Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 30

March 30

NEW NOMINATIONS

Category:Raleigh musical groups

Merge into Category:North Carolina musical groups, convention of Category:American musical groups by state. -- Prove It ^(talk) 13:40, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Saga, Japan

Merge into Category:Saga Prefecture, convention of Category:Prefectures of Japan. -- Prove It ^(talk) 13:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fictional interdimensional travelers

Category:Fictional interdimensional travelers - Is it because they walked through an ancient mystic portal? utilised a tardis? shifted between planes of existence? Went through a wormhole? Entered DC Comic's Anti-matter universe? This category could potentially include every character in science fiction and fantasy, without ever describing the means of the travel and transport. And for many characters, the fact that they have travelled in such a way is not an inherent trait of their character (Jean-Luc Picard, for example). - jc37 13:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, as nominator - Listify if you must, but I think deletion is better in this case. - jc37 13:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fictional doppelgängers

Category:Fictional doppelgängers - This "evil twin" category simply needs to be listified. It's just not clear in every case who the "good twin" is. This is a prime example of where a List is better than a Category (per WP:CLS). - jc37 13:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Listify and then Delete - as nominator. - jc37 13:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fictional cursed characters

Category:Fictional cursed characters - While I think I know what the introduction is talking about, I think the category is too vague in its inclusion criteria. For example, the frog who turned into a prince when kissed "was" cursed, but no longer is. But thanks to "literary present tense", he'll always be cursed on Wikipedia : ) - In addition, there simply are innumerable examples of "cursed" characters, as a standard literary plot device. - jc37 13:14, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - as nominator. - jc37 13:14, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Parks in New Hampshire

Propose deleting Category:Parks in New Hampshire

Nominator's Rationale: Category:New Hampshire parks already exists. --Ken Gallager 13:11, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Cornish organisations

Propose renaming Category:Cornish organisations to Category:Organisations based in Cornwall

Nominator's Rationale: Rename, in line with the usual style for categories of organisations by place. Organisations are categorised by HQ location, and not by every place where they happen to operate. Hawkestone 10:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rename per nom. --Xdamr^talk 12:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Streets in New York City, Category:Streets in Berlin, Category:Squares in Berlin and Category:Streets in Oxford

Upmerge per standard, to "Streets and squares in <foo>". The entire category tree Category:Streets and squares by city works like that, but for these three cities that has been split into a "street" part and a "square" part, which isn't particularly useful. >Radiant< 09:58, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Squares in London and Category:Streets in London

Upmerge per standard, to "Streets and squares in <foo>". The entire category tree Category:Streets and squares by city works like that, but for these three cities that has been split into a "street" part and a "square" part, which isn't particularly useful. >Radiant< 09:58, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, especially for London. Category:Squares in London is very well populated, and the London square is a subject in its own right. There are books about it, and there is an "Open Squares Weekend" every year. All the London squares need to be in one category, and Category:Streets in London has begun to be split by borough. Hawkestone 10:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:EDA people

Over categorization; unfamiliar acronym. Delete Peta 09:19, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Video game flops

Not objectively defined. Combination 08:50, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Berlin metro stations

Delete. This creates an extra (unecessary) level of hierarchy between Category:Transport in Berlin and both Category:Berlin S-Bahn stations and Category:Berlin U-Bahn stations. It only exists for those two subcategories, and it is highly unlikely there will be more systems with metro stations to include later. 'S-Bahn stations' was already in 'Transport in Berlin,' so it seemed even more redundant to me. Keatinga 06:58, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:MySpace people

Delete - with the exception of a couple of MySpace execs, the categroy is for people who are otherwise not notable except for having myspace accounts. The executives can be housed in the appropriate executive categories. If the people with myspace accounts are somehow actually notable then they can be put in the internet celebrity category. Otto4711 06:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. When half the world is on its way to having MySpace accounts, this is not defining at all. Doczilla 08:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Krusty Krab

Delete - a category for a fictional restaurant. The main article serves as an appropriate navigational hub for the fictional restaurant so there is no need for a category. Otto4711 05:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I do not think we need to categorize fictional characters by fictional employers. Dr. Submillimeter 06:46, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Doczilla 08:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:US Presidents from Ohio

Delete: Too limited for a separate category, and already covered by Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth ShelfSkewed talk 04:40, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Since there is have been fewer US Presidents than there are states, sub-catting them by state is a poor logic for sub-categorising them. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 06:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Presidents of the United States already have many categories. Categorization by state of origin just adds to the category clutter. Also, this is impractical for some presidents who have lived in multiple locations (e.g. George H. W. Bush from Connecticut/Massachusetts/Maine/Texas). Dr. Submillimeter 06:49, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As category clutter. Hawkestone 10:48, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wise Men

Delete - the lead article The Wise Men serves as an appropriate navigational hub. This is overcategorization. Otto4711 03:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Brown Brothers Harriman partners

Delete - a comprehensive list exists in the article for the company and the individual articles link to the company article. There is no need for this category as a navigational hub. Otto4711 03:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Horn Book editors

Delete - I merged several stub articles from the category into List of Horn Book Magazine editors and linked it to the main magazine article. The list article and the one substantive article are both categorized under American magazine editors. There is no need for this category. Otto4711 03:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Novels by Clive Cussler

Delete, This category is pretty much the same thing and serves the same purpose as 'Books by Clive Cussler' Splamo 01:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, and also leave populated until this debate you started is done. Also Novels are not intrinsically Books or vice versa. See debate on I think the 22 March about "Works by Author" :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 08:11, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wrestling Society X championships

WSX has only one championship, and thus this category only has one article. PepsiPlunge 01:05, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep as part of the Category:Professional wrestling championships by promotion tree. Otto4711 01:57, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It doesn't look like WSX is going to last much longer, and even if it does, there'll still only be one article, or maybe two if they decide to make a tag team title for some reason. MarcK 08:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]