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Discussion for Today[edit]
- This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024_May_7
May 7[edit]
NEW NOMINATIONS[edit]
Category:Belgian Ministers of Defence[edit]
- Propose renaming Category:Belgian Ministers of Defence to Category:Ministers of Defence of Belgium
- Propose renaming Category:Belgian Ministers of Justice to Category:Ministers of Justice of Belgium
- Propose renaming Category:Romanian Ministers of Defence to Category:Ministers of Defence of Romania
- Propose renaming Category:Italian Ministers of Labour to Category:Ministers of Labour of Italia
- Propose renaming Category:Taiwanese Ministers of Labor to Category:Ministers of Labor of Taiwan
- Propose renaming Category:Bissau-Guinean Ministers of Defense to Category:Ministers of Defense of Guinea-Bissau
- Propose renaming Category:Venezuelan Ministers of Defense to Category:Ministers of Defense of Venezuela
- Nominator's rationale: rename, "of country" seems to be the standard format. I am not sure about the capitalization. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:13, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Fayenatic london and AusLondonder: pinging contributors to stale speedy discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:15, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:Paintings of the Sacrifice of Isaac[edit]
- Propose merging Category:Paintings of the Sacrifice of Isaac to Category:Paintings of Isaac and Category:Paintings of Isaac
- Nominator's rationale: merge, only very few articles in Category:Paintings of Isaac and it is not part of any other tree because Category:Sacrifice of Isaac or Category:Binding of Isaac does not exist. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:24, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:Canadian people of Tajik descent[edit]
- Propose merging Category:Canadian people of Tajik descent to Category:People of Tajik descent
- Nominator's rationale: 1 article category Gjs238 (talk) 12:52, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Keep. Clearly part of a detailed and comprehensive category tree. No purpose whatsoever served by deletion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:06, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Merge or delete, the category does not contain any biography. The topic article is already in Category:Asian diaspora in Canada where it properly belongs. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:45, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:British people of Tajik descent[edit]
- Propose merging Category:British people of Tajik descent to Category:People of Tajik descent
- Nominator's rationale: 1 article category Gjs238 (talk) 12:51, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Keep. Clearly part of a detailed and comprehensive category tree. No purpose whatsoever served by deletion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:06, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Merge or delete, the article is already in Category:Uzbekistani emigrants to the United Kingdom where it properly belongs. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:51, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:Caucasus Jews[edit]
- Nominator's rationale: There are two Jewish ethnic groups originating from the Caucasus region: Mountain Jews and Georgian Jews. The term Caucasus Jews currently redirects to "Mountain Jews." These two groups are culturally distinct; they speak different languages and have many differences in customs and culture. However, other Jewish communities have also resided and continue to reside in the Caucasus region, including primarily Ashkenazi Jews, as well as some Sephardic and Bukharan Jews. Therefore, this category does not make sense. Currently, this category encompasses Jews from three modern countries, yet "Caucasus Jews" redirects to "Mountain Jews." Note: I have just separated the entries for category:Jews from Georgia (country) and category:Georgian Jews. Aldij (talk) 11:56, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- If not deleted, rename to Category:Jews in the Caucasus to clarify its purpose. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:55, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
People from British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies by ethnic or national origin[edit]
- Propose renaming Category:Anguillan people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Anguillan people by descent
- Propose renaming Category:Caymanian people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Caymanian people by descent
- Propose renaming Category:Guernsey people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Guernsey people by descent
- Propose renaming Category:Jersey people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Jersey people by descent
- Propose renaming Category:Manx people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Manx people by descent
- Propose renaming Category:Montserratian people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Montserratian people by descent
- Propose renaming Category:Turks and Caicos Islands people by ethnic or national origin to Category:Turks and Caicos Islands people by descent
- Propose renaming Category:People from British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies by ethnic or national origin to Category:People from British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies by descent
- Nominator's rationale:rename for consistency with the subcategories which are aĺl "by descent", as well as for consistency with Category:British people by descent at the top of the tree. This is follow-up after this earlier discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:08, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:People of West Asian descent[edit]
- Propose deleting Category:People of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Argentine people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Brazilian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Canadian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Chinese people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Croatian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Egyptian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Emirati people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Ethiopian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Filipino people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:German people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Iraqi people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Israeli people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Japanese people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Jordanian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Kuwaiti people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Lebanese people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Libyan people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Omani people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Peruvian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Polish people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Saudi Arabian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Serbian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:South African people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Swedish people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Syrian people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:Turkish people of West Asian descent (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:West Asian diaspora in Israel (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:West Asian diaspora in the United States (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Propose deleting Category:West Asian diaspora (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nominator's rationale: This category tree is not needed. Western Asia is often conflated with the Middle East. Western Asia includes the South Caucasus but does not include Egypt (outside the Sinai Peninsula) and Turkish Thrace (geographically in Southeast Europe). Now "West Asian descent" categories merely serve as containers for "Middle East descent" and "Caucasus descent." However, these classifications are not entirely accurate. The term "People of Middle East descent" includes individuals from the African part of Egypt and Turkish Thrace in Europe, while "People of Caucasus descent" encompasses individuals from the North Caucasus in Europe. Aldij (talk) 09:55, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Merge to Asian parent categories. I agree that West Asia and Middle East are largely overlapping and we do not need both. However, it does not make sense to remove the content from the Asian tree. Marcocapelle (talk) 14:04, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:Chinese retired emperors[edit]
- Propose renaming Category:Chinese retired emperors to Category:Chinese emperors who abdicated
- Nominator's rationale: More clear, consistent with related categories. Remsense诉 06:45, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Rename per nom. Preferably nominate the Japanese and Vietnamese sibling categories too. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:54, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Category:Union Theological Seminary (New York City)[edit]
- Propose renaming Category:Union Theological Seminary (New York City) to Category:Union Theological Seminary
- Propose renaming Category:Union Theological Seminary (New York City) alumni to Category:Union Theological Seminary alumni
- Propose renaming Category:Union Theological Seminary (New York City) faculty to Category:Union Theological Seminary faculty
- Nominator's rationale: In line with the main article about the subject, which was recently the subject of a requested move discussion that determined that the New York seminary is the primary topic for the title. Graham (talk) 04:01, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose per Union Theological Seminary (disambiguation). Marcocapelle (talk) 10:04, 7 May 2024 (UTC)