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December 8

NEW NOMINATIONS

Category:United States congressional

Propose umbrella renaming: "United States Congressional…" to "United States congressional…".
Nominator's rationale: Rename. "Congressional" should be lower case: "congressional." Even when referring to a specific congress (i.e., the United States Congress), the adjective should be lower case.
Notes:
Markles 20:04, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Windows multimedia

Propose renaming Category:Windows multimedia to Category:Microsoft Windows multimedia technology
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Better matches other category names for Microsoft Windows technology categories. -/- Warren 19:30, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Buffy (comics)

Propose renaming Category:Buffy (comics) to Category:Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics
Nominator's rationale: Rename. Misnamed category: it's contents is not a secondary meaning of the word "Buffy" ("comics"), rather comics on the theme of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Rename to match Category:Star Trek comics. This could have been speedied but no convention is listed for the comics categories. kingboyk (talk) 16:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Schools of Sioux Falls

Category:Schools of Sioux Falls - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: This seems to be too much over-categorization here. The city isn't that large so the schools can easily just go in a "High schools in South Dakota" category. If consensus here insists on keeping this category, then it should probably be renamed to something like "Schools in Sioux Falls, South Dakota" instead of the "of Sioux Falls." Metros (talk) 15:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Marathi films

Upmerge all into the terribly unpopulated Category:Marathi-language films. At the moment there's only 8 of these, splitting them into years just gets in the way. -- Prove It (talk) 13:48, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge all per nom Johnbod (talk) 15:51, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge all per nom Magioladitis (talk) 15:57, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as this category is new (less than 2 days old). It may be populated with more entries. After all not all categories start with a dozen articles. -- Mayuresh 16:33, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upmerge all the top-level cat has existed since March and only has 8 articles. When there are several hundred, it might be worth splitting into sub cats. Lugnuts (talk) 17:07, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Yoga types

Category:Yoga types - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: No discussion predates the creation of this category, and it's mass-population. A number of more suitable titles could be used - Yoga schools, Yogas, etc. 'Yoga types' sounds too vague. Sfacets 11:58, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Ambassadors

Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Belgium to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Burkina Faso to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of Cameroon to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Canada to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of Ethiopia to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of the European Union to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of France to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Germany to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Greece to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Guyana to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Hungary to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of Indonesia to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of Iran to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Israel to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Italy to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Kazakhstan to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Kyrgyzstan to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of Norway to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of Poland to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Russia to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Serbia to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of South Africa to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from South Korea to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Spain to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of Turkey to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Category:UNKNOWN
Propose renaming Category:Ambassadors from Venezuela to Category:UNKNOWN
Nominator's rationale: Rename A naming convention for Category:Ambassadors by country of origin should be decided. Ambassadors of foo or ambassadors from foo. I think my personal preference is for from as it would be symmetrical with the to used in Category:Ambassadors by mission country. Tim! (talk) 09:16, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - If the category scheme is intended to capture "ambassadors by the countries they represent" then "ambassadors of country X" is the correct formula, I believe. Tim!'s symmetry doesn't work because "from" has two meaings: directionality (symmetrical with "to") and origin. Not usually a problem but a problem with ambassadors because they can originate in place "X" but be working for / currently affiliated with place "Y". --Lquilter (talk) 12:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks Bhg! This renamed a bunch to "of". Johnbod (talk) 16:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:All articles with unsourced statements

Category:All articles with unsourced statements - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: Redundant category - there is no need for this - every article on Wikipedia has unsourced statements. Bduke (talk) 08:10, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep. This category helps articles to improve. Not all articles have unsourced statements. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Aro heros

Propose renaming Category:Aro heros to Category:Aro people
Nominator's rationale: Rename. "Heros" (besides being misspelled) is unacceptably subjective for categorizing people. Renaming also broadens the scope so that any non-"heroic" people may be appropriaely categorized. Otto4711 (talk) 08:03, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Aro Wars

Suggest merging Category:Aro Wars to Category:Wars involving the states and peoples of Africa
Nominator's rationale: Merge - small category with little or no growth potential. Both articles are already in the Aro parent. Otto4711 (talk) 08:00, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • There does not appear such a scheme in place. The subcats of the wars cats are about specific wars or about wars at the national level. Otto4711 (talk) 15:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:The O.C.

Category:The O.C. - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: Delete - eponymous overcategorization for a TV show. Material is interlinked and appropriately categorized (and one article is about to get deleted at AFD) and does not warrant a category per numerous precedents. Otto4711 (talk) 07:37, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles on India needing coordinates from May 2007

Category:Articles on India needing coordinates from May 2007 - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: Category is now empty and wont be used again. Magioladitis (talk) 02:36, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Television presenters by network

Category:Television presenters by network - Template:Lc1
Category:Al Jazeera presenters - Template:Lc1
Nominator's rationale: Delete both - per extensive precedent we don't categorize television performers on the basis of the networks on which they appear. Since the categorization scheme isn't used, the lead category for it should be deleted as well. Otto4711 (talk) 00:58, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, Merge main cat there. It can be split if this is ever needed. Johnbod (talk) 20:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]