Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 October 13
October 13
NEW NOMINATIONS
Category:John McCain controversies
- Category:John McCain controversies - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: A "controversy" category such as this is completely subjective. Inclusion can only be based on the POV of the editor that adds the category, not objective criteria. Further, there is no navigational need for this category as all topics are covered in the biographical article. Loonymonkey (talk) 01:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
- Keep This is a well-defined subcategory of Category:Political controversies, which includes nearly 100 such subcategories. As with all categories and controversies, the objective standard is the rpesence of relaible and verifiable sources to support their existence, a standard that has been met here. Alansohn (talk) 01:46, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Category:Barack Obama controversies
- Category:Barack Obama controversies - Template:Lc1
- Nominator's rationale: "Controversies" is fairly loaded to begin with but the inclusion of items here is purely subjective and based on the POV of anyone who adds it. Loonymonkey (talk) 00:46, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
- Keep This is a well-defined subcategory of Category:Political controversies, which includes nearly 100 such subcategories. As with all categories and controversies, the objective standard is the rpesence of relaible and verifiable sources to support their existence, a standard that has been met here. Alansohn (talk) 01:46, 13 October 2008 (UTC)