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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

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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

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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

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

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 14 (17 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 11 (4 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 4 (1 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 3 (4 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 2 (2 open)

How to nominate a category for discussion

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Nomination procedure

Twinkle

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

You can use the script User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD to automatically make mass nominations.

Manual nominations

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Preliminary steps.

Before nominating a category:

Read and understand the guidance for categorization, category names, and overcategorization.
For categories containing biographical articles, read the guidance for categorizing articles about people.
For categories containing the user pages of Wikipedians, read the guidance for user categories.

In the following special cases:

If a category is a red link, then it is already deleted (or was never created in the first place) and does not need to be nominated.
If a category is unpopulated, use {{db-catempty}} to request it be speedily deleted in 7 days.
If a category is populated solely by a template (other than a stub template, see #Stub types below) and you are proposing to delete both the category and template, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.

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.

Otherwise, if nominating a single category:

For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd}}
For merging, use {{subst:Cfm|Other category}}
- For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm-double|Other category 1|Other category 2}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr|Proposed name}}
For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs|Proposed name 1|Proposed name 2}}
For converting the category into a list, use {{subst:Cfl|Proposed name}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd|type=nature of proposed discussion}}

If nominating a group of related categories, use a bundled nomination:

For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd|CfD section name}}
For merging, use {{subst:Cfm|Other category|CfD section name}}
- For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm-double|Other category 1|Other category 2|CfD section name}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr|Proposed name|CfD section name}}
For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs|Proposed name 1|Proposed name 2|CfD section name}}
For converting the category into a list, {{subst:Cfl|Proposed name|CfD section name}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd|type=nature of proposed discussion|CfD section name}}

Include "CfD", "CfM", "CfR", "CfS" or "CfL" in the edit summary, and do not mark the edit as minor. Preview before saving.
To add the template for previous nomination days, use the "full" version of the template by appending "full" to the template name, i.e. {{cfd full}}, {{cfm full}}, {{cfr full}}, {{cfs full}} and {{cfl full}}. Use the |day=, |month= and |year= parameters to make the banner link to the correct CfD page.
Consider adding {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2025 July 22|CfD section name}} ~~~~ to the talk page of the category's creator.
For details about these templates, see each template's documentation.

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 text= parameter, omit the Category: prefix and do not use wikilinks, as the template takes care of this.

If nominating a single category:

For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd2|Obsolete category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
For merging, use {{subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
- For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category 1|target2=Destination category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr2|Current category|Proposed name|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed rename. ~~~~}}
For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs2|Current category|Proposed category 1|Proposed category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed split. ~~~~}}
For converting the category into a list, use {{subst:Cfc2|Current category|Proposed article|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd2|Current category|type=other type|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}

For a bundled nomination, use one of the standard templates to build the "Cfd section name" for the first nominated category. After saving that, the second and subsequent nominations must be inserted manually, as follows:

==== Cfd section name ====

* 1st category

* 2nd category [Make clear whether you propose deletion, merging or renaming]

* Your reason for nominating the categories, and signature.

If a bundled nomination is too long, consider using {{hidden}} to hide some of the nominated categories.
In your reason, use links if mentioning articles or categories. To link to a category, use the colon trick by adding a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, e.g. [[:Category:Foo]].
Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.

Stub types

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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:

Read and understand guidance for creating stub types and stub type naming conventions.
Review the list of existing stub types—be advised, this list may not be comprehensive.
If you wish to:
- Create a new stub type—follow the procedure for proposing new stub types.
- Delete, merge or rename a stub category only, without deleting or renaming the associated stub template—follow the instructions above this section.
- Delete or rename a stub template—continue to section II.

II

Edit the template.

Add one of the following tags at the beginning of the template to be discussed.

For deletion, use {{subst:Sfd-t|Section name}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Sfr-t|Proposed name|Section name}}

Please include "SFD" or "SFR" in the edit summary, and don't mark the edit as minor. Preview before saving.
Consider notifying the template's creator on their talk page. To find the contributor, check the page history of the stub template.

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):

For deletion, use {{subst:sfd-t2|TemplateName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
For renaming, use {{subst:sfr-t2|TemplateOldName|TemplateNewName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}

In your rationale, mention how many articles currently use the template to help other editors. When linking to a category in your rationale, always add a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, like [[:Category:Foo]]. This makes a category link that can be seen on the page, and avoids putting this page into the category you are nominating.
Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.

Notifying interested projects and editors

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 22|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

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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

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The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:

C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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 09:22, 20 July 2025 (UTC). Currently, there are 440 open requests (refresh).

Current requests

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:Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series) images to Category:Star Wars: The Clone Wars images – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 09:20, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series) episode redirects to lists to Category:Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode redirects to lists – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 09:20, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series) episodes to Category:Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 09:20, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series) episode redirects to lists to Category:Star Wars: Clone Wars episode redirects to lists – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 09:17, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Calabrian culture to Category:Culture of Calabria – C2C: All siblings in Category:Culture of Italy by region. c:Category:Culture of Calabria. NLeeuw (talk) 02:38, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Balinese culture to Category:Culture of Bali – C2C: All siblings in Category:Culture of Indonesia by province; c:Category:Culture of Bali; all Culture of Fooland precedents. NLeeuw (talk) 02:34, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Papua (province) culture to Category:Culture of Papua (province) – C2C: Parents: Category:Papua (province), Category:Culture of Western New Guinea, Category:Culture of Indonesia by province. NLeeuw (talk) 02:32, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Westphalia culture to Category:Culture of Westphalia – C2C: Parent Category:Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia. NLeeuw (talk) 02:26, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Massachusetts cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Massachusetts – C2C: Parents Category:Cuisine of New England, Category:Food and drink in Massachusetts. Siblings: Category:Cuisine of New York (state), Category:Cuisine of New Jersey, Category:Cuisine of Vermont, Category:Cuisine of Pennsylvania, etc. NLeeuw (talk) 01:45, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Rhode Island cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Rhode Island – C2C: Parents Category:Cuisine of New England, Category:Food and drink in Rhode Island . Siblings: Category:Cuisine of New York (state), Category:Cuisine of New Jersey, Category:Cuisine of Vermont, Category:Cuisine of Pennsylvania, etc. NLeeuw (talk) 01:41, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Maryland cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Maryland – C2C: Parents Category:Culture of Maryland, Category:Cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic states; Category:Food and drink in Maryland. Siblings: Category:Cuisine of West Virginia, Category:Cuisine of Pennsylvania, Category:Cuisine of New Jersey, Category:Cuisine of New York (state), etc. Cat desc: Articles about the cuisine of Maryland. NLeeuw (talk) 01:35, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Virginia cuisine to Category:Cuisine of Virginia – C2C: Parents Category:Culture of Virginia, Category:Cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic states; Category:Cuisine of the Southern United States. Siblings: Category:Cuisine of West Virginia, Category:Cuisine of Kentucky, etc. Cat desc: Articles about the cuisine of Virginia. NLeeuw (talk) 01:31, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. These are all below "American cuisine" and at the country level it's Fooian cuisine. Jahaza (talk) 04:03, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Drug Enforcement Administration Administrators to Category:Drug Enforcement Administration administrators – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 21:27, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it should be Category:Administrators of the Drug Enforcement Administration per C2C of sibling categories in Category:Heads of United States federal agencies, e.g. Administrators of the Federal Railroad Administration, Administrators of NASA, Administrators of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Administrators of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, etc. Jahaza (talk) 21:33, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And C2D per the article Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Jahaza (talk) 21:35, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Apostolic Administrators of Trebinje-Mrkan to Category:Apostolic administrators of Trebinje-Mrkan – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 21:26, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Civil Administrators of Mount Athos to Category:Civil administrators of Mount Athos – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 21:26, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Executive Administrators of Koror to Category:Executive administrators of Koror – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 21:25, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Books in political philosophy to Category:Books about political philosophy – C2C per sibling categories in Category:Political books, grandparent category Category:Works about politics and child category Category:Books about jurisprudence. Jahaza (talk) 20:45, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Presidents of the Liberal Party of the Philippines to Category:Presidents of the Liberal Party (Philippines) – C2D Liberal Party (Philippines). Howard the Duck (talk) 20:19, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Members of justice of Sri Lanka to Category:Ministers of justice of – C2C: I made a mistake when I originally nominated these for renaming. These are meant to say "Ministers of justice", not "Members of justice". C2C with other categories in Category:Justice ministers by country and C2B with the relevant Minister of Justice (country name) articles that exist. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:49, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Directors of The Coca-Cola Company to Category:Directors of the Coca-Cola Company, per move of List of assets owned by The Coca-Cola Company (citing MOS:THEINST). I also asked about this on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters § MOS:THEINST. J3133 (talk) 15:41, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Should it be Category:Directors of Coca-Cola per Category:Coca-Cola people? Jahaza (talk) 20:38, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Trinity Western Spartans volleyball players to Category:Trinity Western Spartans men's volleyball players – C2C: To match newly created category Category:Trinity Western Spartans women's volleyball players Epluribusunumyall (talk) 10:06, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Trinity Western Spartans players to Category:Trinity Western Spartans athletes – C2C: Similar with other categories in college sports, see Category:UBC Thunderbird athletes for the UBC Thunderbirds Epluribusunumyall (talk) 09:52, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Simon Fraser Red Leafs players to Category:Simon Fraser Red Leafs athletes – C2C: Consistency with other categories, does't include just team players, but also individual athletes (i.e. swimmers, & wrestlers) Epluribusunumyall (talk) 09:11, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Films about police officers to Category:Police films – to match the titles of the main subcategories Category:Police films by century, Category:Police films by country, and Category:Police films by decade, along with the subcats Category:Police comedy films, Category:Police procedural films, and Category:Police detective films. AHI-3000 (talk) 05:07, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, this is controversial, see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2017_July_19#Category:Police_films. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:04, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Cebuano language songs to Category:Songs in Cebuano – C2C: per convention in Category:Songs by language. 1857a (talk) 04:09, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Provincial Ministers of the Organization Department to Category:Provincial ministers of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party – C2A. Amigao (talk) 02:49, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Members of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party to Category:Members of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party – C2A. Amigao (talk) 02:30, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Attacks on efugee camps during the Gaza war to Category:Attacks on refugee camps during the Gaza war – C2A, typo. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 01:35, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Asian American state legislators in Washington to Category:Asian-American state legislators in Washington – C2C: norm is Category:Asian-American state legislators in Utah. no comment on whether the tree should follow the grandparent name "of Asian descent" ^SMason_Garrison 23:19, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Asian American should not be hyphenated. All categories under Category:Asian American and Pacific Islander state legislators should have hyphens removed.—Myasuda (talk) 00:27, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Events in Adelaide to Category:Organised events in Adelaide C2C, and per precedent about splitting organized events versus past events, see earlier discussions at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_February_26#Historical_events_categories and Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_May_16#Events_by_location and Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2025_July_1#Events_by_country_and_city. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:16, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Barrick Gold to Category:Barrick Mining – C2D. Company (as well as article) renamed from Barrick Gold to Barrick Mining. ⁂CountHacker (talk) 08:25, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have only tagged the category now. Ymblanter (talk) 07:06, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:European Parliament Representatives navigational boxes to Category:European Parliament representatives navigational boxes – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 16:09, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose looks like the name should be "Category:MEPs navigational boxes" to match the MEP categories. Jahaza (talk) 03:56, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Again, I'm perfectly fine with this alternative. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:24, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw opposition per alternative. 18:16, 21 July 2025 (UTC) Jahaza (talk) 18:16, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Bundestag Representatives navigational boxes to Category:Bundestag representatives navigational boxes – C2A, cap fix. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:15, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose should be "Members of the Bundestag navigational boxes" to match the Members of the Bundestag categories and the "Members of the X Bundestag" templates. Jahaza (talk) 04:11, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds good to me. Woko Sapien (talk) 02:09, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw opposition per alternative. Jahaza (talk) 18:16, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Germanic families to Category:Early Germanic families – C2C: Parent Category:Early Germanic people. See also child Category:Family in early Germanic culture. NLeeuw (talk) 15:29, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I'm not sure that fits with how this category is actually being used. I'm not opposed, but it's worth considering doing some purging after the category is renamed. ^SMason_Garrison 22:38, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Fair point. Feel free to reach out to me about it after the renaming is done. NLeeuw (talk) 02:19, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Young Critics Circle Awards to Category:Philippine film awards – C2F. ^SMason_Garrison 05:23, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment many of these awards have been given out and therefore the articles for the people or the films could be tagged. I'm not sure that it's so clear that the category should be C2F, maybe the people/articles could be put into the category? Or maybe the award is not significant and should be deleted along with the category? Jahaza (talk) 19:15, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jahaza we tend to not have award winners for categories unless they're really notable. If you want to bring these to full to discuss, you're welcome to. ^SMason_Garrison 22:36, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Khwarizmi International Award to Category:Iranian science and technology awards – C2F. ^SMason_Garrison 05:21, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment unclear the significance of this award. Many of the recipients have articles, and it is given by the president of Iran. The solution may be to include the info about the award in the recipients articles and categorize them there? Jahaza (talk) 19:36, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Jahaza: normally we only listify recipients of awards, since an award is usually not a defining characteristic of a biography (WP:OCAWARD). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:51, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Opposed requests

Category:Shia scholars of Islam to Category:Shia Muslim scholars of Islam – C2D: List of Shia Muslim scholars of Islam is the article name, and the parent is Shia Muslims ^SMason_Garrison 00:18, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose unnecessarily verbose. Recommend moving list. Jahaza (talk) 03:49, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I have moved the list. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:02, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:European Film Award for Best Costume Designer winners to Category:Best Costume Designer European Film Award winners – C2E. Consistency with established Wikipedia naming for film winners See categories for Academy, Bafta or César Award winners for example
Category:European Film Award for Best Editor winners to Category:Best Editor European Film Award winners – C2E. Consistency with established Wikipedia naming for film winners See categories for Academy, Bafta or César Award winners for example
Category:European Film Award for Best Production Designer winners to Category:Best Production Designer European Film Award winners – C2E. Consistency with established Wikipedia naming for film winners See categories for Academy, Bafta or Cesar Award winners for example
Category:European Film Award for Best Sound Designer winners to Category:Best Sound Designer European Film Award winners – C2E. Consistency with established Wikipedia naming for film winners See categories for Academy, Bafta or César Award winners for example

LordTort (talk) 16:00, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose all. Not consistent with WAG, SAG, DGA, PGA, or Teen Choice Awards. Not convinced this is really a consensus. Jahaza (talk) 04:07, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Except SAG, in fact, has the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild Award winners category, not the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (without "for" in it), which is further proof of my point. The DGA doesn't even have specific categories for its feature or TV winners; they are all sorted into the single Directors Guild of America Award winners category. The same goes for WGA; all its winners are sorted into Writers Guild of America Award winners. As for the PGA, it doesn't have a category for its winners at all. So I stand by my request. LordTort (talk) 11:18, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please compare Best Editing BAFTA Award winners and Best Film Editing Academy Award winners with European Film Award for Best Editor winners. The former two omitted "for" in the category name. The same goes for Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners, Best Sound Editing Academy Award winners, or Best Sound BAFTA Award winners, as opposed to European Film Award for Best Sound Designer winners. Same with Best Production Design AACTA Award winners, Best Production Design BAFTA Award winners, Best Art Direction Academy Award winners, and European Film Award for Best Production Designer winners.

If you prefer referencing SAG, all their categories are created without "for" in their names and go through the standard naming practice; see Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners or any category of their winners. WGA, DGA, PGA, and Teen Choice Awards articles, to name a few, are irrelevant in this matter, as their awards don't have specific subcategories for their winners. LordTort (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Founders of cities in the Thirteen Colonies to Category:City founders from the Thirteen Colonies – C2C: Norm is FOOian city founders or city founders from FOO ^SMason_Garrison 22:31, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose this changes the meaning. Jahaza (talk) 18:53, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The similar issue with Category:Founders of cities in New Spain has also been opposed, so this should probably not have been brought to speedy at all. With cities the defining thing is where the city is, so we subdivide city founders by where they founded the city, We have a whole tree of cateries like this, including Mayros of cities in foo, Heads of universities in foo etc. When the main part is related to a specific place, we should divide people by country not by nationality.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:03, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Johnpacklambert are you sure that your participation ban allows you in speedy CFD? ^SMason_Garrison 20:15, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Hawaii culture to Category:Culture of Hawaii – C2C: Parents Category:Hawaii, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Western United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Hawaii. NLeeuw (talk) 19:33, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Alaska culture to Category:Culture of Alaska – C2C: Parents Category:Alaska, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Western United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Alaska. NLeeuw (talk) 19:32, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Colorado culture to Category:Culture of Colorado – C2C: Parents Category:Colorado, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Western United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Colorado. NLeeuw (talk) 19:30, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Utah culture to Category:Culture of Utah – C2C: Parents Category:Utah, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Western United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Utah. NLeeuw (talk) 19:29, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wyoming culture to Category:Culture of Wyoming – C2C: Parents Category:Wyoming, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Western United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Wyoming. NLeeuw (talk) 19:28, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Idaho culture to Category:Culture of Idaho – C2C: Parents Category:Idaho, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Western United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Idaho. NLeeuw (talk) 19:26, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Kansas culture to Category:Culture of Kansas – C2C: Parents Category:Kansas, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Midwestern United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Kansas. NLeeuw (talk) 19:23, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Missouri culture to Category:Culture of Missouri – C2C: Parents Category:Missouri, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Midwestern United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Missouri. NLeeuw (talk) 19:21, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Illinois culture to Category:Culture of Illinois – C2C: Parents Category:Illinois, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Midwestern United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Illinois. NLeeuw (talk) 19:18, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Indiana culture to Category:Culture of Indiana – C2A: Parents Category:Indiana, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Midwestern United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Indiana. NLeeuw (talk) 19:17, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Wisconsin culture to Category:Culture of Wisconsin – C2C: Parents Category:Wisconsin, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Midwestern United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Wisconsin. NLeeuw (talk) 19:13, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Michigan culture to Category:Culture of Michigan – C2C: Parents Category:Michigan, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Midwestern United States, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Michigan. NLeeuw (talk) 19:12, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose — More mindless "one size fits all". These categories have been so named for a really long time, so it was probably done for a specific reason and absolutely should be discussed. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 00:57, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Ohio culture to Category:Culture of Ohio – C2C: Parents Category:Ohio, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Midwestern United States; siblings Category:Culture of West Virginia, Category:Culture of Kentucky etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Ohio. NLeeuw (talk) 22:46, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Nebraska culture to Category:Culture of Nebraska – C2C: Parents Category:Nebraska, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Midwestern United States; siblings Category:Culture of South Dakota, Category:Culture of North Dakota etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Nebraska. NLeeuw (talk) 22:40, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Montana culture to Category:Culture of Montana – C2C: Parents Category:Montana, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Western United States; siblings Category:Culture of North Dakota, Category:Culture of South Dakota etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Montana. NLeeuw (talk) 22:36, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Pennsylvania culture to Category:Culture of Pennsylvania – C2C: Parents Category:Pennsylvania, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Northeastern United States,Category:Culture of the Mid-Atlantic states, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Pennsylvania. NLeeuw (talk) 22:24, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Rhode Island culture to Category:Culture of Rhode Island – C2C: Parents Category:Rhode Island, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Northeastern United States,Category:Culture of New England, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Rhode Island. NLeeuw (talk) 22:22, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Vermont culture to Category:Culture of Vermont – C2C: Parents Category:Vermont, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Northeastern United States,Category:Culture of New England, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Vermont. NLeeuw (talk) 22:21, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Connecticut culture to Category:Culture of Connecticut – C2C: Parents Category:Connecticut, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Northeastern United States,Category:Culture of New England, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Connecticut. NLeeuw (talk) 22:19, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:New Hampshire culture to Category:Culture of New Hampshire – C2C: Parents Category:New Hampshire, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Northeastern United States,Category:Culture of New England, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of New Hampshire. NLeeuw (talk) 22:17, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Massachusetts culture to Category:Culture of Massachusetts – C2C: Parents Category:Massachusetts, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Northeastern United States,Category:Culture of New England, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Massachusetts. NLeeuw (talk) 22:16, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Maine culture to Category:Culture of Maine – C2C: Parents Category:Maine, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Northeastern United States,Category:Culture of New England, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of Maine. NLeeuw (talk) 22:14, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:New Jersey culture to Category:Culture of New Jersey – C2C: Parents Category:New Jersey, Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, Category:Culture of the Northeastern United States,Category:Culture of the Mid-Atlantic states, etc. Compare c:Category:Culture of New Jersey. NLeeuw (talk) 22:12, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose — More mindless "one size fits all". These categories have been so named for a really long time, so it was probably done for a specific reason and absolutely should be discussed. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 00:57, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nederlandse Leeuw: are you planning to move these to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:15, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, if necessary. All children of Category:Culture by country have been renamed some time ago based on WP:C2D and WP:C2C. It absolutely was discussed and there absolutely was consensus. I recently worked to finish the job for U.S. states and territories, and some other areas around the world. In Category:Culture of the United States by state or territory, you can see that the [state name] culture formula is now in a minority of just 23 out of 50 states, while the majority of 27/50 states, including 9 main articles directly placed in this category, plus all Category:Culture of insular areas of the United States etc. and all categories on Wikimedia Commons – see c:Category:Culture of the United States by state – take the formula Culture of [state name]. There is a solid WP:C2C reason to Speedy Rename All. NLeeuw (talk) 06:50, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
PS: @RadioKAOS Here are the previous discussions:
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 August 9#Fooian culture to Culture of Fooland.

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 August 21#Fooian culture to Culture of Fooland part 2

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 September 11#Fooian culture to Culture of Fooland part 3

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 September 11#Fooian culture to Culture of Fooland part 4
I hope that clarifies the situation? Feel free to ask questions. Good day, NLeeuw (talk) 07:01, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@RadioKAOS Could you please indicate whether you've got any further questions or objections? Because if not, I don't think there is any reason for further delays, and these categories can be speedy renamed per WP:C2C and literally hundreds of precedents, most of them outlined above. NLeeuw (talk) 23:49, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Postdlf: as the creator of a number of these categories, what is your opinion? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:13, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Moved to full discussion: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 22#Culture of U.S. states. @RadioKAOS @Marcocapelle @Postdlf. NLeeuw (talk) 01:03, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On hold pending other discussion

None currently

Moved to full discussion

Category:Russian scholars of Roman history to Category:Russian historians of ancient Rome – C2C: parent is Historians of ancient Rome ^SMason_Garrison 01:07, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
But Category:Russian classical scholars is also a parent. Jahaza (talk) 23:33, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Jahaza: Category:Historians of ancient Rome appears to be a subcategory of Category:Classical scholars by discipline so I think the proposed rename is okay. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:35, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 04:34, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Founders of cities in New Spain to Category:City founders from New Spain – C2C: Norm is FOOian city founders or City founders from FOO ^SMason_Garrison 01:00, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The key fact is where the city was founded, not where the person was "from". We really should rename all the categories in this tree to Founders of Cities in X. We have related categories like Category:Founders of Cities in the Thirteen Colonies. What matters here is where the city that was founded was, not where the founder may have in some sense been "from". This follows the pattern of Category:Mayors of places in New Spain. Also Category:Mayors of places in France, etc. We have about 160 categories that use that form. The founders tree has categories for specific cities founders, so it makes sense the next level up should organize people by the location of the city founded, not by where those people are from. Although in theory we could do both, but I think that would lead to needless overlap. What is defining is where the city was that was founded. This especially applies to New Spain because many of the cities were founded by people who mainly lived their lives in Spain, then came to New Spain, but they are defined by founding a city in New Spain. So this is named based on what is defining for the people emphasizing how it is defining.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:06, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Johnpacklambert I'm surprised to see you posting here. The tree these categories belong to is City founders, not Mayors of places in FOO. Do you oppose Category:City founders of New Spain? ^SMason_Garrison 22:34, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think every city founders category should be rensmed to founders in cities in foo.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:08, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
But that is not what the tree is named now. I'd rather not have to take this to full just to get this one to match the rest of the tree. ^SMason_Garrison 00:20, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Moved to full ^SMason_Garrison 19:35, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Merging would be fine with me, but that is not for speedy either. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:42, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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