Nguyên province
- Merge Category:People from Hà Giang province to Category:People from Tuyên Quang province
- Merge Category:People from Bến Tre province and Category:People from Trà Vinh province to Category:People from Vĩnh Long province
- Merge Category:People from Hậu Giang province and Category:People from Sóc Trăng province to Category:People from Cần Thơ
- Merge Category:People from Quảng Nam province to Category:People from Da Nang
- Merge Category:People from Hải Dương province to Category:People from Haiphong
- Merge Category:People from Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province and Category:People from Bình Dương province to Category:People from Ho Chi Minh City
– Lâm 06:42, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Since municipal cities in Vietnam also ceased to exist, the categories concerning this should also be merged:
- Merge Category:People from Bien Hoa to Category:People from Đồng Nai province
- Merge Category:People from Da Lat to Category:People from Lâm Đồng province
- Merge Category:People from Mỹ Tho to Category:People from Đồng Tháp province
- Merge Category:People from Nam Định to Category:People from Ninh Bình province
- Merge Category:People from Nha Trang to Category:People from Khánh Hòa province
- Lâm (talk) 07:17, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Thplam2004: which speedy criterion applies here? Marcocapelle (talk) 11:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- In my opinion, this applies under C2D, because the categories in question are based on Vietnam’s new provincial structure, officially changed on 1 July 2025. The provinces were merged or renamed by the government, and many òf the corresponding Wikipedia articles have already been updated to reflect that. Since these categories are just sets of people defined by province, they should follow the new article names to stay consistent which I believe is what C2D is meant for. The guideline also mentioned this applies to "defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.”, and that’s exactly the situation here. As for example, when Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province or Bình Dương province are merged to Ho Chi Minh City, the entire adminstrative unit names are renamed to Ho Chi Minh City. I believe that the changes are straightforward, unambiguous, and based on official decisions. What do you think ? Lâm (talk) 12:02, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Thplam2004: I have two issues with this: the articles of the old provinces have not been renamed, instead we now have articles about the old and the new provinces next to each other. Second, this is a lot bigger than just the People categories. It affects all Province categories and all subcategories under the provinces (buildings, geography, history etc.). I think it makes more sense to nominate all of that for full discussion, rather than for speedy. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:50, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for the clarification, that makes sense. I will go for the full discussion right now. Lâm (talk) 15:47, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Thplam2004: I have two issues with this: the articles of the old provinces have not been renamed, instead we now have articles about the old and the new provinces next to each other. Second, this is a lot bigger than just the People categories. It affects all Province categories and all subcategories under the provinces (buildings, geography, history etc.). I think it makes more sense to nominate all of that for full discussion, rather than for speedy. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:50, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- In my opinion, this applies under C2D, because the categories in question are based on Vietnam’s new provincial structure, officially changed on 1 July 2025. The provinces were merged or renamed by the government, and many òf the corresponding Wikipedia articles have already been updated to reflect that. Since these categories are just sets of people defined by province, they should follow the new article names to stay consistent which I believe is what C2D is meant for. The guideline also mentioned this applies to "defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.”, and that’s exactly the situation here. As for example, when Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province or Bình Dương province are merged to Ho Chi Minh City, the entire adminstrative unit names are renamed to Ho Chi Minh City. I believe that the changes are straightforward, unambiguous, and based on official decisions. What do you think ? Lâm (talk) 12:02, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:48, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Actually, none of the above cats are at the full discussion yet (and none were tagged). Ymblanter (talk) 05:20, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Thplam2004: which speedy criterion applies here? Marcocapelle (talk) 11:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Category:Roman royalty to Category:Ancient Roman royalty – C2C: Ancient Romans by occupation is the parent SMasonGarrison 02:21, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
- This category has as a dependent category Byzantine Emperors down to the 15th century. Jahaza (talk) 20:10, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
- That subcategory should be removed. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:38, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
- ok... Why? Roman emperors are clearly in scope for "Roman royalty"? Jahaza (talk) 06:40, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
- We generally do not have "Roman" categories on top of "Ancient Roman" and "Byzantine". Marcocapelle (talk) 06:46, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
- ok... Why? Roman emperors are clearly in scope for "Roman royalty"? Jahaza (talk) 06:40, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
- That subcategory should be removed. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:38, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
- This category has as a dependent category Byzantine Emperors down to the 15th century. Jahaza (talk) 20:10, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:45, 2 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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