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Category:Police (town)

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: Rename as nominated. (It's not cool to move the main article during the discussion, which was done here twice by an editor, and was each time rightfully reversed.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:51, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Police (town) to Category:Police, Poland
Nominator's rationale: Rename. To match the key article's name and standard naming conventions. Grutness...wha? 23:27, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Ottoman Macedonia (Greece/ROM/Bulgaria)

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The result of the discussion was: Discussion ended - no action required from closing admin. --Xdamrtalk 19:37, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Ottoman Macedonia is currently subcategorized as Category:Ottoman Blagoevgrad Province (in Bulgaria), Category:Ottoman-era Macedonia (Greece), and Category:Ottoman-era Republic of Macedonia. That is, Ottoman Macedonia is being subdivided by the modern borders which did not exist in the Ottoman period and which are irrelevant to Ottoman history. This categorization is not only historically meaningless, but does not conform to Wikipedia policy Intersection by location says "avoid subcategorizing subjects by geographical boundary if that boundary does not have any relevant bearing on the subjects' other characteristics". --macrakis (talk) 00:01, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment -- In principle I agree, but the issue is highly political. All three seem to be parts of Salonika Province, Ottoman Empire, which suggests that the area had not political unity even in 1864-1913 when that province existed. The question that needs to be answered is, "How can we define Macedonia in the Ottoman period?" I have no answer to that. Peterkingiron (talk) 12:49, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment No reason this needs to be highly political. I think all historians from all countries would agree that the current borders were not relevant in the Ottoman period. Perhaps the solution is simply to rename Category:Ottoman Macedonia to Category:Salonika Province, Ottoman Empire? As you point out, that province only existed relatively briefly (compared to the Rumeli eyalet), but it does seem to be a meaningful unit in the context of the Struggle for Macedonia and the Balkan Wars. --macrakis (talk) 13:55, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Post-1864 Ottoman Macedonia (region) is divided in three eyalets Salonika, Monastir and Kosovo. The one categorization does not exclude the other. (Early and Late Ottoman Macedonia) but even in the wiki-articles, there is no mention that this person was born in the Monastir or Salonika Ottoman Province. Catalographer (talk) 19:07, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So Ottoman Macedonia seems like the appropriate category. I still have seen no rationale for using the modern borders in subcategorizing it. --macrakis (talk) 20:36, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For the simple reason that the one subcategory belongs to the History of the Republic of Macedonia and Ottoman-era Macedonia (Greece) to Category: Ottoman Greece like Ottoman Crete.Catalographer (talk) 10:21, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Just about every historical region/kingdom/empire in the world is contained in multiple modern states. Creating categories for each combination of historical region/kingdom/empire with modern state seems deeply unwise: consider, say, Category:Kingdom of Sardinia in modern France), Category:Kingdom of Sardinia in modern Italy, Category:Byzantine Empire in modern Greece, Category:Byzantine Empire in modern Bulgaria, Category:Byzantine Empire in modern Republic of Macedonia, Category:Byzantine Empire in modern Albania, Category:Byzantine Empire in modern Turkey, Category:Kingdom of Jerusalem in modern Lebanon, Category:Kingdom of Jerusalem in modern Israel, Category:Kingdom of Jerusalem in modern Jordan, Category:Kingdom of Jerusalem in modern Palestinian territories, etc. etc. The way Wikipedia normally handles things like this is by categorizing individual articles into the relevant categories, e.g. the crusader castle of Toron is categorized under Category:Kingdom of Jerusalem and Category:Archaeological sites in Lebanon.
It would be a disastrous precedent to allow categories such as Category:Ottoman Blagoevgrad Province. --macrakis (talk) 17:27, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Further comment I am commenting again because some one asked me to. I agree that categorisation of ancient entities by modern country is undesirable. The categorisation cited in the case of Toron seems appropriate, since it is located in modern Lebanon, but this is a single place. The issue that I raised over Ottoman Macedonia is of how its limits should be defined, sicne other articles do not appear to indicate what its legal extent was. If some one can provide a robust definition of its extent, I see no reason why there should not be an "Ottoman Macedonia" category, probably parented by multiple "history of ..." categories. However a category picking up the intersection of history + former state + modenr state would be a highly undesirable triple intersection. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:53, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My 2 cents worth: since there was no Ottoman administrative, religious or geographic region called Macedonia, it seems futile to invent one with hindesight. Therefore, I suggest we delete that category. Politis (talk) 16:31, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Serie C1 and Serie C2

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The result of the discussion was: Merge per nom. --Xdamrtalk 16:54, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging:
  • Category:Serie C1 clubs to Category:Lega Pro Prima Divisione clubs
  • Category:Serie C2 clubs to Category:Lega Pro Seconda Divisione clubs
Nominator's rationale: These Italian footbal clubs have been renamed, and thus there are duplicate categories. Since the new name is the Lega Pro Prima and Seconda Divisione, all tagged article should be merged under the new name. --NickPenguin(contribs) 20:55, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Croix de Guerre (France)

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The result of the discussion was: Merge. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:54, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest merging:
Nominator's rationale: Merge iot unify these two into a single category which observes naming conventions for 'Recipients' categories. --Xdamrtalk 16:41, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Opposition to apartheid in Namibia

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The result of the discussion was: Rename:
  • Category:Opposition to apartheid in Namibia to Category:Opposition to apartheid in South West Africa
  • Category:Namibian anti-apartheid activists to Category:South West Africa anti-apartheid activists
--Xdamrtalk 16:53, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Opposition to apartheid in Namibia to Category:to be determined
Propose renaming Category:Namibian anti-apartheid activists to Category:to be determined
Nominator's rationale: Rename - per the result of this CFD these categories should probably be renamed. The first probably to Category:Opposition to apartheid in South West Africa, the second I don't know. Otto4711 (talk) 16:30, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Category:Opposition to apartheid in South West Africa and suggest Category:Anti-apartheid activists in South West Africa. Did we not discuss a related perent category recently? If so our solution should conform. Peterkingiron (talk) 12:52, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I will bring this up again; Namibia has been the internationally recognized name of the country since 1968, despite apartheid not officially ending until 1990.--TM 20:00, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Internationally recognized: yes. Most commonly-used: no, not until after 1990. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:13, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support nom and Peterkingiron's suggestion for the other, though it could also be Category:South West Africa anti-apartheid activists to retain "nationality-style" formatting. Per previous discussion and most common pre-1990 usage. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:01, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Military awards recipients

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:47, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming:
Nominator's rationale: Rename iot bring all these 'Recipients' categories into the established form. --Xdamrtalk 16:28, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I take your point, but I don't think that the potential for erroneous use is too significant. There is a prominent link to Silver Star in the category lead and given its place in the general category hierarchy I think that its purpose is clear. Possibly worth noting that the use of the official medal name, without qualification, is general practice in the 'Recipients' categories, and the main article itself is at Silver Star. If consensus is that the danger of misuse is an issue then what about Category:Recipients of the Silver Star (United States)? --Xdamrtalk 19:33, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:United States military honor recipients

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:47, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:United States military honor recipients to Category:Recipients of United States military awards and decorations
Nominator's rationale: Rename iot conform with naming conventions for Category:Recipients of military awards. --Xdamrtalk 15:41, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Military awards

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The result of the discussion was: Rename. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming:
Nominator's rationale: Rename in order to bring these categories into line with naming conventions established for Category:Military decorations. --Xdamrtalk 14:25, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Category:Hard-bop musicians

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The result of the discussion was: Rename/Merge per nom. --Xdamrtalk 16:56, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming
Nominator's rationale: Rename to match main article Hard bop and parent category Category:Hard bop. Jafeluv (talk) 13:05, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:LGBT-related films by sports to Catgeory:LGBT-related sports films, and Merge:
--Xdamrtalk 19:44, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:LGBT-related films by sports (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Baseball LGBT-related films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Basketball LGBT-related films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Basketball LGBT-related films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Basketball LGBT-related films (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nominator's rationale: Delete. These are highly specialised intersections of dubious value. A more generic Category:LGBT-related sports films may be the way to go. PC78 (talk) 10:24, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep It's true that the number of movies in each sport category created is admittedly small, but having the individual categories creates access from the particular sports page. For example when one is checking the general Category:Basketball films, there is a direct access from that page to lead to Category:Basketball LGBT-related films. Although better populated categories are more useful as suggested above, by creating one single global category Category:LGBT-related sports films, this important link let's say between all basketball movies (straight and gay) will be lost. Plus that there was never a minimum number of entries set and there are so many categories that are populated with just one or two items. werldwayd (talk) 11:45, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • The "important link" between all basketball articles would not be lost because they would all be in Category:Basketball films. I simply don't think this is necessary. It doesn't help that these categories were inappropriate to the two articles you added them to. Shirts & Skins is not a film and I have recategorised it accordingly. Like a Virgin (film) is not about baseball but rather ssireum. Regarding that last article, I don't even think that we need Category:Ssireum films because even that would be too specialised, and creating Category:Ssireum LGBT-related films would be utterly pointless. PC78 (talk) 12:00, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Also, can you please stop creating more of these categories until we can determine if they are actually needed or not? For one thing it would be preferable to name them like Category:LGBT-related baseball films. PC78 (talk) 12:03, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was: Rename Category:Software comparisons for mathematics-related software to Category:Comparisons of mathematical software. --Xdamrtalk 16:51, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Propose renaming Category:Software comparisons for mathematics-related software to Category:Comparisons of mathematical software
Nominator's rationale: Rename to a less clunky, less redundant name. Eastlaw talk ⁄ contribs 10:08, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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