Wikipedia:Categories for discussion

"WP:CFD" redirects here. For criteria for deletion, see WP:Criteria for deletion.

"WP:CFR" redirects here. For criteria for redaction, see WP:Criteria for redaction.

XFD backlog

V	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
CfD	0	0	0	21	21
TfD	0	0	0	2	2
MfD	0	0	0	5	5
FfD	0	0	0	0	0
RfD	0	0	5	42	47
AfD	0	0	0	0	0

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:

1. Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see "Speedy renaming and merging" below.
2. 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.

When a category is renamed or merged with another category, in limited circumstances it may be helpful to leave an instance of the {{Category redirect|...}} template on the category's former page. See "Redirecting categories" below for more information.

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

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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• All current discussions
  • 18 November (Monday)
  • 17 November (Sunday)
  • 16 November (Saturday)
  • 15 November (Friday)
  • 14 November (Thursday)
  • 13 November (Wednesday)
  • 12 November (Tuesday)
  • 11 November (Monday)
  • Previous 8 to 21 days
• Speedy renaming requests
• Archive and indices

Discussions awaiting closure

• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 10 (16 open)
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 9 (1 open)
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 8 (1 open)
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 7 (2 open)
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 5 (1 open)

See also the list of individual discussions awaiting closure here and the list of full open discussions awaiting closure here.

How to use CfD

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

I	Preliminary steps. Before nominating a category: Read and understand the guidance for category names and overcategorization. For categories containing biographical articles, read the guidance for categorization of 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}} (see Template:Cfd/doc#Optional parameter) 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}} (see Template:Cfd/doc#Optional parameter) 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|2024 November 18|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

I	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|2024 November 18|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.

Closing procedure

After seven days, someone will close the discussion according to the consensus that formed or, if needed, relist it to allow more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and, except in the case of a "keep" or "no consensus" outcome, implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented.

Redirecting categories

"WP:CAT-R" redirects here. For the guideline on categorizing redirects, see Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects.

For an essay on this topic, see WP:Category redirects that should be kept.

In general, an unpopulated category should be deleted (see speedy deletion criterion C1) because it is not useful for navigation and sorting. In limited circumstances, and because categories cannot be redirected using "hard" redirects (i.e. #REDIRECT[[''target'']]), we use a form of "soft redirect" to solve the issue. You can create a category redirect by adding {{Category redirect|target}} to the category page. Bots patrol these categories and move articles into the "redirect" targets.

In particular, category redirects are used at the former category name when we convert hyphens into en dashes (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations). It is also helpful to set up category redirects from titles with plain letters (i.e. characters on a standard keyboard) where the category names include diacritics.

A list of redirected categories is available at Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories.

Speedy renaming and merging

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.

1. Determine which speedy criterion applies
2. Tag category page with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}} or {{subst:cfm-speedy|Merge target}}
3. 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

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

C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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:

1. Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
2. With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
3. 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 23:02, 16 November 2024 (UTC). Currently, there are 74 open requests ().

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:Railway stations in Shaheed Benazir Abad District to Category:Railway stations in Shaheed Benazirabad District – C2D: Match main article, Shaheed Benazirabad District. Gedrose (talk) 22:33, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Populated places in Shaheed Benazir Abad District to Category:Populated places in Shaheed Benazirabad District – C2D: Match main article, Shaheed Benazirabad District. Gedrose (talk) 22:31, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:People from Shaheed Benazir Abad District to Category:People from Shaheed Benazirabad District – C2D: Match the main article, Shaheed Benazirabad District. Gedrose (talk) 22:30, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:CJ E&M to Category:CJ ENM Entertainment Division – C2D. 𝙹𝚒𝚢𝚊𝚗 忌炎 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 21:00, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Nepal Studies to Category:Nepal studies – C2C. AusLondonder (talk) 16:52, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Multilateral relations of United Arab Emirates to Category:Multilateral relations of the United Arab Emirates - C2E see this RMTR request, courtesy listing it for Web-julio. Sennecaster (Chat) 16:52, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Diplomatic missions in Sierra Leone to Category:Foreign relations of Sierra Leone – C2F. AusLondonder (talk) 14:27, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Maps of Caucasus to Category:Maps of the Caucasus – C2C: To match parent Category:Geography of the Caucasus AusLondonder (talk) 13:29, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Upmerge Category:Sindh Premier League – C2F: Only article is Sindh Premier League, so should be upmerged to all parent categories as per WP:C2F. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:07, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Recipient of the Order of the Cloud and Banner to Category:Recipients of the Order of the Cloud and Banner – C2A: pluralization. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 09:08, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Recipient of the Rhodesian Legion of Merit to Category:Recipients of the Rhodesian Legion of Merit – C2A: pluralization. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 09:08, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Recipient of the Order of the Star of South Africa to Category:Recipients of the Order of the Star of South Africa – C2A: pluralization. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 09:08, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Recipient of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge to Category:Recipients of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge – C2A: pluralization. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 09:08, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Sword and sandal films to Category:Sword-and-sandal films – C2A: Adjective phrase should be hyphenated. Also C2D to match main article. Paul_012 (talk) 08:36, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Catalan Meteorologists to Category:Meteorologists from Catalonia – C2C: Norm is FOO from Catalonia ^SMason_Garrison 02:34, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:The Annoying Orange to Category:Annoying Orange – C2C. QuantumFoam66 (talk) 01:58, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Matlock (TV series) to Category:Matlock (1986 TV series) – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 00:11, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Matlock (TV series) episode redirects to lists to Category:Matlock (1986 TV series) episode redirects to lists – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 00:10, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Assyrian/Syriac football clubs in Sweden to Category:Assyrian football clubs in Sweden – C2C and C2D. Surayeproject3 (talk) 22:04, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Pacific Aerospace aircraft to Category:NZAero aircraft – C2D: Company name changed, article was moved after RM earlier this year. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 21:33, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/Museo Galileo to Category:Wikipedia-Museo Galileo collaboration – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 19:43, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:CPPC workshops to Category:Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros workshops – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 19:40, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:GLAM:CPPC to Category:Wikipedia-Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros collaboration – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 19:39, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:GLAM partnership user templates to Category:Wikipedia GLAM partnership user templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 19:38, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:GLAM external link templates to Category:Wikipedia GLAM external link templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 19:37, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:GLAM barnstar templates to Category:Wikipedia GLAM barnstar templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 19:37, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:GLAM templates to Category:Wikipedia GLAM templates – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 19:36, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:GLAM events to Category:Wikipedia GLAM events – C2D. Gonnym (talk) 19:36, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:19th-century Russian classical composers to Category:19th-century classical composers from the Russian Empire – C2C: parent is 19th-century composers from the Russian Empire ^SMason_Garrison 17:41, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia categories named after Speakers of the United States House of Representatives to Category:Wikipedia categories named after speakers of the United States House of Representatives – C2C: MOS:Title ^SMason_Garrison 17:07, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Anthiinae to Category:Anthiadidae – C2D: Now considered a separate family. —Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 16:23, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor players to Category:Manisa Basket players – C2D. HanTsî (talk) 16:13, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Mayors in the Thirteen Colonies to Category:Mayors of places in the Thirteen Colonies – C2C: parent is Mayors of places in the United States ^SMason_Garrison 14:41, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Union councils of Poonch District to Category:Union councils of Poonch District, Pakistan – C2B: per Poonch District, Pakistan/Category:Poonch District, Pakistan. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:21, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:Tehsils of Poonch District to Category:Tehsils of Poonch District, Pakistan
• Category:Villages in Poonch district, India to Category:Villages in Poonch District, India – C2B: per Poonch District, India/Category:Poonch District, India. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:20, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:Transport in Poonch to Category:Transport in Poonch District, India
  • Category:Tourist attractions in Poonch district to Category:Tourist attractions in Poonch District, India
  • Category:People from Poonch district, India to Category:People from Poonch District, India
  • Category:Cities and towns in Poonch district, India to Category:Cities and towns in Poonch District, India
• Category:Populated places in Jhelum Valley District to Category:Populated places in Hattian Bala District – C2B: per Hattian Bala District/Category:Hattian Bala District. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:17, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:Villages in Jhelum Valley District to Category:Villages in Hattian Bala District
• Category:The Lion King in amusement parks to Category:The Lion King (franchise) in amusement parks – C2B: per The Lion King (franchise)/Category:The Lion King (franchise). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:13, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:The Jungle Book (Disney) video games to Category:The Jungle Book (franchise) video games – C2B: per The Jungle Book (franchise)/Category:The Jungle Book (franchise). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:12, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Red Dirt (music) albums to Category:Red dirt music albums – C2D: Article name is Red dirt music Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 06:38, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:MasterChef Junior to Category:MasterChef Junior (American TV series) – C2D: per MasterChef Junior (American TV series). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:57, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Maritime organisations based in the United States to Category:Maritime organizations based in the United States – C2B: usa uses "z" not "s", also parent is Transportation organizations based in the United States ^SMason_Garrison 01:12, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Vitters Shipyard to Category:Dutch yacht builders – C2F. ^SMason_Garrison 01:01, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Cherokee clans to Category:Indigenous clans of North America – C2F. ^SMason_Garrison 00:03, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  Comment This should also be upmerged to Category:Cherokee culture. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:17, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Love jihad conspiracy theory to Category:Love related conspiracy theory – "Love Jihad" could be placed under a broader "Love conspiracy theory" category to highlight its shared structure with similar global narratives about covert motives in romantic relationships, enabling neutral, critical examination without endorsing its legitimacy. Aryan^{Talk} 04:10, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Oppose - not tagged, but furthermore, is proposing a change of category scope, which would require a full discussion, not a speedy. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:35, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

    The proposed change may aligns with the scope of the speedy process. However, I have started a discussion on the talk page to ensure transparency and gather any additional input. Aryan^{Talk} 16:42, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Statues of the infant Jesus to Category:Statues of the Christ Child – C2B: per Christ Child/Category:Christ Child. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:36, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

• @Johnbod: do you agree that this is speediable? Just checking. Marcocapelle (talk) 09:23, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Irish Arctic explorers to Category:Irish explorers of the Arctic – C2C: norm is FOOian explorers of the Arctic ^SMason_Garrison 12:37, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy I don't see any category that follows that norm. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:39, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

  Comment - the parent category is Category:Explorers of the Arctic. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 07:43, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

  Support speedy per Category:British explorers of Antarctica and Category:Norwegian explorers of Antarctica. Gedrose (talk) 07:29, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

  @Armbrust do you still oppose? ^SMason_Garrison 17:10, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Opposed requests

• Category:Professional wrestling shows in British Columbia to Category:Professional wrestling shows in Vancouver – C2C: To match the contents of the category. User:Namiba 19:24, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy. ^SMason_Garrison 01:41, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

  That's not c2c, and is artificially narrowing the category ^SMason_Garrison 01:42, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Jardine Matheson Group to Category:Jardines – C2D with Jardine Matheson Group moved to Jardines (company). Homeiurex (talk) 21:34, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose as proposed This should be renamed to Category:Jardines (company). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:52, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Substituted amphetamines to Category:Amphetamines – C2C: Non-standard chemical class category name. See here (i.e., only a single use of "Substituted" in a chemical category name on all of Wiki) and compare other closely related category names like Category:Phenethylamines, Category:Beta-Hydroxyamphetamines, Category:Methamphetamines, Category:Cathinones, Category:Tryptamines, and so forth. – 76.174.0.57 (talk) 18:46, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose The main article of the category is Substituted amphetamine. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:50, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, but see reasoning above and compare Category:Phenethylamines and Substituted phenethylamine, Category:Beta-Hydroxyamphetamines and Substituted β-hydroxyamphetamine, Category:Cathinones and Substituted cathinone, Category:Tryptamines and Substituted tryptamine, and so forth. Category:Substituted amphetamines is an outlier and goes against standards, including within its own category tree (it's a subcategory of Category:Phenethylamines and it contains the Category:Beta-Hydroxyamphetamines, Category:Methamphetamines, and Category:Cathinones categories). There is no reason for this inconsistency and it makes using these categories (i.e., knowing/remembering whether the category has the prefix "Substituted" in its name) more tedious than it needs to be. There are dozens of other examples as well (e.g., see here for just some of them); Category:Substituted amphetamines is the only exception having "Substituted" in the category name on the English Wikipedia. – 76.174.0.57 (talk) 18:57, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Ascaridida to Category:Ascaridomorpha – C2D: The World Register of Marine Species (the authority on all marine taxa) accepts this taxa as infraorder Ascaridomorpha, with Ascaridida as an unaccepted synonym. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 09:39, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy The main article was only recently renamed and without discussion, thus C2D doesn't apply. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:47, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:Non-binary gender to Category:Non-binary gender identities – C2A: Non-binary is not just one gender; neither are the pages listed in this category. This name would use proper terminology. Ranleo09 (talk) 15:17, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Oppose, as with most gender-related topics, this is contentious and needs further discussion. Funcrunch (talk) 15:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
    • @Ranleo09: are you going to take this to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 09:29, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:PWHL New York to Category:New York Sirens – C2D. User:Namiba 14:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:PWHL New York players to Category:New York Sirens players
• Category:PWHL Montreal coaches to Category:Montreal Victoire coaches – C2D. User:Namiba 14:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:PWHL Boston to Category:Boston Fleet – C2D. User:Namiba 14:12, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Category:PWHL Boston coaches to Category:Boston Fleet coaches
  • Category:PWHL Boston seasons to Category:Boston Fleet seasons
• Category:PWHL Montreal to Category:Montreal Victoire – C2D. User:Namiba 14:48, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:PWHL Ottawa to Category:Ottawa Charge – C2D. User:Namiba 14:07, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

  Contesting all PWHL moves. Discussion should be had as to whether these should be separate categories pre- and post-rebrand. Wheatzilopochtli (talk) 16:10, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

  • @Namiba: are you planning to take these to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 08:52, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

    Yes--User:Namiba 22:07, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

On hold pending other discussion

• None currently

Moved to full discussion

• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/NARA participants to Category:Wikipedia-National Archives and Records Administration collaboration participants – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 13:34, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/MoMA participants to Category:Wikipedia-Museum of Modern Art collaboration participants – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 13:34, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/The Met participants to Category:Wikipedia-Metropolitan Museum of Art collaboration participants – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 13:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/TCMI participants to Category:Wikipedia-The Children's Museum of Indianapolis collaboration participants – C2C. Gonnym (talk) 13:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:WikiProject GLAM/AAA participants to Category:Wikipedia-Archives of American Art collaboration participants – C2C with parent category. Gonnym (talk) 13:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:WikiProject GLAM/SI participants to Category:Wikipedia-Smithsonian Institution collaboration participants – C2C with parent category. Gonnym (talk) 13:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:WikiProject GLAM/IMJ participants to Category:Wikipedia-Israel Museum, Jerusalem collaboration participants – C2C with parent category. Gonnym (talk) 13:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Category:Wikipedia:GLAM/TP participants to Category:Wikipedia-Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collaboration participants – C2C with parent category. Gonnym (talk) 13:28, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy for GLAM categories. There is no clear convention for the proposed format. The parent categories by themself are not enough to establish that. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:53, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

  • @Gonnym: are you planning to take these to full discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 09:02, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

    Nope. If Armbrust wants a lousy user experience, then I'm not bothering with it. Gonnym (talk) 11:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

• Moved to full discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:11, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

• Category:20th-century explorers from the Russian Empire to Category:20th-century Russian explorers – C2C: The norm is for the 20th century to be Russian FOO ^SMason_Garrison 03:20, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose speedy All of the entries in the category were born before 1917, and thus in the Russian Empire. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:08, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

  Would you like me to remove them? The norm is for this category to be called Category:20th-century Russian FOO. Are they not also russian? I do not see why this category should be treated differently than every other 20th-century Russian people category. @Armbrust Are you still opposed? ^SMason_Garrison 20:38, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose a valid item in the subtree category:Explorers by former country. --Altenmann >talk 21:07, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

  I already moved this to a full nomination. Why are you opposing here?^SMason_Garrison 02:26, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

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